Living an Inspired Life

Feb 11, 2021

Altenew Ultimate Watercolor Lovers Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there!

Welcome to ALTENEW ULTIMATE WATERCOLOR LOVERS BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY. You are arriving from Terri Koszler's blog - a list of all the participants is available at the bottom of this post for your convenience-

Today, Altenew is releasing -probably some of my most favorite releases by far- three new amazing products: WATERCOLOR COLORING BOOK, ARTIST WATERCOLOR BRUSHES- Round, and ARTIST WATERCOLOR BRUSHES - Detailed-. The perfect combo for any crafter, regardless of your artistic level. As always, all the products are of super high quality and a joy to work with!

If you love coloring books, and Altenew stamps, then the new Watercolor Coloring Book is going to quickly become a favorite. I chose to color the black outline Peony ( the book also has an option for a no-line coloring image) using the Artist Watercolor 24 pan set, and the Round Watercolor brushes...

The quality of the paper and the softness of the brushes just made coloring such a joy. It was so nice to turn on some music and just color away. Now, I have a background ready for my next project!

To celebrate the release of the watercoloring book, Altenew is running a free gift promotion for a limited time. Feel free to share the promotion banner/info on your blog hop post or on your social media post using your affiliate links for a chance to make some extra money.

Receive a FREE brand new Poppy Arrangement Stamp Set (worth $23.99) with every order of the new Florals Coloring Book and Watercolor Bundle from 2/11/2021 at 12:01 AM EST until 2/14/2021 at 11:59 PM EST. Shop HERE ---> https://altenew.com/products/florals-coloring-book-and-watercolor-bundle Free gift will be added to cart automatically.

No celebration is complete without a GIVEAWAY!!!

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 02/16/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 12 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 02/19/2021.

Good Luck everyone!

Now, it is time to continue with the inspiration. You are off to visit Karen Brown's blog . You can always jump onto Altenew card blog to start the hop. Here is a list of today's participants for your convenience:

Thanks for stopping by!

Feb 10, 2021

HELLO WONDERFUL GIRL - Simple Stories

Hello there!

Nathalie with you today to share a new project created using the new SIMPLE VINTAGE COTTAGE FIELDS. This collection is amazingly gorgeous, filled with florals, butterflies, heartfelt sentiments and a touch of vintage! As soon as I opened my kit, the idea and picture for this page popped into my head:

The inspiration for the page were all the circle images in the collection's embellishments. I wanted to play with this shape and decided to cut a few of the papers (Simple Vintage Cottage Fields Basic set - Rose/Black, Life For Today, 6x8 paper pad)into large circles and add a bit of hand stitching around the inside perimeter of the page.

My idea was to create a soft cascade of circles. First, I glued the large circle to the b side of 4x6 ELEMENTS paper, then, using the top left corner as reference, I attached the rest of the circles -all starting at the same point-. This caused the circle fan effect on the page. )

I used the Simple Stories Circle Photo Crops to trim my picture into a circle. This was placed at the top of the circles, and then it was all about embellishing!!

First, I started by adding floral embellishments as if they are coming from under the circles ( layered between the circles). I tried to keep the flowers to the same color of the circle, and added a circle embellishments to each cluster. In addition, I tried to follow the stitching as a guide for the butterflies' placement.

I mixed die cuts. cardstock and foam embellishments to form the title of the page. I placed this at the bottom right corner of the page. To finish, I used the empty space of the pink circle to add my lines of journal.

I love how this turned out! The colors and designs in the SIMPLE VINTAGE COTTAGE FIELDS is just pure joy. Remember to check it at your scrapbook store, I am sure you are going to love it, too!

Feb 7, 2021

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Cosmos Layering Die Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi there!

Welcome to ALTENEW CRAFT-A-FLOWER: COSMOS LAYERING DIE SET RELEASE BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY. You are arriving from Laura Jane's blog - a list of all the participants is available at the bottom of this post for your convenience-

The new CRAFT-A-FLOWER: COSMOS is gorgeous. Not sure how Altenew does it, but this flower is easy to layer, and the results are amazing! The movement in the stem of the flowers is just ideal to elongate the design, which helps when using it on memory keeping:

I started by creating all the flowers for this layout. I picked very summery colors to match the season when the photo was taken. These took no time to put together.

To bring some dimension to the layout, I added a bit of ink blending to the page. The soft fading green ink adds depth to the layout, and makes the flowers pop from the page

I added my picture to the left of the layout, and opted to use the height of the page to dictate the position of the flowers on the right of the page. Just love how the flowers set nicely in place. I added a simple title using the Tall Lower Case Stamp set, then added a few drops of gold ink to the page.

I love how this turned out! It is probably one of the easiest and fastest layouts I have put together in a while. Remember you can always receive the die set every month at your doorstep by registering to Altenew's Subscription Program HERE:

Of course our celebration of the new release will not be complete without a GIVEAWAY:

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $15 gift certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 02/12/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 11 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 02/15/2021.

Good Luck everyone!

It is time to continue being inspired by today's creations. You are off to Tina Smith's blog. Remember you can always start the hop at Altenew's Card blog. A list of today's participants is available as follows -for your convenience-:

Altenew Card Blog

Terri Koszler

LauraJane

Nathalie DeSousa <<< YOU ARE HERE