Lilith's scrapbooking venture

Altenew August 2020 Stamps/Dies/Stencils/Wax Seals Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

11 August 2020

Welcome to the Summer Nights Blog Hop. If you have hopped over from Erum Tasneem's blog (my crafty

hero), you are right on track. You can start the hop over on the Altenew Card Blog.

Today's release is spectacular and there are so many new fabulous products to fit everyone's style. I created three projects that are all very different.

My first is a card using the Baby Shower Stamp Set that I coloured with some watercolours. It is such a cute set and can be used for many occasions.

For my second card I used the Darling Rose Stamp and Die Set.

How to:

Brush water to a piece of watercolour paper and add two or three watercolour colours. Let the colours mix and blend together naturally adding water if needed. Create two shades: one for the flower and another for the leaves. Leave to dry.
Stamp the rose and leaves onto the coloured paper.
Cut out the shapes.
Pull out a fun stencil and create a contrasting background.
Adhere your rose and leaves using foam tape.
Stamp a sentiment and add your favourite embellishments (enamel dots, sequins, ...)

I really love the loose look of this rose and it is easy to do. This is a great technique if you want to create a whole bunch of cards and don't have time to colour each flower separately.

My last project is a 12 by 12 layout. I picked the whimsical Floral Minimalism Stamp, Die and Mask/Stencil Set. This set is super easy to use as there are only two layers.

My design is based around one horizontal line with a cluster of floral elements around it and a photo. I also added two repetitive elements to the top and bottom of the layout to add flow and frame the centre part.

For added whimsy I doodled on the leaves and added a couple of swirls around my floral arrangement. Inks splatters using the crisp inks that I used for the stamped images fill up the white space. When adding the splatters I tried to keep them on a diagonal to guide the eye over the photo.

You can see how this layout came together in the video below or watch it in HD on YouTube.

I had such fun with this release and I'm sure you'll find a product to fit your needs.

Prizes:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 8/17/2020 for a chance to win.

Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $20 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below.

All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 08/20/2020.

What has caught your eye in this month's release?

Your next stop is Agnieszka Malyszek

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Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Daisy Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

7 August 2020

Welcome to the August 2020 Craft-A-Flower Daisy Release Blog Hop. If you have hopped over from Kelly Griglione's blog you are right on track. You can start the hop over on the Altenew Card Blog.

This month's CAF set is WONDERFUL. I loved putting together these amazing flowers and they are just the right size. When I use layering dies I usually BATCH die cut a whole bunch. I have a couple of flowers that I'll be able to use on several projects. I put the extra flowers in my little embellishment bowl.

I picked out some pretty cardstock papers from my paper stash. I went with yellow and added some brown for the centre.

Once I had cut out the different elements I assembled all the flowers and leaves. For my card background I used a patterned paper from the 6*6 Cheerful Meadows paper pack. The sentiment comes from the Floral Shadow Stamp Set and is stamped with Obsidian Black Ink.

As I was looking a my card I felt something was missing so I added some stems by drawing some fine lines with a black journaling pen.

I'll be using this set a lot as I love the size of the flower and the simplicity of it. It is so super easy to put together.

You can see how this layout came together in the video below:

Prizes

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog for a chance to win. They will also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below.

All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 08/14/2020.

Don't forget to check out the Craft-A-Flower subscription plan. This is a monthly subscription plan for our Craft-A-Flower die set. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in our monthly Craft-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month - at a specially discounted price! ($35.99 →$29.99)

Your next stop is: Lisa Spangler

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Paint-A-Flower Paeonia Japonica Winner

1 August 2020

The winner of the PAF Paeonia Japonica is:

Send me an email to lilitheeckelsphotographyATgmailDOTcom with your snail mail address.

Happy Scrapping

Lilith

Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Paeonia Japonica & Watercolor Brush Markers Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

22 July 2020

Welcome to the July 2020 Paint-a-flower Release Blog Hop and Giveaway. If you have hopped over from Virginia Lu 's blog you are right on track. You can start the hop over on the Altenew Card Blog .

Today Altenew is releasing the PAF Japonica and new Watercolor Brush Marker (Autumn Festival Set). I love the Watercolor Brush Markers and these colours will complement my collection even more. Using them with the Paint-a-Flower sets making colouring super easy.

For today's hop, I created I colourful card by stamping the floral image in full at the bottom of the card base and part of it at the top.

I added in colour with the markers and blended it out with a watercolour brush and water. It is super easy and really fun to do.

I really didn't want to overthink the process and went with quick colouring and blending. To finish off the card I added three yellow enamel dots which pick up the colour in the centres of the flowers.

PRIZES

Extra giveaway:

I'll be giving away a Paint-a-Flower Paeonia Japonica. Leave a comment here and to increase you chances of winning leave a comment on my Instagram post. I'll pick a lucky winner on July 31 here and on Instagram.

Your next stop is Therese Calvird

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Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Dahlia Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

7 July 2020

Welcome to July's Craft-A-Flower Dahlia Blog Hop and Giveaway. If you have hopped over from Virginia Lu's blog you are right on track. You can start the hop over on the Altenew Card Blog.

The Craft-A-Flower sets are such fun and I especially like this one because of it's larger bloom. I used a subtle patterned paper from the Celebrate 6X6 paper pad and added some older cardstock papers in terracotta and pink colours.

I started by layering the darkest shade, then the lightest and then the in-between colour. For the leaves I went with some hand-painted ones to contrast with the die-cut flower.

To finish the card off, I added a sentiment stamped on to a label from the Dot Labels Stamp Set and popped some enamel dots on.

Prizes:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog for a chance to win. Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below.

All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 07/14/2020.

Your next stop is: Therese Calvird

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