Altenew October 2019 Stencil/Washi Tape/Die Cut Tape Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello Folks! I must confess, this is the first time I've gotten to play with washi tape that doesn't come in a standard 1/2" width, and I'm totally addicted!

You may have come from the blog of my friend Kymona Tracey, but if not please feel free to start at the beginning of the blog hop with the Altenew Card Blog.


1) Calming Bouquet Washi Tape

Calming Bouquet Washi Tape

 

This is a super wide washi tape, which is great because all you need is to roll out 4.5 inches to cover an entire card front.

For this first card I cut out one of the floral bunches from the washi tape, put that on a scrap piece of cardstock, and then trimmed around the edges in greater detail. Then I cut a separate flower and popped that on top of the floral bunch.

Having that additional flower popped up on top really makes the bouquet come to life. I thought the pale tones in these florals made it suitable for a sympathy card, which is always a challenge for me. I not a fan of dark, black sympathy cards, and at the same time I'd feel disrespectful sending a bright and happy bouquet of flowers. These colors fall in the middle quite nicely. The sentiment is further popped up, and is from Sentiment Strips.

While I had the roll of washi out, I unrolled another piece and covered the entire front of the card with it. I love the waxy finish it gives the card ... a nice change from cardstock. The only disadvantage to the waxy finish is that adhesive doesn't stick to it very well. No problem, I just used glue to secure the Mega You die and sentiment from Mega Greetings 2.

2. Gradient Lines Washi

Gradient Lines Washi Tape

Talk about a versatile washi tape! Stripes, black & white, and gradient to mix it up a bit.

I used this washi like the last card ... to cover the front of a card. The black and white stripes looked like the beginnings of a modern Halloween card. This is a phrase I saw on a little girl's t-shirt at the semi-annual consignment sale I participate in. Loved it! And then came home and turned it into a card! Inspiration is everywhere, right?!
 

I'm still in love with the tall, narrow font from the recently released Tall Alpha Dies. The slight curves (like for the "A" and "E") make it a little unexpected and exciting. 

3. Vibrant Spray Die Cut Tape

Vibrant Spray Die Cut Tape

 

WOW!! I wish I could create something as beautiful as this! But since I probably can't, I'm sure glad Altenew makes it for me : ) 

I used the leftover Gradient Lines washi from the last card, to put on the bottom of this card. Then I stuck 4.25" of the Vibrant Spray Die Cut Tape. Finally I embossed a sentiment from Birch Impressionism in gold.

It seriously cannot be easier than that! But I absolutely love how it turned out!! 

Modern Stripes + Watercolor Florals = always a winning combination

4. Rose Bouquet Stencil

Rose Bouquet Stencil

Here we've got a stencil that's made to cover the entire card base for you. Nice! 

For this card I inked up the stencil in the corner of the card, and then filled in with another set or two of florals. Before I did that, however, I put a strip of washi tape across the top of the card to act as a mask, so I'd have some white space for the sentiment. Maybe that was a little too much effort though, as it seemed the stencil was made for me to be able to use it as-is for your card design.

So I tried using the stencil only once, and boy does it work well! I made a mask to make using more than one color easy ... putting the flowers over the stencil when I'm inking the greenery, and vice-versa.

Same design, it's just in a different corner with different colors.

And then I flipped the stencil over to make a third card. What a fun set of cards! The sentiments are from Japenese Mum.

Here's a recap of all the projects I made from this release!

Here's a visual of all the goodies from the October 2019 Stencil/Washi Tape/Die Cut Tape Release.

Prizes:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 10/8/2019 for a chance to win. 
 

We’ll 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 blogs on 10/12/2019.

I am pleased to send you to Keeway Tsao's blog, who always creates wonderful bits of magic! 

Thanks so much for stopping by. If you enjoyed your time here, I'd welcome you to follow me on Instagram for all my latest projects!

- Kelly

Supplies used (with affiliate links at no additional cost to you. Thanks so much for your support!!):

Calming Bouquet Washi Tape

Gradient Lines Washi Tape

Vibrant Spray Die Cut Tape

Rose Bouquet Stencil

 

BAF Japenese Mum

 

Tall Alpha Dies

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Fuchsia Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello Folks! I'm excited to share the latest in Altenew's Build-A-Flower (BAF) series, Build-a-Flower: Fuchsia! This set comes with two flowers, a bud, two leaves and a stem. I like that the fuchsia hangs down from a branch, so if you have some of the other BAFs that face up to the sky, this will be a nice addition to mix things up.

You may have come from the blog of Maryam Perez but if not please feel free to start at the beginning of the blog hop with the Altenew Card Blog.

Aren't they such pretty flowers? And I love that the BAFs come with the corresponding dies, because cutting around those long, thin stamens would be difficult! I went with the traditional colors of red with a purple center. Since the flowers are long and thin, allowing you to see in between the blooms, I added a shaker element.

Here you can see the flowers a little closer, as well as the the Faceted Stars background stamp in the background.

The varied font sentiments are also included with this set. Love that they are separate stamps so you can change the color of each phrase easily.

This card is a little simpler. I thought the downward-facing flowers would be a good candidate for a sympathy card (maybe because downward-facing eyes make a sympathetic expression?! idk)  This time I just stamped the outline of the flowers and leaves, and skipped all of the solid layers. Then I used the Altenew watercolors to color in the blooms.

The sentiment comes from the newest die cut alphabet set ... Tall Alpha. The size of these alphas are just perfect, as I've found to be the case many times.

Just using the outline stamp is an easy way to get a different look when you're creating several cards from the same stamp set.

Here's the layering guide, very simple to line up all the layers. 

If you're not sure you have enough shades of each ink color for the Build a Flower set, you can also purchase the set with coordinating ink cubes at a 5% discount.

Subscription Plan:
There's a monthly subscription plan for the Build a Flower sets. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in the monthly Build a Flower releases and will receive the stamps and coordinating dies at a special discounted price ($35.00 -> $29.99). See Altenew site for further details.

Prizes:  

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog for a chance to win.
    
We'll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer's blog. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 10/7/2019.

Now I am happy to send you to the very sweet and crazy-talented, Ashlea Cornell, who I know has something gorgeous to share with you!
  

Thanks so much for stopping by. If you enjoyed your time here, I'd welcome you to follow me on Instagram for all my latest projects!

-Kelly

Supplies Used (with affiliate links at no additional cost to you. Thanks so much for your support!!):

 

Build-a-Flower:Fuchsia

Buils

Tall Alpha Dies

Evelin T Designs September Release

Hi Folks! Welcome to the second-ever release blog hop for Evelin T Designs! You may have come from my dear friend Annette's blog, but if not please feel free to start at the beginning with none other than Evelin T Designs.

First up is a scene with the All Hallow’s Cuteness set. The little mushroom-kitty patienly waiting for some candy to be dropped in her jack-o-lantern totally got me! After stamping and coloring the kitty and mushrooms, I masked them and started blending ink for the background.

I ended up stamping the leaf images several times in the background to complete this fall scene.

There's a second Halloween set to choose from, called It's Boo-tastic! I had to pick the mummy-bunny : ) Aside from being adorable, for anyone who's not super into coloring, this is perfect! Just a few sections of fur and you're done.

I made a mask for this one as well and did some sponging and spattering for the background. The stars, speech bubble and sentiment are also part of this set (as well as a bunch of other critters!)

There are also a few Christmas sets available, like All is Calm. Some of you may remember the popular Sneaky Kitties set from the first release ... this is very similar with a large, detailed illustration featured in the set. On this card I've only used a portion of the illustration, as it is sized to fill a landscaped card front.

I played around with the color schemes for all the details in the illustration, and ended up with a few more cards. Love all the different sentiments as well!

This is one of my favorites ... those darling bears! I watercolored them and cut them out so they could skate on the smooshed-ink frozen pond.

The little sprigs of mistletoe worked out well to bracket the sentiment, and then I just put some red dots in the middle for berries.

The Warm Winter Wishes set has several holiday critters. You can also use them for non-holiday cards, like this one. I think he would be perfect for birthday, get well, thinking of you, thank you, whatever you need.

This guy was watercolored on a small panel, which was then wrapped with some twine and mounded on the card base.

Totally not holiday-looking at all. And totally adorable!

Finally, Good Tidings To You is another darling holiday set with lots of cheery critters to pick from. For this card I picked all the present-carrying critters ... a kitty and two mice (one of them I repeated).

Who needs Santa in a sleigh when you've got a kitty and three not-so-blind mice?!

As you can see, I really enjoyed this latest release from Evelin T Designs! So many different critters to choose from. I probably could have created some sort of giant circus or something if I went through all the sets!

Prizes

One lucky person will stand a chance to win a $25 gift certificate, all you have to do is hop along each stop & leave a comment along the way to be entered to win! You have until Sunday, Sept 22nd at 11:59pm PST to leave a comment. For extra chances to win, please leave a separate comment on this post letting us know that you just followed us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

Winners will be posted on the Evelin T Designs GIVEAWAY PAGE on Tuesday, Sept 24th. You must check this page & claim your prize within 2 weeks.

Since they are a new company, and you might not have all their info yet, here are all the different ways to stay connected with Evelin T Designs:

Webstore

Blog

IG

FB

YouTube

This is the final stop in the hop ... thanks for stopping by! Sure hope you enjoyed your time here!
-Kelly