Altenew October 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi Folks!

Welcome, welcome to another amazing Altenew release! I'm super excited to share a little bit of everything with you today ... we've got florals, string art, pattern-builders, scene-builders, landscape sketches ... it's all here!

You may have just come from the blog of Nathalie DeSousa, but if not please feel free to start at the beginning with the Altenew Card Blog

1) Precious Peony Stamp and Die

Precioius Peony

Precious Peony Die

   

I'm not always a big believer in getting coordinating dies for every stamp set. Sometimes, especially if the images are fairly simple, you can get away with cutting them out on your own. For this floral set, however, I knew I wanted the coordinating dies given all the details they cut. Let's take a look!

  

The long, thin berries, all the leaves, even the space in the middle to the left of the pink peony are all cut out for you. Love this look!

I took advantage of all the details and turned it into a shaped card. To figure out where the fold should be I decided where the two point would be for it to stand (the bottom two leaves) and then I made sure the top fold is parallel to that.

The florals look equally good on an A2 card. Here, I've combined two of the same floral sprays.

I'm happy because this card base has been in the scrap pile for AGES. I literally just adhered the two florals and that was it. Bonus points for using up leftovers!

 

2. String Art Butterfly Die

String Art Butterfly Die

This die does not cut a butterfly shape ... it cuts holes in your cardstock so you can build a butterfly with thread!

The backgroud is the new Faceted Stars Background Stamp ... how perfect is this with the string art butterfly?! The butterfly is on a panel cut with the Nesting Labels Die (love how it leaves an indented ridge along the edges!)

Colored and/or variagated string would make for a beautiful butterly, but for this one I opted to use a golden floss and color the cardstock underneath the floss. To do this I cut the butterfly holes on a scrap piece of paper, cut out the butterfly, and then used that as a mask to apply the ink inside. There are probably many different patterns you can make with the string but I chose to follow the picture on the back of the packaging. 

3. String Art Rectangles Die

String Art Rectangles Die

So many different things you can do with these dies! And I honestly can't wait to see what everyone else did on this hop!! They are separate dies, but I chose to leave them attached to the packaging and run them through the die cut machine as-is.

All that texture is just wonderful! I was so pleased that in addition to the tiny holes, you also get the indentations from each of the metal strips. The sky's the limit with how you want to use the holes, but for this card I chose to use them as a way to hold the flowers together, as well as to secure the tiny tag.

Here you can see the texture on the card base a little better. The flowers are from two different sets ... BAF: Plumeria and BAF Hellebore, and then I just cut some scrap green paper for the stems.

4. Wanderlust Stamp Set

Wanderlust Stamp Set

Here's an easy scene-builder that can either be the focus of a card, or of course just be used for a backgrounds.

Here I used the trees and mountain range as the focus of this card. I was going for the sun setting over the purple mountains magesty on an early Fall evening. 

  

I love the sentiments and think both of them together will be great for a graduation card. There's nothing wrong with "congrats on your graduation" but sometimes it's nice to have a different, more personal, sentiment.

5. Delicate Tiles Stamp Set

Delicate Tiles Stamp Set

These tiles have a million different combinations, which can be overwhelming if you try to think about it too much. It's best to just pick four coordinating colors and start stamping!

It was so neat to see how different the tiles looked when you changed what pattern went in what color ink. This card has three different patterned tiles. 

And did you notice the border? It's the purple mountains magesty from the previous stamp set, Wanderlust!

 6. Winter Wishes Stamp Set

Winter Wishes

I am certainly not an artist, so I love it when there's a stamp set that makes me LOOK like an artist!

 
This winter scene is created using shades of gray alcohol markers to color in the house and trees, and then white chalk for all the snow. Love how the black and white scheme gives it an old-fashioned look.

The scripted "winter" die from Hello Winter Die Set looks like it was just made for this card! I appreciate that the die only leaves two different pieces of paper, so it's not difficult to line up. The rest of the sentiment comes from the stamp version of Hello Winter.

 

 

Whew, what a release! Here is the link to the October 2019 release collection page if you'd like to see them all at once.

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 and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 10/16/2019 for a chance to win.
 

We’ll 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 blogs on 10/20/2019.

Now I'm pleased to send you to the blog of the dear Nicole Picadura who I know will wow you with amazing creations! 

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!!):

Precioius Peony

Precious Peony Die

String Art Butterfly Die

String Art Rectangles Die

Wanderlust Stamp Set

Delicate Tiles Stamp Set

Winter Wishes