Hi Friends! The title of this blog hop really says it all ... the "beauty of the season" is without a doubt in all the latest Altenew stamps, dies and embossing folders. There are projects for days in this new release, you'll never want to leave your crafty space!
Embossing/Debossing Folders:
The
Mega Hello Debossing Die is pretty darn amazing ... it creates a giant "hello" that spans the entire horizontal length of an A2-sized card. So easy!! You could totally create a collection of cards in rainbow colors in just minutes.
Instead of creating a collection of cards in rainbow colors, I brought the rainbow to the debossed sentiment! Although it requires a bullet-tipped marker, and a steady hand in the thin areas (like the loop of the "h"), it's fairly easy to color in the debossed areas.
Adding a sentiment across the debossed "hello" finishes this clean and simple card.
Another folder in the collection that's being released is the
Beautiful Bergenia 3D Embossing Folder. Instead of debossing/sinking the design, this folder embosses/raises the design.
The name of the folder contains the word "3D" and here you can see the reason why. There are so many different levels to the design, it's just so luxurious!
With an element like this that is so special, not much else is needed to complete the design. I colored in the negative spaces with an alcohol marker to make the white, embossed florals stand out.
3D Dies
Such a great idea, here's a set of dies that will create a massive
3D poinsettia with scored ribbing in the leaves!
Along with paper, these dies are great to use with felt!! I am soooo pleased with how well it turned out! I have the poinsettia on a card here, but this felt beauty would be great on a package, on a stem stuck in a vase, or even on your lapel!
The sentiment is from another new holiday set with lots of holiday phrases, the
Holiday Tag Sentiments Set.
Layered Stamp Sets
I do have a lot of floral image stamp sets, so I'm usually pretty picky about adding new ones to my collection. This one I knew right away I needed to get ... the
Positive Vibes Stamp Set. The size is small enough to either feature in the middle of a card, or to stamp multiple times like I've done here.
The other selling point to me is the ease of coloring. There are just two layers for the flowers and two layers for the leaves, yet it still results in an engaging image.
Another bonus with this set is all the sentiments that come with it. True friends are indeed everything!
Another new layered set is the
Season's Tweetings Stamp Set, which is a non-floral set. It contains all you need to build two beautiful cardinals, a banner for them to hold your message on, a branch, and a ton of winter-related sentiments in an awesomely scripted font.
After stamping the two different colors for the main body of the cardinals, and then a few different stamps for the face/eye/beak, I got out my colored pencils and added some details to the wings, breast and tail
I also turned the tree branch into evergreen tree branches by adding lots of needles. The length of this design with the two birds holding a banner works perfectly on a slimline card. If you want to use this design on a standard A2-sized card, you can still do this, but you would just have the heads of the birds on each end.
Finally, for a super quick project, I picked one of the seven-ish sentiments and embossed it in gold on a beveled subway tile.
Such an elegant font that makes this easy project look really classy.
Giveaway Prizes:
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 9/15/2020 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 Winners Page on 09/18/2020.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly
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