Altenew 7th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3 + Giveaway (over $1,400 in Total Prizes)

Happy Birthday Altenew! What a huge deal it is to celebrate your seventh year with you, and all the other wonderful designers! You've come a long way to dominate the card-making space with your layered dies/stamps, and classic florals. I can't wait to share some projects in your honor today!

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

Jumbo Picks Layering Die

Both projects I'm sharing were made using one set of these giant Jumbo Picks layering dies. Not sure if you noticed, but the large gray sections are where the metal comes in one piece, which is the beauty of this set. All the thinking is done for you! Each die is meant for a different color of cardstock. Just cut your colored cardstock into rectanges, and send them thru the machine!

This time, however, I used felt! Want to see?

I was so impressed at how smoothly these dies cut the felt, even with the long thin sections on some of the light pink layers, and the lime green stems.

I know dimension is the hot thing now with layered dies, and the thick felt is a super easy way to achieve that. Look at all those lovely layers! You really want to reach right in and feel all those hills and valleys in the roses.



I debated on the background for awhile and finally settled on another piece of felt. The whole card is fuzzy! For extra security I stitched around the margins of the felt base, including the die cut "hello" sentiment.

 
The nice thing about a felt card base is that the felt dies stick nicely to it on their own. I put a little tape adhesive to make sure they stay put, but before that it's easy to move things around to find an arrangement you like.

Although I put all the die cuts all one card, you could spread them out on a couple cards, or use them for something entirely different, like a felt wreath. 

In fact, I had one felt flower remaining that begged to be used for something other than "leftover bin decoration." I looked across the room, saw the beautiful frame my good friend had given me for my birthday, and thought it would be just perfect ...

How lovely a single flower, and a leaf cluster, look in a frame! The letters are from the Tall Alpha Lowercase Die Set.

I cut a piece of canvas material to size, put that in the frame, and then arranged the elements just like I would on a card base. The paper alphas are glued directly to the fabric, and the felt flower and leaves are adhered via tape adhesive.

I can't get enough of how pretty these look in felt. Totally deserving of this awesome frame : )

Making cards is a joy, but sometimes is fun to try something else too. I think putting anything in a frame instantly makes it more permanent and likely to be on display a little longer.

 

The Garden Picks Layering Die Set is more pricey than the other layering dies due to it's enormous size, but I truly think you get your money's worth when you end up with so many flowers and leaves from one pass of the dies. This slimline card and framed greeting all came from one set of die cuts.

I've reached for this set several times already to make quick layered flowers.

Giveaway Prizes

Over $1,400 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $70 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 15 lucky winners. There are also 19 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

• Altenew: 5 $70 Altenew gift certificates

• Jennifer McGuire Ink: $100 Altenew gift certificate 

• Gina K. Designs: $100 gift certificate

• My Sweet Petunia: $100 gift certificate

• Spellbinders Paper Arts: $100 gift certificate

• CiLi in Papers: €75 gift certificate

• Lawn Fawn: $75 gift certificate

• Online Card Classes: 3 online class spots

• Altenew Academy: 15 online class spots

• Auzz Trinklets N Krafts: $50 gift certificate 

• Concord & 9th: $50 gift certificate

• Hero Arts: $50 gift certificate

• My Little Attic: $50 gift certificate 

• Scrapbook.com: $50 certificate

• Simon Says Stamp: $50 gift certificate

• Pinkfresh Studio: $50 gift certificate

• Bumbleberry Papercrafts:  £25 gift certificate

• Waffle Flower: 1 prize bundle valued at $32

• Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 gift certificate

• Ellen Hutson LLC: $25 gift certificate

• Scrapbook & Cards Today: 1 copy of Scrapbook & Cards Today Spring 2021 issue

 

Be sure to leave comments by 4/18/2021 for a chance to win one of 41 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with "Hi from (city or country where you're from)!" 41 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/24/2021.

Special Offer

Enjoy FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY7TH or $5 OFF international shipping with code ANNIV21 at checkout. Offer valid from 4/8/2021 at 12:01 am EDT through 4/11/2021 at 11:59 pm EDT. Shop here: https://altenew.com/ Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes.

 

Your next step on this hop is queen of beautiful simplicity, Laurie Willison!

Here's the whole hop for your reference:

Altenew Blog

Nicole Watt

Dana Joy

Virginia Lu

Kristina Pokazanieva

My Little Attic

Norine Borys

Michelle Short

Bumbleberry Papercrafts

Kymona Tracey

Kelly Griglione <--you are here!

Laurie Willison

Teresa Litchfield

Preeti Chandran

Christine Pennington

Carol Hintermeier

Keisha Charles

Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly

Supplies used (affiliate links, thanks so much for your support!)

Jumbo Picks Layering Die

Tall Alpha Lowercase Die Set