Altenew 8th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway (over $2,000 in Total Prizes)

Hi Friends! Welcome to the 8th Anniversary Party Hop for Altenew!! Although by its nature an anniversary happens every year, it's still a special celebration of a small business not only surviving, but thriving. With that in mind, I made a card to help celebrate coming out the other end of 8 years of crazy business cycles (covid, supply chain disruptions, rising prices, China's intellectual property theft, and I'm sure a million other things I'm unaware of). All while providing the utmost in quality, design, and inspiration!

The Celebrate with Cake Die Set is perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, and companies passing the 8 year mark! You can decorate the layers with the frosting, bunting, vines, etc. that come in the set, but I chose to add filigree gold detailing from bits of the Delicate Mandala Die. So excited when I saw the curve of the mandala matched exactly the curve of the cake!

The bottom layer of the cake is resting on a bed of greens, made from the vine die included in this set (the darker layer of leaves is flipped over so the leaves are in different spots).

My favorite detail is the edge of the cake plate! I used a different colored cardstock, and embossed that with the Ornamental Feature 3D Embossing Folder. It's a tiny portion of the card, but I think that fine texture really adds a lot.

The background is from the Dotted Lines Debossing Plate. Such an easy way to add more texture!

Finishing out the background is the Fancy For You Die tucked behind the cake. I like layering things over and under the sentiments to keep the design more compact and interesting.

To echo the card, "Let's Celebrate" a successful and creatively-filled 8 years of business at Altenew! Here's to another 8!

 

Special Offer

Enjoy FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY8TH or $8 OFF international shipping with code ANNIV22 at checkout. Offer valid from 04/04/2022 at 12:01 am EDT through 04/06/2022 at 11:59 pm EDT. Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes. Shop here: https://altenew.com/collections/all-altenew-products (Sale up to 45% off HERE and NEW releases HERE) 

 

 

Giveaway Prizes

Over $2,000 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $80 Gift Certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy Online Class($8.95 value) to 15 lucky winners. There are also 26 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

 

• Altenew: 5 x $80 Altenew Gift Certificate

• Altenew Academy: 15 x Online Monthly Class Spot

• Jennifer McGuire Ink: Share Handmade Kindness Goodie Bag 

• A Cherry on Top: $50 Gift Certificate

• Auzz Trinklets N Krafts: $50 Gift Certificate 

• Avery Elle: $50 Gift Certificate

• Bumbleberry Papercrafts:  £25 Gift Certificate

• Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate

• CiLi in Papers: €75 Gift Certificate

• Concord & 9th: 1 $50 Gift Certificate & 1 Eclectic Garden Bundle ($38 Value)

• Craft Stash: $100 Gift Certificate

• Dare 2B Artzy: $30 Gift Certificate

• Ellen Hutson LLC: $25 Gift Certificate

• Gina K. Designs: $50 Gift Certificate

• Hero Arts: $50 Gift Certificate

• Lawn Fawn: $25 Gift Certificate

• MarkerPop: 4 x $40 Gift Certificate

• Michelle's Cards & Stamps: AUD$100 Gift Certificate

• My Little Attic: $50 Gift Certificate 

• My Sweet Petunia: $50 Gift Certificate

• Online Card Classes: 3 Online Class Spots to 1 Winner

• Pink and Main: $50 Gift Certificate

• Pinkfresh Studio: $50 Gift Certificate

• Scrapbook & Cards Today: $50 Gift Certificate

• Scrapbook.com: $50 certificate

• Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate

• Studio Katia: $50 Gift Certificate

• Waffle Flower: $25 Gift Certificate

 

Be sure to leave comments by 4/15/2022 for a chance to win one of 50 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with "Hi from (city or country where you're from)!" 50 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs in this hop and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/21/2022.

You may have come from the delightful and talented Seeka, but if not you can start at the beginning with Altenew. I'm now pleased to send you to the blog of another talented creator Laurie Patterson who has more celebratory projects to share.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly

Supplies Used (affiliate links at no cost to you, thanks so much for your support!)

Celebrate with Cake Die Set

Sentiment Strips 2

Delicate Mandala Die

Dotted Lines Debossing Cover Die

Fancy For You Die

Ornamental Feature 3D Embossing Folder