Altenew November 2021 Sparkle and Shine Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

Hello Friends! The November Altenew release is here and there's a little bit of everything to get excited about ... backgrounds, florals, sentiments, die cut sentiments, stencils, it's all stocked and ready to go!

You may have come here from the blog of Jenny Colacicco, but if not feel free to start at the beginning with the Altenew Card Blog.

 

NEW Sparkle and Shine Collection!

I find it's always helpful to see a new release at a glance, in case you need to make tough decisions ; )

Let's start with the Note For You Stamps ...

There are ten different primary sentiments, eight secondary sentiments, and six different patterns for you to craft the perfect sentiment.

And that's pretty much what I did here ... used as many sentiments as I could to make one heck of a custom sentiment. The little pattern stamps that are included are great if you end up with spaces that need to be filled, like right below the "awesome".

Did you notice that beautiful background?! It's from the Illusion Diamonds background set which is a wonderfully solid yet interesting geometric pattern. The colors (Lemon Whip and Pistachio) are also from one of the new lines of ink, the Frozen Delights Mini Ink Set.

The Note For You Stamps has a coordinating die that can be used for making your own coordinating envelope, as well as a few of the sentiments like the "hello" I added to the envelope.

In addition to the word dies, there are a few trim dies for adding details, like the lacy die under "hello" and the scallop die I used on the edge of the flap.

This is a good chance to use any double sided patterned papers you have. After you make the envelope, cut a square from the same paper and you're automatically coordinated.

Here's another card that uses a primary sentiment from Note For You Stamps, and then I layered a secondary sentiment embossed in white on top. I inked up the bottom word "heart" in a complementary color to tie in with the centers of the flowers.

The florals are from In the Woodland Stamp. The nice thing about this set is you get two different large floral cluster images. So it's like a 2-for-1!

There is a coordinating layering stencil set available, which is how I got the alternating petal effect. I like this look as a change from having a layer of shadows. The beautiful colors are all from the new Frozen Delights Mini Ink Set.

My final card features the Tree Mix Dies. There are 12 different trees to pick from, so definitely something for everyone. I like being able to layer the trees on top of each other, which makes the possibilities even more limitless!

The word die sentiment is one of the six new words in the All About Wishes Dies. Love that all the words come with outline dies so you can outline them. That really helps out on a busy card like this where you need to be able to see the word a little clearer.

 

I do like the pinks and whites for a glam holiday card,with a splash of gold glitter.

Free Gifts
There are free gift promotions to celebrate the release!

• Get a FREE brand new Sparkle & Shine Stamp & Die Release Mini Inspiration Guidee with every order from 11/05/2021 through 11/7/2021. Shop HERE!

• Get a FREE brand new SSparkle & Shine Stamp & Die Release Inspiration Guide with every order of any of the high-value Sparkle and Shine Bundles. Shop HERE!

• Get a FREE brand new Online Cardmaking Class with every order from the new Sparkle and Shine Stamp & Die Release Collection from 11/05/2021 through 11/11/2021. Shop HERE!

Giveaway Prizes

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop by 11/11/2021 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 11/13/2021.

I'm now pleased to send you to the ridiculously talented
Erum Tasneem who has beautiful projects to share with you!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly

Supplies Used (affiliate links included at no cost to you!):

Illusion Diamonds

In the Woodland Stamp

In the Woodland Dies

Note For You Stamps

Note for You Dies

All About Wishes Dies

Tree Mix Dies

Frozen Delights Mini Ink Set

Pinkfresh Studio November Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release

 

Hello Friends! A big welcome to the November Pinkfresh Blog Hop, with a brand new set of stamp/die/stencil/hot foil plates!

One of my favorite bundles is anchored by the Charming Floral Border Stamp Set, designed by my friend Alex Syberia. This set has it all, florals, main sentiment words, and secondary sentiments. The florals are small enough to be used underneath your sentiment, or doubled up to fill the entire card. 

Let's take a closer look!

This card is made entirely from the Charming Floral Border Stamp Set and the Charming Floral Border Layering Stencils. 

I love that in addition to using the stencils to color in the floral strip, the other side of the stencil has several large words, like this Miss You, so you really feel like you're getting a lot from this set. I first stenciled some of the orange that I used for the leaves inside the "Miss You" stencil, and then to give it some punch I stenciled a vibrant red on the bottom of the letters. Also went back to the leaves and stenciled some red highlights to the center floral image. This helps tie the red in the sentiment to the red in the florals.

This Charming Floral Border Stamp Set also has a ton of secondary sentiments! Score! In every card I make featuring a large word sentiment, I love to have a smaller phrase before or after it for balance. This set is a gold mine of secondary sentiments, so it will be on my desk for quite some time : )

This card also features the Charming Floral Border Stamp Set, but this time I've die cut two of the floral strips and put them back-to-back to fill up the card base. Very versatile!

The large "Congrats" is from a really fun set Brushed Sentiment Layering Stencils that I couldn't wait to play with as soon as I saw it! There are 12 words you can mix and match, and layering stencils to form shadows and highlights on the script letters! 

Another nice feature is that six of the words are connected together so if you want to make one of the words, the other five are made as well. Always good to have extras ready to go for other projects!

Here's another secondary sentiment from the Charming Floral Border Stamp Set. I'll get so much use out of this set!

 

Let's take a quick look at the card jewelry! One card features the gold dots, and the other card has the green crystals. Both beautiful accents to the floral design/pattern.

This card features the Sweet Leaves Frame Layering Stencils and Sweet Leaves Frame Die. It does not have a coordinating stamp set, it's just two layers of stencils, but you can still create quite a dramatic frame just by adding your own colors to different parts of the stencil. For example, I colored the middle bunch of leaves on the top and bottom yellow, and the rest green.

 

The "Celebrate" word die from the Scripted Greetings Dies is extended across the floral frame three times for impact. You can see two more of the secondary sentiments that I embossed in gold on vellum from the Charming Floral Border Stamp Set. Love a card with a lot to say.

 I experimented with a gray swiss dot and a charcoal background for inside the card. Both slightly different looks.

GIVEAWAYS:

-We will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog & YouTube channel! How awesome is that?!

-We will be giving away a total of TEN $25  gift cards along the hop. Winners will be picked from the comments and posted on November 11, 2021 on our GIVEAWAY PAGE. Winners must claim your prize within 2 weeks. 

I'm honored to send you to the one and only Laura Bassen who has something wonderful to share with you! For your reference, here's the complete list of blog hop stops:  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly

 

Supplies Used (Affiliate Links, thanks so much for your support!):

 

Sweet Leaves Frame Layering Stencils

Sweet Leaves Frame Die

Charming Floral Border Layering Stencils

Charming Floral Border Die

Charming Floral Border Stamp Set

Brushed Sentiment Layering Stencils

Brushed Sentiments Dies

Scripted Greetings Dies

 

Free Shipping from Colorado Craft Company, Including Big & Bold Mice!

 

Hi Friends! I love shaped cards because they are so unique, and not something you can easily find in the stores. The Colorado Craft Company Big & Bold series mice are perfect for creating shaped cards because of their large size. 

 

So awesome that the inside of the shaped card is the right size for the "Reach for the Stars" sentiment. Adore! This mouse and sentiment is from the Falling Star set.

To make a shaped card you just place the die slightly above the fold line of your card. For this card the ends of the mouse's hands were slightly higher than the fold. Then I cut another mouse image and adhered that on top.

Before adding the stars, my poor little mouse wanted to tip over to the right, since only his left foot is on the ground. But once I added the star to his tail, and a few more stars to the left of the large star, he found his balance and can stand unassisted : )

 

If you've been thinking about picking up one of the sets of big Anita Jeram mice, there's free shipping on October 22nd- and 23rd! Just use the code FREESHIPPINGKG

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Kelly

Supplies Used (affiliate links, thanks for your support!)

Falling Star

Twinkle Little Star

Star is Born