Altenew October 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway
Hey everyone and welcome to the Altenew* October 2019 release blog hop! This release features some really fun stamps, dies and stencils. And the best thing: there are lots of gorgeous new floral sets!! Have a look for yourself:
You should have arrived here from Svitlana’s blog. You can also find the full blog hop list over on the Altenew card blog.
Of course I just had to use some of the new floral stamps for my projects. I can’t ever have enough florals 😉 For my first card I picked the Grateful Heart set with the coordinating dies.
Grateful Heart Card
I stamped both floral images and the leaves twice so I could create a large cluster on my card. To add some interest to the background, I die cut a panel of white cardstock with the Candy Cane Cover Die and adhered it to the card base.
For the sentiment I used the Tall Alpha Die Set to cut the word hello. I cut it once from Welsh Gold Glitter Card and twice from white cardstock and then stacked the letters. That way they stand out a little more from the background. Finally I added some black enamel dots and that’s it!
Precious Peony Card
For my second card I used the Precious Peony set and stamped the large images various times with watermark ink onto a panel of black cardstock. I then heat embossed them with WOW Fool’s Gold embossing powder.
Especially when heat embossing on a dark background it’s important to use an anti-static powder tool so you won’t end up with embossing powder in places where you don’t want it!
Next, I die cut the Mega Love die twice; once from vellum and once from Burnished Rose Mirror Card. I adhered the vellum behind the other piece, slightly off-setting it to create a shadow effect. Finally, I adhered this to the heat embossed panel. This card is really quick and easy to make but looks very elegant and classy nonetheless!
Fun Together Layout
My third project for today is a layout for which I used one of the new String Art Dies. The minute I saw the String Art Heart die, I knew exactly what I wanted to make with it!
I knew I wanted to create a rainbow of hearts with matching stitching. And when I think of rainbow, I think of Paige Evans collections! I picked a few papers from her collections (mostly Horizon) and die cut the hearts.
The String Art Heart die only cuts the holes for the stichting, but it’s super easy to fussy cut around them to get the individual hearts.
You have lots of possibilities with the String Art dies! You could stitch from one hole to another across the heart, filling the whole shape with thread/floss, or you could stitch around it like I did.
I used a split stitch and coordinating colors of embroidery floss (I used all six strands) to stitch around each heart.
For the background I used the B-side of Paper 20 from Horizon. I felt like it added some interest but was still neutral enough so the hearts would really stand out! I also used some embellishments and alpha stickers from Truly Grateful to add my title and some more details.
I hope you enjoyed these projects and that you check out the new release! Thanks a lot for stopping by 🙂 Now hop on over to Therese to continue the blog hop.
Giveaway
Now on to the fun part!
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.
They’ll also draw a winner to receive a $20 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the hop. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 10/20/2019.
 Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Embossing Machine Shop at: SB | SP |
 Tonic Studios Guillotine Trimmer Shop at: SB | TON |
 MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SB | HA |
 EK Success Powder Tool Shop at: SB |
 Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad Shop at: SB |
 Heat Gun for Embossing Shop at: SB |
 Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue Shop at: SB |
 Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares White Shop at: SB |
 Permanent Double Sided Tape 1/4″ Shop at: SB |
 Hero Arts Intense Black Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SB | HA |
 Altenew Green Fields Enamel Dots Shop at: ALT |
 Altenew Mega Love Die Shop at: SB | ALT |
 Altenew Tall Alpha Die Set Shop at: SB | ALT |
 Altenew Candy Cane Stripe Cover Die Shop at: SB | ALT |
 Altenew Grateful Heart Stamps Shop at: SB | ALT |
 Altenew Grateful Heart Dies Shop at: SB | ALT |
 Altenew Grateful Heart Bundle Shop at: ALT |
 Altenew Precious Peony Stamps Shop at: SB | ALT |
 Altenew Precious Peony Dies Shop at: SB | ALT |
 Altenew Precious Peony Bundle Shop at: ALT |
 Altenew String Art Heart Die Shop at: SB | ALT |
 Altenew String Art Die Bundle Shop at: ALT |
 Tonic Studios Burnished Rose Mirror Card Shop at: SB | TON |
 Tonic Studios Welsh Gold Glitter Card Shop at: TON |
 Paige Evans Horizon Collection Shop at: SB |
 Paige Evans Truly Grateful Collection Shop at: SB |
Love the LOVE card; offset die cut, simple outline embossing but big impact!
love the offset “love”, striking
The cards are just beautiful…especially the gold embossed love card. Your layout is equally awesome with those brightly colored hearts!
Wow, it was so much fun to see how you used the tools in your personal craft supply collection to put your own spin on the new products! Your Grateful Heart floral is so beautifully colored, and the dimension added by the Candy Cane Stripe background die, and the elegance of the Tall Alpha letters compliment it perfectly. Using the showy Precious Peony stamp in the background to showcase the large die cut “love” sentiment was so elegant and effective. Your colorful scrapbook page is so cheerful–I really like how you used the bright watercolor print paper, and used the holes on the String Art heart in a completely different way to create the stitched edge.
super creations – love your ‘love’ card – very striking:)
love the examples, thanks for sharing!
Beautiful creations!
Lovely cards and a bright and cheerful layout. Love them. I was thinking of the string art dies for use as string art period. Never thought of them as outline stitching dies. Thanks for expanding my horizon. 🙂
These are beautiful!
Beautiful cards!! And I love the rainbow hearts on your layout! Super colorful 🙂
Beautiful projects! Love the gold embossing on the black cardstock.
I love your cards, especially the one using the Grateful Heart set. I am a total failure when it comes to names of flowers, so I wish I knew what kind of flower was in that set, because it is one of my favorite sets.
Beautiful cards! Love the use of the background die and the coloring. Very inspiring.
Great projects! I love the cards! Very pretty!
OMG! I LOVE LOVE LOVE your layout! Frame it!
Gorgeous use of the new release. Love the stitching on the heart scrapbook page. Your Precious Peony card is so elegant. Beautiful work!
Lovely projects!
Love your cards and layout
Beautiful projects and the Hello card has to be my favorite…just because! 🙂
Your work is stunning … I love the gold embossed card the most, and the way you stitched around the hearts on the layout looks fantastic.
Pretty cards…thanks for the inspiration!
The Precious Peony card is stunning!
Gorgeous projects! Such lovely layouts and beautiful color palettes.
New follower here, your work is gorgeous. Look forward to all your videos and posts.
Not sure why my comment didn’t work out the first time… Love your work, new follower!
Oh wow your cards and page layout are so beautiful and very unique looking too!
The background on your love card is spectacular.
You said it best, stunning and classy! All 3 projects are just lovely! HIghlight the sets and show their versatility very well. tyfs
Simply stunning cards highlighting this release!!
So pretty! Love the stacked hearts on your scrapbook page!
Love the cards you have created. You have showcased the release very well…..
love your work – the scrapbook layout is certainly fun with those big bold hearts – thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards and layout shared today. Thanks for sharing this inspiration with these fun products.
Beautiful cards and layout. 2 very different cards but both are stunning
So many wonderful new products! Love all the inspiration in the hop, but your cards and LO have become some of my favorites! Love the split stitching you did around the paper hearts! Thanks for sharing Kathleen!
Oh wow, these are so pretty! Love the soft colors and the charming details!
Take Care!
Michele H.
crimsonowl@comcast.net
I love your first card–very “girly” 🙂
Your gold on black card is very striking
Great inspiration using Grateful Heart and Precious Peony cards. The color choices and the embossing on black cardstock striking!!!
Beautiful cards and your layout using the sting art heats is fantastic.
Pretty floral cards and fun and colorful layout with the hearts.
Great projects, thanks so much for sharing!
Lovely cards & the hearts provide such pops of colour on your layout.
These are absolutely gorgeous! Especially the first one. And the layout is so cute. I love the new release. There is so much variety, with designs in every style to choose from.
Kathleen, your clean, open style really displays the focal points and Altenew’s release images so perfectly. Great makes!
These are beautiful! I love that candy cane cover die. It looks great behind the beautifully stamped flowers. Your Love card looks beautiful and elegant with the embossing and your layout it’s fantastic with all those bright colored hearts. Love the stitching!
Beautiful cards and page layout. 🙂
Gorgeous projects. This is such a fabulous release.
FABULOUS use of color
Beautiful cards and page layout. I love the candy cane background die cut for your pretty flowers and the gold peonies on black CS with the rose mirror LOVE is stunning. Awesome idea to stitch border for string art hearts, so fun and love the texture and interest for your cute page.
Dear Kathleen
Both cards are fab and so it the scrapbook page.Blessings
Inspiration is wonderful – your work is inspirational.
Such beautiful cards and layout.
Thanks so much for sharing…
I love the gold on black background.
These are all so beautiful!!
Gorgeous cards and layout! I really like the one with gold embossed background!!
Fabulous cards – I love that elegant LOVE card!
Beautiful creations … such a great release!
Particularly like the use of colors in your florals. Really pop.
Very beautiful cards but that layout is WOW!! I love those bold and vibrant hearts! So cool!!
Very nice. Thank you.
especially great background inspiration! 🙂