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Good morning! I’m thrilled to be joining the amazing Altenew design team to celebrate their May 2018 release! They have a beautiful selection of stamps and dies in this month’s release!
I was looking through my cardstock stash and decided to use a color that I don’t think I’ve ever used before and I love how it turned out with my trio of cards!
My first card takes a little inspiration from that pretty Rifle Paper Co. notebook. I started by stamping the flowers from Bride to Be on white cardstock with peachy pink and red inks from Altenew. I die-cut them with the coordinating dies and experimented with arranging them in a variety of ways.
Next I stamped the fabulous Rustic Linen stamp onto that muted teal cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. I arranged the flowers over the panel and added a heat-embossed sentiment from Starry Flowers.
For my second card I started by stamping the Starry Flowers floral image onto watercolor paper with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I watercolored it with my Mijello Mission Gold watercolors. Once it dried I die-cut it with the coordinating die. I stamped the sentiment from the Garden Silhouette set onto white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.
Once again I clear heat-embossed the Rustic Linen stamp onto teal cardstock. To finish the card I simply adhered the floral image and sentiment. I wanted to keep these cards flat so I avoided adding embellishments or sequins (which would normally be my go-to’s)! 😉
My last card used the same teal cardstock but this time I stamped directly on the panel. I started by stamping the florals from Bride To Be on the teal cardstock with white pigment ink. I blasted it with a heat gun and then restamped the images on top of the white pigment ink with a variety of purple and green inks from Altenew.
I also stamped the large white flower on a scrap piece of teal cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. I stamped the inner layers with pigment inks and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder as well to keep them from smudging. Then I die-cut the flower with the coordinating dies and popped it up with foam mounting tape. I also stamped the sentiment from the Garden Silhouette set and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.
This was definitely an unusual color palette for me but I really loved pushing myself out of my comfort zone and I love the way the cards turned out! I hope you do, too! 😉
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to SIX lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Friday, May 26th for a chance to win. Six winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 5/27/2018.
And, there’s even more good news! 😉 EVERY stop on the hop is giving away a $30 gift certificate so the more you comment, the more chances you have to win! Please leave your comments by 11:59PM EST on May 25th and the winner will be announced on May 26th!
Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Altenew Card Blog
- Agnieszka Malyszek
- Sandra Dietrich
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- May Sukyong Park
- Debby Hughes
- Paige Evans
- Virginia Lu
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Lilith Eeckels
- Vicky Papaioannou
- Therese Calvird
- Justine Hovey
- Enza Gudor
- Chari Moss
- Gayatri Murali
- Altenew Scrapbook Blog
- Yoonsun Hur
- Anna Komenda
- Jenn Shurkus
- Reiko Tsuchida
- Laurie Willison
- Kymona Tracey
- Jennifer McGuire
- Svitlana Shayevich
- Raquel Bowman
- Lydia Evans
- Kelly Latevola
- Nicole Picadura
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Terhi Koskinen
- Rubeena Ianigro
- Sveta Fotinia
- Emily Leiphart
- Flora Monika Farkas
- Laura Jane
- Michelle Short
- Erum Tasneem
- Kimberly Wiener
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WOW – the clear embossed linen background looks stunning. Three beautiful cards. Love the teal bases.
Love the color combinations, Jess.
Unique color choices. You must be in the mood for Fall. 😉
Jessica, Altenew ALWAYS has a great selection of stamps and dies with every release and your cards certainly reflect how beautiful they are. Well done as ever.
I have purchased starry flowers and the crown set…but now I am seeing the rustic background I am envious..another time. Thank you for inspiring and sharing
I love all of the new ideas!
Great ideas. Love the flowers..
Great cards! The first is my favorite, love the color combinations too!
I love these! Thank you for sharing your inspiration piece with us. I find that so helpful! I also didn’t realize that a linen background stamp was ever going to need to go on my “must have” list. But it did!
Love these cards! The second one is my favorite, the colors look beautiful together.
You’re creations always amaze me! Thanks for sharing!
So pretty – love the flowers on the teal background.
Love the pops of color on the dark backgrounds.
Amazing! I love your work!
Terrific cards!! Love your color palette 🙂
Love the colors you used! I have to get that rustic linen background stamp! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cards! I really like the Rustic Linen background stamp.
I love your muted color palette! And, what a great idea to stamp first with white pigment ink and then come back in with dye inks over the top! A new technique- THANKS! : ) Just loved all your card designs! Way to go!
Beautiful color combos, Jessica! Love the green background with those florals.
The Rustic Linen adds a lovely touch – going onto my wishlist!
Wonderful cards, so creative! Love this release!!
Love the color combo with the dark green card stock.
Lovely cards. I especially like the dark backgrounds.