Altenew May 2018 Release Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAYS!)

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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! 😉