Hi there, I hope you’re doing well. It’s been such a challenging week for many so I’m so very glad you’re here.
Today we’re celebrating Altenew March 2020 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release! If you arrived from the Maryam’s blog, you’re right on track. If you want to hop along from the beginning, visit the Altenew Card Blog. Check the bottom of this post for the full blog hop list!
For my first card today I used the new Line Art stamp set and coordinating dies. I started by stamping the solid floral elements in Chamomile and Snapdragon Crist Dye inks and then die cutting them.
To create a background, I ink blended Dried Marigold and Tattered Rose Distress Oxide inks onto a panel of Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock. Next, I used a square die from the Fine Frames Square die set to cut a window out of an A2-sized piece of Neenah Solar White 80# Classic Crest cardstock. I stamped a sentiment from the Line Art stamp set in black ink onto the frame and then adhered a few of the stamped flowers around the window before adhering the frame, with foam tape, to the ink-blended background. I tucked a few extra flowers under the frame and adhered them directly to the background with liquid glue. To finish, I adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base.
For my next card I pulled out the new Spheres & Spirals stamp set as well as a few rectangle dies.
I stamped one of the large circle stamps around the four sides of an A2-sized panel of Neenah Solar White in Teal Cave Crisp Dye ink. Next, I used the Fine Frames Rectangles die to create a small frame out of white cardstock. Onto the middle fallout piece, I ink blended Dew Drops, Aqualicious, and Teal Cave inks, concentrating the darker color around the edges of the rectangle. Then I stamped the sentiment, from the Spheres & Spirals stamp set, in the center.
To assemble the card, I adhered the sentiment and its frame to the background with foam tape, and then I adhered a single fine frame (die cut using the Fine Frames Cover die) around the border. To finish, I adhered the card front to a card base.
My last card features the beautiful Fabulous Florets layering stamp set and coordinating dies (also available as a bundle). I stamped the three layers of the flowers in Sunray, Chamomile, and Snapdragon Crisp Dye inks and then stamped their centers in black ink. I die cut them out and set them aside.
Next, I used the solid layer of the large floral image to create a patterned background on an A2-sized piece of Neenah Solar White. I used Buttercream ink which is lighter than the other three inks that I used for the layered flowers. I also prepared a sentiment by using the Fancy For You die to die cut four sentiments, which I stacked and adhered together.
To assemble the card, I backed each of the die cut flowers with foam tape and adhered them to the background. I trimmed off the parts of the flowers that were hanging off the edge of the card and then used those spare pieces to fill areas around the border of the card. In total I only used four flowers, though it looks like more. Finally, I adhered the sentiment and then adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base.
Thanks so much for visiting! Please be sure to check out the giveaways below before you head on to visit the one and only Jennifer McGuire!
Giveaways!
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 3/22/2020 for a chance to win.
Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $20 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 3/24/2020.
Blog Hop List
Altenew Card Blog
Svitlana Shayevich
Laura Bassen
Kelly Griglione
Maryam Perez
Seeka <– You are here
Jennifer McGuire
Nicole Watt
Lilith Eeckels
Amber Rain Davis
Justine Hovey
Nathalie DeSousa
Therese Calvird
Jaycee Gaspar
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Nicole Picadura
Norine Borys
Virginia Lu
Reiko Tsuchida
Erum Tasneem
Amy Hill
Ashlea Cornell
Sveta Fotinia
Laurel Beard
Laurie Willison
Terri Koszler
Kymona Tracey
Emily Midgett
All your cards are gorgeous; that Line Art set is top on my list!
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Delightful projects!! Thanks for sharing.
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Your cards are beautiful and cheerful and I do love that Line Art stamp set. It will most likely end up on my wish list! 🙂
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Lovely…especially the Fabulous Florets
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What a great job! Your cards are truly very lovely!!
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Fabulous designs Seeka! Love the variety in images and sentiments you chose. Thank you for the inspiration!
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Great cards! This is a fantastic release, isn’t it?
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Lovely cards. You used two of my favorite sets from this release. I love to see what you designers come up with in your creations because it gives us “mere mortals” ideas to improve our card making. Thank you so much for sharing!
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such beautiful cards, I love your color selection on the cards, bright and cheerful
thanks for sharing
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Awesome cards! I really love that line art flower set!
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Love what you created with the Line Art stamp set. Gorgeous cards. Beautiful works of art.
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All of that yellow is GORGEOUS and HAPPY
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Your cards are gorgeous, colors are so fresh and cheerful. Thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful projects!
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Such beautiful cards – I really love that “joy” sentiment!
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Great cards! You did a wonderful job die cutting that window!
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I LOVE everything about your yellow card using the Fabulous Florets stamp set. Beautiful! Great design!
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What happy cards…beautiful!
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What lovely cards!! I especially adore the line art stamp set!!
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Lovely cards! The yellow flowers are soooo pretty! They remind me of my Mom as it was her favorite color.
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I’m inspired and impressed by your cards. Great colors! I especially like the yellow flowers. So cheery.
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I ADORE your card with the fabulous floret stamp set! What gorgeous cards!
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Bright and colorful. Very nice work!
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Lovely projects. I really like the Fabulous Floret card, so bright and cheery!
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Gorgeous cards, great new release by Altenew.
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Just beautiful!
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Such gorgeous card designs!
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Love the fabulous florets stamp set. Gorgeous. I love what you did with it.
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These are lovely! I really like the way you used that first set. It is stunning.
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I like these projects. I like the framing of the first card.
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A gorgeous use of color, especially the yellows! And your ink blending is truly inspirational. Thank you!
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Great cards and love the yellow floral card. They look brilliant. Thanks for the opportunity.
Priya
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I love both the cards. The floral images in Line Art remind me of Weekend Doodles. The Floret card is terrific with the shadow images in the background.
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Thanks for sharing your wonderful cards.
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Your Fabulous Floral card in yellows is stunning!
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So stylish and classy, fabulous cards x
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Very beautiful and elegant cards. I love the new release. It has so much amazing variety!
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Love the monochrome cards, so pretty.
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How gorgeous, I am in love with the yellow card, those flowers are amazing.
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Great idea for using the string-art stamp on the Thank You card! love that!
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Beautiful cards using simple designs! 🙂
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Gorgeous cards!! The yellow one is very eye catching.
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Your cards are very pretty. My shopping list keeps getting bigger with every blog post on the hop.
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I love your bright and cheery cards!
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Such lovely creations! Colors are so vibrant.
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Beautiful! I didn’t know how beautiful the Fabulous Florets could be until I have seen all of you layering it up! Wow! Now it is one of my favorites ❤ I think the ring of dots around the center is so very, very beautiful! AND I am in love with your combination of yellows! You're right, it does look like you made a lot more flowers!!
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