Altenew March 2023 Stamp/Die/Stencil & More Release Blog Hop #2 + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

Hello and a warm welcome to my Blog!

I am so thrilled and grateful to be part of the amazing New release of March 2023 Stamp/Die/Stencil & More Release collection. If you are coming from the very talented Nathalie's blog you are at the right track. If not, then you can start from my blog or go ahead and start from Altenew blog.

I must admit I love the Japandi Vibes of this release!!! Who doesn't love Japanese style of design? And Japanese + Scandi = Modern and Elegant! The products in this release are absolutely versatile - You can tell I had sooo much fun creating projects from this release, I have some cool designs, to inspire you to  to stretch these supplies.

STUNNING SAKURA BASKET

For this card I used the amazing ensemble - Stunning Sakura with stamp + stencils + dies and this Oh sooo cool Wicker Texture 3 D embossing folder. I LOOOVE Embossing folders and this one has my heart and to know that the very talented Maryam Perez designed it.. I bow to her!

 

I love when you can make quick cards and the stencils make it so easy. With the embossing folder I did some quick inking of the folder and embossed a Creme cardstock to get the wicker basket color. I then cut it with scissors to make a basket and chomped the corners with corner punches. I am imagining a Geisha holding a wicker basket and carrying the Cherry blossoms to decorate her chamber (wink)!

WAVES OF THANKS

These two cards were sooo quick to put together. The Wave Panel die is intricate but cuts clean and I used it for this design by diecutting Gold Mirror cardstock and a maroon cardstock from it. Also on the same cardstock I did some Dry embossing with the rubber mat. If you are not familiar with the technique. You can watch my video where I show how to dry embossing with dies, here.

                                                    

On the dry embossed panel it is very easy to adhere the die cut panel and I chose contrasting cardbases for both the cards and adhered it. For the sentiment I thought of using Vertical greetings die cuts differently by sticking it with glue, horizontally underneath the die cut panel.

            

RED CROWNED CRANES

I was very excited for these Red Crowned Cranes layering dies as they will be perfect not just for cards but for wall art too and I love making home decor and gift to my friends.

                                    

The Embossing folder from Land to Sea is sooo cool too. The illusion it makes looks stunning. I chose a teal cardstock and used versamark on the folder to deepen the crevices. 

PANDA LOVE

Who doesn't love Pandas? I used the Black Obsidian ink to stamp the Pandas and diecut them. I used some green inks to stencil on the green embossed cardstock, the bamboo trees and adhered my two Pandas.

ARCHWAY SCENE

I used the Archway Die set to create a window on a kraft cardstock. And I die cut the tree from two shades of teal colored cardstock Emerald and Lagoon from Gradient Cardstock set - Sea shore. Punched an Orange sun for the background and used Vertical Greetings die set for Thanks die cut

DELICATE DRAGONFLY ARCHES

I die cut the lower wings with Silver Cardstock and the upper with black cardstock. I used a dark yellow cardstock to cut the body and on the body with finger I applied a gold wax. Assembled the dragonfly and adhered. For the background I applied Persian blue Ink with a  brayer on the Arches 3 D folder and dry embossed a light blue cardstock

                            

                 

Giveaway Prizes:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a *$100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $20 gift certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/12/2023 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 11 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 03/13/2023.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you are inspired and would check out the new release. Your next stop is Joni Mastronadi.

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