Hello everyone! I am so happy you are here, as I am guesting for the Altenew March release blog hop and I have quite a few cards to share with you!
In the video above, you’ll get a chance to see how I created this card using the beautiful Wildflower Garden stamp set.
I did a lot of stamping and layering to create a bit of depth to the frame of florals. And see that textured background? I made that with the gorgeous and also new, Dotted Scales cover plate die. Don’t you love the detail it adds to your paper?
I made another version of this card using the same products and the same ink colors for the most part, but I changed the layout a bit and used a different sentiment.
Altenew is well known for all their stunning stamp sets, particularly their layering sets. This next card I made uses the new Hope layering set along with a few oldie-but-goodie sets of theirs; Floral Shadow and Beautiful Day. I used those sets to make additional layers behind the floral arrangement.
My sentiment was stamped using the Story of Us set and I put a few sparkling Buttercream gems from Pretty Pink Posh here and there too. And of course I added that same Dotted Scallops cover plate die in the background.
What do you think of the Cross Stitch Flower stamp set? It’s really detailed; check out the awesome cross stitch effect you can get from just some simple stamping! I think the butterflies are adorable too!
I layered my floral arrangement on top of the Watercolor Stripes cover plate die (also from Altenew), which is cut from some Distress Woodgrain cardstock. I love the texture! The die cut sentiment is from the Script Words set and I placed a few little jewels from Lucy’s Cards around the arrangement too.
My last card I’m featuring today is a watercolored – if you can believe it! I used the Mega Succulent stamp set and Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to create the base watercoloring; afterwards I added fine details with colored pencils. The most interesting part of this design is that this is actually three layers.
I had stamped the image three times and colored each one in sections; then I fussy cut two of those sections out. After cutting them out, I adhered the two sections onto the last panel with foam tape. I LOVE the dimension! There are some clear confetti sequins adhered to the card and I added Nuvo Drops onto each one; it’s one of my favorite techniques. And that pretty sentiment is also from the Mega Succulent set. The script is so beautiful!
I hope you enjoyed seeing all of these ideas using the new release from Altenew! Scroll back up to the top of the post if you missed the video showing how I made the first card I shared. Plus keep on reading to learn more about the blog hop celebrating the new release!
Thanks for joining me today and enjoy the rest of this hop!
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There are a TON of participating designers in this hop; you won’t be lacking inspiration using this new release! :) Continue in the fun by visiting Sandra Dietrich’s blog! Or view the entire hop order below:
Nina-Marie Trapani – that’s me! :)
Altenew is extremely generous in 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 Thursday, March 29th for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 3/31/2018.
Your cards are beautiful ! Thank you for sharing.
I watched your video (before I knew it was part of a blog hop), and the first thing I did was to save it to my watch later videos. I just love your cards and I can’t wait to get my hands on the wild flowers set. Absolutely gorgeous!
Wow!! Amazing collection of cards!! Just gorgeous
So lovely cards, Nina :)
Wow Nina! I love your cards today. Especially the pink succulent!
WOW! What an amazing release! I absolutely love the floral stamps – especially the sweet rose bouquet – and I love to stitch on cards, so I can’t wait to get the cross stitch die. The colouring on your last card is absolutely amazing! Thanks for all the inspiration!
Gorgeous cards! Love the scalloped background and all the colorful flowers. The Hope flowers is also gorgeous and I love your layouts. Love too joe you made the succulent into a rose. Simply stunning!
Love the examples. The hot pink colored … wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Love your beautiful cards using these fun new products! You always have such great examples. Thanks for sharing!!
Gorgeous cards!! I love the layered large flower!!
Oh my gosh! Your cards are all soooo beautiful, I can’t pick which one I like the best! Your colors in the first few are amazing! Then I got to the succulent and, WOW! Gorgeous!!
All your cards are lovely but that red succulent really stands out. Beautiful collections of cards. Thank you for sharing.
Gorgeous cards! That pink succulent is stunning.
I really love how you combined the Dotted Scales cover die and the Wildflower Garden stamps. Just beautiful!
Like your wildflower card with the scales background.
Beautiful cards, designs and coloring!
Wow, lots of beautiful new products, great cards!
Beautiful floral cards. I like the dotted scales cover plate die you used.
So beautiful!! will be following you for more videos!
Your cards are beautiful, but the succulent card is exquisite! It literally jumps off the card. hank you so much for sharing your creations with us.
I love all your cards! I love the spring bring colors!
Beautiful cards, the wild flower stamps are so versatile.
The succulent stamp is so versatile! Your cards are beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful cards, I really like how the succulent looks like a rose.
All of these are so lovely!