4 Ways to Use Altenew’s March Release

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!

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:

Altenew Card Blog

Laura Bassen

May Sukyong Park

Laurie Willison

Enza Gudor

Heidi Jakobs

Erum Tasneem

Kathy Racoosin

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Nina-Marie Trapani – that’s me! :)

Sandra Dietrich

Nicole Picadura

Vicky Papaioannou

Flora Monika Farkas

Therese Calvird

Anna Komenda

Yoonsun Hur

Kymona Tracey

Marge Yoon

Virginia Lu

Justine Hovey

Terhi Koskinen

Joni Andaya

Jennifer McGuire

Debby Hughes

Simon Hurley

Svitlana Shayevich

Lilith Eeckels

Carissa Wiley

Agnieszka Malyszek

Lydia Evans

Mayline Jung

Simon Says Stamp Blog

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.