4 Ways to Use Altenew April Release + Blog Hop
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Hello everyone! I am so excited to be back with you today, sharing inspiration using the new April release from Altenew! To celebrate the new release, Altenew is hosting a huge blog hop, full of fabulous inspiration! If you have already been hopping along with us, you should have arrived from my super-sweet and talented friend, May Sukyong Park’s blog!
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I was really looking forward to playing with the Watercolor Dots stamp set. The cute painted polka dot pattern with fun accent elements seemed like they would be awesome for creating colorful backgrounds… and I think they do! I used masking and a rainbow of Altenew ink colors to stamp the dot background; then I used black and slightly darker shades of colored inks to stamp the accents onto some of the dots.
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I love balancing colors with, so I chose to die cut the beautiful You Are Loved die from three different colors of cardstock; this die is meant to be one single piece, but I trimmed each word out for something a bit different. For the color balancing, I made sure that the pink and teal colors were opposite of those colors in the background. This helps the sentiment stand out, but also have a cohesive look.
The card was finished off by adding some Spectrum Noir shimmer pen onto the words and some of the polka dots in the background.
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This next card I created features the beautiful Mega Hello die and Mega Greetings stamp set. These greetings from both sets are indeed HUGE! The are so big that you could make a simple card like this one and it looks gorgeous because the greetings are the focal point.
In this card I die cut the word hello from a background I made with Tonic Studios’ Shimmer Powders. I layered the die cut onto a couple more hello words, giving the top layer lots of dimension. The rest of the sentiment is white heat embossed onto purple cardstock, which helps draw out the subtle purples in the hello die cut.
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The card base features some pretty, dimensional gold paint splatters. I really love the look of Prima’s Art Alchemy acrylic paints; their metallics are so beautiful, and of course acrylic maintains its dimensionality. This adds the perfect finishing touch to a simple card like this one.
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I had so much fun with the Mega Hello die that I had to create another card using it! This time I stamped some florals around the negative space that was created from cutting the watercolor paper. Then I painted the florals with Prima Watercolor Confections, filled in the background with a light wash of watercolor and even added a few doodled details!
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I popped the negative space panel up off of a kraft card base and layered the word I had cut out of that paper off of that, creating an offset. The supporting sentiment I gold heat embossed onto purple cardstock was from the Strength Blooms stamp set, which is full of uplifting greetings (and pretty layering florals).
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Speaking of those Strength Blooms florals… I used those here on this colorful card, along with the fun Gradient Stripes background!
The background was ink blended with Distress Oxide inks and I added a few splatters to it before trimming it down with the Gradient Stripes background die.
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The flowers from the Strength Blooms stamp set are layering stamps and I chose specific colors from Altenew’s layering inks to best match the colors I used in the background. I have a definite rainbow theme going on here, and again, I tried to keep a balance between the colors in the background versus the colors in the florals.
The biggest floral within the arrangement is the pink blossom. Because it is the biggest, I made sure this one was opposite of the pink in the background that is on the top. This helps visually ground the colors, since there are lots of them in this card! I also chose to use navy for the sentiment label, as it is placed in the general area as the blue stripes and helps to subtly finish the mostly-hidden navy stripe in my background.
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With so much color in this card, I kept the rest of the design fairly clean, and added just a few Sparkling Clear sequins tucked in and around the florals for a bit of sparkle!
I hope these cards have inspired you with fresh ideas for creating with some of the newest stamps and dies from Altenew! Be sure to keep reading for the next stop in the hop, plus giveaways!
Thanks for visiting with me today!
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Your next stop in the hop is another amazingly talented friend of mine, Svitlana Shayevich! You can also reference the entire hop order below:
Nina-Marie Trapani – you’re here! :)
To celebrate this release, Altenew is generously 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 Saturday, April 21st for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on April 22nd.
I’m also giving away and $30 gift certificate to Altenew as well! You can leave a comment here on my blog for a chance to win, and I’ll be choosing the winner by April 21st (the winner will be announced shortly thereafter).
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Your cards are always so pretty!
Love your cardsz
Beautiful cards!
FABULOUS cards!
You always share such CHEERY designs!
LOVE your colours and creative use of the dies and negative bits … my wishlist is growing so fast I think I will be wanting it all :)
Gorgeous cards! Love that big ‘hello’ die and the fun polka dot background stamp!
Your cards are so bright and cheerful! They make me happy just looking at them. The Watercolor Dots set looks like such fun.
Your style is always so inventive. Thanks for sharing the technique video.
Wow!! Absolutely Gorgeous cards! love all these vibrant colors and amazing ideas. Thanks for the inspiration.
Stunning cards, and I especially love the rainbow-hued Watercolor Dots card… Thank you for the inspiration!
Beautiful inspiration! This is another wonderful release with some lovely sentiment dies and more beautiful layering flowers. Love it!
Such fantabulous creations. So colourful ????. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing!
Such amazing cards–the colors you used are bold and beautiful! Thanks for sharing your ideas and talent!
Color, color, color! Just love them. So vibrant!
Beautiful projects. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards love the colors! Thank you for the inspiration!
Such a beautiful set of cards. I particularly love that one with the gold drips on the background
A wonderful release. All the stamps are fabulous and your cards are so colorful.
Oh my-as I scrolled down to look at your projects, each was prettier than the last–simply amazing! You certain had me at “Hello”. Great job Nina and I greatly enjoy your enthusiastic video’s–I can tell you love crafting! Thanks for showing us these wonderful new products from Altenew.
Amazing – loves your cards!
Fantastic set of creations!! Love them all! <3
These are so pretty. This release is amazing and you are so inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Such pretty cards – love the colors and all the layering.
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Nina, your cards are as remarkable as you are!!! I am thrilled with your inspiration and beauty of them! Great new release and wanting all of it!
Cute cards! I like that new watercolor dots stamp set. You get so many ideas by just looking at it.
Great cards, my favorite is the third card, love it!
Fabulous cards!!! I love that huge “hello” die. It’s on my wish list as are so many other items in this new release!!!
Love your refreshing selection of colors for all of the cards, and especially appreciate the techniques on the HELLO cards. I learned so much and can’t wait to get started using these stamps. Thank you!
Gorgeous colors on all of these cards. I love the big “hello” die. Thank you for sharing so many ways to use it. Stunning cards!!
All of your cards are amazing and thank you for listing the supplies used separately so helpful!
Your big Hello in color is s amazing
All the cards are amazing! The one with the strengths bloom stamp set is so beautiful! TFS
Love that Mega Hello Die and all the colours you used. Also like the Gradient Stripe die….what fun!
This release has such a great mix of words and florals!! I love the “You are loved” die and the many floral stamps are stunning! But I also like the fun “Celebrate” set. This is a very fun collection of items and I think everyone will find something here they can use and enjoy!!
Great cards and colors. TFS
All cards r beautiful. I love multi color card. I love mega die sets
Thanks for sharing.
I love your cards, the colors are so bright and cheerful!
Fabulous cards! Love the big, bold sentiments and wonderful backgrounds.
Super fun colorful cards!!
Fabulous designs, love the watercolor dots background, thanks for sharing!
Great cards!!! Love the oversized word dies.TFS.
Hi Nina!!! The watercolor background stamp was one of my favorites from this new release so I was super excited to see how you used it! I love how you used a rainbow of inks to add so much fun and whimsy to this bright cheery card <3 thank you so much for sharing with us!
Wow, these cards are so beautiful, and I’m in love with the Mega stamps and dies, you show them off so well!
I love all of your cards, thanks for sharing.
These creations are fabulous and I love the multicolor….so I am also very curious about the shimmer powders ????. Thank You!!!
Beautiful cards. Now I’m very curious about shimmer powder :)
Boy were you a busy little bee…..loved all of your bright and beautiful cards…thank you so much!!!
All your cards are beautiful! I really like the Multi-Color Hello card and I think my favorite set from this release is the Watercolor Dots. TFS.
OH MY GOSH !! I am very impressed with all your cards. I love all your ideas and color combinations.
Beautiful cards! I an really loving the watercolor dots background. Thanks for sharing :)
It’s a pretty cool release, isn’t it? So much to love here. . .
Such a beautiful release…love your creations.
Your cards are so pretty! I love the gradient stripes cover die :)
Love all your creations, Nina Marie, and these are no exception. Your color choices are gorgeous and your designs are always creative and an inspiration.
Beautiful cards. Really love seeing all the different ways to use Gradient Stripes and Watercolor Dots. Loving these two sets especially – so versatile! TFS!
Great ideas…loved all!!
Your cards shout SPRING!! How wonderful, I think we are all ready for it. Keep those gorgeous colors coming.
So bright and colorful. Love your designs.
I am having more and more trouble deciding what I love the most. After seeing your cards I’m taking a second look at gradient stripes and dotted background!
Love those mega greetings and the florals are always divine!
I love all your cards, they are so pretty and creative.
All four of your cards are gorgeous! My top 2 are the second and third cards! The shimmery rainbow hello is scrumptious on the second card and the flowers and sentiment technique on the third one leaves me breathless! TFS!
I love the watercolor techniques you used!
This release ROCKS! I adore that mega HELLO!
Beautiful cards Nina !!
Beautiful cards! Love the bright colors and this hello die is great. I love all the ways you’ve used! So pretty!
Beautiful! Love all the cards you created!!
I love all of the new ideas!
Such fabulous and fun cards with all those colours. Your mega hello cards are my favourite. That mega hello makes for a quick but effective card with endless possibilities. That watercolour dots stamp set looks awesome too with the different patterns you can stamp over the dots. Love it!!
Beautiful color and designs! Love the mega hello die also. Can hardly wait to play with it!
I enjoyed all the cards, especially the Hello on the white background. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win!
Beautiful catds!!!
Your card is beautiful ! I love the various styles and ideas.
Oh WOW. Your cards are amazing! I’ve never really thought of colours the way you so obviously Do, keeping the colours ‘grounded’ makes sense. Also by putting the red and teal at opposite sides of the dotted background really makes all the colours pop. I have learnt a lot from you from just this one post. I’m really looking forward to being a new follower of your blog. Thankyou for the inspiration and for sharing your knowledge. Xxx
Love the watercolor dots stamp set. Also love your floral background on Kraft paper. Fun idea. Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing!
I especially like the cards using the mega hello die. All the cards are lovely but those cards are just a step up from the others, so pretty!
All great cards! Great colors! i especially love the hello on kraft background. Thanks for the inspiration!
Gorgeous cards. I loved how you colored one Hello and left the other plain. Your backgrounds are very pretty.
Fabulous cards – thanks for your inspiration! The ‘Watercolour Dots’ stamp set is my favourite from this new release and I love how you’ve used it!
Sooooooooo fun! LOVING them all!
Beautiful cards. Realy like what you did with the Hello die. Thank you
Your cards are so beautiful. TFS
I love all of these cards! They are incredibly beautiful and so well done. I want everything in this new release!
Such Beautiful Cards I’m so Inspired by you!! Thanks for sharing!!
Beautiful cards! I especially like the one with the floral background and the big Hello die. Stunning!
Stunning card! Thank you for sharing.
I am absolutely in love with EACH of your cards! You are extremely talented! I am going to follow you on YouTube now! ????
These are awesome pretty cards!
There are so many wonderful new sets in this release. I can’t decide which to get! Love your inspirations!
Really liking the mega word cards, very pretty.
These cards are so much fun. I especially love the two ”Hello” cards.
Love your background made with the gradient die! Sweet card!
Nina these are all amazing. I am so in love with what those shimmer powders can do. I can’t wait to get some. Thank you for the wonderful inspiration.
I love this release, and I loved your card! Thank you for the inspiration. I can not wait to get this stamp set into my house!
I love that watercolor dots background! So fun!
Love all your cards.
I love that huge Hello Die and the colors you used on that pretty card.
Love the colors you used!
WOW Nina, these are all awesome, love the Mega Hello word die (and the Thanks die too, for that matter!) You have done a fantastic job on all of your cards, as ever.
Oh my goodness, Nina Marie, your cards are so beautiful! Those 2 hello cards are so cool…that flowered background is the best! I really loved how you used that Gradient Stripe background die…those beautiful flowers really stand out!
The mayriad of colors are fantastic. Those polka dots are a great background.
Beautiful cards! Great cards!
I love the card with using the Large Hello die and it’s negative space where you created the colorful floral background!
Great cards Nina! Love your colorful style!
Fantastic cards Nina Marie! Beautiful, vibrant and happy. Love the shimmer powders.
I love all of your cards! They are the prettiest! I am very impressed.
These are FABULOUS! Love your style. ♥
I really like the colors in your hello word using the Mega Hello die. Beautiful! Thanks for also sharing the other techniques with the new release pieces. It really helps to see ways they can be used.
Beautiful cards, thanks for sharing.
Your cards are so bright and beautiful! I like the way you used the gradient stamp on the last card with the flowers! Gorgeous!
Love your designs and how you used the gradient die. Thanks for sharing!
Love the card with the large Hello die cut with the floral background.
Beautiful projects, Nina. I’m loving these large script sentiments.
Gorgeous cards!! I love the colors and designs!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Super cute cards. Thanks for your examples!
Beautiful cards and great tips. I missed your fun, interesting video though. Hopefully soon
Beautiful cards! This is such a great release! I especially like the big words! Thanks for sharing!
Stunning cards! Love the big dies in this release.
Great cards! I love how you chose to use these new products. I really want to purchase the Gradient die, and then the stamp.
I love the big Hello die cards the most-they are all lovely; don’t get me wrong. Those two cards are so great! The inks that you combined for the first Hello card are wonderful and I love how you popped up the second Hello card and created your own flower background on the watercolor paper. The purple sentiment accented the card most excellently! Thank you so much!
I really like that gradient stamp and die! Wish I could afford both, but I’m going to get the stamp for now. Love how you used the die! Beautiful colors and your floral hello card is awesome! Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful work! I love the mega word dies in the new release!
your cards are just gorgeous!
So much fun and color! I don’t know which one I would have to start with, but I do love the watercolor circles! This is one of those that you would just have to sit down and start playing as soon as you open the mail–just pull out some colors and start playing. And it looks like you had fun!!! Thank you.
Beautiful release and your cards are very pretty!
I am loving those big word! Great cards.
Your two “hello” cards are fabulous ! really ! And it seems to be a wonderful die :))
Stunning cards, I can’t wait to try the Nuvo shimmer powders!
Love your cards.
Beautiful inspiration!
Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful cards using the new products! I really like the fun, colorful background you created with the Watercolor Dots stamps on the first card. But, oh my, your floral “hello’ card is simply gorgeous; your water coloring phenomenal. TFS your talent and inspiration.
Love your colorful cards, especially the color blended hello
Thanks for sharing such wonderful cards.
Great job, love your cards designs. Thanks for sharing.
Love your colorful cards!
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Great cards! I love all the fun color balancing you did on your first card. The Watercolor Dots seems like the perfect set to just let your creativity flow.
Astonishing. All of your cards are beautiful. I love the huge word with the shimmer powder and the floral background with die cut is awesome.
Such pretty cards Nina Marie. Love the mega words and those stripes with the pretty flowers!
Fantastic colorful cards Nina!!
Fantastic cards! I love the hello sentiment with the shimmer powders!
Love the floral hello card…thanks for sharing!
I like the way you used the Hello die with negative and positive space! All your designs are pretty!
Love the Hello using the negative space! Wonderful release, love the large word dyes. And so many beautiful florals! Altenew stamps are so fun, I really want to try their beautiful inks too.
You are so creative Nina! Your first card is so cute and happy! Feels like a great big hug! :) Thanks!!
I like the watercolor dots and how you used them. Great inspiration for me. Thanks
Love your cards! I enjoy your videos because you are so upbeat! And for being quirky that just makes you even more unique!
Lovely cards and really love that huge hello die!
Such lovely cards, Nina-Marie. I esp. love the design of
the 3rd card & all the glorious flowers!
Omg! What beautiful cards! TFS! Love Altenew and this new release!
Love Altenew’ s floral design stamps, but this release has some other types of designs that are also appealing…such as the Wartercolor Dots stamp. Your cards are beautiful and fun!
beautiful cards and the back drops are fun too. I know it takes time to set everything up, but your photos are just as creative as your cards. thanks as always for sharing.
You have some fantastic cards here….I absolutely love the hello with the flowers background. It seems that you were having a lot of fun with this release and you have made some great cards from it!
Beautiful cards and great tips. I love the Mega Greetings and Gradient Stripes stamp sets in this release.
Great ideas! Thanx.
Love your cards especially the Hello card with the flowery background!
Beautiful cards! Love the Hello card and the flower card is so pretty, just love the new background stripe die. Awesome release!
Thanks for all the wonderful ideas, sharing your beautiful cards!
Beautiful cards! Love them both.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Simply beautiful as always,
Gorgeous cards and wonderful techniques! What a release to work with.
Stunning cards!! Thanks for the inspirations!!
I love how you’ve used such bright beautiful colors with the watercolor dots stamp set. I really have to have this one!
Beautiful cards. I really love the background of the big hello.
I always love the Altenew flowers, but these new word dies, Gradients and the Watercolored Dots give so much added interest to the cards! Love them.
Amazing cards. Just so pretty.
Lovely cards! Thanks so much!
Absolutely lovely card. I just love the color choices.
A neat use of the gradient stripes. Loving this stamp more and more. Your hello is fabulous.
Beautiful cards love the hello made with the shimmer powder ty
Gorgeous cards!! Love the beautiful colors and designs, wonderful work. :-)
Amazing cards, I have never used tonic powders but I may have to give them a try also. Thank you for sharing your talent!!
Gorgeous cards! I especially love how you used the Hello die :-)
I just love how you display your cards for photography. It’s a piece of art in and of itself. Now on to the actual work…..lovely! Great ideas and a great use of the product!
I always enjoy your use of color and that mega hello is amazing!
I love all of these so much!
the mega hello and the gradient stripes are my favorites from this release and love your cards featuring them!!
Beautiful cards! the hello die is my favorite!!
So colorful!!! Great cards!!
WOW! Loving all of these! Such beautiful and detailed projects!
Beautiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration
Your cards are so gorgeous. Love the large die cut words and the background die. Of course, the flowers are awesome too! Thanks for sharing….
So many excellent cards. What an awesome talent..
Great cards…I really like the BIG words to fill the card. ;0)
Very beautiful cards. Love this release, especially the super bold sentiments.
Your cards are all awesome. Thanks for the inspiration.
Your mega Hello card are wonderdul! And the Floral Blooms card with strips of color!
AWESOME creations! I am totally loving the Mega words dies and Happy Hearts stamp set!
Thank u for sharing such wonderful cards.
Love that dots watercolor set! Your cards are so cute!
Gorgeous cards Nina!!! Thanks for the tips on how to make pleasing designs with color balancing.
Love the color combination!
Love your cards, especially the one using the Strength Blooms and the Mega Hello die. It’s just so bright and colourful.
I love the way you did the sentiment in three different colors on the “You Are Loved” card! I never think to split up my sentiments like that…but you can bet I will now. Thank you for sharing! Love your use of colors!
I LOVE THE “HELLO” stamp and die! I have to have it!
Loving how you use the bold first and your background too, just beautiful!!
Love your stunning cards. The Hello cards are awesome.
Love the impact and your use of the ‘Mega Hello die’! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome cards! :) Great job!