4 Ways to Use Altenew’s July Release
Hello everyone! Are you hopping along in Altenew’s July release blog hop? There are lots of gorgeous, new stamps and dies being released today… I have 4 cards to share with you featuring these new designs! You can see the entire release HERE.
I’m a guest in today’s hop. If you have already been hopping along, you should have arrivd from Enza Gudor’s blog.
I really had fun creating with the lovely, Beautiful Heart stamp set! Altenew’s Crisp Inks worked together with layering images to make stunning florals. I stamped a few blooms and leaves onto Simon’s white cardstock. With the coordinating dies, I trimmed the florals out and layered them with foam tape onto a background I had created with Copic markers on Yupo paper (used like alcohol inks).
If you didn’t catch my recent video showcasing this Copic marker alcohol ink technique, you can watch it HERE. In the video I feature Altenew stencils and how to stretch your Copic markers to create controlled alcohol ink designs!
The florals on this card are so big, that I left them be the star of the show. I simply finished everything off with a simple greeting from Altenew’s Garden Silhouette set, and a few Ice Crystal sequins from Lucy’s Cards.
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I couldn’t stop at just one card using the Beautiful Heart stamp set! This next card uses it along with the also-new, Kind Words Altenew set. Again, I used Altenew Crisp Inks for the stamp layering. For both cards I made sure to stamp everything with my Mini Misti tool. While I use this stamp positioner on almost every card I make, it is invaluable for stamp layering techniques like this.
I layered these flowers onto a Tintables panel from Concord & 9th that I colored with some purple Prima watercolor. The resist pattern of these Tintables are so much fun! There are greetings from the Kind Words stamp set, and sequins from Simon Says Stamp’s Clematis and Peony Bouquet sequin mixes.
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With Summer in full swing, it only seemed fitting to create a tropical-inspired card with the new Gradient Sunset stamp and die set, along with the Hang In There sentiment die. I created some ombré palm trees with two shades of Altenew Crisp Ink (along with the aid of my Misti!).
The die cut ocean waves are a scrap of a Copic marker, alcohol ink background I had made. This background had some fun texture added to it while the inks were still wet with Blending Solution. The texture was created with Mermaid Texture brushes from Jane Davenport. Love the effect it gives!
My scene is layered onto an Oxide Ink smooshed background (see THIS video for Distress Oxide smooshing inspiration), and I added the Hang In There greeting along the top. To accent the sentiment, I white heat embossed a greeting from the Gradient Sunset set onto Island Blue cardstock. I love the way these two sentiments paired together, giving a fun, relaxing vibe to the card!
The final embellishment on this card were a few sequins from the Summer Gold mix that Simon Says Stamp recently released. I don’t know about you, but I would love to be on this beach!
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This final card I made with the new Altenew release may be the simplest of the bunch, but it is my favorite of all. Not only do I love the message on the card, but the best part is that my 3 year old sister helped create it. She LOVES to watercolor. We often sit on the floor in my studio and paint backgrounds together. She always has a blast! This purple and blue background was part of a big sheet of paper we worked on together, and I cut part of it out to use on this card.
When we create together, she uses my Gansai Tambi watercolor set (she say’s they are her paints, and all the other palettes I have are mine); for paper I let her paint on the Canson Mixed Media paper. This big pad of paper is pretty inexpensive and holds up to lots of watercoloring quite well (and believe me, as a toddler she loves to use A LOT of water!). If you have little ones that want to get crafty with “grown up” supplies, the Gansai Tambi watercolors and Canson Mixed Media paper are great options for our up-and-coming little artists.
Onto the background I embossed one of the star clusters in the Kind Words stamp set using the gorgeous Cloud 9 embossing glitter from WOW. This embossing powder is super-unique in color, with gold undertones and lots of sparkle! I added a white embossed sentiment into the center of the card, along with a few gold embossed stars from the Snapshot stamp and die set.
The final touches were some white gel pen and white Nuvo Drop details around the stars to help fill things in even more.
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There is LOADS of additional inspiration to see on this blog hop! Your next stop is the super-sweet and talented Virginia Lu, whom I adore. You can reference the entire hop list at the Altenew Card Blog.
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 Thursday, July 26th for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on July 29th.
You can also have a chance at winning a $30 gift certificate by leaving a comment here on my blog! Please leave a comment by July 25th for a chance to win. I’ll draw the winner shortly thereafter. Winner will be notified by email.
Thank you SO much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed all of this inspiration and will come back soon, as I have lots more creative ideas and video tutorials coming up! See you soon!
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So love the Beautiful Heart stamp and all the gorgeous creations – yours is wonderful. Love that you and your little sister spend time doing things together and the card your created is spectacular! Thanks for sharing !
Beautiful cards…such talent! Thanks for the inspiration!
Kind Words may be one of my most used stamp sets . . . it applies to so many occasions. Beautiful sentiments
I love the cards, especially the first one.
I am new to stamping, & although I only have one stamp set that I purchased locally this month. I look forward to collecting many new stamps.
My favorites from the July releases are Beautiful Day & Needlework Motif.
Beautiful cards Nina!!! I love the card you created with your sister, its gorgeous and so special that you and your little sister created it together. The kind words stamp set has the most wonderful sentiments and I love the burst of stars.
Amazing cards! I love the colors on all of them!
Fabulous cards…great inspiration…
Fantastic cards! Love all of your backgrounds and the colors are awesome.
Thanks for sharing…
I love love love the last card with the starry background – and so sweet that your sister helped!
Fabulous projects. Love the color combinations. Especially on your tropical card. Thanks for sharing.
that sunset is great!!
WONDERFUL new release and cards to INSPIRE!
Your variety of designs and colours DELIGHT!
LOVE them ALL, especially your Beautiful Heart “Thanks” card, the HUGE flowers, delicate pinks & greens really POP against the dark blue background!
Great cards…love the big flower
Gorgeous cards! The Beautiful Heart flowers are so pretty! And I love the tropical scene you created!
Simply lovely cards Nina–love the stars sentiment, it’s a great one! Thanks for inspiring us with these lovely new stamps from Altenew.
Love all your cards.
I love that you used both Altenew’s inks and Distress Oxides as well! Both cards are such fabulous examples! Love your colorful cards! You always do such beautiful work!
Beautiful use of color on all these cards. So bold and beautiful! Your creativity is amazing!
Such beautiful cards! I love the stars – fabulous card design!
I always love your work. Love the beach card! Wish I was there. Thanks for the crafty supply tips for little ones. My 3 year old granddaughter loves to paint. I will definitely be purchasing some of the mix media paper.
These are fabulous! I love the blue backgrounds!
Beautiful cards, my favorite has to be the stars. Thank you so much for sharing.
Beautiful cards, I love them all. The second one is my favorite, it is truly stunning!
Wow–love the beautiful and fun colors on your cards.
Although everything in this release is great, I think you used my 3 favorite stamp sets. Beautiful work.
Fabulous projects!! Thanks for the inspirations!
Just gorgeous! Love the different ways you used this release!
Beautiful projects!! Can’t wait to get my hands on some of them!!
Fantastic cards Nina, so many beautifully coloured images with mix of sets, you can defiantly tell you enjoyed all your creations. Thank you so much for tons of inspiration. x
Creating backgrounds is my favorite thing! I have some of those embossed papers similar to the Concord and 9th that you used, but so far, we have just played with them. I love how it makes a beautiful backdrop for you gorgeous florals. I am re-visiting this idea as soon as I unpack my craft room! Thank you.
Your cards are wonderful! Thanks for sharing.
I especially love the Tropical card! The color selection and the sentiments are awesome! I would love to use these stamps and dies on my scrapbook pages, too!
Great cards! The colors in your tropical beach scene are so yummy! It’s as if you melted rainbow sherbet onto the background. I also like that beautiful galaxy background for the sparkly stars card. How fun that your little sister enjoys getting crafty too!
Very beautiful cards!!! You are very talented!!
Gorgeous cards – love the flowers and the colors.
beautiful cards, Nina-Maria – the first one is my favorite!!
Very lovey and new cards Nina. Your mind is so creative.
love your designs and awesome coloring :)
What fabulous flowers! Your card are so great.
What a beautiful collection of cards! I”m amazed that all these different designs came from the same artist – just gorgeous! I love the dark blue backgrounds you created for the first two cards. Am off now to learn about your copic marker technique on Yupo! Thanks for a fun blog post today!
I love your creativity in your cards. Very beautiful!
I love that your younger sister assisted you!
WOW!! These are fabulous!! I LOVE all of them!!
I can’t stop staring at your beautiful cards! These are truly amazing. Love your work
I love these cards. The first is my favorite — The background is gorgeous. Another great release from Altenew and another fabulous dose of inspiration from Nina.
All cards are superb my fave is the last one with the Stars
Great product release! AWESOME projects, I especially love card with the chevron background!
Another awesome release with so many beautiful flowers to choose from! Right up my alley! Love the card inspiration too!
I love stars…. so I prefer your 3rd card too ! I use also the Cloud 9 EP, it’s a great one and your beautiful card is the best proof of it.
I love stars, so of course, I prefer your 3rd card too ! I’m using also the Cloud embossing powder, it’s one of the best powder they have. Your card is the best exemple to prove it !
I love how colorful your creations are.
I love the first card, flowers are gorgeous!
As always your creations are just lovely. I am loving the beautiful hearts set.
Beautiful cards Nina! I love how rich they are in details and technique!
Absolutely beautiful cards, Nina Marie! How sweet that your three-year-old sister creates with you!
My favorite is the last card when I first saw it and even more so when I read that your little sister helped with the background.
All the cards are so lovely!!
My fav is the last card with the stars and the highlight is you sis helping you
I think it is wonderful that you let your sister, three years old too, use your supplies! What a great big sis! Your star card and your Hang in there card were my favorites! Love the bright bold colors on the later and the golden stars on the former. Very fun and super neat. Thanks for sharing and keep being a wonderful inspiration to your sister. She will cherish those memories for a long time!!!
Really love how you used these new products!
Your cards are beautiful. Love the stars and lovely sentiment.
Always an inspiration! Love them all
I love the Beautiful Hearts stamp set, and your projects are lovely.
Wow, gorgeous cards, I love them all! Beautiful florals and I love the alcohol inked background. The summmer Card with the ink smooshing is so vibrant and fun and the gold starry Card is so elegant.
These are so beautiful. Nothing like florals to lift a card!I love he cute little flowery alphabets.Will lift any card up. Such details Much WOW!!Thanks for Sharing!
Wonderful release. I’ll be buying most of them!
Such beautiful cards! So vibrant and colorful. And kudos to your young daughter—she is already an artist! Love every set and die you have used today!
I love ALL the cards! Each one is brilliant! I love the shiny gold stars, and the bright, summery Hang in There card is AMAZING! Thanks for some great ideas!
A wonderful selection of cards. It sounds like your little sister is following in your footsteps!
Oh Nina-Marie, these are all gorgeous! My favourite stamp (die) set is the Needlework Motif as I’ve always been drawn to Jacobean patterns. After seeing your card using the Kind Words with the stars, it’s a mighty close second.
Nina-Marie these cards are such great combination of products–so creative. I so enjoyed the story of your little sister watercoloring. The resulting card is my favorite, too. tfs
Lots of different ways, loved all the cards
Your cards are lovely, this release is fantastic!
Great cards! I can’t wait to get my hands on these new products!
The hang in there card is simply spectacular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
such a great release. your cards are inspirational. thanks as always for sharing.
Amazing cards! Gorgeous, vibrant, stunning!
Amazing colors, cards and new release! Love them all!
Beautiful cards! I love the one with all of the stars – it’s really gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration!
These are all amazing Nina. I love that your 3 y/o sister creates with you. My daughter and her 4 & 6 y/o sons were here yesterday and all 4 of us were sitting around the table water colouring our own creations. (The 6 y/o has watched SO MANY card videos with me that he was narrating everything he did! LOL)
Beautiful cards! Love the colors in each of them! My favorite is definitely the last one (so cute that your sister helped out!); the colors and design just make it a gorgeous use of the Kind Words set (which happens to be one of my favorites from the release as well)!
I love your cards and videos. Thanks for sharing.
Such pretty cards!
Love them all.Great ideas. They are all very pretty.
So lovely!! I understand why the last one is your favorite. It’s stunning!
All of your cards are beautiful – I especially love the coloring in the Thanks card!
All your cards are pretty, but I especially like the look of and the sentiment use for the last card.
What great ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Love your cards, especially the galaxy!
Love your cards! I love dark blue so I’m naturally drawn to those.
Awesome cards !
The last one is totally my favorite… what a blessing you are!
Love your beautiful cards and you always show a very creative way to use the products!!! Love your videos too.
LOVE your cards! the last one is WOW :D
Wow! what gorgeous cards! love them all!
All of these cards are gorgeous! Love that your little sister likes to create with you. The new Altenew release is outstanding!
Thanks for the wonderful ideas.All the cards are beautiful.
Amazing and beautiful work, Nina-Marie, as always.
Such beautiful and wonderful set of cards! The summer one is my fav of all :)
O wow! These are all SO stunning! I honestly cannot pick a fave! I do love the colorful floras, and the STUNNING sunset! So much inspiration, TFS!!
Great cards and ideas! Thanks!
Fab designs Nina!, especially love the first and last, the new florals and sentiments are must haves. Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow…an amazing array of inspiration!! My favorite are the oxide ink smooshing card & the star card!! And what an amazing time for your sister to be able to create with you! Thanks for the hint about the thick water color paper…I want to do this with my three granddaughters!!
It’s not a thick paper (it’s actually thinner than 140lb watercolor paper), but it holds up unbelievably and doesn’t pill with all the water my sister adds to it. Watercolor paper tends to pill when you add too much water and over work it. This Mixed Media paper does not. And the best part is that it isn’t very expensive and comes with lots of sheets, so I don’t mind when she wants to color lots of it! :)
I’ve never seen those mermaid texture brushes in action- really cool! Amazing projects!
So many great cards! :) Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing all your lovely examples. I love that you are crafting with your sister, she’s lucky to have you!
So many gorgeous cards! I love the last card also…. and the message on it!
I can see why your last is favorite. That is sweet about your sister. Thanks.