Altenew | Love & Friendship Stamps/Dies/Stencils/Embossing Folders Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

*This is my second post of the day, please see below for my Clearly Besotted teaser*

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today to celebrate the Love & Friendship Collection for February 2021. It is a wonderful collection including stamps, stencils, embossing folders and dies and I am using a few different sets on my cards today. More information on the blog hop below. 

For my first card, I am using the new Altenew Tall Foliage Stamp Set. This is a beautiful, simple foliage set with tall stems - perfect for slimline cards but works well with standard sized cards too. I started off by stamping the leaves stamp from the set on to white cardstock with Altenew Obsidian Ink. I then cut it out using the Altenew Tall Foliage Die Set. 

I took a sheet of masking paper and die cut one of the circle dies from the Altenew Halftone Circles Nesting Die Set to create a mask. The mask was placed on top of a white slimline card card base (8.5" x 3.5") and then I blended on Altenew Sweet Dreams Crisp Dye Ink Mini Cubes (Aqualicious) with the Altenew Blending Tool. The foliage image was added on top with foam tape. 

I took the sentiment from the Altenew Tall Foliage Stamp Set and stamped it on to black cardstock with Versamark Ink. I applied Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder and heat set. It was cut in to a strip and added to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Lucy's Moonstones. 

My next card uses the beautiful new Queen Anemone set, as well as the wonderful Tall Alpha Lowercase set. I started off by stamping the anemone flower heads from the Altenew Queen Anemone Stamp Set using Altenew Glacier Caves Crisp Dye Ink Cube Set (Arctic, Persian Blue and Sapphire). I then added a small amount of Butternut from the Altenew Fall Harvest Crisp Dye Ink Mini Cube Set for the middle. 

For the leaves, I used Altenew Green Fields Crisp Dye Ink Mini Cube Set (Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades). They were then cut out using the coordinating dies from the Altenew Queen Anemone Die Set and set aside while I stamped the sentiment on to my card base. I took an A2 white card base (5.5" x 4.25") and stamped out the letters from the Altenew Tall Alpha Lowercase Stamp Set using Altenew Obsidian Ink. 

The letters are cut out as squares, so they are easy to line up to create words. I took the anemone leaves and adhered them flat to the card base using Altenew 2 in 1 Glue Pen. I then added the flowers on top with foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Lucy's Bubbles. 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

BLOG HOP:

As mentioned, this post is part of a fun blog hop filled with lots of inspiration and prizes. You should have arrived here from Lilith Eeckels. Next on the hop is Laurie Willison. If you get lost along the way, please head over to the Altenew Blog for the full list of participants. 

SPECIAL OFFERS:

Here are three ways to get a freebie to kickstart your creativity with the Love & Friendship release:

• Get a FREE brand new Love & Friendship Stamp & Die Release Inspiration Guide (worth $5.99) with every order of high-value Fresh Start release bundles (exclusions apply).
• Get a FREE brand new Creative Jump Start Class with every order from the new Love & Friendship release collection from 3rd February 2021 through 9th February 2021.
• Get a FREE brand new Love & Friendship Stamp & Die Release Mini Inspiration Guide with every order from 3rd February 2021 through 5th February 2021.  

GIVEAWAY:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners 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 8th February 2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 12 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 11th February 2021. Good luck!

I hope that you will check out the rest of the Love & Friendship release, it is beautiful! Enjoy the rest of the hop and I hope you have a wonderful day! Thank you so much for stopping by. Take care.