Altenew | Craft Your Life Project Kit: Lush Garden Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today for the release of their second monthly Craft Your Life Kit. This month is Lush Garden and let me tell you, it really is lush! It's so pretty! The kit is a monthly kit that can be purchased on it's own or as part of a subscription, so that you never miss a kit. More details on the hop and the kit below. 

For my first card, I started off by stamping the flowers from the Lush Garden stamp set in the Altenew Craft Your Life Lush Garden Project Kit. I stamped the outlines in Altenew Permanent Black Ink and the layers in Altenew Cherry Blossom Crisp Dye Inks. The leaves were stamped with Altenew Green Fields Crisp Dye Inks. 

They were die cut out with the Lush Garden Dies that also come in the kit. I took an A2 white card base and using an Altenew Ink Blending Tool, blended Cherry Blossom Inks on to it, focusing most of the colour in the top right hand corner. The flowers were then added on top with thin foam tape and the leaves with Altenew 2 in 1 Precision Glue Pen. 

I took the sentiment from the set and stamped it on to black cardstock with Altenew Embossing 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 more thin foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Lucy's Bubbles. Since the flowers are hanging off the side of the card, I will create a custom sized envelope for this card. 

My second card uses the beautiful embossing folder that comes in the kit. I took a panel of white cardstock and blended Altenew Cherry Blossom Crisp Dye Inks on to it using an Ink Blending Tool. I then ran the piece through my die cutting machine with the Lush Garden 3D Embossing Folder. 

I took Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink and ran this over the raised areas of the embossing to highlight them. I then spritzed the panel with Altenew Iridescent Shimmer Spray and set it aside to dry. Sadly, you cannot see the shimmer in the photos but it is lovely and sparkly in real life!

Once dry, the panel was adhered to an A2 white card base with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I took the same sentiment that I used on the card and stamped and heat embossed it again. It was cut out and added to the card with thin foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Lucy's Bubbles. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. 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.

CRAFT YOUR LIFE KIT: LUSH GARDEN

Enjoy our Craft Your Life Project Kit, an exciting monthly package that is sure to get the creative juices flowing! Featuring a 6x8 stamp set, coordinating die set, as well as a stencil and embossing folder to fit the theme, this project kit has almost everything you need to start crafting. Just add ink and cardstock, and you'll be good to go!

 
This project kit contains the following exclusive products:

• one 6" x 8" clear stamp set containing 24 stamps made in the USA from high-quality photopolymer
• four coordinating dies
• one simple coloring and layering stencil which coordinates with the stamp set 
• one 6" x 6" 3D embossing folder
• one simple coloring stencil set (3 stencils) which coordinates with the embossing folder

 Note: These products are NOT sold separately.

BLOG HOP:

As mentioned, this post is part of a fun, inspiration filled blog hop with prizes (see below). For the hop, you should have arrived here from the wonderful Tenia Nelson. Next on the hop is the fabulous Nathalie DeSousa. If you get lost along the way, or would like to start the hop from the beginning, please head over to the Altenew Blog. 

GIVEAWAY:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $ 25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 18th August 2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 20th August 2021.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I really do appreciate it. I hope you are keeping well and still staying safe. I hope you have a great time on the rest of the hop and a wonderful rest of the day!