Altenew | Craft Your Life Project Kit: Elegant Motifs Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today sees the release of this month's Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit. This month is called Elegant Motifs and features floral motifs with lovely ornate details. I will talk more about the kit later but it consists of a stamp set, die set, slimline embossing folder and stencils. We are celebrating the release with a fun blog hop, more details on that below.

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I created a card using the stamp set and dies, and a tag using the embossing folder and the stamp set for the sentiment. As mentioned, there are simple coloiring stencils in the kit so that you can use them to colour the images with ink blending but I chose to use colour pencils for mine.

For the card, I started off by stamping one of the images from the stamp set in the Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Elegant Motifs. I stamped it on to white cardstock with Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink and then let the ink sit to dry. Once dry, I coloured it using colour pencils. Keep your eyes peeled for more information on which ones I used later in the month ;)

I then took the coordinating dies and die cut the image out. I took a panel of white cardstock and adhered the image on top with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I cut off the excess from the corner but left the top and side piece overhanging slightly. The panel was then adhered to an A2 white card base with more foam tape.

I took the sentiment from the Altenew Sentiment Strips 2 Stamp 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. I then embellished with a few Iridescent Jewels. 

Next up I wanted to create a tag using the embossing folder. This folder is slimline in size and fitted beautifully on the tag with the design in the centre. I started off by die cutting two white tags using the Altenew Terrific Tags Die Set. On one, I blended Altenew Sweet Dreams Crisp Dye Inks on top and then ran it through my die cutting machine with the 3D Embossing Folder. 

I took white pigment ink and blended this on top, just touching the raised areas. The clean white tag was adhered to the back. I took the sentiment from the kit stamp 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 tag with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. To finish off, I added a few jewels and then twine through the top. 

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CRAFT YOUR LIFE KIT: ELEGANT MOTIFS

Stay awesome in your craft room with some delightful eye-catching designs!  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 kit features a stamp set including five gorgeous floral motifs that will add a touch of classic elegance to any of your projects. The set also includes a detailed coloring layer for the leaves alone and five versatile greetings. The stencil set is perfect for quickly and efficiently adding color to the Elegant Motifs Stamp Set images! Add a base layer and details to the flowers, leaves, and decorative swirl images with your favorite ink colors. The accompanying embossing folder is perfectly sized for slimline cards or borders for scrapbook layouts.

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 Terri Koszler. Next on the hop is the amazing Seeka. If you get lost along the way, or want 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 November 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 November 2021. 

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today. I am sure you will agree, it is another beautiful kit! I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop and have a wonderful rest of the day too!