Altenew | Trailblazing Inks November 2022 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today for the release of the new Fresh Dye Inks. These high viscosity dye inks (slightly different formula than the current dye inks) are rich and vibrant in colour and three colour collections are releasing today. The new full size inks pads (sold separately or as a bundle) are round in shape and open and close easily. There are also smaller ink cubes which come in sets of four shades. 

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I wanted to show how well these ink pads work for both ink blending and stamping, so I have two projects to share using both techniques. The first one shows ink blending. I started off by die cutting the Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Cape Margeurite Layering Die Set from white cardstock. 

Using Altenew Small Ink Blending Tools and Altenew Mini Ink Blending Brushes, I blended ink on top. I used the new Altenew Blue Mountains Fresh Dye Inks (all four shades) for the flower petals and Altenew Frosted Foliage Fresh Dye Inks (all four shades) for the leaves. These both have beautiful, muted shades to them. They were then assembled and adhered using Altenew 2 in 1 Precsion Glue Pen. 

I took a panel of white cardstock and ran it through my die cutting machine inside the Altenew Diamond Stars Embossing Folder. It was adhered to a US A2 sized white cards base with thin foam tape. I then added the leaves on top, followed by the flowers. 

I stamped the sentiment from the Altenew Strawberry Stamp Set on to black cardstock using Altenew Embossing Ink. I applied Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder on top and heat set. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. To finish off, I added a few crystal sprinkles.

For my second project, I thought I would create a tag using the inks to stamp. I first stamped the outline of the flowers and leaves from the Altenew Golden Days Stamp Set on to white cardstock using Altenew Permanent Black Ink. 

I then stamped the layers using the new Altenew Woodland Escape Fresh Dye Inks (all four shades) for the petals and Altenew Frosted Foliage Fresh Dye Inks (three lightest) for the leaves. They were die cut out using the Altenew Golden Days Die Set. 

I die cut an Altenew Terrific Tag Die from white cardstock and adhered the leaves on top with Altenew 2 in 1 Precision Glue Pen. The flower was adhered with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I stamped the sentiment from the Altenew Build-A-Garden: Daffodil Delight stamp set on to black cardstock and heat embossed in white. It was cut into a strip and added to the tag. 

To finish off, I added twine through the top of the tag and tied in a bow, as well as adding a few Sprinkles embellishments. 

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Here are the links to what I have used on the projects. 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:

This post is part of a fun, inspiration filled blog hop with prizes. For the hop, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Virginia Lu. Next on the hop is the wonderful Terri Koszler. If you get lost along the hop or want to start 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 19th November 2022 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 21st November 2022. 

Thank you so much for stopping by to see me today, I really appreciate it. I hope you have a great time on the rest of the hop and a wonderful rest of the day too! Take care!