Altenew | July 2023 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the July 2023 release, which was out yesterday. I shared three cards using the new press plates HERE and today, I have another two projects using them, plus another card using a few of the other products in the release. 

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My first project today uses the gorgeous Dreamy Daylilies. I started off by die cutting the Altenew Dreamy Daylilies Die from white cardstock. I then ran it through my die cutting machine inside the Dreamy Daylilies Embossing Folder. This gives the most beautiful impression! I placed the Altenew Dreamy Daylilies Simple Coloring Stencils on top (one by one) and added ink blending with Altenew Mini Blending Brushes to colour the image. 

I used Altenew Cherry Blossom Crisp Dye Inks for the petals and Altenew Golden Sunset (Sunray & Chamomile) Fresh Dye Inks for the stamens. For the leaves, I used Altenew Green Valley Crisp Dye Inks. I added ink blending to the front of a US A2 sized white card base using the residual ink on the pink brush and then adhered the lilies image on top using Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. 

I die cut the 'birthday' word from the new Altenew Versatile Sentiments 2 Die Set from white and black cardstock, they were adhered together before adhering to the card. I stamped the 'wishes' from the Altenew Sentiments Strips Stamp Set on to white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. It was cut into a strip and adhered below. To finish off, I added Altenew Essential Black & White Enamel Dots (just the black ones!). 

My next project uses the Altenew Dainty Flower Garden Press Plate with the new Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks. I pressed the plate on to a Porcelain BetterPress A2 Cotton Card Panel using the black ink that comes with the Spellbinders BetterPress System. I then die cut it out using the Altenew Terrific Tags Die Set. 

Using Altenew Small Ink Blending Tools, I blended on all four shades of Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks on top. I splattered on some water, as well as Altenew Iridescent Shimmer Spray and set it aside to dry. 

I took the sentiment from the Altenew Floral Engravings Press Plate set and hot foiled it on to black cardstock using White Hot Foil. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the tag using Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I finished off with twine through the top of the tag and more black enamel dots. 

My last project for today uses the press plates again. This time I pressed the Altenew Floral Engravings Press Plate on to a Porcelain BetterPress A2 Cotton Card Panel using the same black ink. I then added ink blending using Altenew Pool and Navy Fresh Dye Inks from the new Deco Garden Collection. 

I splattered on water and shimmer spray again and set it aside to dry. Once dry, it was adhered to a US A2 sized white card base using Altenew Glue Tape. The sentiment from the Altenew Dainty Flower Garden Press Plate set was hot foiled on to black cardstock using white foil and cut out. It was adhered to the card with foam tape and I embellished with more black enamel dots. 

BLOG HOP:

As mentioned, this post is part of a fun, inspiration filled blog hop with prizes. Please click the links below for the other participants in the hop. 

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GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $40 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 12th July 2023 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 6 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 14th July 2023. *The winners of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. 

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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.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!