Altenew | December 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today to celebrate the December 2024 release with a fun blog hop. The release this month is a bit smaller than usual, but there are still lots of beautiful products being released and I am using a few on my cards today. 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

BUILD-A-GARDEN: DREAMY DAHLIAS

My first card today uses Altenew Build-A-Garden: Dreamy Dahlias. I started off by stamping the large image from the set onto white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink and the Altenew Stampwheel 2.0. I then took the coordinating coloring stencils and placed them over the image, one by one, to add ink blending to colour the image with Altenew Mini Blending Brushes. 

I used Altenew Cherry Blossom Fresh Dye Inks for the flowers and Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks for the stems and leaves. The image was cut out using the coordinating die and adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. The excess was cut off the sides using scissors. 

I stamped a sentiment from the Altenew Build-A-Garden: Dreamy Dahlias Stamp Set onto white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. It was die cut out using the coordinating die. I cut the die two more times from white cardstock and adhered them behind the stamped one, before adhering to the card. To finish, I embellished with the new Altenew Milky Way Gem Sparkles. 

CRAFT-A-GARDEN: CROCUS

I started off by die cutting the Craft-A-Flower: Crocus Layering Die Set from white cardstock. I placed the pieces on my Sticky Mat and added ink blending to them with Altenew Enchanted Garden Fresh Dye Inks for the flower petals, Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks for the flower centres, and Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks for the leaves. 

I assembled and adhered the flowers using liquid glue. The leaves were adhered first to a US A2 sized white card base with liquid glue. The flowers were then adhered using foam tape. I stamped a sentiment from Altenew Build-A-Garden: Dreamy Dahlias onto Altenew Crafty Necessities Jet Black Cardstock using Altenew Embossing Ink. 

I applied Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder and heat set. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with foam tape. To finish, I embellished with the new Altenew Amethyst Gem Sparkles. 

NEAT & NIFTY STORAGE POCKETS

Also releasing this month are new Altenew Neat & Nifty 9" x 11.5" Storage Pockets. Like the smaller version, they are very sturdy, robust pockets with a flap closure at the front. You can store so many things in these. I know a lot of people are using them for cardstock, but I am storing my extra large stamp sets (and coordinating products) in them, as well as my swatch sheets. 

I print off swatch sheets from the Altenew website to use as a guide when crafting. It is nice to now have them all contained in a couple of pockets and I can just grab them when I need to. 

BLOG HOP:

As mentioned, this post is part of  a fun, inspirational blog hop. Please click on the other participants below to visit their blogs. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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GIVEAWAY:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by December 17th 2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on December 19th 2024. The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. 

SUPPLIES:

 

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 time on the hop and have a great rest of the day too! Take care!