Altenew | January 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today to celebrate the January release with a fun blog hop. The main part of the release this month is sweet/candy themed, however, I fell in love with some of the subscription products this month, so focused on those.

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

CREATIVE CUTS: HOUSEPLANTS

There is a fabulous new subscription launching this month - Creative Cuts. I love die cutting so absolutely could not resist this month's set! I started off by die cutting the elements from the Altenew Creative Cuts: Houseplants Layering Die Set from Altenew Crafty Necessities Cardstock. I used Morning Frost and Jet Black for the pot, Morning Frost for the hanging piece, Frayed Leaf and Bamboo for the leaves, Dew Drops for the flower petals, and Vanilla Cream for the flower centres. 

I placed the die cuts on my Sticky Mat and added ink blending on top with inks and brushes. I used Altenew Jet Black Fresh Dye Ink for the pot, Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks for the Bamboo Cardstock, Altenew Green Fields Fresh Dye Inks for the Frayed Leaf Cardstock, Altenew Dew Drops Fresh Dye Inks for the flower petals and Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks for the flower centres. 

I assembled the pot first and adhered it to to a white US A2 sized white card base, followed by the hanging piece. I then adhered the leaves on top, followed by the flowers. I stamped a sentiment from Altenew Build-A-Garden: Flowering Quince 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 new Altenew Ivory Pearl Dots (love these!). 

BUILD-A-GARDEN: FLOWERING QUINCE

My second card uses the new Altenew Build-A-Garden: Flowering Quince & Add-on Die Bundle. I started off by stamping the larger floral image from the set onto white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink and the Stampwheel 2.0. Once the ink was dry, I placed the coordinating stencils on top of the image, one by one, to colour it in using ink blending. 

I used Altenew Blushberry Bliss Fresh Dye Inks for the flower petals, Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks for the flower centres, Altenew Green Meadows Fresh Dye Inks for the leaves and Altenew Coffee Break Fresh Dye Inks for the stems. 

It was die cut out using the coordinating die and adhered onto a US A2 sized white card base with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. The excess was cut off the dies using scissors. I stamped a sentiment from the set and die cut it out using the coordinating die. I also cut another two layers of the die and adhered them behind the stamped one for added dimension. To finish, I embellished with new Altenew Blush Pearl Dots. 

CRAFT-A-FLOWER: CARNATION

My last card for today uses the new Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Carnation Layering Die Set. I die cut the flowers and leaves from white cardstock and placed them on my Sticky Mat to add ink bending to them using inks and Altenew Mini Blending Brushes. 

I used Altenew Sunkissed Delights Fresh Dye Inks for the petals, adding in a little Frosty Pink from the Altenew Red Cosmos Fresh Dye Ink Collection for some added pink tone. I used Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks for the leaves. I left them aside to dry for a little while and then adhered the layers of the flowers together using liquid glue.

I adhered the leaves to a US A2 sized white card base first with liquid glue, followed by the flowers with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. The sentiment, from Altenew Build-A-Garden: Flowering Quince & Add-on Die Bundle, was stamped using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink, die cut out and adhered to the card with more foam tape. To finish, I embellished with new Altenew Creamrose Pearl Dots. 

BLOG HOP:

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

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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 January 15th 2025 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 January 17th 2025. 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 rest of the hop and a great rest of the day too! Take care!