Altenew | February 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today for a fun blog hop celebrating the February 2025 release. It is packed full of stamps, dies, embossing folders, inks plus lots more including new Shimmer Relief Pastes and new sizes of Instant Dimension Foam Tape!

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

SERENE GARDEN

My first card uses the beautiful Serene Garden embossing folder, along with the coordinating stencils. I started off by running a panel of white cardstock through my die cutting machine inside the Altenew Serene Garden 3D Embossing Folder. I placed it on my Sticky Mat and then placed the Altenew Serene Garden Simple Coloring Stencil Set stencils on top, one by one, to add colouring with ink blending. 

I used the new Altenew Bubblegum Dreams Fresh Dye Inks for the flower petals, Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks for the flower centres and new Altenew Whispering Woodland Fresh Dye Inks for the leaves and stems. I used new Altenew Shades of Purple Fresh Dye Inks for the butterfly. 

The panel was adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with tape runner adhesive. I stamped the sentiment from Altenew Soft Blossoms Stamp Set 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 using Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Ivory Pearl Dots. 

CRAFT-A-FLOWER: BEARDED IRIS

My second card uses the stunning Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Bearded Iris Layering Die Set. I die cut the layers for one of the irises from white cardstock and placed them on my Sticky Mat. I added ink blending using Altenew Shades of Purple Fresh Dye Inks for the petals, Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks for the stamen and Altenew Whispering Woodland Fresh Dye Inks for the stem and leaf. 

The iris was assembled and adhered together using liquid glue. I took a panel of white cardstock and placed the new Altenew Squiggly Lines Background Stencil on top. I then placed the Altenew Circle Mask Stencil on top of that. Using an Altenew Palette Knife, I spread new Altenew Pearl Shimmer Relief Paste on top, inside the circle. Both stencils were removed and the panel set aside to dry. 

Once dry, it was adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with tape runner adhesive. The iris was adhered on top using Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I stamped a sentiment from the Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Garden Whispers 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 using Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape 1/8" x 1/4" x 10m (which is slightly taller in height than the original foam tape). To finish, I embellished with Altenew Ivory Pearl Dots.

BLOG HOP:

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

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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 February 13th 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 February 15th, 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 and those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I really love the new Pearl Shimmer Relief Paste, it adds just the perfect amount of pearly shimmer to a card! There are lots of other colours available too, so I hope you will check them out. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day!