Altenew | September 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today to celebrate the September 2025 release with a fun and inspirational blog hop. There are lots of new products in the release and I have a few cards to share using some of them today. 

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

FRESH PEARS

My first card uses the new Altenew Creative Cuts: Fresh Pears Layering Die Set. I started off by die cutting the pears from Altenew Crafty Necessities Cardstock in Limeade, Bamboo and Parrot. The leaves were cut from Hunter Green, the branch from Espresso and the flowers from Buttercream and white. 

I added ink blending to the base layers of the pears with Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks (Grass Field and Shadow Creek) using an Altenew Mini Blending Brush. I also added ink blending to the leaves with the same inks but this time using the darker Mountain Pine. The pears were then assembled and adhered using liquid glue. 

They were adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. The flowers were then adhered on top, adding Altenew Ivory Pearl Dots to the centres. I took the Altenew One Go: Solid Sentiment Strips 3 Press/Foil Plate and pressed it onto white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. It was die cut out using the coordinating die and the 'forever grateful' one adhered to the card with more foam tape. 

CRISPY LEAVES + WOODGRAIN TEXTURES

My next card uses a few new products combined with an older product for an autumn themed card. I started off by die cutting the Altenew Crispy Leaves Die Set from Altenew Crafty Necessities Cardstock and added ink blending on top with Altenew Fresh Dye Inks. They were then splattered with Altenew Enchanted Gold Metallic Watercolor. 

The top leaf was cut from Coral Berry Cardstock with Raspberry Sunset, Blush Rose, Cosmic Berry & Midnight Violet inks blended on top. 

The leaf on the right was cut from Pastel Sunrise Cardstock with Cosmic Berry & Midnight Violet inks blended on top. 

The leaf on the bottom was cut from Buttercream Cardstock with Cosmic Berry & Caramel Toffee inks blended on top. 

I ran the new Altenew Essential Textures: Fine Woodgrain Press/Foil Plate through my die cutting machine inside the Spellbinders BetterPress Letterpress System but without any ink. This gave a lovely texture to the cardstock! It was adhered to a white A2 sized card base and the leaves then adhered on top. 

I die cut and assembled two envelopes from the Altenew Fun Little Envelopes Die Set from white cardstock. They were adhered to the card and then I added another sentiment from the Altenew One Go: Solid Sentiment Strips 3 Press/Foil Plate on top. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Champagne Stellar Sequins. 

WOODLAND PATH

My next card uses the beautiful Altenew Woodland Path Embossing Folder and Stencils. I first die cut a circle of white cardstock using the new Altenew Nesting Circles Die Set. I then placed it inside the Altenew Woodland Path 3D Embossing Folder and ran it through my die cutting machine. 

I placed the stencils on top, one by one, to add ink blending to the image using Altenew Mini Blending Brushes. I used Altenew Warm Gray and Red Cosmos Fresh Dye Inks for the mushrooms. For the foliage, I used Altenew Frosted Foliage and Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks. 

The panel was adhered onto a white circle card base and another of the sentiments from Altenew One Go: Solid Sentiment Strips 3 Press/Foil Plate adhered on top with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Ivory Pearl Dots. 

ASTERS

My last card uses the beautiful new Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Asters Layering Die Set. I die cut the leaves and flowers from white cardstock and added ink blending on top. I used Altenew Enchanted Garden Fresh Dye Inks for the petals, Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks for the centres and Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks for the leaves. 

The flowers were assembled using the fabulous keyhole system and then adhered onto a black A2 sized card base, popping the leaves behind. The card was then simply finished with another sentiment from the Altenew One Go: Solid Sentiment Strips 3 Press/Foil Plate, adhered on top with foam tape. 

The sentiments do look a little splotchy in the photos, in real-life, they look much better!

BLOG HOP:

As mentioned, this post is part of a fun, inspirational blog hop. Please click on the 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 Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by September 24th 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's Blog Hop Post on September 26th, 2025. The winner 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 project. 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 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 lovely time on the rest of the hop and a wonderful rest of the day too! Take care!