Altenew | April 2026 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today to celebrate the April 2026 release with a fun and inspirational blog hop. I already shared one card using the release here, and today I have lots more to share with you, so grab a drink and a snack and I hope you enjoy the inspiration! 

Since I have so many cards to share, I am not going to go into as much detail as usual about how I made the cards (so that they post is not so long), but if you are unsure of anything, please just ask in the comments and I will get back to you as soon as possible! 

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

ZERO-WASTE FLUTTERING FANTASIES

My first card today uses the beautiful new Altenew Creative Cuts: Zero-Waste Fluttering Fantasies. This set features butterfly wings and bodies in different sizes so that you can mix and match to create your own butterflies. I cut them from Altenew Crafty Necessities Cardstock in Pink Diamond and Rubellite for the pink butterflies, Lemonade Stand and Amber Rose for the orange butterflies, and Buttercream and Maple Yellow for the yellow butterflies. 

The bodies were cut from Altenew Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock. They were assembled and adhered together using liquid glue. The smaller ones were adhered flat to a US A2 size (4.25" x 5.5") white card base and the bigger ones adhered with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. The excess was cut off the top and bottom using scissors. 

I stamped a sentiment from Altenew One-Go: Friendship Flowers 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 with liquid glue. 

ONE-GO: FRIENDSHIP FLOWERS

My next card uses Altenew One-Go Friendship Flowers. This set is made to be one go, so you stamp all the flowers in one go (one big stamp), you add colour with the stencils in one go, and then you die cut them all out in one go. I just used one image today, but that is the idea of the set. 

I added ink blending to the flowers with Altenew Cherry Blossom 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. I die cut an Altenew Nesting Arches Die from white cardstock and adhered it onto a white A2 sized card base using foam tape. The floral image was adhered on top with more foam tape. 

The sentiments from the set were stamped onto white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. I die cut the 'friend' using the coordinating die and cut the 'thank you ...' into a strip. I adhered them both to the card using foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Clear Iridescent Stellar Sequins. 

BUTTERFLY RANUNCULUS

My next card uses the beautiful Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Ranunculus. I die cut it from white cardstock and added ink blending to the petals using Altenew Cherry Blossom Fresh Dye Inks. I used Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks for the centres, and Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks for the stems and leaves. 

The flower heads and centres were adhered to together using liquid glue. I adhered the leaves and stem flat to a white A2 card base and adhered the flower heads using Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. The sentiment, from Altenew One-Go Friendship Flowers, was stamped onto white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. 

It was die cut out and adhered to the card with more foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Ivory Pearl Dots. 

SAKURA BLOSSOMS

I have two cards to share using the fabulous new Altenew Sakura Blossoms suite. There is a (huge) 8.5" x 11" stamp set, coordinating stencils and a 3D embossing folder. The stencils coordinate with both the stamp set and embossing folder. 

The first card uses the Altenew Sakura Blossoms Stamp Set. It was stamped onto a panel of white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. I used Altenew Fresh Dye Inks in Cherry Blossom (flowers), Green Valley (leaves) and Coffee Break (branches) to the colour the image in using the coordinating stencils. I kept the flower centres white but there is part of the stencil to colour them in! 

It was simply adhered flat to an A2 sized white card base and the sentiment stamped and heat embossed onto Altenew Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card using foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Clear Iridescent Stellar Sequins. 

The second card with the suite uses the Altenew Sakura Blossoms 3D Embossing Folder, which I embossed onto an arch cut from white cardstock using the Altenew Nesting Arches Dies. I added ink blending to the image with Altenew Cherry Blossom and Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks using the coordinating stencils.

I adhered the panel onto a an arch shaped card base made from black cardstock. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed onto more Altenew Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock and cut into a strip. It was adhered to the card with foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Clear Iridescent Stellar Sequins and added white gel pen dots to the centres of the flowers. 

GARLAND GRACE

My last card today uses Altenew Build-A-Garden: Garland Grace. I stamped the image onto a panel of white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. I added colour to the image using the coordinating stencils and ink blending. I used Altenew Cherry Blossom (large flower), Golden Sunset (small flower) and Green Valley (leaves) Fresh Dye Inks. 

The panel was adhered to an A2 sized card base. The sentiment from the set was stamped and heat embossed onto Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock, cut into a strip and adhered to the card with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Clear Iridescent Stellar Sequins. 

BLOG HOP:

As mentioned, this blog post is part of a fun, inspirational blog hop with prizes. Please click on the other participants in the hop 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 Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by April 16th 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 April 18th, 2026. 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 marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

If you have made it to the end of the post, thank you so very much for spending time with me today. I know it was a lot, so I really do appreciate it! I hope you have a wonderful time on the rest of the hop and a fantastic weekend too!