Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today to celebrate the July 2025 release with a fun and inspirational blog hop. There are lots of new stamps, dies, press plates, stencils and more in this release including new glitter cardstock, which is super pretty! There are lots of Christmas and holiday themed products in this release but lots that can be used all year round too!
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I have tons of projects to share with you this month, so I hope you will grab a drink and a snack and enjoy seeing what I have made. I am going to start with the non-Christmas projects first.
LARKSPUR
My first card today uses the new Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Larkspur Layering Die Set. I cut the stem and flowers from white cardstock and added ink blending to them using Altenew Mini Blending Brushes. I used Altenew Bubblegum Dreams Fresh Dye Inks for the petals, adding in a little Midnight Violet for depth.
I used Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks for the stem. I assembled and adhered the flowers together first and then adhered them to the stem (using both the keyhole system and the visuals on the back of the packaging). I adhered the whole thing to a US A2 sized black card base with liquid glue, cutting the excess off the top and bottom using scissors.
I stamped a sentiment from the Altenew Sentiment Strips Stamp Set onto 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 the card with Altenew Iridescent Stellar Sequins.
DELIGHTFULLY DOTTY + SOFT PEONIES
I started off by debossing the Altenew Essential Textures: Delightfully Dotty Press Plate onto a panel of white cardstock. It was then adhered to a US A2 sized white card base. I die cut the envelope from Altenew Lovely Envelope Die Set from white cardstock and then die cut the foliage from the same set from Altenew Crafty Necessities Pink Diamond, Dew Drops and Aqualicious Cardstock.
I also cut a couple of stems from vellum. I arranged the stems inside the envelope and then adhered the front panel on top before adhering to the card with foam tape. I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Altenew Sentiment Strips 3 Stamp Set onto black cardstock, cut it into strips and adhered to the card.
I then created the wax seal. I used the Altenew Wax Seal Warmer Kit and melted Altenew Cosmic Berry Wax Beads in the spoon. Once melted, I poured the wax onto the Altenew Silicone Mat and pressed the new Altenew Soft Peonies Wax Seal Stamp on top. Once set, it was adhered to the card with Altenew Ultra Sticky Double Sided Tape. To finish, I embellished the card with Altenew Cherry Blossom Enamel Dots.
I wanted a coordinating envelope to go with the card, so I made another wax seal but this time using Altenew Milky White Wax Beads and the Altenew Soft Peonies Wax Seal Stamp. It was added to an Altenew Crafty Necessities: Rubellite Envelope.
COZY HOMES
The last of my non-Christmas projects uses Altenew Creative Cuts: Cozy Homes. As you will see later in the post, you can use this for holiday projects too, but I wanted to show that it doesn't have to be! I die cut three of the houses from Altenew Crafty Necessities Cardstock. The house on the left was cut from Volcano Lake and Lagoon Cardstock. The third layer was cut from Lagoon cardstock and I applied Emerald Fresh Dye Ink on top to make it darker (for the roof and trim).
The house in the middle was cut from Pink Diamond, Rubellite and Berrylicious Cardstock. The house on the right was cut from Dew Drops, Aqualicious and Teal Cave Cardstock. The back layer (to see through the windows) for all houses was cut from Altenew Crafty Necessities: Buttercream Cardstock, and the window frames and doors from white cardstock. I assembled them and adhered the layers using liquid glue.
The houses were adhered to the bottom of a US A2 sized card base with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I cut the letters from Altenew Fine Alphabet Die Set to spell 'home' five times. They were adhered one on top of another and then onto the card. I stamped and heat embossed the 'new' from Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Clematis, cut it out and added it on top. To finish, I added a heart enamel dot to the pink house from the Altenew Cherry Blossom Enamel Dots set.
Now onto the Christmas/holiday projects:
TIMELESS SLED
I started off my card by die cutting the Altenew Timeless Sled Layering Die Set from Altenew Crafty Necessities Morning Frost, Evening Gray, Mocha and Espresso Cardstock for the sled itself. It was assembled and then adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with foam tape.
I die cut the poinsettia from the set, as well as foliage from the Altenew Zero-Waste: Ornamental Winter Pattern Die, from Altenew Crafty Necessities Puffy Heart, Volcano Lake, Lagoon and Limeade Cardstock. I cut the flowers from white cardstock and the sparkly foliage was cut from Altenew Moonstone Glitter Cardstock.
I stamped a sentiment from the Altenew Sleigh Ride Greetings Stamp Set onto white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. It was die cut using the coordinating die and adhered to the card. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Iridescent Stellar Sequins and then added an Altenew Rhodonite Gem Sparkle to the centre of the poinsettia.
ORNAMENTAL WINTER PATTERN + BEST WISHES TAGS
I die cut two tags from the Altenew Best Wishes Tags Die Set from white cardstock. I cut the hole reinforcers from Altenew Crafty Necessities Jet Black Cardstock and adhered them on top.
The first tag uses the poinsettia from Altenew Timeless Sled Layering Die Set cut from Altenew Crafty Necessities Puffy Heart Cardstock and the foliage from Altenew Zero-Waste: Ornamental Winter Pattern Die from Altenew Crafty Necessities Volcano Lake and Lagoon Cardstock, as well as the new Altenew Moonstone Glitter Cardstock. The tag was adhered onto the base layer cut from Jet Black Cardstock using foam tape.
The second tag uses poinsettias and foliage from Altenew Zero-Waste: Ornamental Winter Pattern Die from the same cardstock as the first one, with some foliage cut from Altenew Crafty Necessities Limeade Cardstock added in too. For both tags, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Altenew Happy Holidays Stamp Set onto black cardstock, cut them into strips and adhered to the tags. To finish, I added Altenew Rhodonite Gem Sparkles to the centres of the poinsettias and tied black twine bows at the top.
FESTIVE TRIANGLES
I started off my card by taking a panel of white cardstock and stamping three of the trees from the Altenew Festive Triangles Stamp Set on top. I used Altenew Pink Diamond Fresh Dye Ink for the one on the left, Altenew Dew Drops Fresh Dye Ink for the one in the centre, and Altenew Aqualicious Fresh Dye Ink for the one on the right.
I then stamped three more onto Altenew Crafty Necessities Cardstock - Pinkalicious Ink onto Pink Diamond Cardstock for the one on the left, Aqualicious Ink on Aqualicious Cardstock for the one in the centre, and Pink Diamond Ink onto Pink Diamond Cardstock for the one on the right. They were die cut out using Altenew Nesting Triangles Die Set and adhered to the panel.
The panel was then adhered to a US A2 sized black card base. I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Altenew Festive Triangles Stamp Set, cut it into a strip and adhered it to the card using foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Iridescent Stellar Sequins.
SERENE LANDSCAPES
My last card today uses the Altenew Stencil Art: Serene Landscapes Layering Stencil Set. This is a really beautifully set that can create snowy landscapes, although I am sure you could do it in greens to create hills too! For the main layers of the stencils, I used Altenew Sweet Dreams Fresh Dye Inks - Dew Drops, Aqualicious, Teal Cave and Galactic Stream.
I used Altenew Jet Black Fresh Dye Ink for the trees. I then mixed Altenew Titanium White Artists' Gouache with a little water and splattered it on top before adhering the panel on to a US A2 sized white card base. I created a house from Altenew Creative Cuts: Cozy Homes, this time from white and Aqualicious cardstock. I did use Buttercream for the inside of the windows again, but added a layer of vellum over the top, so that it would mute the yellow slightly. I also cut the snow for the roofs from Altenew Moonstone Glitter Cardstock.
It was adhered to the card with foam tape. I stamped a sentiment from the Altenew Sleigh Ride Greetings Stamp Set onto white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. It was then die cut out using the coordinating dies before adhering to the card.
BLOG HOP:
As mentioned, this 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.
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
July 17th 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's Blog Hop Post on July 19th 2025. The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from
comments left on the Altenew blog.
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If you have made it this far, thank you so much! I know it was a long post but I hope you enjoyed seeing all my projects today. It is a fabulous release! Thank you so much for stopping by, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day and a great time on the rest of the hop! Take care!
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