Secret Card Recipe Educator Blog Hop

Thank you, Virginia for sending Altenew fans my way. Virginia is just one of the nicest people you will ever meet. And her artwork is so beautiful!

If you get lost along the way you can always return to Altenew Card Blog to resume.

Prizes:

$130 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners and a $15 gift certificate to 4 winners! To win, please comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 10/30/2022. 

There’s MORE! Join our party! We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your beautiful, Altenew “Secret Card Recipe” creations. 

We will pick one of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party, and they will receive a $10 Altenew gift certificate!

Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each blog hop stop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 10/31/2022.

I had to laugh when Erum suggested we include a recipe in our blog post. Fortunately she means a paper recipe because cooking is not my favorite thing to do. However, I have cooked up some paper recipes for holiday tags. Tags are my all-time favorite thing to create.

Secret Ingredient #1. COLOR is where I begin. For these tags I used Mexican blankets as my color inspiration.

Some friends and I are going to San Miguel for Dia de Muertos this year. My head is already filling with the vibrant colors of the holiday.

Secret Ingredient #2. BASE. Many of my tags are 3 x 6 ” (#8 size tag). I use a heavy cardstock at least #110 with two or three layers. (A traditional mini slimline card is 3 1/2 x 6″. This tag could fit on the front of a mini slimline card.)

It can be a little tricky to cut the diagonal corners so they match. Here is my trick. I cut one corner then use it as a pattern to cut the other.

An ombre background was created with Altenew Crisp Dye Inks from the Lapis Lazuli family using Altenew’s Large Blending Brush. I used the same colors to stamp the image and sentiment. Layered Snowflake Stars Cover Die A was die cut from Altenew’s Gilded Glitter Cardstock. Other colors of the glitter cardstock made bobbles for the tree.

Secret Ingredient #3 REINFORCEMENTS can be colored to match the tag.

Secret Ingredient #4. SHAPE. Tags don’t have to be rectangular. In fact, they are more interesting if the shape is varied

Mistletoe Wreath was stamped with clear embossing ink and heat-embossed in Enchanted Gold. Altenew Crisp Dye Inks were brushed on using the four-layer stencil. The wreath was then die cut three times. Enchanted Gold Metallic Thread was securely taped between the layers.

Secret Ingredient #5 INTERACTIVE. Who doesn’t love a shaker? This could be for a teen or for a guy. I’d bet the farm that even they can’t resist giving it a shake.

Secret Ingredient #6 LAYERS. The base of this card is simple ink blending using Altenew’s Big Blending Brush. Lots and lots of Layered Snowflakes and Layered Snowflakes 2 are die cut in white #110 cardstock and glued to the base. The snowflakes themselves are in layers of vellum, cardstock and glittered cardstock.

I cut a large tag to 3 1/4 x 8 1/4″. Then there is a choice of making a tag or putting the tag on the front of a slimline card which is traditionally 3 5/8 xc 8 5/8″.

Secret Ingredient #7 BLING. The snowflake tag above has a lot of glittered cardstock bling. This tag has even more bling! It is created with hot foil, glittered cardstock and gemstones.

Secret Ingredient #8 Texture. The Classic Pinecone Embossing Folder gives this tag texture.

I will be teaching this tag November 19th on Bridget Casey’s Free Saturday Workshop.

Secret Ingredient #9. Glitter and Foil. Yes! I tried it and it worked! Hot Foil on glitter cardstock. Peppermint tag from Rainbow Burst Hot Foil Plate.

Next on the list is Neha Aggarwal. I can’t wait to see what she’s made!

Altenew Card Blog

Laurie Patterson

Irene Mejia

Roteja Galvan

Virginia Lu

Pam Boedeker

Neha Aggarwal

Nancy Souza

Helen Kalb

Rachael Shedeed

Rosie Neustaedter

Nicki Baxley

Joylita D’Souza

Lana Taber

Bridget Casey

Nandini Karmarkar

Teri Duncan

Eva Bussom

April Leithner

Amy Hill

Jennifer Leonard

Annemarie Caister

Natasha Davies

Anna Patricia Mahtani

Fiona Duff

This blog hop has given me the opportunity to share my passion for tags. I put a tag tree up in my studio every year.

I hope to meet you in a class. I have a virtual class the second Wednesday of the month and teach about once a month on Bridget Casey’s Free Saturday Workshop. I teach in-person classes at Bluemoon Scrapbooking in Tucson, Arizona. All classes are announced in Altenew’s newsletter.