A Year In Review I look forward to Altenew’s Inspiration Challenge every month. It motivates me to use a new color combination or technique. The Inspiration Challenge can be found at blog.altenew.com. Another year of great Altenew Inspiration Challenges. For this month we are asked to choose one of the past Inspiration Challenge photos to…
Winter Valentine Create a non-traditional valentine which reflects the diet beauty of winter. There is no stamping or coloring, just step-by-step guided die cutting creating depth but not bulk. The quiet blues are white in the card will be appreciated by anyone on your card-giving list. You will receive a discount code for 20% off…
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge 12/2/24 A post on Bonnie Krohone’s Craft Time YouTube Channel inspired me to created this quietly beautiful card. I loved the colors she selected for this Tim Holtz Trim a Tree using Distress Inks. Blue just calls to me. The background is a stencil from Spellbinders. Sentiment Die is from…
Nicki Baxley shared this beautiful vacation photo for November’s Inspiration Challenge. The monthly Inspiration Challenge is a great way to get your crafty mojo going. This time of year that seems to be needed more than usual. The Inspiration Challenge can be found each month on Altenew’s Blog www.blog.altenew.com. My cards this year have been…
This month’s challenge was to use Mindy’s Magicals Victorian Bouquet. I used three of the colors: Hydrangea Blue, Sweet Violet Purple Teal and Lucky Shamrock Green. The the snow I used Milky Way White The image is a die cut called Tree Line from Tim Holtz.
November 2, 2024 Bloppy Roses Stencils CAF Lilac, Branches Frames, Itty Bitty Branches Altenew Sweater Stencils, Spellbinders Festive Friends Stencils made from snowflake dies and masking paper.
December 11, 2024 6:00 PM ET Making holiday tags has been my passion for decades. Family members have now decorated entire trees with their collections of my holiday tags. This will be a fun 90 minutes of making something beautiful from your scraps of cardstock, glitter paper, gems and die cut pieces and embellishments. If…
October 18, 2024 Educators were assigned to let our gratitude bloom through your creations using floral, botanical or nature-inspired elements. I immediately thought of pumpkins! Go to the Altenew Instagram reel hop for my post along with 18 other educators. There are prizes!!!! I used the One Go Pumpkin Stamp (Cozy Comfort Retreat 2024) for…
Bridget Casey’s Free Saturday Workshop December 14, 2024 Supplies: Berry Branch Layering Die Set Cardinal Love Layering Die Set Tieless Sentiment 3 Die Set Layered Snowflake 3D Embossing Folder Ultramarine cardstock 512 x 4 1/4 White Cardstock for Die Cutting Branches Two Branches Dazzling Diamonds Glitter Carsick for Die Cutting One Branch and Sentiment Inks…
SteamPunk Soiree Halloween and Fall are my favorite card-making occasions. The colors in Lindy’s Steampunk Soiree set lend themselves perfectly to spooky cards. For this card I used all five colors from Steampunk Soiree: Apothecary Azure, Bandolier Brown, Petticoat Plum, Yesteryear Yellow and Top Hat Teal Images are from Tim Holtz Funky Wreath and Frightful…