Challenges

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…

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.

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…

A Cardmaking Challenge with Altenew Alcohol Markers Fall, Halloween, Dia de los Muertos . . . my favorite time of year! And my best time to craft. Halloween! What a great day to get married! Our friends did just that. Creating a new a different anniversary card for them is one of my most highly…

The Magicals used for this card all come from the Mountain Meadows set. The background is Foliage Fiesta Press Plate from Altenew using Obsidian Black Ink on Altenew’s watercolor paper. The flower is from Altenew’s Blushing Magnoilia.

Claire Apostoloff chose an interesting color combination for the Altenew August, 2024 Inspiration challenge found at blog.altenew.com. I love working with color combinations I’ve never used before. This peachy tan with a wine or cranberry Daisy Craze Simple Coloring Stencil Set is my new fun distraction. I thought Clarie’s color challenge worked well with it….

A card could be nothing but happy with the colors chosen this month by Tenia Nelson for the Inspiration Challenge. Every month Altenew has an Inspiration Challenge at the blog blog.altenew.com. It is a great way to expand the color combinations you use on your projects. For me, the best way to achieve really brilliant…

Each month, a member of the Altenew Design Team selects a photo they have created themselves and uses that as inspiration for a project. This month Charlene Madrid snapped a photo of these brilliant flowers as she was walking her dog. I love the monthly challenges. They inspire me to look through my stash in…