Challenges

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…

April 2024 Each month Altenew has an Inspiration Challenge which can be found at www.blog.altenew.com. This month’s guest designer, Bridget Casey, provided a gorgeous sunset photo consisting of beautiful shades of blue, red-orange and gold-orange. I’ve never used this combination before and look forward to the challenge. The Sunset Horizon stencil set’s unusual design intrigues…

March, 2024 I like to use Altenew’s monthly Inspiration Challenge as a fun way to bring both older and newer Altenew products together. This month’s challenge presented by Emily Midget is all about shades of pink. To see the details of this and former challenges go to blog.altenew.com . My monthly Craft Your Life Kit…

February 2024 Kelly Griglione is hosting the Inspiration Challenge for this month. It can be found on the Altenew Blog blog.altenew.com. The photo is from Cincinnati, a town near and dear to my heart. It’s gorgeous street art by Louise Jones. The use of pinks and oranges is not something I’ve tried. So, indeed, a…

March 13, 2024 I have been collecting Altnew’s Fresh Dye Inks and now have enough so we can experiment with them and see how the families compare to the Crisp Dye Inks. We will also blend the colors among and between the Fresh Dye Ink families. We will be blending different color families with Altenew…

December 2023 The final Inspiration Challenge of 2023 is really fun. We are to review all 12 of the 2023 Inspiration Challenges at www.altenew.com. It was hard to choose just one to inspire me as all of them are great challenges. I selected Mindy Eggen’s challenge from August. This color combination addressed two of my…