Color Your Summer
Altenew Instagram Reel Hop May 29, 2026
The Altenew Certified Educators are excited to bring you a fun Instagram Reel Hop with the theme “Color Your Summer.” For this hop, we’re celebrating the beauty of summer through color. From bold and vibrant to soft and subtle, join us as we share ideas, techniques, and inspiration to bring our projects to life.
🚩 The hop starts from @altenewllc, so be sure to begin there and follow along!
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👉 Follow @altenewllc and @paperaddictpam
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➡️ Your NEXT STOP: Now please go to Susan Little @spinroo to see what she created with our summer theme.
Color Your Summer is all about drawing inspiration from this vibrant summer color palette.
The first step was to ink blend an 8 1/2 x 11 white cardstock with the assigned colors.
I then die cut Zero-Waste: Fluttering Fantasies two times and one more time of vellum. That made enough butterflies for the following three cards.
I then assembled the butterflies with 1-4 layers.
5×7 Card. Fluttering Fantasies Die, Brilliant Waves Stencil and Dotted Blooms for the sentiment
The negative from the die cut Fluttering Fantasies made a perfect shaker. The frame is from CYL Illuminated Scenes. Sentiment from One-Go: Words & Banners
5×7 Card. I watercolored Billowing Peonies then added the three remaining butterflies.
My original idea for this hop was to create a cross stitch with the new Pegboard dies.
Here you can see the assigned pallet next to the water color card.
I teach once a month on Bridget Casey’s Free Saturday Workshop. I also teach every Second Wednesday. Those workshops are announced in the Altenew Newsletter. Or you can join this blog and receive posts of my classes.
On June 10th I will be teaching a free workshop on Starting An Art Journal. To sign up email me at grammy2bo@gmail.com. Please put June 10th in the subject line.
