Favorite Old/New Altenew Stamp Blog Hop + Linky Party +Giveaways

ByPam

You hopped her from the talented Tenia Nelson ‘s blog.

This month we were asked to choose an old or new favorite Altenew product to feature in this blog hop. At one time or another every Altenew product has been my favorite.

Lately I’ve been enjoying working with the 3D Flower Dies and Altenew Paper Pads. I’ve also been obsessed with the idea of being able to travel again. Hawaii is calling. So I selected the Altenew Hibiscus Garden 3D Die set and Alluring Blooms Paper Pack as my favorites for this Blog Hop.

Bright colors and exotic were in my mind as I began to design this card. Black and gold are my definition of exotic. The fern from Hibiscus Garden 3D die set was used to cut out three designs in the black background.

Gold Metallic Water Color Paint was splattered over the black background. Black foam dots were used to pop up the background. (This gives a more finished look than white foam dots when the card is viewed from the side).

The gorgeous Alluring Blooms papers were then spread across my desk to determine which colors would be used as the focus for the Hibiscus Bloom dies. I die cut and stacked many of them before royal blue and orange were chosen as the main colors. Remaining flowers will be perfect for a journal page.

Using the stacking instructions on the back of the package I assembled 2 flowers of one pattern and 3 of the other. Foam dots were used to build the layers. Even the tiny pieces have grooves and notches that help match up the layers. Metallic gold was used for 3 ferns and the pistil of the flowers.

The pieces were then moved around until my eye liked what it saw. They were then adhered with liquid glue. I did leave edges of some ferns loose to give more dimension.

There was a nice variety of die cuts left after making the card. They were perfect for a journal page. In addition to Hibiscus Garden 3D dies, Caps Bold Alpha Dies and Simple Alpha Dies were used on the journaling page. Alluring Blooms was again the chosen paper pack along with metallic gold.

The journal page has the instructions for assembling the two different flowers with a couple hints. It also shows many different color combinations.

I love including a few small photos which were mementos from a Hawaiian vacation with my sister and her husband.

Even after I send the Hibiscus card to someone else, I have the journal page to keep for me.

Next Class:

I will be Guest Educator on Bridget Casey’s Saturday Stamp and Chat on April 17th. We will be discussing the basics of creating a journaling page. Watch for the Facebook sign up on Altenew Fan Group.

You next Educator along the way in this Blog Hop is the lovely Nandini Karmarkar

Prizes:

Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog (https://wp.me/p6Dps1-deu) by 4/4/2021 for a chance to win. 

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 4/6/2021.

There’s MORE! What’s a hop without YOU?! We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your gorgeous Altenew “Old/New Favorite Altenew Stamp” creations. We will pick 2 of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will each receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate!

Hop list:

Altenew Card Blog

Bridget Casey

Colleen Balija

Teresa Litchfield

Katrina Howe

Rosie Neustaedter

Terri Marie Koszler

Tenia Nelson

Pam Boedeker

Nandini Karmarkar

Amy Hill

Irina Fonina

Natasha Davies

Karen Brown

Helen Kalb

Patty Mello

Roteja Galvan

Eva Bussom

Fiona Duff

Jaycee Gaspar

Vicki Finger

Nenette S. Madero

Teri Wilson

Rachael Shedeed

Neha Aggarwal

Kari VanNoy

Teri Stokes

Amber Rain Davis

Virginia Lu

Sandra Woodson

52 Comments

  3. Beautiful card and I love the colors. I too like keeping the leftover pieces in a basket for use on something else as you did here with your journal page. Sometimes it saves the day if I need a card ASAP! LOL

  13. Amazing card, Pam!!! You inspired me to bring out those dies!!!! <3 Great idea using patterned paper to cut out the die cuts. Will try that sometime. <3

  18. What a stunning, amazing card! I think it belongs in the art museum- so beautiful!

  20. WOW, what a great idea to use already colored paper to make the flowers look watercolored. I am going to try that. I have that die set, and LOVE it.

  21. Your card is so neat! I like that you have positive and negative die cuts for the ferns; that really makes it distinctive. The dark background paired with the gold is really fancy shmancy. Lastly, the colors on those flowers are so cool. It is almost like you have taken a lei and placed it across the paper.

    1. Thank you for taking such a close look at how I made this card. And I love the word shmancy.

  22. Absolutely love your eye for the patterned paper hibiscus. I have just ordered the set and will return to your example for inspiration when it arrives. Thanks for the great ideas.

  24. What masterpieces! You’ve made the most amazing card and journal page! Wonderful! I love the colors and layouts. Thank you for brightening my day.

  25. Aloha Pam, Can I join you in Hawaii? Your card surely brings me closer there. It is truly awesome, first off I love the Hibiscus Stamps and die sets and the 3d Set is my favorite. The colors you picked out were super. The card speaks for itself. Thank You so much for sharing and giving me inspiration

  30. Your projects are beautiful! I love how you used patterned paper to die cut the flowers!

  34. Enchanting! I love how you cut out the different layers of the hibiscus flowers from the design paper! Just gorgeous!

  35. Wonderful projects! I just love your card and the mix of die cut and negative leaf images!! What a great effect!! Thanks for sharing the great inspiration! Stay safe! 🙂

  36. Wow—stunning projects with dark background, colorful flowers, and gold accent. I love them!!!

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