Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Dynamic Blossoms Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

Hello, friends! Welcome to my blog! Thanks so much to my talented friend SathyaKala Sankaran for sending everybody over. For more information regarding this hop, make sure to drop by the Altenew Blog.

Take a look at this beautiful kit!!!

CRAFT YOUR LIFE PROJECT KIT: DYNAMIC BLOSSOMS

Here are the cards I came up with using this beautiful kit. I tried to stick a certain color scheme for this release. I hope you will find something that will inspire you!

MAY YOU FIND COMFORT DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME

STEPS:

  1. Create a background using the following: Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide, Salty Ocean, Rusty Hinge Distress Sprays. Add splatters of water to help move the pigments.
  2. Use the Fine Tulle Stencil and the Beveled Squares Stencil with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink to add layers.
  3. Emboss the background using the Dynamic Blossoms 3D embossing folder.
  4. Use a fine sand paper to sand the embossed parts.
  5. Stamp the sentiment using Versamark Ink and emboss with Rose Gold embossing powder.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

This is part of the same background I created for the 1st card. The Dynamic Blossoms die was used to die cut the image. I used the negative part of the die cut and added gold cardstock underneath.

TIP: Aside from adding color, you can also remove some pigments by using a baby wipe on top of the stencils.
TIP: You can emboss the brad using Versamark Ink and an embossing powder to match your card. I didn’t have a gold brad so I just made one using my gold embossing powder.

The positive die cut was used on a 3rd card. I added gold using Craft Gilding glue and Pebeo mirror effects for a gold finish. Distress oxides were added to the background and images were stamped using Obsidian Ink.

HELLO

STEPS:

  1. Color the image using the Dynamic Blooms stencil and Distress Oxides Frayed burlap, Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio. Color also using Artist Markers set C and Water Garden.
  2. Die cut the image.
  3. Add distress oxides to the card front and splatter water.
  4. Adhere the die cut pieces and add details using Sakura Pen Touch gold.
  5. Die cut the sentiment.
  6. Mat the colored card in gold and assemble the card with foam squares.

BE HAPPY

The packaging of the kit was too pretty to throw away so I created a card using the printed Japanese paper that came with the kit. Since I didn’t have a gold brad, I simply embossed the brad using Versamark Ink and Rose gold embossing powder to match my sentiment coming from the Pots and Plants Stamp set

I’M ONLY A TEXT AWAY

STEPS:

  1. Stamp the image from the Dynamic Blossoms Stamp into vellum using Versamark Ink and Rose Gold embossing powder.
  2. Create a background using Distress inks, script and number stamps and stencils.
  3. Stamp the sentiment from the Sentiment Strips 3 on black cardstock.
  4. Assemble the card.
TIP: Make the stamped image simple and uncolored so that it will stand out more against the busy background. Stamping it on vellum will also allow some of the colors to shine through the paper.

GIVEAWAYS

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $ 25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/18/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 03/20/2022.

Next up: Rosie Neustaedter. Thank you so much for reading through! I hope you liked the cards I created for this hop. Do let me know in the comment section below which one is your favorite! I’d love to know 🙂 Also, if you like what you see, hope you can follow me on Instagram (@mylittleatticstudio). Hope these cards will inspire you to create more. Stay safe everyone and happy crafting!

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Karen Schroeder
Karen Schroeder
2 years ago

All of your creations are absolutely stunning! If I was forced to pick a favorite it would have to be the last one!

Liz O
Liz O
2 years ago

Nenette all your designs are fantastic, you did a great job recreating the patina look. I am 🤯 by your idea to reuse the pretty packaging. I have been admiring the paper thinking how can I use it in a way that can be preserved? you just nailed it! Thanks for the inspiration!

LAURA CASSELMAN
LAURA CASSELMAN
2 years ago

These are stunning!

Lori Servies
Lori Servies
2 years ago

Nenette, your color schemes are awesome and I love the vellum!

Meghan Kennihan
Meghan Kennihan
2 years ago

I love your unique color combos and designs!

Jeanne Rice
Jeanne Rice
2 years ago

Gorgeous cards. Love love the 2nd and 4th cards. Love the colors.

Marisela Delgado
Marisela Delgado
2 years ago

Your cards are always so beautiful. You use the best colors.

Marisela Delgado
Marisela Delgado
2 years ago

Awesome cards!

Amy Solovay
Amy Solovay
2 years ago

Wow, so many ultra-sophisticated ideas! LOVE these projects! Those colors are fabulous, and you are so creative, embossing your brads to make them the color you need. Gorgeous work!

Tanya Karina Ortha
Tanya Karina Ortha
2 years ago

These are all so awesome, Nenette! I like the flowers in I’M ONLY A TEXT AWAY, the colors in HELLO and the dramatic effect in BE HAPPY.But if it all boils down to choosing just one, I’d pick the HELLO card.

Inkin' Chickie
Inkin' Chickie
2 years ago

Love these project ideas for the kit. The tip on how to color match the brad is great. Also like that you included an idea for the paper from the kit. Beautiful!

Donna L Walls
Donna L Walls
2 years ago

Lovely colors and distressing. This is a gorgeous CYL this month and your inspiration projects are lovely.

Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
2 years ago

Love your color choices on your cards!

Patricia A Wood
Patricia A Wood
2 years ago

All beautiful designs

Sandra Baggarly
Sandra Baggarly
2 years ago

So many gorgeous cards!

Janet A Katz
Janet A Katz
2 years ago

These cards are a breath of fresh air. What a cool take on the blog hop! And what you did with the box – so cool! Thanks for posting such amazing cards.

Jeanne Beam
Jeanne Beam
2 years ago

Gorgeous cards! Love the backgrounds colors…
Thanks for sharing.

Lori L
Lori L
2 years ago

These are all wonderful!
Thanks for sharing so many card samples.
Congratulations on being selected as a guest designer, hope to see more of your cards!

Heather Mills
Heather Mills
2 years ago

These are all soooo gorgeous!! I love your colorful backgrounds!

Debbie Frank
Debbie Frank
2 years ago

Wow, they’re all gorgeous! Beautifully done!

Ann Apolito
Ann Apolito
2 years ago

Love all your cards, they are all so different! I really love the aqua colours you have used.

Linda Wood
Linda Wood
2 years ago

I LOVE what you did here with May You Find Comfort, Be Happy and I’m Only a Text Away. Bookmarking this for later copy-cat stuff. Thank you!

Lauryne Cunningham
Lauryne Cunningham
2 years ago

Beautiful colors on your cards! I love the vellum flowers!

Jean W.
Jean W.
2 years ago

So many gorgeous samples of what can be done with this set! Thank you.

Shelly V
Shelly V
2 years ago

I love that you used the pretty tissue paper that it comes in.

Karen L Harper
Karen L Harper
2 years ago

So beautiful. I love the blend of blues, golds, and greens.

Jeanne Rice
Jeanne Rice
2 years ago

Wow! Love everything about the first card. Love the colors, love how you embossed then blended and stamped the background and the colored layers. Love the distressed edges which are subtle. Love the vellum on the second card. Your cards are beautiful!

Karen Letchworth
Karen Letchworth
2 years ago

Your art is so inspiring. Love this stamp.

Mary Holshouser
Mary Holshouser
2 years ago

Love the flowers on the vellum.
So many wonderful cards.
thanks for sharing
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