Altenew June 2019 Stand-alone Die Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello everyone!!! I’m so thrilled to be a part of Altenew’s June 2019 Stand-alone Die Release Blog Hop. It is an honor to be joining this talented group of cardmakers. (Some have been my idols for years!!! ) You have just come from the talented Kathleen Graumüller’s blog post. In case you are lost, below is the entire list of the designers and guests who are joining the hop today. Make sure you drop by and be inspired by the creativity of all these wonderful ladies and gentleman. <3

• Altenew Card Blog
• Jennifer McGuire
• Lilith Eechels
• Therese Calvird
• Laurie Willson
• Jaycee Gaspar
• Virginia Lu
• Nathalie DeSousa
• Svitlana Shayevich
• Altenew Scrapbook Blog
• Norine Borys
• Seeka
• Kathleen Graumüller
• Nenette Samson Madero <– YOU ARE HERE
• Jeanne Jachna
• Mindy Eggen
• Irna Fonina
• Zsoka Marko
• Zinia Redo
• Isha Gupta
• Maryam Perez
• Emily Midgett
• Kelly Janes
• Lydia Evans
• Marge Yoon
• Agnieszka Malyszek
• Amber Rain Davis
• Arjita Sepaha Singh
• Kymona Tracey
• Michelle Murray
• Kelly Griglione

Altenew has been on top of my list of favorites because of their beautifully designed stamps and dies. Take a look at these gorgeous June 2019 Stand Alone Dies!!!

HELLO CARD

Lets get started with the projects. Who among you have watched Aladdin?!?! I just love all the vibrant and colorful costumes!!! The inspiration for this card definitely came from one of the dresses of Princess Jasmine. 🙂

The Star Flower Pop Up die set allows the petals of the flowers and leaves to pop up! How amazing is that?!?! 🙂

MATERIALS:

• DIES: Star Flower Pop Up Die Set ; Rose Flurries 3d Die Set ; Fancy Hello Die
• PAPERS: A2 blue cardstock as base, 4” x 5.25” orange cardstock, 3.75” x 5” hot pink cardstock

For this card, I decided to die cut 2 layers of different colored cardstocks simultaneously using the flower dies. The left and bottom edges of both cardstocks were lined up and post it tape was used to hold them together so that they won’t move when I ran them through the die cutting machine. This will allow both die cut images to line up. Sometimes, the cut does not go through the 2^nd paper but there will be an indentation of the die so you’ll know exactly where to reposition it. 3 flowers were die cut on the hot pink and orange cardstocks. The petals were then lifted to reveal both colored cardstocks. The leaves from the Rose Flurries 3D dies were die cut using the blue colored cardstock. 2 layers of hot pink and 1 layer of blue were used to die cut the Fancy Hello die and these were glued on top of each other to create dimension. The blue die cut was intentionally adhered slightly off to add a shadow effect. Leaves from the Rose Flurries 3D die Set were added to finish the card.

U ARE SO IMPORTANT TO ME CARD

For the next card, I used the Delicate Mandala Die. Isn’t this die simply gorgeous?!?! The details are so intricate and just beautiful!! For this card, I wanted it to be clean and simple so that the background die will stand out.

MATERIALS:

• DIES: Delicate Mandala Die, Mega Alphabet U Die, circle die
• PAPERS: Canson watercolor paper, 10.5” x 5.25”; White Cardstock, Vellum
• STAMP: Wonderland Stamp Set
• INKS: Versamark Embossing Ink
• WATERCOLOR BRUSH MARKERS: Spring Garden, Winter Wonderland and Tropical Fiesta sets
• EMBOSSING POWDER: Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

The wet on wet technique (wet the paper then apply watercolor)  was used on watercolor paper with the following colors: Sea Breeze and  Midnight Violet from the Spring Garden Set, Lagoon, Emerald and Prersian Blue from the Winter Wonderland set and Turquoise from the Tropical Fiesta set. While the watercolor paper was still wet, I sprinkled salt and allowed it to dry.  The salt absorbed some of the inks and created a subtle mottled look.

I adhered vellum onto another piece of vellum to make it sturdier. Using the same watercolors, I painted and added splatters to the vellum to add some color. After this dried, the Mega U alpha die was used to die cut the letter U.

White cardstock was folded to create a top folding card. Circle die was used to cut out the circle for the card base.  I made sure to do partial die cutting on the top of the card to create the hinge flap.

The Delicate Mandala die was die cut 4 more times on white cardstock and adhered on top of each other with glue. The colored mandala was then glued onto the stack to create dimension.  This was then glued to the front of the card base. The sentiment was stamped on black cardstock using Versamark ink then embossed with Altenew’s Pure White Crisp embossing powder. Foam tape was used to adhere the sentiment to add more dimension.

ONE DAY AT A TIME CARD

The Dainty Blooms Cover Die is another beautiful cover die from Altenew.  When I saw this die, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

MATERIALS:

• DIES: Dainty Blooms Cover Die
• STAMPS: One Day At a Time Stamp
• WATERCOLOR: Turquoise, Fresh Lemon, Sunkissed and Sweet Leaf from the Tropical Fiesta Watercolor Brush Markers Set; Sea Breeze from the Spring Garden Watercolor Brush Markets Set; and the Mountain Mist from the Winter Wonderland Watercolor Brush Markers Set
• Altenew Rose Gold Crisp Embossing Powder
• PAPERS: Altenew Vellum paper ; Neenah Solar White Cardstock; 6″ x 5″ Canson Watercolor papers; Orange Cardstock
• Versamark Embossing Ink
• Spoon tip burnishing tool
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Glad Press’n Seal
• Tim Holtz Paper Distresser

4 sheets of Neenah Solar White Cardstock were die cut using the Dainty Blooms Cover Die and adhered on top of each other to create dimension.
The surface of the watercolor paper was wet with water and then watered down cool colors of watercolor inks (blues and greens) were randomly applied on the surface. Same procedure was done with the warm colors. When both papers were dry, the Dainty Blooms Cover Die was used to die cut the watercolored sheets. The entire die cut parts were carefully picked up using the Press’n Seal. This way, it was much easier to adhere the tiny pieces to the proper slots like a jigsaw puzzle.

The stacked up white outline of the die was adhered to a  4.25” x 5.5” white cardstock. The flowers were identified and glue was applied to that areas of the flowers only. The orange set of die cut was aligned over the mounted white die cut and a spoon burnishing tool was used to push the petals to adhere to the base paper. Adhesive was added to the remaining white areas and the blue/green die cut pieces were adhered using the same method. Pencil markings were added to emphasize the centers of the flowers.

I love the sentiment from the One Day At a Time Stamp set and embossed this onto vellum using Versamark embossing ink and Altenew Rose Gold Crisp Embossing Powder. (You should know by now that this is my all time favorite gold embossing powder 🙂 )The Tim Holtz paper distresser was used to add some texture to the edges of the vellum. This was then wrapped around the die cut cover panel and was glued down onto an A2 side folding card base.

THANK YOU CARD

I love it when I can make multiple cards using the scraps of another card. Here’s another simple way to use the positive die cut of the Dainty Blooms Cover Die.

MATERIALS:

• DIES: Dainty Blooms Cover Die, Thank You Die, Geo Frames Stamp and Die Set
• PAPERS: Essential Rock Collection Paper 6×6 Paper Pack; Alluring Blooms 6×6 Paper Pack; Neenah Solar White CS
• EMBOSSING POWDER: Altenew Rose Gold Crisp Embossing Powder

The Dainty Blooms Cover Die was used to die cut 4 sheets of Neenah Solar White CS. These were adhered together using adhesive. The positive watercolored die cut from the other card was then pasted onto the white layered die cuts then glued on to a woodgrain patterned paper from the Essential Rock Collection paper pack. The diamond frame from the Geo Frames Stamp set was embossed using Versamark Ink and Rose Gold Embossing Powder. This will serve to ground the die cut sentiment. The frame was die cut and glued to the front panel. 4 sheets of white CS and a coordinating patterned paper from the Alluring Blooms Paper Pack were then die cut using the Thank You Die and then adhered on top of each other. This was then glued onto the frame to finish the card.

ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU CARD

For this card, I wanted it to be clean, delicate and simple so I chose to use only the small 3D rose and some foliage from the Virginia Rose 3D die set. The Layering Guide for the die set can be found below.

MATERIALS:

• DIES: Virginia Rose 3D die; Rose Flurries 3D die
• STAMPS: Versatile Vases Stamp and Die Set
• Versafine Onyx Black ink
• Altenew Crystal Clear Crisp Embossing Powder
• Altenew Lapiz Lazuli Mini Cube Set
• Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils
• Neenah Solar White cardstock
• Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue
• Tim Holtz Paper Distresser
• blender brush

The small set of Virginia roses were die cut using Neenah Solar white cardstock then colored with Iceberg, Eastern Sky and Ultramarine crisp dye inks from the Lapiz Lazuli set with the use of a blender brush.  I found it best to keep the die cut pieces in place when coloring with the blender brush making it easier to add color especially to the delicate parts of the die cut.

The “water” in the vase was colored using Faber Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils then the vellum was bent to mimic the shape of a real vase. Only the left and right edges of the vase were glued down to make it look like it’s a 3D vase. A slit was cut on top so that I could insert the stems into the vase.

The flowers and foliage were then arranged. I enjoyed this part cause it felt like I was arranging a real floral arrangement! I purposely did not glue down the tips of the flowers and leaves to give it a more natural and organic look. Black splatters were added to finish the card.

~PRIZES~

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 6/24/2019 for a chance to win. Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 6/27/2019. In addition to this, My Little Attic will raffle off an Altenew gift pack to Philippine residents who post a comment on my blog. 🙂

I hope you enjoyed reading through this blog post and that you are now more inspired to use these wonderful Altenew June Release Stand-Alone Dies. Don’t forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a gift certificate and a gift pack from MLA! I would love to hear back from you so please find time to say hi. 🙂 Next up is the talented Jeanne Jachna. Make sure to check out her blog to get some inspiration!!! Till my next post. Thank you for dropping by!!! <3