Hello friends! Welcome to Altenew’s Twinkle and Shine Stamps/Dies/Stencils/Embossing Folders Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway!!! Thank you so much to my dear and talented friend, Virginia Lu for sending all of you over to my blog! Make sure to drop by the Altenew Card blog for complete details about this hop. There are tons of amazing products in the release! Click this link to bring you to the Altenew shop.
I’m sure you’ll find something from this fabulous release that will inspire you to create. Below are some of the ways the products have inspired me.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
For this card, I stamped the floral images using Tide blue onto watercolor paper. I made sure to use a Misti so that I can go back and re-stamp the areas that need more ink. Then I inked up the edges of the petals with a darker blue and stamped it again. I took out the Pen Sketched Flower stamp set to more or less get an idea of how the petals were drawn and then used a sign pen to draw the petals loosely.
An orange cardstock was torn and embossed with rose gold embossing powder. I also added a gold strip to finish the edge of the stamped layer. I die cut 4 pieces of the Happy Birthday sentiment and adhered it on top of each other. White cardstock was swiped with the Tide Blue dye ink and used for the backing of the sentiment strip.
BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL
I love mixing up stamp sets. For this 3D card, I got images from the Eucalyptus Jar Stamp set, Cartoon Rose Stamp and the Pen Sketched Flowers stamp set. Only the foliage part of the Eucalyptus stamp was used to add fullness to the arrangement. The images were stamped on watercolor paper using Versmark Ink then embossed with Pure White Embossing Powder. Watercolor brush markers were used to color the images.
The background was colored using a distress tool and distress inks to create an ombre effect. Spatters of water was added for texture. The images were die cut and arranged in one corner while the sentiment was stamped on white cardstock and adhered with foam squares on the opposite side. The thin frame 3D die was pretty easy to assemble and I used the Altenew Woodgrain Bark cardstock to mimic a wooden frame.
HANG IN THERE
Here’s a simple and quick card to make. Instead of layering the stamp set, I stamped the outline image onto patterned paper using Versamark Ink. I just made sure to choose the area of the paper where there were interesting watercolored patterns. For the leaves, I stamped the images onto watercolor paper then embossed using Rose Gold embossing powder. They were then colored using the watecolor brush markers. I die cut white cardstock using the MFT stitched rectangle stax die.
This was glued to a hot pink A2 top folding cardstock. The floral and leaf elements were arranged and glued. Then I placed the rectangular die on top making sure it fits right on top of the rectangular die cut and ran it through the die cutting machine again. This part was backed with a foam sheet to add dimension to the card front. The sentiment strip was die cut 4 times and adhered on top of each other. I just painted a strip of watercolor paper to match the leaves then used it for the backing of the sentiment.
GRATEFUL FOR YOU, MY FRIEND
Here’s a simple card to make. Purple cardstock was stamped using the Striped circle stamp set and Versamark Ink. This was then embossed using the Caribbean Sky embossing powder. The floral images from the Pen Sketched Silhouette stamp were stamped on Neenah Solar White cardstock then embossed using Rose Gold Embossing powder.
The sentiment was stamped on navy blue cardstock and embossed using Pure White Embossing powder. The elements were then arranged on the card front using foam squares for added dimension.
SENTIMENTS FROM BETTER TOGETHER 2
I learned this technique from my all-time favorite papercraft guru, Jennifer Mcguire in 2014 and then again recently but didn’t really give it a try. Here’s a link to one of her videos doing this technique. When my Altenew orders arrive which included this beautiful Bergenia 3D embossing folder, I had to try our her technique and I was not disappointed! I wanted these set of cards to be sweet so I made sure to use only pastel colors. It’s a pretty easy technique that gives wonderful results. You just have to add ink to the flat surfaces on one side of the embossing folder (the parts that are the background… not the embossed parts) and run this through the die cutting machine. Another tip I learned from Tim Holtz was to spray the paper on both sides with water before embossing to prevent the paper from tearing.
Take note that for all the cards, I had to die cut the window first before embossing. There are so many uplifting sentiments on the Better Together 2 stamp set that I had to create more backgrounds for them.
For this card, I die cut the circle first, inked up the embossing folder then embossed the paper. I stamped the sentiment on vellum using Rose gold embossing powder. The embossed flowers and leaves are just so beautiful!!! Make sure to use a thicker cardstock to prevent the paper from tearing up.
For this card, I did the same procedure then used an embossed image from the Pen Sketched Flowers stamp for added layering.
CHOOSE KINDNESS
Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.”
I’d like to share with you a personal story that has inspired me so much. Here in my country, because we are in general community quarantine, I heavily rely on courier services to pick up food, groceries etc. or to deliver or pick up packages for me. One day, I asked the rider to pick up something I ordered from a place an hour away from me. It took him 30 minutes to find it then waited another 30 minutes because my order was misplaced and couldn’t be found. Traffic was bad so by the time he reached my house, it was over 3 hours and way past lunchtime. I was so grateful that he just didn’t give up and cancel the pick-up. He made an effort to look for the place, wait for my order and brave the traffic. So in gratitude, I ordered a lunch meal good for 4 people so that he has something to eat and bring home to his family. The rider thanked me profusely for this little act of kindness but what blew me away was when I read a text he sent me a couple of hours later saying that on his way home, he saw a homeless family and shared what he had with them. He didn’t have much, yet he found it in his heart to share what he had to those in need. What a compassionate and selfless person! Now, more than ever, do we need to show kindness to others. Hopefully, this card will be a reminder for us to always be kind especially to those who need it most.
I used the beautiful Eucalyptus Jar stamp set and did no-line watercoloring. I lightly stamped the image using Antique Linen distress ink then painted the image using the watercolor brush markers. I used the Circle quilt cover die for added texture to the background. The sentiment was embossed on vellum then the strip was wrapped around the jar.
GIVEAWAYS
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 11/10/2020 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 on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 11/12/2020.
Next stop is Svitlana Shayevich‘s blog. Thank you so much for visiting my blog. Your comments mean so much to me so thanks for taking the time to leave some ❤️. By doing so, you get a chance to win a prize from Altenew! I hope you can follow me too on IG @mylittleatticstudio for my latest creations. Till my next post. Stay safe everyone and happy crafting!
SUPPLY LIST
 ALTENEW Rose Gold Crisp Embossing Powder Shop at: ALT | MLA |
 ALTENEW PURE WHITE CRISP EMBOSSING POWDER Shop at: ALT | MLA |
 ALTENEW WINTER WONDERLAND BRUSH MARKERS Shop at: ALT | MLA |
 ALTENEW TROPICAL FIESTA BRUSH MARKERS Shop at: ALT | ||
 ALTENEW SWEET LEAF WATECOLOR BRUSH REFILL Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW ESPRESSO WATERCOLOR BRUSH REFILL Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW SEA BREEZE WATERCOLOR REFILL Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW PERSIAN BLUE WATERCOLOR REFILL Shop at: ALT | ||
 ALTENEW CIRCLE QUILT DIE Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW ESSENTIAL SENTIMENT STRIPS DIE Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW THIN FRAME 3D DIE Shop at: ALT |
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 ALTENEW EUCALYPTUS JAR STAMP AND AND DIE Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW CARTOON ROSE STAMP AND DIE SET Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW WOODGRAIN BARK CARDSTOCK Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW WATERCOLOR PAPER SET A2 LOOSE SHEETS Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW LIMEADE LIQUID WATERCOLOR REFILL Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW STRIPED CIRCLE STAMP Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW BETTER TOGETHER 2 STAMP Shop at: ALT | ||
 ALTENEW BEAUTIFUL BERGENIA 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW WISTERIA CRISP DYE INK Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW MINTY MINT CRISP DYE INK Shop at: ALT |
 ALTENEW OBSIDIAN PIGMENT INK Shop at: ALT | ||
 ALTENEW CARRIBEAN SKY CRISP EMBOSSING POWDER Shop at: ALT |
