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Altenew Educators’ “Clean and Simple” Blog Hop and Linky Party + Giveaway

Nenette Madero Attic News June 27, 2022June 22, 20223d embossing folders, Altenew, ALTENEW CARDS, cas, clean and simple cards, EMBOSSING, embossing powder, handmade cards, SIMPLE CARDS, watercolored cards, white space

Hello, crafty friends! Welcome to my blog! Thanks so much, Susan Busada, for sending everyone over! For the complete details of this hop, make sure to drop by the Altenew blog. The Altenew Educators were asked to create clean and simple cards for this hop. Below are some samples I made for this theme using white, beige, and black colors only. I just changed the design of the 3D embossing folder and repositioned the hot foiled circle and leaf die-cut to create the different focal points for these CAS cards.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

MATERIALS: FINE RINGS CIRCLES HOT FOIL, SENTIMENT STRIPS 3 STAMP, ORGANIC LINEN 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER, ROSE GOLD EMBOSSING POWDER, LEAVES DIE

MATERIALS: DIAMOND STARS 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER, JUST LEAVES DIE, PURE WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER, FINE RINGS CIRCLES HOT FOIL

SO PROUD OF YOU

MATERIALS: MOD SQUARES 3D EMBOSSING POWDER, FINE RINGS CIRCLES HOT FOIL, SENTIMENT STRIPS

THANK YOU

I still struggle creating CAS cards (the constant urge to add more embellishments is real :-), but I love how quick and easy it is to mass-produce cards like these. Do any of you struggle creating CAS cards, too?

GIVEAWAYS

$130 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners and a $15 gift certificate to 4 winners! To win, please comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 07/03/2022.

There’s MORE! Join our party! We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your beautiful, Altenew “Clean and Simple” creations.

We will pick one of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party, and they will receive a $10 Altenew gift certificate!

Altenew will draw five random winners from the comments left on each blog hop stop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 07/04/2022.

Next up: Irina Fonina. Make sure to leave a comment below to get a chance to win a prize from Altenew! If you like what you see, I would greatly appreciate it if you could follow me on Instagram and YouTube. Links are posted below. Thanks so much for dropping by, and happy crafting!

Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Lush Garden Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Nenette Madero Attic News August 12, 2021March 14, 2022Altenew, altenew floral card, ALTENEW HANDMADE CARDS, altenew layered stamps, cas, embossed cards, flowers, handmade cards, LAYERED STAMPS, white space

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the second Craft Your Life Project Kit Release!!! If you just came from Erin Thompson’s blog, then you’re on the right track. For the full list, kindly visit the Altenew Card blog. This is another beautiful set that everyone should have. Take a look at what’s included in the Craft your Life Project Kit: Lush Garden!

For this release, I wanted to create something different from my usual vibrant cards. Lately, I’ve been drawn to CAS cards with very light and muted colors and lots of white space. Here are three cards that I made with these ideas in mind.

STAY STRONG

I love the flowers from the Lush Garden Stamp and Die Set. First, I created a light watercolor wash on watercolor paper then I stamped the flowers using Versafine Onyx black then layered the Iceberg and Volcanic Lake dye inks. These were die cut. The sentiment was stamped on black cardstock using Versamark Ink and embossed with Pure White Embossing Powder.

I purposely kept the colors light, muted and sweet.

JUST FOR YOU

For this card, I wanted to use the coordinating Lush Garden 3D embossing folder to complement the flowers. The letterpress paper really brings out the beautiful design of this embossing folder!!! I simply added some light blue touches of color to the background then layered the stamped image on top. Sentiment Strips 2 was used for the sentiment. This is a simple card with lots of texture and white space. <3

HELLO

Here’s another simple card to make. I used the Simon Hurley stamping foam to get an impression from the Lush Garden 3D embossing folder. Take note that this will be printing the mirror image of the embossing folder. I inked up the foam with distress oxide inks and stamped the image onto Neenah Solar White cardstock. The Waterbrush Hello die was used to die cut the word and was layered on top of 4 more Hello die cuts for added dimension.

GIVEAWAY PRIZES

$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 08/18/2021 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 08/20/2021.

Thank you so much for dropping by!!! Next up is Tina Smith. Please make sure you leave a comment to get a chance to win a prize from Altenew. I truly love reading your kind words. If you haven’t yet, hope you can follow me on Instagram @mylittleatticstudio. All of my latest works are posted there. Until my next post! Keep on crafting and stay safe, everyone!