festive greenery

Hi friends! There’s a fun Instagram hop happening today featuring lots of inspiration using the gorgeous new Altenew September 2024 release. It’s filled with beautiful holiday products and even more spectacular cardstock colors that perfectly match the array of ink colors in the Altenew Fresh Dye Ink line! I didn’t receive the cardstock in time to create my projects, but I have since received it and, good gracious, it is utterly luscious.

I have created three projects using the new goodies from this release! I just wanted to share them quickly here. It’s a super busy month, so if you have questions, feel free to email me! They’re fairly straightforward. I have linked all of the products that I used in the link list at the end of the post.

How fun is the new Scandinavian Tag die? It fits a gift card perfectly! You could tuck cash or a gift card inside the pocket, then add it to a bottle of wine or adorn the front of a gift back with it!

The new Timeless Sentiments 3 dies use that bold and chunky font that is so popular right now. I am a sucker for a beautiful font!! I embellished the Festive Greenery embossing folder with the Sparkled Frame and a bold greeting, accenting everything with some sparkles and a pretty bow!

Finally, I used the gorgeous new Cardinal Love set with the Berry Branch die. This is the prettiest combination; the scale of the two different dies work beautifully together! I ran a panel of letterpress cardstock through my die cutting machine using the Essential Textures: WoodPress Plate and Pink Sand Fresh Dye Ink to create a subtly textured and patterned background for my holiday scene. The sentiment is from the new Pocket Sentiments, heat embossed on Velvet cardstock using Altenew Rose Gold embossing powder. Finally, I embellished the card front with another pretty bow and some sparkling gems!

Well, that’s all for these projects. You can see the products that I used listed below. Be sure to check out the Instagram hop (I’m @eamidgett); there are tons of prizes to be had and much inspiration on which to feast your eyes! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Hi friends! Welcome to the Altenew October 2023 Release Blog Hop! You can check out the full hop list at the end of the post or HERE on the Altenew Card Blog. The October 2023 Collection is absolutely fabulous, featuring lots of beautiful, classic holiday imagery, coupled with the elegance Altenew does so well! We are also introducing three beautiful new ink families into the Fresh Dye Ink line today. I have a bold, dramatic card to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details!

I love intense, gorgeous colored cardstock paired with metallic details that really pop, and I knew as soon as I received the gorgeous Festive Greenery products that I wanted to create a bold project with hints of sparkle and tons of texture. I began by running an A2 panel of super deep indigo blue cardstock through my die cutting machine using the Festive Greenery embossing folder. The coordinating stencils for the Festive Greenery product suite work beautifully with or without the embossing folder, but I wanted to create something with a bit more non-traditional color palette and super intense color. After embossing my panel of deep blue cardstock, I trimmed it down a bit and used a blending tool to blend Tanzanite ink around the edges of the embossed panel to enhance some of the embossed details and add interest to the panel. I also gently swiped the Antique Gold metallic pigment ink pad over the raised areas, adding some gilded edges to the embossed images.

For the greeting, I heat embossed two sentiment pieces from the new Joyful Greetings stamp and die set on the same deep blue cardstock using gold embossing powder to coordinate with the gilt edges of the embossed panel. I trimmed the sentiment strip down with my trimmer and die cut the larger JOY sentiment with the coordinating die.

Once I had completed the sentiment pieces, I die cut several golden sprigs using the Itty Bitty Branches dies. I cut berries from gold glitter cardstock and, to change up the texture a bit, cut the leaves from gold shimmer cardstock. I adhered the blended, embossed panel to a full size A2 panel of the same deep navy cardstock using foam adhesive, then popped up the greeting pieces using more foam adhesive. I tucked the branches and berries behind the greeting components to create a pretty, festive arrangement. The final touch was a few shimmering gems for sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my project today! Now for some fun giveaway information:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 10/10/2023 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 10/12/2023.
*The winners of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.

Here’s the full hop list in case you get lost:

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Altenew September 2024 Release + Instagram Hop!

Altenew October Stamp & Die Release Blog Hop + Giveaways: $300 in Prizes!