jumbo garden picks

Hi there! Today, Altenew is releasing their latest in the Craft-A-Flower series: Daffodil! We are also releasing some gorgeous new Gradient Glitter Cardstock Packs. We’re celebrating with a blog hop to show off the new products- you should have arrived here from Altenew Card Blog, and your next stop is Amanda Baldwin. I have two projects to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details!

If you love layering dies, you should definitely subscribe to the Craft-A-Flower series to receive each month’s die set at a discount! This month’s Craft-A-Flower is so beautiful…. I feel like daffodils always get overlooked because their season is so short-lived, but they provide such a gorgeous burst of color in your yard after the dreary gray-ness of winter!

My first project features the some sunny, cheerful daffodils created with the Craft-A-Flower Daffodil. I die cut several using a variety of peach and yellow cardstocks (I love the peachy daffodils. So unique and a refreshing change from the typical bright yellow!) and assembled them using liquid glue and Instant Dimension Foam Tape.

I then trimmed a mini-slimline card base from some pale aqua cardstock and blended some Turquoise ink around the edges with a Small Ink Blending Tool.

I adhered the daffodils and foliage to the blended card front using liquid and foam adhesive, then added a greeting (from the Thinking of You set, embossed in gold on a strip of yellow cardstock), also popped up with foam tape. Finally, some iridescent turquoise gems finished it off!

My second project features the new glitter cardstocks. These new papers are just. so. sparkly. And, bonus, they fit perfectly in the Mini Blossom Die Cutting Machine! I cut several blooms from the Jumbo Garden Picks die set using Dazzling Diamond glitter cardstock, then die cut some sparkling blue foliage from the same die set using Ocean Reflection glitter cardstock.

I die cut a giant “thanks” using the Mega Thanks die and some beautiful medium blue cardstock. I kept everything very monochromatic, but the sparkles and textures of the glitter paper help to keep things visually exciting!

I adhered the flowers and foliage to another pale aqua card base using liquid adhesive, then added the thanks die cut using Instant Dimension Foam Tape. The final touch was a few turquoise gems for added texture!

Well, that’s all for my projects today featuring the new Craft-A-Flower Daffodil and gradient glitter cardstock (which are a bit low in stock, so be sure that you sign up for in-stock notifications via email!). Now, to celebrate this release, Altenew has some wonderful giveaways!

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 07/13/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 07/15/2021.

Your next stop on the hop is Amanda Baldwin. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

Hi there! Altenew is releasing some fantastic (seriously, SO awesome) standalone dies today, and I’m excited to be a stop on the blog hop! You should have arrived here from Amber Rain Davis and your next stop is Virginia Lu. (You can also head back to the Altenew Card Blog to start at the beginning in case you get lost!) The new dies featured this month are super creative and so much fun. I have two very different projects for you today, so let’s get started with the details!

For my first project, I used the new Happy Holidays Script die to create this frosty holiday card. I began by heat embossing the recently released Birch Forest background on some medium gray cardstock using white embossing powder. I then used a blending brush and some white pigment ink to blend some “frost” around the edges of the panel, leaving the center dark gray. I love the cold, wintry effect this has on the background!

Next, I die cut the Happy Holidays Script die twice, once from plain white cardstock and once from red foil cardstock, then adhered them together, offsetting the white cardstock slightly to add a bit of extra dimension to the die cut and help it stand out on the busy background. .

I trimmed the birch panel down a bit, then mounted it on an A2 panel of red foil cardstock to create a shiny red mat around the edges. I added the happy holidays die cut to the center of the card, finally adding some festive red gems for some sparkle!

My second project features the new Jumbo Garden Picks die set, and let me tell you…. if you’ve never purchased one of the layering flower die sets from Altenew before, the Jumbo Garden Picks set would be the perfect started set. The designers at Altenew have thoughtfully divided the different layers by color, so that you can make one pass through your die cut machine with each different cardstock color and cut several flowers at once. Seriously, so ingenious and so intuitive. Such a timesaver!!

To achieve the different colors on each flower, I used the different ink families to blend colors on white cardstock. (I’ll link each individual color below.) I simply blended several strips of white cardstock with the different ink colors, but you could also use regular colored cardstock if you have the right shades! I ran the Jumbo Garden Picks dies through my die cut machine once for each die collection and was able to create this abundance of flowers lickety split. Just keep track of your layers (I kept mine in little piles) and then you’re good to go!

I arranged the bright flowers on a pretty turquoise blue background, adhering them with foam adhesive for lots of dimension, then used the new Linear Pathway Solid Alpha die set and the Thank You Builder stamp set to create a custom greeting. The final touch was some lemony yellow pearls to add some shiny texture!

Well, that’s all for my projects. As always, Altenew is celebrating their latest release with some fun giveaways!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 10/25/2020 for a chance to win.

We’ll 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 10/27/2020.

Your next stop is Virginia Lu. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!