Celebrating the Altenew 10th Anniversary Blog Hop!
Hi friends! We’re delighted to join in the celebration of Altenew’s 10th anniversary with this special blog post! If you’ve come from CraftStash, you’re in the right place! Please join me in welcoming Caly Person as a guest writer on our blog today to share her special make in honor of Altenew’s milestone!
My card today uses the latest Craft Your Life Project Kit. The Splendid Bouquet project kit comes with a stamp, die, stencil set, and 3D embossing folder. I’m going to use it all! Anytime I stamp and stencil, I emboss the image. I stamp with a crisp black pigment ink and seal that ink by embossing it with a clear embossing powder. That keeps a crisp outline that won’t dull with ink-blending.
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Next, I ink-blended the image using the stencil set. There are 5 stencils so it took some time, but I love the thoughtful way each layer lends to details that bring this image to life.
Since I die-cut the image before ink-blending, the next step was to use the embossing folder. I lined up the image, closed the embossing folder and ran it through my die-cutting machine. The 3D-embossed image just takes it up a notch with its wonderful texture.
For the background, I used the same colors I used on my flowers to ink-blend a soft color gradient from corner to corner. I also splattered it with some watered-down pink dye ink. I smooshed the pink ink pad onto my glass mat, added a few droplets of water and mixed it with a brush to splatter. After attaching the image over the background, I added an embossed sentiment. To finish, I added a few Altenew Clear Enamel Dots. I hope you enjoyed this project! Thanks so much for visiting today! ~Caly
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Thanks for stopping by, and thanks to Caly for this gorgeous inspiration! Your next stop on the hop is the amazing SathyaKala Sankaran!
Hello from Minnesota! What a very pretty card!
Hello from Minnesota. This is such a very pretty card!
Hi from San Diego. Gorgeous card.
These flowers are stunning! Happy Anniversary Altenew!
Hi from California, what a great card, love the color choices.
Hi From WI, USA – lovely card – thanks for sharing
Beautiful card, beautiful flower, beautiful coloring!!
Hi from Singapore! :) Gorgeous florals! love the bold sentiment
Hi from Shoreview, Minnesota. Beautiful card, thanks for the video!
Nice card. I prefer a more blended look.
Hi from SC! Lovely card! And I think it is so awesome for other companies to come together to celebrate a companies success!
HI from India! Such a lovely card! Happy 10 to Altenew!- Aditi
Hello from unseasonably cold CT, USA. Those flowers are amazing!
Your cards are always beautiful and this is no exception.
Hi from Ohio, Beautiful floral card just love your background and colors
Hi from MN! This card is beautiful!!
Hi from warm Florida. What a beautiful design. That flower really pops on that card. I love it.
caly is phenomenal! Love ❤️ her designs. SSS has a direct line to my checking acount! Thank you Altenew for this well deserved hop!
Hi from Melbourne, Australia and thanks Caly this is the first of your cards I’ve seen and it’s beautiful. Love your style & congrats Altenew on 10years!
Hello from Locust Grove. Your card is lovely, fresh and clean. I love Altenew’s Craft Your Life kits. They are such a good value and an easy way to incorporate different techniques.
Hi from Chicago. What a beautiful card! Thanks for sharing!
Hi from Ohio. Very pretty. Thank you for sharing.
Hi from Delaware! What an exciting giveaway! I would be delighted to win one of these great prizes to help me make more delightful cards to bring joy to others!!
Beautiful flowers and amazing colours. Hugz
Hi from sunny Texas! Love your beautiful card, Caly, and congrats to Altenew on the amazing milestone!!
Doesn’t Altenew just have those stencils down pat. It takes time but oh my, it is so worth it. Look at that beauty of a card!.
Hi from Indiana! Thank you for thiis gorgeous card that uses all of the components from this beautiful CYL kit!
Hi from Denver! This is such a gorgeous card! I just love the colors used on the flowers and pretty splatter on the background :)
Hi from London! What a lovely card, beautiful colors 🩷
Hi from MA. Thanks for sharing your beautiful card! It is always nice to see the different manufacturers/designers in this industry support one another.
Hello from Indianapolis, IN! Thanks for being a part of this hop and sharing this beautiful card.
Stunning card!
Hi from Dublin, Ireland! So lovely that you’re celebrating together with Altenew, and with such a gorgeous make, too!
Hi from the Colorado Mountains! Love your coloring with stencils and use of the embossing folder afterward really does give it wonderful texture.
Great project! The blend and embossing is such a step up for the flowers.
Super beautiful card! <3
Beautiful card…
Hi from Iowa, in the USA. This is such a pretty card design. You explained everything so well in the video, too. I love those Simon Says ink pads. They are my favorite inks right now.