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!
Hi from South Dakota! Thanks for the inspiration!
Hello from St. Louis, MO. What a beautiful card!!
Hi from NM – beautiful card Caly. Thanks for sharing
Hello from VA. What a stunning card!
Hi from the PNW! Beautiful image and love the colors! Thank you for sponsoring a prize to celebrate Altenew’s BD!
Hi from So Cal. The yellow and pink look great together. Such a pretty card.
Hello from the Florida Panhandle! Gorgeous card!
Caly, you do such beautiful cards! Love the flowers
Hi from Idaho! I loved your card Caly, you always teach me so much.
Hello from Ft Wright, Kentucky! Beautiful card! I am heavily into coloring stencils and layering stencils and Altenew has so many beautiful ones!
Hi from Texas! Gorgeous card! I love all the pink!
Hi from Yorkville, IL. This card is stunning. The flower pops.
Love Altenew stamp, stencil and die sets. You have made a beautiful card.
Hello in Portland, Oregon. Love all the wonderful inspiration.
Such a lovely project! Thanks for the inspiration.
Hi from NJ! Lovely card Caly! Always inspired by your cards! Thanks for sharing!
What a pretty flower card. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous card. Love it!
HI from Kingsport, TN. Great tutorial and beautiful card!
Hi from Oakville, Ontario. Today’s card is over-the-top gorgeous!
Hi from Southern California. Your card is gorgeous. Thank for sharing it.
Hello from Central Florida. What a lovely card. Thank you so much for sharing
Hi from Mexico! What a beautiful card by Caly. Love the soft pink colors, thanks for sharing!
Pretty. Great tips
Howdy from Arizona! Congrats to Altenew for 10 years! This card is gorgeous, love their craft your life kits!
So gorgeous Caly, love this big bright floral and pretty sentiment! ??
Hi from Illinois!!! Gorgeous card, Caly!!!! I love all the detailed layers in Altenew stencils!!!
Hi from California. yay! I finally made it to the 10th Anniversary Blog Hop. The link this morning from Altenew took me back to the 9th Blog Hop! LOL Thanks for participating in the Hop, SSS. You know I keep a “running cart” that I can add to constantly! Thank you for the coupon codes you include in my orders!
Hi from Mobile Alabama. This stamp set is one of my favorites.
Hi from New Hampshire! Happy Anniversary to Altenew! Fantastic years, products, hops, and team! Lovely floral card Caly. The shading looks amazing!
Hello from Mississippi. Gorgeous card.
Hi from Calgary, AB, Canada! Such a beautiful card! I love that you softly ink blended the background with the flower colours!
hi from MI. beautiful card!
Hi from NE Ohio. Pretty floral card. I like embossing.
Lovely card!
Beautiful card!
Hi from Iowa. What a gorgeous card! I agree the embossing folders really take the finished floral up a notch. Love all the coordinating products Altenew has.
Wonderful card with these gorgeous Altenew products. Happy Anniversary!
Hi from Seattle. Love the flower . It just pops.
Hello from beautiful Olde Cape Cod! LOVE that you carry Altenew! Off to YT to watch Caly’s video! :)
beautiful card!
Hi from northern Wisconsin. Beautiful as always
Hi from Hawaii! This card is amazing.
Hi from Albuquerque,NM! Your card is so gorgeous! I love the ink blended and splattered background! The flower is so beautiful, too! Great dimension!
Hi from Cypress, Texas. Beautiful blending for these flowers and leaves!
Hi, from Louisville, KY. This card is gorgeous. Love the flowers.
Beautiful card. So elegant
Hi from Nova Scotia, Canada. Such a pretty card – love the soft ink blended background!
Hello from South Carolina! What a lovely project! I am seeing so many things I did not know about this week
Always gorgeous projects with amazing products. Happy 10th birthday!