STAMPtember® Feature: Altenew
(Card by Jennifer Rzasa)
(Card by Tasnim Ahmed)
Hi readers! Happy Monday to you! I hope you’ve all had a fantastic weekend! I’m pleased to kick off the ‘work’ week with two gorgeous cards by the creative geniuses behind Altenew!
For Tasnim Ahmed and Jennifer Rzasa, starting a stamp company has been a dream in the brewing. The girls joined forces to launch Altenew; a small online based company located in the East Coast of the United States.
Altenew strives to bring you fresh, innovative and versatile designs. Their stamps are made from high quality clear photopolymer, and are manufactured in the USA.
You can view the entire collection of Altenew products here. They are in the STAMPtember® spotlight today! Please welcome Jennifer Rzasa & Tasnim Ahmed!
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I started this card by stamping the tree and the bicycle with a very light ink. I used Distress ink Antique Linen as it is one my lightest colors. Once the images are colored, the light outlines don’t show much, giving them a natural look. I used Copic markers for coloring. For the leaves on the tree, I simply dabbed the tip of the markers at random places to create a speckled look. For the bicycle, after it was colored with the same pink and gray markers, I used a 0.3 point black pen to draw the spokes of the wheels and the chain assembly.
I adhered a 1” wide gray card stock along the bottom of the card to mimic a pavement, and stamped the shadows with Versamark ink. To add a little sparkle, I adhered a thin strip of silver glitter card stock where the images and their shadows meet. The finished card is 3.5″ x 5.5″.
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Thanks so much for reading today and thanks to Jennifer & Tansim for being our awesome guests!
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The bicycle and the cherry blossom tree is so pretty.
thanks for sharing lots of great projects.
Absolutely lovely card designs by two amazing artists. Stunning work!!!
Awesome cards!!
I love the idea of city stamps and hope to see many more. The cool colors and the illusion of water with the vellum make for a stand-out card. Another idea I love is the shadow stamp. It gives this beautiful card an unexpected sense of depth. Thank you!
Awesome techniques by Jen and tasnim thank you for the inspiration. I have been waiting to get selected in this wonderful month hope the last 8 days bring luck. Hope I win this time.
Both cards are great and with entirely different looks. Love the vellum reflection on the first card and the shadows of the tree and bike on the second one. Clever.
So many great techniques this morning. Can’t wait to try them!
Gorgeous projects! I love learning new techniques.
Like that skyline card. thanks for all the tips for doing the reflection image.
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Two beautiful cards today. Love the tree covered in blossom and the Sydney skyline looks fantastic too.
Simply beautiful! x
SUPER CUTE card Tasmin – LOVE your soft colors and pretty design, LOVE your COOL shadows and splash of sparkle too!!!
FABULOUS card Jennifer – LOVE your Sydney skyline with the Opera House and LOVE your AWESOME reflection – WOW – I LOVED your tutorial, such a CLEVER way to create your reflection and water!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION ladies :)
Love Altenew stamps and love what Jennifer and Tasnim have created. TFS
Love the shadows and reflections!! Simply gorgeous. Especially the Shadow Play card; the strip of glitter on the pavement gave it such a nice touch.
LOVE Atlenew and these shadow and reflection cards are so unique and lovely.
Woww beautiful cards!! And looovee the video!!
Beautiful! I love that reflection, so smart to do it on vellum! These stamps are very cool, i would love to have the skyline of Amsterdam as well, there is a lot of water to do some reflection stamping… ;-)
Wow! Both cards are absolutely amazing!
I love their stamps!
Stunning cards today. Jennifer’s card is crazy good, wow!
Jennifer rocked that skyline by adding the reflection on vellum!! Love these cards.
Awesome!
Love the shadow effects…very smart idea.
The bicycle card is spectacular!
Love the incredible shadow effect!!! Thanks for sharing great and unique project!
Wow, the shadows and reflections add so much depth to these cards.
I am so loving Altenew! Glad to see them featured here. Gorgeous work, Jen and Tasnim!
Stunning cards.
Beautiful cards. I just LOVE the bicycle under the tree. Adorable.
Loving these cards! Great video, love how Jen achieved that mirrored image!
Very cool cards, I liked both, but the one Jennifer did was outstanding. The way she did the reflection was great. Thanks for the ideas.
Super cool cards!
Fun Cards!
Beautiful cards and stamps. The city scene stamps are so neat. Thanks for a chance to win. Michelle t
Awesome Sydney Opera House stamp! :)
The cards are stunning! Love these stamps and others from Altenew! Great tutorial!
Such pretty cards ladies. Love your stamp sets especially the Painted Flowers. Once I learned how to use them, they come out gorgeous every time.
I really like the Altenew stamps.
Wow! Two wonderful cards. I love the idea of stamping on vellum to make a reflection and that you actually stamped on both sides of the vellum!
Wow! The Sydney skyline is amazing. Thanks for showcasing these different stamps…they really stand out from the crowd!!
Great Cards!
Stunning cards! The shadow and reflection effects are brilliant!
Cool techniques! ! I’ll have to try it!!
Two beautiful cards. I love that the new Altenew stamps come with shadow/reflection that coordinates with the main image. Awesome addition that adds dimension to a card! Way to showcase the stamps!
I love the cityscape stamps. And such different styles between the two cards. Very cool!
Love this new company…this card is so trendy and what a great twist to add a reflection!
Wow, great cards. Thank you for the video showing how to create the reflection.
These cards are just stunning …Thanks for sharing :)
Love the cards!! Love the reflection on the cards .. very cool!
Great cards–love the bike.