Altenew May 2022 Dreams Come True Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Today is Altenew's Dreams Come True Collection Release.  We are having a blog hop to celebrate.  There are lots of new stamps, stencils and dies to share today.  I am super excited about one set in particular so I just had to share!  Oh!  Keep scrolling to read all about today's giveaway and see a full list of stops on today's hop!

Here is today's card using the new stamp set called Educators Rule.  

I adore this layered apple and the amazing pencil image.  These images were super easy to line up and stamp out perfectly!  I stamped out several pencils in rainbow order and added them to a white card base with foam tape.  

Next, I added the sentiment in black ink...and then finished with that apple.  So much fun!!

See today's full Altenew Release by clicking HERE!

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GIVEAWAY

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/10/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/12/2022.

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BLOG HOP

 Altenew Blog

Vicky Papaioannou

Terri Koszler

Vicki Boutin

Jaycee Gaspar

LauraJane

Nathalie DeSousa

Angela Brennan

Michelle Short

Virginia Lu

Nenette S. Madero

Laurie Willison

Bridget Casey

Jenny Colacicco

Natasha Davies

Tenia Nelson

Linda Westfall

Reiko Tsuchida

Rosie Neustaedter

Emily Midgett

Amy Hill

Maryam Perez

Sande Woodson

Svitlana Shayevich

Tania Ahmed

Susan Stagno

Agnieszka Małyszek

Katrina Howe

Mindy Eggen

Eva Bussom

Ann Taylor

Daniel Diaz

Hussena Calcuttawala

Nandini Karmarkar

Preeti Chandran

SathyaKala Sankaran

Susan Busada

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Thinking of You {Spellbinders}...

 This month's Glimmer Kit of the Month Kit from Spellbinders is a versatile one.  You can add the glimmer....or you can add in stitching!  The finished product is a very unique butterfly with lots of detail so you know the possibilities are endless!  I kept my card super simple....aside from the stitching....so let me show you how I did it!

First, I created a white card base with a sentiment stamped at the bottom.  Next, I die cut the Magnolia Blooms in white cardstock so I would have a fun design to anchor the butterfly too.  

With Coral and Black cardstock, I die cut the main butterfly out twice.  I die cut the stitched portion all in white and then added in pink and black stitching.  This part was super simple!  After layering all the parts together, including the black butterfly body and antenna, I used foam tape to pop it up on the card.  I finished the card with clear drops for a little extra detail. 

See all the Spellbinders May Clubs by clicking HERE.

So glad you stopped in today! Have a great day!

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Altenew Build-A-Garden: Magnificent Branch Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello friends!  Welcome to the Build-A-Garden: Magnificent Branch Release!  Love genuinely, and bloom with grace. Create two card fronts at once with this first-of-its-kind floral stamp set! The imaginative set features a magnificent tree branch bearing flowers that you wouldn't normally see together in nature. Cut the design just right for a card featuring the cupped rose and another card featuring the flat rose. Stamp the heartwarming sentiments and quotes to inspire your loved ones. We hope you love this stamp set as much as we do!

Enjoy our Build-A-Garden project set, an exciting monthly package that is sure to get the creative juices flowing! Each month includes a stamp set along with a coordinating stencil set and/or die set PLUS a customer-favoriteMini Blending Brush! Build your collection of brushes from month to month so you will never be left looking for the perfect tool while crafting.

This set contains the following products:

- one 6" x 8" stamp set containing 10 stamps made in the USA from high-quality photopolymer

- one layering stencil set containing 4 stencils that coordinate with the stamp set

- one Mini Blending Brush for ink blending

Note: These products are NOT sold separately.

This new set is absolutely gorgeous and has so may possibilities to create a gorgeous card!  I chose a portion of this large image and stamped it on a white card front.  Using the coordinating stencils, I added in color to the leaves, branches and blooms.  So easy!

I stamped the sentiment from the same set and then added in some clear drops to finish off the card!

See the full Build-A-Garden: Magnificent Branch Release by clicking HERE!

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GIVEAWAY

$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 05/07/2022 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 05/09/2022.

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BLOG HOP

Altenew Card Blog

Vicky Papaioannou

Emily Midgett

Cheryl Espie

Jaycee Gaspar

Carol Hintermeier

Jenny Colacicco

Natasha Davies

Laurie Willison

Nathalie DeSousa

Rosie Neustaedter

Terri Koszler

Bridget Casey

Virginia Lu

Sande Woodson

Michelle Short

Colleen Balija

Tenia Nelson

LauraJane

Maryám Pérez

Amy Hill

Reiko Tsuchida

Hussena Calcuttawala

Therese Calvird

Laurie Patterson

Nandini Karmarkar

Daniel Diaz

Susan Busada

Katrina Howe

Ann Taylor

Eva Bussom

Linda Westfall

Nichol Spohr

Susan Stagno

Preeti Chandaran

SathyaKala Sankaran

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Hot Foil FANTASTICNESS....

Is fantasticaness a word?  Well, I am feeling it for this amazing new product from Spellbinders.  Check out the Essential Solid Rectangle Hot Foil Plate.  This new plate has several functions....you could hot foil a large rectangle to create your own foiled paper.  Or what I did today was use the left over foil from another foiled image and added that foil to a piece of cardstock.  I used the Skinny Striped Background Hot Foil Plate on and other card and took the leftover foil to create this rectangle....

After foiling with this gorgeous gold foil, I cut it out and added it to a white card base with foam tape.  Then I used the Magnolia Blooms to add in a pop of color.  I did 2 layers here....the first was a quick color using comic markers and then next, I popped out the outline and laid it on top.  

To finish off this card, I added in Yana's Layered Script Sentiments.  Love the delicate cuts these make!  

Check out all of the new Hot Foil Plates from Spellbinders by clicking HERE!  There is a Circle, Square, Oval and Rectangle.  So many possibilities!

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Are you new to hot foiling?

Spellbinders has a platform called Glimmer Hot Foil System.  This platform heats up metal plates called Glimmer Plates.  These glimmer plates come in ALL different types....sentiments, florals, backgrounds, graphic details etc....and add the most gorgeous foiling detail to your cards.  And the foils?  There are LOTS of different colors to chose from!

Here are some links to help point you in the right direction....

Glimmer Hot Foil System

Glimmer Hot Foil Rolls

Glimmer Hot Foil Plates

The Glimmer Hot Foil System works great with a Platinum 6 Die Cut machine from Spellbinders but also works with other die cut machines. You can click HERE to see a compatibility chart.  

First you heat up the platform and your glimmer plate on the Glimmer System Platform.  Then you add in the foil and the cardstock and run it thorough your die cut machine.  Once you pull off the foil negative, the magic happens!  That foil that is set on your cardstock and the results are just gorgeous!  

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Hope you have a great day!

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