Caly Person

Hello, hello!

Welcome to an all new Altenew Stamp/Die/Stencil Release! I’m pretty excited about the two cards that I made today because I love the new Grateful Heart stamps and dies and String Art Rectangles Die Set! Be sure to check out the entire release HERE!

My first card uses the Grateful Heart stamp and die set. It’s a layering set so no coloring is needed but there are outline stamps so you can color it with whatever medium you’d like. I love it when stamps are versatile this way!

I stamped the outlines first and then used Altenew Inks to add color. I layered the flowers using Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart, and Purple Wine. The floral centers are inked with Buttercream, Warm Sunshine, and Caramel Toffee. Finally, the leaves are inked with Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, and Evergreen inks. The smaller floral cluster does not have layered stamps and can be left blank or colored with other mediums. I left them uncolored because I wanted to keep the focus on the large flowers.

This card is actually a 5″x7″ card. There wasn’t enough room on an A2-sized card for all the images and I didn’t want to crowd the smaller canvas. I ink-blended the background using Worn Lipstick in the lower 1/3 space in a circle, then added Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac radiating out. Then I arranged my images and stamped my sentiment to complete my card.

My second card is simple, but it’s all about the stitching. The String Art Rectangles Die Set comes with 8 pieces that you can use to create a variety of designs from simple frames to full panel art. I used them all today because I wanted stitching to stretch across the card.

I stitched a rainbow chevron from corner to corner on a diagonal using DMC embroidery thread size 5. I did try to stitch using regular embroidery floss and it was too fuzzy and didn’t use it.

After stitching, I die-cut the word Hello from the Flower Arrangement Die Set four times with black cardstock and adhered them together for additional height. I adhered the hello simply on the lower 1/3 portion of the card to finish.

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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 10/16/2019 for a chance to win.

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $20 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 blogs on 10/20/2019.

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BLOG HOP ORDER:
Altenew Card Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Nathalie DeSousa
Kelly Griglione
Nicole Picadura
Mindy Eggen
Jaycee Gaspar
Lilith Eeckels
Ashlea Cornell
Jen Schow
Emily Midgett
Svitlana Shayevich
Kathleen Graumüller
Therese Calvird
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Vicky Papaioannou
Norine Borys
Terri Koszler
Maryam Perez
LauraJane 
Virginia Lu
Kymona Tracey
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Sveta Fotinia
Amber Rain Davis
Laurie Willison
Caly Person
Reiko Tsuchida
Keeway Tsao
Zinia Redo
Kelly Janes
Erum Tasneem

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Thank you all for stopping by today!

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ALT Grateful Heart	ALT String Art Rectangles	ALT Flower Arrangement ALT | SSS | EH	ALT 84 Crisp Dye Ink Mini Cubes ALT | SSS | EH	ALT Obsidian Pigment Ink ALT | SSS | EH
TH Distress Oxide SSS | EH | SBPal	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber SSS | EH | AMZN |HMSB	Hammermill Color Copy Digital Cover 100lb	Recollections 110 lb	Black Cardstock SSS | EH | HA
3M Scotch Foam Tape SSS | EH | AMZN	ATG Gun SSS | EH | AMZN	Absorber	MSP MISTI SSS | EH | MSP | HA	MSP MISTI Mouse Pad SSS |EH | MSP | HA
Mini Score Board SSS | EH	Teflon Bone Folder SSS | EH | HMSB	TH Glass Media Mat TS | SSS | EH