Altenew’s 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Welcome to the Altenew 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop!  There are four awesome days of inspiration and giveaways, that you won't want to miss!  You can follow the links below, to check out the Blog posts that will go up each day.

DAY ONE - APRIL 11

DAY TWO - APRIL 12

DAY THREE - APRIL 13

DAY FOUR - APRIL 14

PRIZES:

Altenew is giving away $50 gift certificates to FIVE lucky winners. There are also 12 awesome companies who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

• Spellbinders: Three $100 Gift Certificates
• Online Card Classes: Three Class Spots
• My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI
• Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate
• WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack
• Tombow USA: 1 pack of 10 Dual Brush Pens
• Chameleon Pens: 1 Pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
• Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
• Ellen Huston LLC : $25 Gift Certificate
• Freckled Fawn : $25 Gift Certificate
• Simon Says Stamp : $25 Gift Certificate 

Be sure to leave comments by Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 21 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Blog on April 28th, 2017. 

Now, it's time to share my project with you!  You should have arrived here, from the talented Laura Bassen's Blog.  I used the Reflection Scrapbook collection to create a spread in my Traveler's Notebook.

I love that all of the Altenew products can be used for any type of project, whether you are a scrapbooker or cardmaker!  Here's a look at my best projects for Altenew!

SPECIAL OFFER:

FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY3RD or $5 OFF international shipping with code ANNIVERSARY at checkout. Offer valid from April 11th through April 16th at 11:59 pm EDT. Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes.

Thanks so much for joining in the Altenew Anniversary Blog Hop! You're off to visit the talented Amy Lee's Blog! In case you get lost along the way, here is a full list of the Blog Hop order for you to follow:

Altenew

Laura Bassen

Ashley Horton

Amy Lee

Simon Says Stamp

Sveta Fotinia

Taheerah Atchia

Anna Kossakovskaya

WOW! Embossing Powder

Yoonsun Hur

Raquel Bowman

Marika Rahtu

Nina Marie Trapani

Altenew March Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Welcome to the Altenew March Release Blog Hop!  Today Altenew is releasing Stencils and Ink Sprays.  You can find the new releases in the Altenew shop!  You should have arrived here from the talented Therese Calvird's Blog.  I used the Sketched Lines Stencil and all of the Ink Sprays on the layout I'm sharing today!

I started my layout, by dabbing the Ink Spray colors through the Sketched Lines Stencil onto White card stock.  Once I finished all of the colors, I cut each of the shapes out and arranged them on a new piece of White card stock.

After all of the diamond shapes were adhered to my background, I machine stitched through each one.  I wanted to add more texture to the background, so I also added hand stitching around some of the shapes.  Then I used each of the Ink Sprays to splatter color around the coordinating diamond shapes from the stencil.

The embellishments and papers from the Reflection Scrapbook Collection coordinated perfectly with the Ink Spray colors.  I clustered embellishments around my photo and I used the Bold Alphabet Die Set to create the title for my layout.

I hope you've been inspired by my layout, with some fun ideas for using the new Altenew Stencils and Ink Sprays!  Don't forget to visit the Altenew Shop to check out all of the new products! 

#1 - To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Thursday, March 16th at 11:59 pm EST for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on Friday, March 17th.

#2 - I am giving away a $30 Gift Certificate to the Altenew Shop. Just leave a comment below and a random winner will be selected and announced on my Blog on Thursday, March 16th. The Winner will need to contact Altenew by 4/30/2017 at winner@altenew.com with the subject line Altenew March Release Blog Hop Winner from Ashley's Blog.

Now, it's time to continue on the Hop! You're off to the talented Nicole Picadura's Blog! Here's the full Hop list, in case you haven't had a chance to start the Hop from the beginning:

Altenew  

Therese Calvird

Ashley Horton

Nicole Picadura

Debby Hughes

Lisa Spangler

Erum Tasneem

Evelyn Yusuf

Yana Smakula

Virginia Lu

Nina Marie Trapani

Eunyoung Lee

Barb Engler

Yoonsun Hur

Lydia Evans

Jennifer McGuire

Lilith Eeckels

Heather Ruwe

Agnieszka Malyszek

Flora Monika Farkas

Laura Bassen

Keeway Tsao

Aimee Dow

Svitlana Shayevich

Have fun hopping!

Altenew | Moody Gardens

I’m stopping in today to share an idea with you for DIY Flowers, using the Reflection Scrapbook Collection from Altenew.  The rosettes from the die cut sheet didn’t last long, after I received the Reflection Collection!  They were so pretty, and I just had to use them right away.  As I was looking through the collection recently, I thought it would be fun to use the negatives from the rosettes on the die cut sheet and trace them onto patterned paper from the collection.

 
Here’s what I did:

• Place the die cut sheet over your choice of patterned paper and trace the flower shape.
• Repeat the process with the leaves and then cut out all of your pieces.
• Use adhesive to adhere the leaves to the flower shape.
• Machine stitch on your flowers to add texture and interest.

You could create several different floral looks, just by changing out the patterned paper you use.  I added interest to the flowers, by adhering them to the background paper and also using pop dots to create dimension and layers.  The messy machine stitching also adds definition to the flowers and leaves.

Once my flowers were completed, I clustered them around my photo.  I brought in other elements from the Reflection Collection around my photo as well.  Mixing chipboard pieces, stickers and wood veneers brings great texture to a project.  The Black alphas worked perfectly for my title and brought a nice contrast to the softer colors from the patterned papers I used.  I continued the Black contrasting, with a finishing touch of splattered spray mist.

If you would like to see how everything came together for this layout, you can check out my newest process video.

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