Such a pleasure it is to say HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my good friends at Altenew!
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Just look at all the goodies they are offering…their gift to YOU!
Giveaway Prizes
Over $3,500 in total prizes! We are giving away a $50 Altenew gift certificate to 10 winners, a $20 ArtistrybyAltenew gift certificate to 5 winners, and an online papercrafting class ($39.99 value) from Altenew Academy Online Class to 14 winners. There are also 28 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
- Altenew: 10 x $50 Altenew Gift Certificates
- ArtistrybyAltenew: 5 x $20 ArtistrybyAltenew Gift Certificates
- Altenew Academy: 14 x Online Papercrafting Classes ($39.99 value each)
- Crafter’s Companion: 1 x Gemini II Die Cutting and Embossing Machine ($329 value)
- LDRS Creative: 4 x $50 LDRS Creative Gift Certificates
- Online Card Classes: 5 x Online Card Classes ($25 value each)
- Jennifer McGuire Ink: 1 Share Handmade Kindness goodies bag ($100 value)
- Honey Bee Stamps: $100 Gift Certificate
- Hero Arts: $100 Gift Certificate
- Lawn Fawn: $100 Gift Certificate
- Pink and Main: $100 Gift Certificate
- Scrapbook & Cards Today: $100 Gift Certificate
- Taylored Expressions: $100 Gift Certificate
- Gina K. Designs: $100 Gift Certificate
- CraftStash: $100 Gift Certificate
- Brutus Monroe: $100 Gift Certificate
- Picket Fence Studios: $50 Gift Certificate
- Pelletier Craft Studio: 3 x $25 Gift Certificates
- Michelle’s Cards and Stamps: AUD $100 Gift Certificate
- Spellbinders Paper Arts: 2 x $25 Gift Certificates
- Scrapbook.com: $50 Gift Certificate
- My Craft Room: $50 Gift Certificate
- Krafters Cart: $50 Gift Certificate
- A Cherry on Top: $50 Gift Certificate
- Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate
- My Favorite Things: $50 Gift Certificate
- Pinkfresh Studio: $50 Gift Certificate
- Bumbleberry Papercrafts: £25 Gift Certificate
- Seize the Stamp: CHF 25 Gift Certificate
- MarkerPop: $25 Gift Certificate
- Auzz Trinklets N Krafts: AUD $25 Gift Certificate
Be sure to leave comments by 04/16/2024 for a chance to win one of 68 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with “Hi from (city or country where you’re from)!” 68 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 04/19/2024.
I finished the Altenew Educators Certification Program in April of 2021. I learned so much from this program — still going back to the original classes and enjoying newer ones also. Below are two cards using the Sunshine Flowers Craft Your Life Kit : one that was tried and true and the second that I challenged myself to something new.
Altenew is known for their great layering stamps so here is my Tried and True. Using the stamp set from Sunshine Flowers I used Obsidian Ink, Pink Quart and Purple Wine inks. The leaves were done in Olive and Moss. The sentiment is also from the same kit stacking four die cuts on top of each other for dimension. The flower was also embossed with the embossing folder and popped up with foam tape. To add some depth to the card base I ink blended the light pink cardstock with Purple Wine ink around the edges. Then Splattered the card with black and Purple Wine for background interest.
This one is the one I challenged myself. Taking black cardstock I used the embossing folder from the Sunshine Flower kit and then colored it with Acrylic Markers. I found I had to build up the yellow several times for it to show more solidly on the black background. Even though these markers are not meant to blend I was able to create a small blend by adding some pink into the centers and on the tips. Then I used white spatter on the background to add some interest. For the first time using these markers I was really pleased.
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Hugs, Penny
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I LOVE both! Your flowers are stunning!
Hi from NY! Beautiful cards. They make me long for beautiful summer flowers. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, summer flowers are wonderful
Hi! I’m from Washington state. Lovely cards! Happy Anniversary Altenew!
Thank you for visiting my blog!
Gorgeous cards.
Thank you so much!
These are so pretty. I like the matching pinks on the first one, especially.
Thank you! Please come visit me again.
Hi Penny currently hopping from a cabin in the mountains of NM. You used one if my absolute favorite sets! Wow, the way you built up the color on the black cardstock is amazing. The touch of pink is perfect!
Thank you Angy.
Hello from Central Florida. What stunning cards. I love everything pink so they are right up my alley
Thank you…so glad you like the pink!
Hi from Portland, Oregon. Beautiful cards.
Hi back from Michigan. Thank you for visiting – please come again!
Hello from Buffalo. I want to be at that card. Just sit and relax. The colors are beautiful
Thank you so much. I grew up in Rochester so know NY well.
Hi from PA! What a great job you did coloring with the acrylic markers! The color is so vibrant and fun! Beautifully done.
Thank you. Sometimes you just have to give something new a try! I know I’ll use them again.
Penny, I love, love, love your pink card!
Thanks. The flower doesn’t show the embossing very well…much better in person.
Both cards are so pretty! I really like that black background!
Thank you. Sometimes experiments pay off.
Hi from Mexico! Penny, I absolutely love both cards I just got this stamp set, and cannot wait to use it! Thanks for sharing!
Oh, I’m so glad you got the set. If you make something, tag me. I’d love to see what you did with it too.
Hola, Mexico! Saludos desde San Antonio, Texas! Gusto de saludarte, Liz. Qué la pases bien y qué ganes! Suerte!
Hi from San Diego. Cute cards.
Thanks. Glad you stopped by today…come again.
Hey from Florida. Both cards are lovely but I really like the one with acrylic. I’ve been wondering if people like to use it on a card. It looks really creative almost like you’ve put it on a piece of canvas.
Oh, wow, thanks for the big compliment. Come back and visit again.
Hi from Kansas! Thank you for the cute cards. I saw you did Instructor Certification. Congratulations!! I have been considering taking that series. There’s so much I don’t know. I guess that is the beauty of an artistic medium. Love your cards!
Jessica, I strongly encourage you to take the courses! You won’t regret it. They will teach you more than you can imagine.
Hi from Iowa. Great cards, always good to challenge ourselves a little and yours came out beautiful! The acrylic markers are on my wish list, fun to see how you used them.
Pamela, if you use the acrylic markers please tag me to see what you did.
Hi from Alabama! Both cards are lovely but really like the black background
Thank you.
Hi from Texas! Love the colors on your cards! So pretty!
Thank you. Please come back and visit again.
Hi from Ohio! The BIG HUGS card with the pinks just made me smile. Beautiful cards!
You made my day…if I can make someone smile. Thank you.
Hi from Buffalo. Love the cards. The flowers are beautiful.
Thank you. I grew up in Rochester and went to college south of Buffalo.
Hello from Ft. Wright, Kentucky! Oh wow…these are both beautiful! Can’t decide which colored background I like the best!
Hi from Hawaii. Love all the flowers. Fantastic cards!
Thank you. Big compliment when you have all those gorgeous flowers around you.
Hi from Brambleton, Virginia. These sunshine flowers really brighten up the card with your chosen colors! So pretty!
Thanks.
Pretty card. Love it.
Thanks for visiting. Come back again
These are so pretty! I love the black background on that second card!
Thank you , Jennifer.
Hi from Calgary, AB, Canada! Fantastic cards! I really love your technique with the sunflower!
Thanks. Sometimes it pays to try something new
Hi from Rock Hill, SC. Beautiful cards!!
Thank you for visiting. Come back again soon.
Hello from Portland Oregon! Beautiful cards. Working with dark cardstock challenges me to but wow, you nailed it! Happy Birthday Altenew!
Thanks. Let me know if you try something with dark cardstock. I’d love to see it.
Greetings from Huntsville, Alabama!!! Gorgeous cards, I LOVE the pink one, and that splattered background is fabulous!!!!
Thanks. It was a fun card to make.
Hi from Minnesota! Those Sunshine Flowers are “statement makers”!
Yes, these are great flowers to work with — AND the whole kit works together so well.
Hi from CA, bold and beautiful floral cards with bold sentiments! I love them !!
Thanks for visiting. Please come back again.
Hello, from CA – love the flowers and the splatters – thanks for sharing.
Yes, Spatters are fun
Hi From WI, USA – both cards are so pretty – thanks for sharing
Thank you for visiting. I hope you come back again.
Hi from Conklin, Michigan! I love the idea of a “tried and true” along with a challenge that’s new! Both of your cards are lovely! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks. A step into the unknown could go either way. But worth it no matter what.
Hello from Mississippi. Great cards. I especially like the second one.
Thanks, I’m glad you liked my experiment.
beautiful cards, happy 10th anniversary party
Thanks.
Pretty in Pink! Hello from Central New York! Such a lovely card to celebrate 10 years of Altenew!
Yea NY…I grew up in Rochester. Thanks for visiting my blog. I hope you’ll come back again.
Hi from the High Desert (Mojave Desert) of Southern California. Wow, both of your cards are “eye-popping”. Great job!! Can’t decide which one I like better but I do love the first one ever-so-slightly more. Nicely done!
Thank you. Come back and visit me again.
Hi from South Carolina. Wow! Both are amazing. Love the multiple colors of splatter!
Thanks. Spatter is lots of fun to do too.
Hi from NE Ohio. I like your choice of colors on these pretty floral cards.
Thanks.
Both your cards are amazing. What a wonderful large flower and such different looks.
Thanks. It’s an easy flower to work with. Lots of versatility.
Hi from Texas!! Hugs to you for your beautiful cards!!
Hi from NC!!
Lovely flowers! Your cards are beautiful!
Hello from Morgan Hill, California! Your cards are beautiful! Happy Birthday Altenew!
Hi from Illinois. Such beautiful card designs!
Hi from South Dakota. Both your cards are gorgeous! Very inspiring!
Wow I’ve never seen a Pink Sunflower 🌻 so very pretty and great idea to color it a different color. Love the traditional yellow as well. Danyelle from NC, USA.
Hola from San Antonio, Texas! These are so pretty! Lovely colors, too. 😍😍😍
Hello from Locust Grove, Virginia. Your cards are lovely. I really am excited to try your look from the second card. It might be out of your comfort zone, but you nailed it! I am so glad I have the same kit and the acrylic markers.