Altenew August 2022 Endless Ambition Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

Hello and welcome to my blog! A big thank you to Annemarie Caister for sending you my via the Altenew blog hop.

This exciting release is chock full of possibilities for every crafter. Hot foil plates with coordinating stencil sets are the focus, but we have also included some beautiful die sets. Feathers, flowers, greenery, and sentiments will find their way to your projects this month. Lastly, Timeless Tulips (an exclusive retreat collection from July) will be available along with this release!

Giveaway Prizes

$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 08/28/2022 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 08/29/2022.

My first card used the Flowery Bouquet Hot Foil Plate and matching stencil.
I haven’t had my hot foil machine that long but I do love the professional finish that it gives and Altenew is bringing out so many lovely plates!

The stencils are great when using the blending brushes to get a soft gradient. I like to add some of my own details with a fine black pen.

For the shadow I used the left over hot foil so that it would match the outline and 3 layers of black cardstock.

The main sentiment is from the Well Read Sentiment Stamp Set. It is one of my favorite quotes. (I am a big Anne of Green Gables fan. 😍)

I love a good cover die and Curtain Leaves Cover Die has got lots of potential.

To make this card I cut several strips of textured cardstock and lay the cover die over them. I used some leftover strips and lay them down horizontally so that I could use the Sweet Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and coordinating Die Set.

This was probably my favorite card that I created for this release.

I loved the Rainbow Burst Hot Foil Plate and was very excited to use it.

There are so many wonderful foils that you could use with this plate but I just chose a gold foil for this card.

I wanted to create an ombré effect using Frosty Pink, Coral Berry and Grapevine from the Red Cosmos Crisp Dye Ink Set.

With the first stencil I started my ombré in one direction and then reversed it for the second stencil. And for the final stencil I also used the Intricate Mandala Stencil with a combination of Frosty Pink and Coral Berry.

The card was completed with the celebrate you from Sweet Sentiments Die Set and also One-Go Birthday Greetings Stamp and Die Set.

Thanks so much for dropping by. Reiko Tsuchida is your next stop on the blog hop and I know that you will love what she has created.

Until next time, keep creating!

Fiona

Blog Hop Order

Altenew Blog

Therese Calvird

Teresa Litchfield

Virginia Lu

Nicole Watt

Nathalie DeSousa

Rebecca Sogn

Terri Koszler

Penny Pynnonen

Laurie Willison

Teri Wilson

Angela Brennan

Maryám Pérez

Karen Brown

Mugdha Gujarathi

Lilith Eeckels

Bobby Hagen

Lorena Brougher

Jaycee Gaspar

Michelle Burnier

Linda Westfall

Jenny Colacicco

Soraya Maes

Caly Person

LauraJane

Emily Midgett

Kari VanNoy

Annemarie Caister

Fiona Duff – YOU ARE HERE

Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.

Bridget Casey