Hello there!
What a better way to celebrate mid-week (almost close to the weekend!) than checking out a brand-new release? Don’t you agree? Today we are going to do exactly that!
Altenew is releasing 18 lovely stamp sets, some stand-alone and coordinating dies, AND brand-new ink colors!! If you have not checked them out, make sure you do so you won’t miss anything! I also have TWO awesome giveaways to share so make sure to scroll down!
One of the favorite techniques I love to use when making the focal points stand out easily is to combine background stamp and other image stamps. When you think of background stamps, you often think to cover your whole card front with it. You actually don’t have to! Partial background stamping is a lovely way to set the tone for your focal point.
On today’s project, I used the Pattern Play – Hexagon stamp set as a tone setter of the card. I stamped it with the Limestone ink pad for a subtle tone.
Then for the focal points, I wanted something really bold and big – lovely floral images from the Floral Fantasy is the perfect one for this. You can layer the images together for striking stamping results.
Rock and roll stamping is a great way to add some variations in one image, so that is what I did on the leaves!
Rest of the card assembly is pretty simple and easy. I added various foam dots behind the stamped images to create a different level of depth. For a final touch, I stamped the sentiment from the lovely Heartfelt Stamp Set and added a few of black sequins.
This card is very easy to create yet it will give you great results. Do you have a favorite one(s) from this month’s release? Share your picks with me in the comment section below!
SUPPLIES
See below for all the products used in today’s project. Click ATN for Altenew, EH for Ellen Hutson, SSS for Simon Says Stamp, or AMZ for Amazon. I participate in several affiliate programs where I get a small commission at no additional cost to you when products are purchased through links I share here. Thank you for your support!
GIVEAWAYS
There are TWO giveaways you can enjoy!
- Altenew is giving away FIVE (yup, 5 winners!) $50 gift certificates to Altenew store! Make sure to visit their blog and leave a comment to win.
- I am giving away $30 gift certificate to Altenew store! Please leave me a comment below by July 26th, 11:59pm PST. I will post a winner here on the 28th. Good luck!!
Winner
Congratulations, Jeanmarie! You are the lucky winner of the giveaway. Please contact Altenew at [email protected] by 8/31/2017 with the subject line Altenew July 2017 Release Blog Hop Winner from Nicole’s Blog to claim your prize!
BLOG HOP
I am the LAST stop of the hop! No worries, you can always start with #1 stop, which is the Altenew Card Blog! Make sure to stop by each blog to share your love and enter to win giveaways!
- Altenew Card Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Altenew Scrapbook Blog
- Kristina Werner
- May Sukyong Park
- Flora Monika Farkas
- Therese Calvird
- Mindy Baxter
- Svitlana Shayevich
- Debby Hughes
- Enza Gudor
- Laurie Schmidlin
- Erum Tasneem
- Kathy Racoosin
- Lilith Eeckles
- Marika Rahtu
- Agnieszka Malyszek
- Kymona Tracey
- Galina Filippenko
- Sveta Fotinia
- Yana Smakula
- Sandra Dietrich
- Lydia Evans
- Sandy Allnock
- Eunyoung Lee
- Laura Bassen
- Chari Moss
- Yoonsun Hur
- Nicole Picadura