Hello there! This week is a great week (or maybe not so great?) to be a crafter! There are so many amazing products releasing, endless choices are available for us to play with! To make it even more complicated for you, Altenew just came out with some AMAZING products you do not want to miss!
Altenew released 12 brand-new ink sprays, 7 stencils, new colored cardstocks, new envelopes, and glue tapes!! How exciting is this?! So today, I am going to share 2 cards using some of these new sprays and stencils.
There are various ways to add interest to your projects using these Metallic Shimmer Ink Sprays, so I wanted to highlight some of the basic ways you can maximize the use of these. The first card uses sprays as a part of the focal point, and the 2nd card uses sprays as a part of the background. Let’s dive in!
I shared a lot of info on these sprays and stencils, so make sure to watch the video tutorial above to get the full details! When using the same supplies, by just twisting few things you can turn one process into multiple cards, saving you time and effort.
Various sizes of splatters can really add depths, dimensions, and interests on your projects. Make sure to play around with your mediums to fully understand their capability. On this first card, I used the splatters to help stamped images stand out easily. And the soft background created with an embossing paste and the Tiny Bubbles Stencil really helps those flowers pop as well.
For the 2nd card, I used the same stencil, stamps, and dies to create a different card. All you need is a couple of mini inks to add colors to your focal point. Instead of using the spray to be a part of flowers, I added few splatters onto the background along with embossing paste. So much fun!!
Tell me, do you already have a favorite (or two, or more!) from today’s release?
SUPPLIES
See below for all the products used in today’s project. Click SSS for Simon Says Stamp, EH for Ellen Hutson, 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!
BLOG HOP
I am a part of a special blog hop to celebrate today’s release. Please see below for a full blog hop list and don’t forget to visit our next stop on the hop, my amazing friend Debby Hughes!
GIVEAWAYS
There are TWO giveaways!!
- Win a $30 gift certificate to Altenew.com online store! Leave me a comment below by March 15th, 11:59pm PST. I will select a winner and announce it on this post on the 16th!
- Altenew is also giving away THREE $50 gift certificate! Make sure to visit their blog and leave a comment! Giveaway is open till March 16th, 11:59pm EST.
WINNER! Congrats, Carol! Please contact winner@altenew.com with a subject title “March 9th Release Blog Hop Winner from Nicole’s Blog” to claim your prize!
FULL HOP LIST
- Altenew
- Ashley Horton
- Therese Calvird
- Nicole Picadura —> You Are Here
- 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
- May Sukyong Park
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Lovely cards. Love the ink sprayed flowers
Sometimes I just don’t have the ‘right’ words to convey how I marvel over the magic you create with Altenew products …and this is one of those times! Your showcases: stellar! In awe yet again…
~carol
Soft & lovely
Beautiful focal points. Love the backgrounds. Fun products to play with.
Beautiful, Nicole! I also love the Magnolias for Her
Your soft and beautiful projects really showcase the versatility of this release. Thank you for the inspiration!
Wow! Your cards are utterly gorgeous! I am really liking the Ink sprays. I would also like to try out the new stencils too. Really enjoy watching your videos too. TFS!!!
Very pretty cards! I love the new sprays and stencils. Thanks for a great video, too!
Great cards and tutorial!
Such lovely cards and fun way to use sprays. Thanks
Wow!! Beautiiful Cards..loved them.. Thank you so much for the inspiration, the video and for this generous giveaway..
Beautiful cards! I am genuinely surprised at how much I like the purple and red color combination. Not one I would have tried myself, it looks great! Thanks for sharing two amazing cards with the same release supplies.
Pretty Cards will be sure to take time to watch your video, Thanks
Your cards are gorgeous. I love the different coloring techniques. Excited to give a try
Beautiful colors!
The stencils are darling!
What beautiful cards. I loved the video showing how you created these two beautiful looks. I’ve got to get some of those sprays!!!!
Beautiful! I love the fun backgrounds and the flowers are gorgeous.
Beautiful colored ink sprays.
Wow, I really love the look you achieved here. Artistic yet minimal! Very lovely!
Love the magnolias and the simplicity of your card.
Loved your video explaining the mist and the results you got depending on the distance and how hard you sprayed. I started with a shoe box and learned it was not deep enough. Good point!
So excited to try the new stencils and embossing paste. Love how you made two different looks with the same set and materials. Can definitely do this for some of my other flower sets.
Stunning cards, Nicole! So delicate and colored so beautifully! I love the embossing paste, very new to me and I’m looking forward to trying out your techniques! Thank you for sharing!
Your cards are beautiful. It’s hard to keep up with Altenew products. They keep putting gorgeous stamps and inks out there. I wish I had them all. Thanks for sharing.
Great cards!
Very pretty! Love the new stencils and inks!
Love how you made this layout!! It is stunning! TFS!!!
Oops, I was on the wrong link. Love your cards!!
Great cards!! love the spray inks!!
Thanks for the great inspiration.
Love your cards!
Love your delicate use of the sprays!
I love these metallic sprays, great cards.
Love the shimmer sprays. Your cards are gorgeous.
the stencils look fun!!
I love this clean and simple look, gorgeous color choices!
love both your cards. The shimmer sprays look like so much fun! Thanks for the great tips in the video.
It’s very atmospheric and gently!!!
Fabulous cards, love the different looks and your video.
Your cards are very nice. I appreciate your video with so much information. Very beautiful cards.
Like the soft colors of your cards!
Your cards are so creative! I am liking the different looks you can get with the stencils and sprays.
lovely cards!
Very pretty cards. Those new sprays look like fun! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing. Love the new sprays they really look like fun.
A Lovely and Truly Delicate Design.
The is an exciting release. Lots of new things to play with.
Subtle but stunning x
Beautiful cards, love how you showed getting different looks just by alternating the background and stamp images with the sprays. So far I think my favorites are the sketched lines and tiny bubbles stencils. They are so versatile.
Great release especially the coordinating cardstock!!
So soft and beautiful. Love the card.
Love all the new products and your cards!
Your cards are awesome Nicole, and the stencils in this release are beautiful!
Lovely cards! Especially love the ink sprays.
Thanks for sharing the new fantastic products. Love the stencils.
Love the sprays!
Sweet, sweet colors. I love your style. Thank you for the creative energy!
Lovely cards.
Haven’t used any spray ink for awhile but
I’ll be getting these. Make such pretty
cards.
thanks for sharing.
I am in love with the sprays and your cards are very pretty!
Beautiful cards. Thanks for including the video, it’s always so helpful.
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Love your card. That ink spray adds such an interesting touch.
Really Beautiful!!!
The colors are just amazing in the sprays and I bet they are even better in person. Can’t wait to try some new stencils too. These are so pretty!
LOVE your touches of the embossing paste. Great look on both cards~~
These are both beautiful. I love the new sprays, thanks for showing us 2 ways to use them.
Sooo pretty, love the new ink sprays!
Thank you for the inspiration! Beautiful cards!
Love your blog!!!❤️❤️❤️
Wow–they really do look like something so much fun to play with. I love that you can get so many different looks with just a few products. Thank you.
Clean, simple and crisp. That’s what I like about your style.
beautiful cards Nicole – and thanks for the tips for using them
Love your cards!
Love these cards! Beautiful colours x
So cool! I’m so inspired by seeing works from ‘card-artists’. Thank You.
Boy, you had some GREAT ideas! I love them all. Thank you very much for sharing them with us :o)
Very elegant
Nicole, Your cards are so beautiful! Love the clean simplicity & those gorgeous flowers! Loved the video also
Love you cards Nicole. The colors are so soft and feminine! I am really loving the tiny bubbles stencil!
These cards are so beautiful Nicole! Love the textured and sprayed backgrounds and the coloring on the image.
Beautiful! Loving these sprays ♥
Lovely cards!Thank you for the inspiration!
Your cards are so beautiful!!!
Lovely and simple, and simply lovely. I love your white-on-white effect and all that beautiful white space. Stunning use of the new sprays and stencils.
What a soft, pretty look to your card.
Oh I LOVE the beautiful blooms and how you sprayed them with that ink spray. Beautiful cards!
Beautiful card, love this release!
So pretty and soft colors love it
Love the cards.
Great way to use stencil, thanks ks for the video.
The stencils are awesome! Love the diamond one~~ your cards are beautiful~ I’ve anyways loved that magnolia stamp set!
beautiful cards. . . beautiful flowers. . .love the new sprays
I love the splattered flower. What a great idea! You’ve just made a new fan. Thanks for sharing.
Love the new release and thanks for the chance to win!
Two lovely cards using two techniques that I’ll be wanting to try on my next cards. Thanks for sharing these.
Really like the idea of making two cards for the price of one. They are very cute.
Very pretty.
I love how different these two cards turned out.
The shimmer sprays look like a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing a video with us!
Love the cards! So pretty!
I sure do have favorites from the new release — the stencils look fabulous and I really like the new card stock and spray colors!
How exciting! I love the new ink sprays! Thanks for sharing some tips and for showing different ways to use them.
Nicole, your video was very helpful! Now I know different ways to spray to get different size splatters and how to prevent clogging and what to do if a bottle still clogs! I can’t wait to get started. Thank you for sharing.
Such good tips on how to use the materials in different ways to make multiple cards. Beautiful!
Very nice cards! Love the spray inks.
I love your card. Thank you so much for the tips to work with the new sprays, I was wondering the best way to get a fine mist.
I love your clean and simple work!
Lovely cards. Love the ink sprayed flowers
Beautiful cards and techniques.Thank you so much for sharing.
Great tutorial. Thank you.
Beautiful designs! So fresh and stunning! 🙂
Your flowers are beautiful!
Very delicate & pretty cards.
WOW, those are two gorgeous cards! Love those colors and the splatter effect!
Lovely cards! What you and the others on the hop are doing with the sprays are making me itch to try them!
Your cards are so pretty! It is nice you showed two different things. I really like the Layered Medallion stencils and the sprays would be fun to have for sure.
Pretty cards. Thanks for doing the colors swatches and sharing your techniques for spraying.
I am so in love with the colors of ink sprays – love your cards too.
Wow what great new products
Both cards are very pretty. Love the differences and the sameness. Thanks.
Love the different textures on your cards (flowers) 🙂
Beautiful clean cards, and my favorite of the release are ALL the yummy sprays. The two layered medallion stencils are great.
Absolutely wonderful Nicole, can’t wait to watch your video!
Stunning cards
These inks look amazing!
Always a joy to watch u create. What I love the most is how easy u make it for us to follow and create aswell! Of course everything something is newwwww…I must buy lol. Thanks again we know u craft from your heart that’s extra special!
Lovely!
Beautiful cards. Thank you for the detailed video on their creation. I really like the “messy” sprayed version of the magnolia it is so lovely.
Your cards are so soft and pretty!! Love these new fluid inks and how you used them.
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These both are stunning! Love the two different ways you’ve shown here!
LOVE your beautiful cards Nicole!
Love the look of your cards – very striking!!!
Beautiful cards! Loving the new products!
Thanks for all of the wonderful tips in your video. Loved watching your video how-to. Great looks@
Lovely cards Thanks for the inspiration:)
Great ideas! Beautiful cards!
Very pretty cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Your cards are beautiful. Thanks for the great tip on spraying to get different affects. Love the metallic sprays
I don’t have a favorite yet but I am intrigued by those sprays!!
Very pretty way to use these sprays.
WOWZERS! Gorgeous cards!
Gorgeous designs as always!! Thanks for sharing Nicole!!!
Really appreciate your videos and love the new ALTENEW sprays & stencils!
Beautiful cards with a delicate simplicity. Sometimes we think we need the “entire kitchen sink” in our crafting, but you’ve shown us how “little is more”. Thank you.
Wonderful new coloring options for Altenew flowers and cool options to try with the stencils.
beautiful cards thank you for sharing
Love these new stencils and sprays – they make for very interesting elements on a card as well as beautiful colors!
Lovely cards! I love love the stencils from this release:-)
Wonderfully CAS. I love that sprayed flower!
Thank you for your tutorial and the chance to win Altenew’s wonderful products!
Beautiful cards! I love the tiny bubbles stencil – it’s so versatile.
Love the cards. Very soft and elegant.
Thank you for sharing tips on how to use and care for the ink sprays.
Wonderful cards! Thanks for sharing two ways to use the new ink sprays.
I love the stamp that you used and how you used it twice and made 2 different cards out of one stamp. I am doing that now with the Altenew Hydrangea stamp. I think its great when you can use one stamp and get tons of looks from it. I want to get some of the stencils and spray ink when I win. Thanks for showing us what you did.
Beautiful cards! I’m really liking those sprays! Gimme all the sprays! LOL
Pretty card
Sprays! You have got to love shimmer!
Lovely cards! I am loving my Altenew stamps and the new release!
Your cards are so pretty! I love the different use of the same supplies!
Your cards are very elegant Nicole, I love them!
love the lotus stamp.
Beautiful!
Both cards is pretty and elegant. Thanks for sharing
wow your cards are so beautiful and delicated!
Oh, love the cards you did and I have one,two,three,four….. ok all of the new releases are my favorite LOL
Absolutely gorgeous!
Your cards are absolutely gorgeous! LOVE the new sprays and stencils!! TFS!
Beautiful cards. Love the sprays..
Very pretty effect created with these sprays.
WOW – stunning cards! So pretty!
Beautiful card! Love those flowers! Such a great way to start my weekend hopping along with so much talent! Thanks for sharing yours!
Wow! Gorgeous cards! And thanks for the great video. It really demonstrates beautifully the different ways of using the sprays and also what a big difference different styles of coloring make!
Beautiful cards, soft and lovely.
Love your cards……thanks for the tips on spraying mists, too!
they are both so pretty!
What you did with those sprays is fantastic! I’m going to need to order these….
Nice work. Thanks for sharing.
These cards are so pretty! I love the way you used the embossing paste and the stencil for a subtle background, and the way you used the inks and ink sprays with those flowers. Thanks for sharing!
These are just beautiful!
Thanks for the video and I liked seeing all the different color sprays on the cardstock. Also, thanks for the tips on how the sprays work when sprayed from different angles. Your cards are so pretty and different even when using the same products.
Awesome cards. Love the Tiny Bubbles stencil. Thank you for making the video and sharing your ideas and techniques.
Very pretty cards, thanks for sharing.
loved your video tutorial and choice of colors for your cards. very beautiful. i am going to love some of those stencils and sprays!
Wow lots of fun items. Thanks for sharing your thorough video on the new items and how you created your cards.
Such lovely cards! Great use of the spray. Thanks for the video. It always helps to see videos to learn new techniques.
Love your cards! Such a fun way to use the ink sprays!!
Beautiful cards, love the easy coloring with the ink sprays!
So BEAUTIFUL. Thanks for sharing.
Love the metallic ink sprays! I love to add shimmer to my cards, and these sprays come in such pretty colors.
I LOVED watching the ways you made the two different cards! AMAZING!!! I can’t wait to use those techniques myself.
Love your cards!
love this new release. thank you for your inspiration
Beautiful cards 🙂 love the soft look. I really love the new stencils and sprays, the tiny bubble stencil I think is a must have.
Cheers
Preeti
Wonderful cards. Great video with so many good tips. Thank you.
Thank you for the giveaway!
Two great ways of using spray inks…loved the look!
Beautiful cards!! I am so excited about these new products!!
I love how beautifully simple these cards are! All the focus is on the beautiful flower! I love it!
very pretty! Great video also.
Beautiful cards….
I love you cards!
Love these cards! As for favorites – I’ve got one or two … or ten! LOL! I think the stencils are my favorites!
I love the shimmer sprays! They are so pretty and so are your cards.
versatile stamps and products! love your cards.
Beautiful cards! I’m in love with these sprays! So pretty and shimmery!
Thanks for showing us how to use Alltenew”s new sprays. Beautiful cards.
Clean and simple cards, Nicole! I love the ideas I’m seeing with these sprays! So fun! Thanks for sharing with us.
It’s so fun to watch the video! Two different looks ~ Would love to try that when I have a chance to get the supplies! Thank you for sharing!
Lovely cards, those new sprays and stencils look great!
Thank you for sharing your techniques and card ideas! Beautiful designs!
Beautiful cards and a great way to showcase some of the new products. I’m loving the new stencils and sprays!
Simply elegant. Love the soft pastels. Thanks for sharing!
Love them both! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Lovely simplicity.
Love the speckly magnolia – just gorgeous, like a speckled egg!!
Beautiful work,
all the best, Liz Mxx
Great video and lovely cards. Thank you
Beautiful cards. Thank you for all the wonderful techniques using the sprays.
Beautiful cards. I really like the use of the sprays.
Like the way you used the dyes two totally different ways.
Thank you for making it easy to find your comment section. I love all those dots. Your cards are quietly beautiful.
Beautiful simple and elegant cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
CAS gorgeous and beautiful!
The sprays are a fun new product that I look forward to trying. Your cards are lovely. Thanks for the tips on the sprays and the distress coloring.
Nicole,
Your cards are beautiful! I love the simplicity of these- well done!
Hugs,Jackie “)
I adore the shimmer!!! Your cards are so pretty and airy. Just so lovely.
<3 J
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Enjoyed the multiple textures
Your cards are so pretty Nicole! It’s nice to see the different examples of your technique!
I love the simplicity and elegance of your cards. Thanks for sharing.
Love the magnolias card with the contrast between lines and coloring.
LOVE your cards!! Fabulous
Lovely cards. I really like the new stencils.
Cards are great.love your style of cardmakin,always so unique and different from other.
I love the new sprays and stencils!!❤
Pretty card.
I love the cards. I just love the pretty pink color!
Fantastic cards, love the way you used the spray.
Di.
DELIGHTFUL cards! LOVE them both, especially the ink blended flowers, they look gorgeous against the tiny bubble texture & ink splattered background!
THANK YOU for sharing your video tutorial & inspiration 🙂
Lovely card, Nicole! Love the new sprays
Just beautiful – you are so talented
I can’t find your post of the winner of the Altenew blog hop. It is posted somewhere special?
Such beautiful cards!LOVE the flowers!
So soft and feminine beautiful.
beautiful cards. . . .love this new release from Altenew