Good morning! I’m thrilled to be joining the amazing Altenew design team to celebrate their January 2018 die release! No stamps this month…just some gorgeous GORGEOUS dies!! Once I got started I just couldn’t stop! 😉
First up is this pretty card featuring the new Peony Dream 3d dies!
I created a video tutorial for this card and a closer look at the Mini Blossom die-cutting machine! You can watch it below or in HD at my Youtube channel!
My next card uses up all those pretty leftover flower bits from the Spring Showers Cover Die and might just be my favorite card of the release! 🙂
I die-cut the Cube Cover die from white, navy blue, teal, turquoise, and stormy blue cardstock and reserved all the pieces. Then I laid the navy blue die-cut panel over a navy blue panel. Then I simply started inlaying the pieces one color at a time until I was happy with the layout of colors. I added drops of glue to the back of each piece and fit it back inside the die. I didn’t photograph all of them but I repeated the process with each die-cut panel so as not to waste any pieces! So five passes through the die-cutting machine and a little bit of extra time resulted in five pretty cards! I finished the card with a die-cut word and a sentiment label trimmed and adhered beneath the word. These would be great masculine cards or you could change up the color palette for a very different look!
To celebrate the release Altenew is giving away SIX $50 gift certificates! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to SIX lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Monday, January 15th for a chance to win. Six winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 1/17/2018.
And, there’s even more good news! 😉 EVERY stop on the hop is giving away a $30 gift certificate so the more you comment, the more chances you have to win! Please leave your comments by Monday, January 15th and the winner will be announced on January 16th!
Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Altenew Card Blog
- Therese Calvird
- Lilith Eeckels
- Anna Kossakovskaya
- Svitlana Shayevich
- Jennifer McGuire
- Virginia Lu
- Jessica Frost-Ballas
- Sandra Dietrich
- Kristina Pokazanieva
- Laura Bassen
- Reiko Tsuchida
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Erum Tasneem
- Yoonsun Hur
- Galina Filippenko
- Kymona Tracey
- Altenew Scrapbook Blog
- Vicky Papaioannou
- Miriam Prantner
- Enza Gudor
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Dana Gong
- Terhi Koskinen
- Justine Hovey
- Hussena Calcuttawala
If you’ve gotten all the way to the end of my super long post, thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop! If this is your first time at my blog I hope you’ll consider subscribing via the sidebar on the right or visiting me on Youtube or Instagram! Have a fabulous crafty week, friends! 🙂
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Gorgeous use of the cover plates Jess and I love that there is even minimal stamping involved (only saw stamping on one card). Thanks so much for sharing how versatile the items in this release are and for including a wonderful video. Enjoy the rest of your week. ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters (It truly does)
The cards are all beautiful, but I have to admit, the watercolor background and flowers you utilized honestly just grab me. LOVE LOVE LOVE! such great cards.
Die-licious projects, Jess!
Your cards are all beautiful. Thanks for the idea of using the press and seal to keep all the elements where you want to place them. You can be sure I will use this idea. It helped to make a beautiful card.
Wow!! All of your cards are amazing! Love how gold & graphic they are!!
All your cards are so beautiful. Love the 3D flowers. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent.
Wonderful cards – love that watercolor stripe die and the spring showers cover die!
Beautiful cards! I like that you can get two cards from each die using the negative space.
I’m not sure what press and seal is but it did help to make get flowers for the birthday card stick together nicely and flow up the card. I liked the dimensional effect of that card and the bright colors.
Love your Cards! I think I have to get the Watercolor Stripes Die!
I never would have used such a dark base/accent. Love the way this looks.
I love your gray and white leaves. This set looks easy to assemble and such pretty flowers in any colors you want. Loved all your other cards, too, especially the cube cover sheet one.
Your cards look great! I really like the Cube Cover die 🙂
Such happy colors today. Thanks for sharing!
What a release. The cards you made are gorgeous. The layering dies are so cool. And, I love what you did with the cover dies. Thank you for the inspiration.
Such amazing inspiration on this hop using these fun die’s!!!
Great examples – I especially love the one you did the video on! Such beautiful dies Altenew has come out with this time!
Sooo beautiful! Love all the cards and really enjoyed the video! Thank you for sharing your talent with us!
Oh wow, all of your cards are absolutely stunning!! You’ve showcased the dies so perfectly!! Love them all!!
These are beautiful. Each and every one of them. Love love love this release 🙂
Love each one of your cards, Jessica! This new release is just fabulous.
Amazing cards – love the colors.
Such a great release, thank you for the inspiration!
Such a beautiful and colorful card! Thank you for all the cards you share with us each week.
Wow! You’ve given us so many beautiful ideas for this new amazing release. Thank you!