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Altenew 5th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 2 (+Giveaways!)

3 Apr

Good morning!  I am so excited to help Altenew celebrate their FIFTH anniversary today!  They’re having FOUR days of blog hops with lots of exciting prizes from Altenew and their exciting sponsors!  You can find all the giveaways details at the bottom of my post!

Today I created a card using one of my favorite Altenew sets, the Build-A-Flower Morning Glory.  I love morning glories and this set is gorgeous!

Happy Mother's Day by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Altenew

To start I stamped a bunch of morning glory flowers using a variety of inks from Simon Says Stamp and Altenew before die-cutting them with the coordinating dies. One crafty tip: for the stamps that include a flower, stem, and leaves I recommend die-cutting the die first and then using the negative as a guide for where to place your stamps.  Otherwise it’s easy to be slightly off in your stamping and then the die doesn’t work.  *Ahem* I may or may not have stamped like three of them before realizing that…*sigh*. Ha.  Also, the MISTI is a miracle tool for repetitive layered stamping like this! 😉

Happy Mother's Day by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Altenew

Next I stamped the curly vines with black ink on dark grey cardstock.  I arranged the flowers over the panel and adhered them with a mix of ATG adhesive and foam mounting tape.  I stamped the sentiment using Silver Stone and Industrial Diamond ink and die-cut them to thin labels.  I adhered them over the panel with foam mounting tape and finished the card with a few clear drops!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ALTENEW!! Here’s to many, MANY more!! 🙂

Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 10 lucky winners. There are also 14 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering some amazing prizes!  You can find all those details on the Altenew Card blog!  Be sure to leave comments by 4/12/2019 for a chance to win! 33 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Blog on 4/20/2019.

Lisa Spangler is your next stop and you can find a full list of all hop stops on the Altenew blog!

Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!

Interested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!

Altenew BUILD A FLOWER MORNING GLORY…
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Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad…
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Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink HOT…
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Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad…
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Altenew PINK PEARL Crisp Dye Ink Pad…
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Altenew FROSTY PINK Crisp Dye Ink Pad…
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Altenew SILVER STONE Crisp Dye Ink…
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Altenew INDUSTRIAL DIAMOND Crisp Dye…
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Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#…
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Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH…
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Studio Katia CLEAR ROUND DROPS MIX 2…
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Studio Katia CLEAR ROUND DROPS MIX…
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Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad…
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3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE…
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3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE…
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MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool…
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Tim Holtz Tonic MAXI GUILLOTINE…
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Crafter’s Companion GEMINI JUNIOR…
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Comments

  1. Marliese Arnold says

    April 3, 2019 at 9:25 am

    I like Altenew. They have the best flower stamps. Your new card in your blog is very nice. The color combination looks great. Like it.

    Reply
  2. Wanda Radler says

    April 3, 2019 at 9:35 am

    This card is amazing. Thanks for sharing and Congrats Altenew!

    Reply
  3. Robin Ridpath says

    April 3, 2019 at 9:52 am

    Great card! I really like the gray shade for the leaves.

    Reply
  4. Kelsey Thomas says

    April 3, 2019 at 9:52 am

    I love how those pink flowers stand out against the dark background. 🙂

    Reply
  5. trainwithmeghan says

    April 3, 2019 at 9:56 am

    I love how you colored the flowers! That color really pops from the background of the card!!!!

    Reply
  6. Annette Gordon says

    April 3, 2019 at 9:57 am

    So glad to see you on this blog hop. I haven’t seen many post from you using Altenew so this was a really nice surprise. Especially since you are 1 of 2 blogs I faithfully follow combined with my addiction to Altenew! Now to the card…. I love the colour choice and how their is so many spring happy flowers on the card! The dark background is perfect to make them stand out. And the vines that are stamped just give it the extra wow factor. Lovely!

    Reply
  7. Debbie Rumpza says

    April 3, 2019 at 9:58 am

    Gorgeous! I love these bright flowers!

    Reply
  8. Pat Gainor says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:10 am

    Love your card. Thanks for celebrating with Altenew.

    Reply
  9. Pooja says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:23 am

    Stunning those morning glory flowers look on black !! Beautiful card.

    Reply
  10. Jo Malicoat says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:24 am

    Beautiful card – just love those colors on the black background!

    Reply
  11. Mary Holshouser says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:28 am

    The morning glories pop off the black.
    Beautiful card. thanks for sharing
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    Reply
  12. Tara Prince says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:28 am

    Wow! So beautiful!!

    Reply
  13. Victoria Milam says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:31 am

    I love the colors you chose for the morning glories!

    Reply
  14. Sue Jacobson says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:33 am

    Congrats to Altenew! The card is beautiful. Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  15. Mary’s Paper Confections says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:42 am

    The black background is a gorgeous backdrop! Love it!

    Reply
  16. Joni M says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:49 am

    BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE how the flowers pop off the black background! Happy Anniversary to Altenew!!!

    Reply
  17. Debi Berk says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:50 am

    A very different take on morning glories, lovely!

    Reply
  18. Devra Joy says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:52 am

    Awesome!

    Reply
  19. Cindi Jensen says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:53 am

    Beautiful card

    Reply
  20. Karthikha Balasubramanian says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:54 am

    What a beautiful card! Lovely choice of colors and design! 🙂

    Reply
  21. Barb Chmura says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:56 am

    A stunning card, Jessica! Love the stamps and color combination.

    Reply
  22. Keli Stefanyshyn says

    April 3, 2019 at 11:00 am

    Very beautiful and fresh. Love theses cards.

    Reply
  23. Beth Schiller says

    April 3, 2019 at 11:04 am

    A second day of celebrating! How nice! Love Altenew!

    Reply
  24. sentsue says

    April 3, 2019 at 11:06 am

    Very striking. Thanks for sharing!

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