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Altenew Quiet Reflections Release Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAY!)

4 Dec

Good morning!  I am super excited to be hopping along to celebrate the Quiet Reflections release from Altenew!  There are tons of new products: stamps, dies, stencils, inks, and more that are now available over at Altenew!  Today I’m focusing on the gorgeous You Are Beautiful set that features one of my favorite flowers: hibiscus!

The layering stamps are so detailed and stamp beautifully!  I stamped the flowers in shades of peach and bright red and the leaves in mint and aqua and then die-cut them with the coordinating dies.

Then I was inspired by Kristina Werner to create my own background by swiping ink pads in shades of aqua and navy.  I concentrated the colors in different areas and just let the pattern evolve.  Since the panel was really wet I let it dry completely and then added a wash of metallic teal watercolor for a little sparkle.  I arranged all the flowers and leaves across the panel and then added a sentiment cut from gold glitter cardstock to finish the card!

And that’s it from me!  Head over to check out the rest of the Quiet Reflections release from Altenew and let me know your favorites!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $40 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 9 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 12/09/2020 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 12 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 12/11/2020.

You should have arrived from Nicole and Tania is your next stop!  You can also find the full hop list on the Altenew Card Blog!

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! 🙂

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 through my links help keep my blog running with no additional cost to you and I thank you so much for the support!!

You Are Beautiful stamp set
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You Are Beautiful die set
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You Are Beautiful stamp and die bundle
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You Are Beautiful stamp, die, and…
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Simply Hello Die
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Comments

  1. Lisa Angel says

    December 4, 2020 at 10:42 am

    This is beautiful. Want it ALLLL

    Reply
  2. hughes3187@msn.com says

    December 4, 2020 at 10:57 am

    Love the bold look of those flowers against the blue!!

    Reply
  3. Mary Holshouser says

    December 4, 2020 at 11:17 am

    The colors are bold and bright.
    Gorgeous card.
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

    Reply
  4. Donna de Gale-Kalloo says

    December 4, 2020 at 11:56 am

    Love, Love, Love your hibiscus flower card!! So Caribbean looking! Love it! I am from the Caribbean in case you were wondering…lol

    Reply
  5. Linda BL says

    December 4, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    Love the bright card. Your color choices would most certainly brighten the day of the recipient!

    Reply
  6. Kamodio says

    December 4, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    Brilliant colors! Wow!

    Reply
  7. Patty A Eifert says

    December 4, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    Beautiful card! Such vibrant colors!!

    Reply
  8. Sharon Gullikson says

    December 4, 2020 at 2:34 pm

    Such a pretty combination of tropical colors. This is really pretty.

    Reply
  9. Nandini says

    December 4, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    So beautiful! This card is gorgeous! Thanks for the amazing inspiration.

    Reply
  10. Mandi Chau says

    December 4, 2020 at 2:55 pm

    This is card is so pretty. Love the color combo!

    Reply
  11. Meghan Kennihan says

    December 4, 2020 at 5:25 pm

    Such beautiful flowers and colors!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  12. Denise Bryant says

    December 4, 2020 at 5:31 pm

    Spectacular hibiscus flowers and gorgeous colors! Love your beautiful card!

    Reply
  13. Jacinda says

    December 4, 2020 at 6:48 pm

    Love the vibrant colors!

    Reply
  14. Retta Lutte says

    December 4, 2020 at 6:53 pm

    I love your stunning card! Your background is gorgeous and I LOVE those colorful hibiscus!!!!!

    Reply
  15. Patt H. says

    December 4, 2020 at 6:54 pm

    Your card is absolutely stunning, Jess! I love the rich colors & the background techniqe looks awesome!

    Reply
  16. Julie L says

    December 4, 2020 at 7:41 pm

    Your beautiful card reminds me of Hawaii.

    Reply
  17. Marisela Delgado says

    December 4, 2020 at 9:34 pm

    So beautiful! 💜

    Reply
  18. Brenda Aplin says

    December 4, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    Your card is beautiful.. I love it!

    Reply
  19. apalmer2019 says

    December 4, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    Nice seeing your work and style in this hop. Very nice work. A very nice hop as well.

    Reply
  20. Susanbcards says

    December 4, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    Your card is striking. I adore this release.

    Reply
  21. Carla Hundley says

    December 5, 2020 at 1:11 am

    Just gorgeous and
    love the touch of
    gold with the lovely
    colors.
    Carla from Utah

    Reply
  22. Kristine Boydstun says

    December 5, 2020 at 2:06 am

    Wow! I love the bold colors! Stunning cards!

    Reply
  23. Ann says

    December 5, 2020 at 8:24 am

    Makes me want to go somewhere tropical!!

    Reply
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