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Altenew’s 4th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 2 (+GIVEAWAY!)

4 Apr

Good morning!  I am so excited to help Altenew celebrate their fourth 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 decided to play with my alcohol inks to create a birthday card with a moody color palette!

Happy Birthday by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Altenew

I started by dropping alcohol ink blending solution onto a piece of heavyweight yupo paper.  I’ve found that heavyweight paper is the best for heat-embossing.  Yupo paper is technically plastic so it warps easily if you apply too much heat but the heavyweight definitely takes heat better.  You can find more of my tricks for heat-embossing on yupo here!  I used alcohol inks in currant, eggplant, wild plum, and cool peri.  I really love the combination of those dark moody colors!  I used a few drops of alcohol ink blending solution to get the alcohol ink moving and used my air puffer to blend the colors together.  I let it dry completely and then stamped the Arabesque Medallion twice with versamark before heat-embossing it with gold tinsel embossing powder.  I deliberately positioned the stamp to follow the lines of the alcohol ink.

Happy Birthday by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Altenew

I trimmed the yupo paper down and adhered it to a white card base.  Then I stamped the greeting from Birthday Builder onto gold cardstock and heat-embossed it with black embossing powder.  I trimmed it down and added a strip of black cardstock beneath the gold and then adhered it to my card with foam mounting tape. I love the combination of those colors with gold and black!

Since it’s Altenew‘s Anniversary I decided to share a small gallery of cards I’ve created over the years using stamps and dies from Altenew!  They’ve been one of my favorite companies from the very beginning and I am honored to be a stop on the hop today!





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 5 lucky winners. There are also 13 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

  • Altenew: 5 $50 Altenew Gift Certificates
  • Altenew Academy: 5 Class Spots
  • Jennifer McGuire Ink: 2 $100 Altenew Gift Certificates
  • Online Card Classes: 3 Class Spots
  • Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate
  • Scrapbook.com: $50 Gift Certificate
  • My Sweet Petunia: Mini MISTI Stamping Tool
  • Tombow USA: 2 Dual Brush Pen Sets(10 Colors) and 2 TwinTone Dual Tip Marker Sets(12 Colors)
  • WOW! Embossing Powder: $40 Gift Certificate
  • Create & Craft TV: £25 Gift Certificate
  • Ellen Hutson LLC: $25 Gift Certificate
  • Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
  • Amy Tangerine: 2 Signed Copies of Craft a Life You Love
  • Chameleon Pens: 1 Pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
  • Scrapbook & Cards Today: 1 Copy of Scrapbook & Cards Today Spring 2018 Issue

Be sure to leave comments by April 15th, 2018 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 30 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 April 17th, 2018.

You should have arrived from Lilith and Agnieszka is your next stop!  In case you encounter a broken link here is a full list of all the hop stops today:

  • Altenew
  • Kristina Werner
  • Lilith Eeckels
  • Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
  • Agnieszka Malyszek
  • Keeway Tsao
  • Terhi Koskinen
  • WOW! Embossing Powder
  • Debby Hughes
  • Meghann Andrew
  • Mindy Baxter
  • My Sweet Petunia
  • Laura Jane
  • Julia Altermann
  • Justine Hovey

Altenew is also offering FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY4TH or $5 OFF international shipping with code ANNIV at checkout. Offer valid from April 3rd until April 8th at 11:59 pm EDT. Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes.

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!

Arabesque Medallion Stamp Set
[ ALTN | SSS ]
Birthday Builder Stamp Set
[ ALTN | SSS ]
Jet Black Cardstock (25 sheets/set)
[ ALTN ]
Gold Mirror Cardstock (5 sheets/set)
[ ALTN ]
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink CURRANT Ranger…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink WILD PLUM…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink EGGPLANT Ranger…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink COOL PERI…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Ranger ALCOHOL BLENDING…
[ SSS ]
Yupo WHITE WATERCOLOR 5×7 144lb Paper…
[ SSS ]
Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder…
[ SSS ]
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD…
[ SSS ]
Ranger Embossing Powder GOLD Tinsel…
[ SSS ]
Hero Arts DETAIL BLACK Embossing…
[ SSS ]
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun…
[ SSS ]
3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE…
[ SSS ]
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE…
[ SSS ]

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Comments

  1. Jen Petersen says

    April 11, 2018 at 11:38 am

    Those colors with the gold are stunning!

    Reply
  2. Heather Mills says

    April 11, 2018 at 10:20 pm

    This is so gorgeous!! The gold embossing with those ink colors is stunning!!

    Reply
  3. lisascreativeniche says

    April 12, 2018 at 9:44 pm

    So rich and beautiful!

    Reply
  4. Yasmine says

    April 13, 2018 at 10:48 am

    Gorgeous card and lovely choice of colors. Thanks for the inspiration.

    Reply
  5. Stacey Kowbel says

    April 13, 2018 at 2:51 pm

    Such a pretty card! I love the rough edges to the alcohol ink background with the medallion gold heat embossed following it!

    Reply
  6. KELLY HUNSAKER says

    April 14, 2018 at 11:24 pm

    I love the colors of alcohol ink you used! I am new to the medium, so I need to find these!

    Reply
  7. KELLY HUNSAKER says

    April 14, 2018 at 11:36 pm

    Stunning!

    Reply
  8. Jackie Price says

    April 15, 2018 at 5:11 am

    The colours in this card are striking and look amazing in combination with the gold and black, which gives it a touch of elegance! I love how you stamped the medallion to fit into the lines and outline of the watercolour design. It fits so perfectly. Gorgeous!!

    Reply
  9. F. Andre says

    April 15, 2018 at 4:12 pm

    Gorgeous fun colours on this card. It was great to see your previous Altenew projects.

    Reply
  10. Marianne says

    April 15, 2018 at 5:20 pm

    Wow! Such dramatic colours!

    Reply
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