Altenew May 2022 Dreams Come True Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

Hi all!! The new Altenew release is here!! Dreams Come True is a really fun release and there is tons to play with!! My post today is part of a blog hop that starts over at the Altenew Blog. Thank you to Bridget Casey for sending you my way!

Unfortunately due to a recent vacation, I couldn’t make my usual array of inspiration projects for the release today. But I did create this rainbow card inspired by the layout stamp packaging that came with the Educators Rule stamp set which is just awesome. I had such fun picking out a rainbow of colors of inks to create my pencils. For the pencil and erasers themselves i used the exact recommended ink colors in the packaging. For the pencils themselves, I simply chose my rainbow colors, then picked an ink slightly darker (or lighter) to act as the other coordinating shade in the pencil barrel. I then stamped away!! It was amazingly therapeutic to create these rainbow pencils!! The coordinating die is easy to use and you’re left with a perfect little pencil!

I also stamped the ‘teacher’ sentiment in Jet Black ink, and die cut it out with the coordinating die. For my background I used the Double Rainbow Stencil from an earlier release, and lightly ink blended it onto the background with Wisteria and Baby Pink Crisp Dye Ink, fading into the centre. I also added some Antique Gold Metallic Ink Spray splatters.

I arranged the pencils along the base of my card panel, using my craft mat to line them up – starting in the centre with the green pencil as the lowest point then aligning the yellow and blue either side, a little higher, and so on. I then snipped off the overhang, and flipped my card panel around, arranging the remaining parts of the pencils so that they formed the outline of a heart! To make this fit (and to avoid stamping more pencils which you totally could) I cut my panel down to 4 x 5.25″. I finished by stamping the sentiment in the centre in Obsidian Pigment ink and mounting the ‘teacher’ over the top of the pencils with foam tape. I then adhered the panel to a white notecard.

PS did you see the cute rainbow pencils I used in my backdrop? I got those for my daughter Ruby and she let me use some as props 🙂 They’re from Bossie Joscie!

Giveaway

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/10/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/12/2022.

Your next stop on the hop is: Natasha Davies!

Jenny

Supplies

The Altenew supplies were provided to me as part of my design work for them. If you purchase through my affiliate links, I receive a small amount of compensation which helps me run my blog and channel to bring you more crafty creations! Thank you for your support.

Full Hop List

Altenew Blog

Vicky Papaioannou

Terri Koszler

Vicki Boutin 

Jaycee Gaspar

LauraJane

Nathalie DeSousa

Angela Brennan

Michelle Short 

Virginia Lu

Nenette S. Madero

Laurie Willison

Bridget Casey

Jenny Colacicco >>>YOU ARE HERE!

Natasha Davies >>GO HERE NEXT!

Tenia Nelson

Linda Westfall

Reiko Tsuchida

Rosie Neustaedter ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.

Emily Midgett 

Amy Hill

Maryam Perez

Sande Woodson

Susan Stagno

Katrina Howe

Mindy Eggen

Eva Bussom

Ann Taylor

Daniel Diaz

Hussena Calcuttawala

Nandini Karmarkar

SathyaKala Sankaran

Susan Busada