Good morning everyone!! I’m excited to be joining you today as part of the February 2023 Altenew Marvelous Monthly release blog hop! I know it’s been a little quieter on my blog of late – I am mid way through renovating the majority of my house and I have no craft room right now – all of my time is spent between my basement and a small sitting room for work and it’s a squeeze! Rest assured I’ll be back to full videos and crafting when the reno is done – hopefully in by April! The full hop list can be found at the end of this post.
So onto today’s projects! I have a few to share and I hope you like them !!
Build-A-Garden: Morning Asters
The brand new Build-A-Garden features this fun Morning Asters image. I colored it in with Space Garden Artists Markers, having stamped in Permanent Black ink. I then die cut it out with the co-ordinating die. I heat embossed the sentiment in Pure White onto Jet Black cardstock.
The background was ink blended with Amethyst Crisp Dye ink lightly from the bottom. I then die cut it with the Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover Die and spritzed with Iridescent Ink Spray. I then popped the Morning Asters on the top, mounted the sentiment and finished with some enamel dots. You’ll see i also added a little bit of shine in the centres with some glossy accents.
Craft Your Life: Eclectic Bouquet
The stencils on the new Craft Your Life Project Kit: Eclectic Bouquet are so cool – they give the flowers a really modern vibe so I totally went all in with bold solid stenciling on my bouquet and crisp black lines for contrast. I stamped the bouquet in Jet Black ink.
I overlaid the kit’s stencil and blended on pale greens and corally pinks including Coral Bliss and Coral Berry, adding a light touch and a heavier touch to get different shades. I added Sweet Leaf, Minty Mint and Firefly Crisp Dye Inks then die cut out the image. I then ran it back through my machine with the coordinating Embossing Folder for lots of dimension (although it’s hard to see in the photo).
I adhered the bouquet to a white card base splattered with Jet Black ink mixed with water, using foam tape and scattered a few black enamel dots. I also stamped the coordinating sentiment in Obsidian Black Ink onto cardstock custom colored with Coral Bliss ink. I die cut it out and popped over the top to finish.
Spark Joy: Lily Bouquet
It’s time for the 2nd ever Spark Joy – this one is Lily Bouquet. These are the latest line added to the monthly series and are hot foil plates with coordinating stencils. I loved this months, and hot foiled it in Rose Gold, then added all the pretty purples and aqua inks that I love to create bouquets with. I think I used Lagoon and Fuchsia inks, and added heavier pressure towards the edges of the florals for a little dimension. I then fussy cut it out.
I dry embossed a panel of Navy cardstock with the Charming Mandala embossing folder and the mounted the Lily over the top with foam tape. For my sentiment I used the newish XOXO and More dies cut from vellum and gold mirror cardstock.
MYSTIC GARDEN ARTIST MARKERS
There’s also a brand new set of Artist Markers being released today – Mystic Garden! This has some gorgeous blues and reddy-orange hues and I’m showing them to full effect in my card today which features the Beautiful Peony stamp set (an older release). I even die cut several of the smaller leaves to scatter them around 🙂
The background is dry embossed with the Scalloped Frame Embossing Folder on white cardstock. I mounted it over a base white notecard leaving a border then arranged the flowers with a heat embossed sentiment (from Sentiment Strips), finishing with a few crystals.
GIVEAWAY
$300+ in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a FULL RELEASE BUNDLE to 1 grand prize winner and a $25 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by February 22, 2023 for a chance to win.
Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on February 24, 2023. *The grand prize winner will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew Card Blog.
BLOG HOP LIST
Have an awesome day!
Jenny
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I love love love the lily bouquet card. The colors and design make me so happy when I look at it.
That “I’m obtaining a text away” card!!!!😍😍😍so absolutely gorgeous. Love it!!! All of your projects are beautiful.
I love the softness of the colors you used and your final card with this set. Just lovely!
The lights and darks together look soooo pretty. I love your style
Great cards. I really like the use of the embossing folder behind the floral images. Your use of limited color on the first card creates a very pretty soft look.
This month’s Altenew release is amazing. Thank you for your card ideas. The colors are WOW.
All cards are beautiful! I love the Mystic Garden colors, vibrant!
Wow, Jenny! Holy smokes! You’ve outdone yourself!! I thought that your Asters card was going to be my fave until I saw THAT LILY with that GORGEOUS and striking navy background. GAAAAAAAA! Love that one just a scosh more than the others, which are also fabulous. TFS –
Lori S in PA
That is so beautiful. You make the new markers pop! How would you compare them to other markers, like Triblends and Copics?
Your coloring is fantastic. Wonderful
collection of cards. thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards. 😍
Oh my. The navy charming Mandela background is perfect for the beautiful florals. Also love the dark blue orange combination.
Gorgeous cards!!
All of those projects are beautiful, but I’m loving that striking Navy Blue base card with the dry embossing & pop of colors on top!
Very pretty cards. I especially like the first card. Fantastic colors and layouts!!!
Your cards and colors are lovely. I love them!
All of your projects are beautiful! I loved the Lily Bouquet the most. Those colors just pop! Especially with the Navy cardstock!
All of your cards are so pretty! I really love your first one with the dotted swirls, and the iridescent spray! So pretty!
All of your cards are fabulous!
OMG! Soooo many gorgeous florals! I LOVE all your designs and colors!
Beautiful cards with varied techniques and effects.
So many gorgeous cards made with these latest sets from Altenew! Thanks for the inspiration.
I love the soft background on your first card, And I’m always a big fan of orange-ISH flowers! I don’t know why Altenew Has to make it so hard for us little people. So many good things to pick from! Only way to get them all is to win 🙂 thanks for giving me the chance.
Such beautiful cards
So many new ideas. A lovely card.
My favorite card is… oh, who am I kidding = they’re all my favorites! Jenny you topped it off with this orange and navy number! WOW that’s cool!
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I absolutely love the cards you made but the favorite is the asters one!
Such beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing!
Love the morning asters with shiny centers. The eclectic bouquet is so pretty the way you added the color. The Lily Bouquet is dreamy looking and I love the background.Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the card with the orange flower!
Love the “I’m Only A Text Away” card. The colors are beautiful.
I just started to get into card making and I’m just loving these.
Your cards are absolutely gorgeous! The colors are amazing.
Thanks for sharing.
Oh the Morning Asters card is so lovely. I really love that stamp set. Thanks for posting these beautiful cards!
So beautiful!
Your cards are wonderful. Great showcase o this fantastic release!
Beautiful cards and color combos Jenny!
Your cards are all so beautiful! Lovely foiling and inking. I really like those new rusts and blues of your last card.
Beautiful cards!!!! I love all of the color combos you used!!!
WOW! You have really made some beautiful creations, Jenny! So many things to add to my wish list. Thanks for sharing.
So many pretty cards!
All the cards are beautiful. Especially the last card.
Wow, the coloring is so gorgeous! I love all the cards.
Jenny, your cards are all so lovely. I must admit #1 morning aster is my favorite, in purple, also my favorite! Glossy accents add such a nice touch, too. Also loving the Mystic Garden alcohol markers. They are gorgeous! 💜💜💜
Love your work
I hope I didn’t already comment, but just have to say your cards are STUNNING, especially the last two!
Lovely card! This is a fantastic release!
Wow… so many different looks on your cards! I love the second card using the stencils and that partial colored look! Ok, now I see more benefits to using the stencils than before.. thanks!
I love the beautiful plummy flowers at the top of your post and also the moody blue and orange at the end. Good luck with the rest of your home reno!
Hi Jenny. All your cards are beautiful. I like the nice touch of glossy accents you placed on the center of the Morning Asters. My favorite is the Lily Bouquet card. It is so striking. The colors are very surreal. It looks great on the nave card stock. I look forward to you next post.
Beautiful cards! I love your designs!
Your floral cards are gorgeous! And I cannot even imagine how much time that fussy cut card must have taken you. Just wow — impressive work!
Beautiful cards! My favorites are the first and last ones because of the colors. I love love love the purple on the first card!
Each card was amazing! My favorite was the last one you colored with the new markers. Gorgeous new colors.
Jenny your cards are lovely!!! Thanks for the inspiration!