Altenew Summer Adventure Stand-alone Dies Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway


Hey everyone, I am excited to be a part of another fun Altenew hop celebrating the June 2021 stand alone dies release blog hop.  You would have arrived here from Sande Woodsons Blog, welcome!

Here are the products as part of this release that I am working with today. 



Here is the card that I created share with you today using these products


And some detailed images:





Here are the details of the hop:

Giveaway Prizes

$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 this blog by 06/23/2021 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 06/25/2021.



Blog Hop Order

Altenew Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Vicky Papaioannou
Norine Borys
Jenny Colacicco
Erum Tasneem
Seeka
Nicole Watt
Simon Hurley
Therese Calvird
Amanda Baldwin
Tania Ahmed
Verity Biddlecombe
Emily Midget
Bridget Casey
Virginia Lu
Victoria Calvin
Tenia Nelson
Colleen Balija
Nathalie DeSousa
LauraJane
Maryam Perez
Karen Brown
Michelle Short
Agnieszka Małyszek
Patricia Roebuck
Carol Hintermeier
Zinia Redo
Sandhya Iyer
Terri Koszler
Kelly Griglione
Mindy Eggen
Natasha Davies
Joylita Dsouza
Anna Mahtani
Keren Baker
Laura Bassen
Sande Woodson
Raquel Bowman

Thank you so much for visiting today and joining in on this hop. I’m the last stop - I hope you have been inspired by all the projects you have seen. 

Raquel


Altenew Adventures Ahead Stamps/Dies/Stencils/More Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway



Hey everyone, you may have arrived here from Emily Midgetts blog, welcome! Today I am here to celebrate the June 2021 Stamps/Dies/Stencil/Embossing Folders & more Release Blog Hop ‘Adventures Ahead’. 

I was sent the Sisters of the Heart stamp, die and mask set as well as the stunning 6x6 Dreamy Sunset paper pad. 



Here is the page I created to share with you today:



For the stamps and florals I used the stencil set and Altenew inks from my stash in the colours Mountain Mist, Rouge, Lagoon and Ruby Red. 


The subject of my layout is myself and my bestie - the Sisters of the Heart stamp set was the perfect sentiment. 

Here are some close ups of the layout and detailed images:







Giveaway Prizes

$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 in the comment section below by 06/09/2021 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 06/11/2021.

Hop order 


Blog Hop Order


Altenew Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Terri Koszler
Erum Tasneem
Jenny Colacicco
Norine Borys
Vicky Papaioannou
Jaycee Gaspar
Seek-a
Amber Rain Davis
Erin Thompson
Tenia Nelson
Natasha Davies
Bridget Casey
Karen Brown
Laurie Willison
Kelly Griglione
Agnieszka Małyszek
LauraJane
Lilith Eeckels
Maryam Perez
Carol Hintermeier
Therese Calvird
Amanda Baldwin
Verity Biddlecombe
Emily Midgett
Raquel Bowman
Sande Woodson
Nicole Watt
Anna Mahtani
Virginia Lu
Sandhya Iyer
Michelle Short

Nathalie DeSousa
Keren Baker
Reiko Tsuchida
Patricia Roebuck
Mindy Eggen
Kymona Tracey
Laura Bassen
Tania Ahmed
Zinia Redo
Vicki Finger
Joylita Dsouza
Preeti Chandran



Altenew are also offering free gifts. Here are the details:



Here are THREE ways to get a FREEBIE to kickstart your creativity! Free gift will be added to cart automatically.

  • Get a FREE brand new Adventures Ahead Release Inspiration Guide (worth $5.99) with every order of high-value Exotic Garden release bundles. Shop HERE! *Exclusions apply.
  • Get a FREE brand new Creative Jump Start Class with every order from the new Adventures Ahead release collection from 6/04/2021 through 6/10/2021. Shop HERE
  • Get a FREE brand new Adventures Ahead Release Mini Inspiration Guide with every order from 06/04/2021 through 06/06/2021. Shop HERE!

 


Thanks so much for stopping by today and joining in on this hop. Your next stop is Sande Woodson

Happy hopping ! 

Altenew Wildflower Paper Crafting Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway


Hey everyone, I am super excited to be here as part of the new Wildflower Paper Crafting collection release blog hop for Altenew today. You may be visiting here today from the amazing Jenny Colacicco's blog but if you are not be sure to start at the start of the blog on the Altenew blog here.


Here is a glimpse of this gorgeous collection by Altenew.

Here is the layout I created as part of this hop:


This layout features my gorgeous girl and her cousin. They adore each other so much and I really wanted to document their relationship with this gorgeous collection. I printed the photo black and white as I wanted the photo to stand out amongst the colours and floral embellishements. 

The main feature of this layout is the fussy cut floral designs. These were cut from the one patterned paper in the collection. I left a small cream border around the fussy cut florals for added details. The photo was matted with one of the floral papers in a bottle green colour from a 6x6" paper pad. I embellished the top left of the photo with a small tab and floral pieces. 



The journaling on this layout was simply describing the love these two have for each other. Short and sweet but shares their story a little. I use my typewriter and cut it into strip form and adhere to my page with a liquid adhesive.

I adhered all of the fussy cut floral elements to my page using a thin foam adhesive. I love the slight shadow and dimension this brings to the page. 




To finish the layout I love to add small details and finishing touches. For this layout it came in the form of enamel dots from Altenew. I love the variety of colours and the sizes you get in these packs. They are always my finishing touches.
 

I hope this layout inspired you today using the new Wildflower Paper Crafting collection. Check out the info below for how to win some amazing prizes.


Giveaway Prizes:

Altenew is giving away $200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/05/2021 for a chance to win.

Altenew will also draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/07/2021.


Here is the hop list in order:

Altenew Blog
Nathalie DeSousa
LauraJane
Patricia Roebuck
Virginia Lu
Michelle Short
Tenia Nelson
Amanda Baldwin
Karen Brown
Lilith Eeckels
Verity Biddlecombe
Maryam Perez
Jaycee Gaspar
Jenny Colacicco
Raquel Bowman
Erum Tasneem
Audrey Yeager
Kymona Tracey
Kelly Griglione
Kim Jeffress
Seeka
Zinia Redo
Bridget Casey
Victoria Calvin
Carol Hintermeier
Joylita Dsouza
Linda Westfall
Nandini Karmarkar
Sandhya Iyer
Terri Koszler
Helen Kalb


Thanks so much for joining me as part of the Altenew 'Wildflower Papercrafting Collection' new release, I hope you have enjoyed my share with you today. Your next stop is Erum Tasneem, happy hopping!



Happy World Card Making Day 2020

Happy World Card Making Day everyone!


I am here today sharing a card I made for this occasion using the new Daydream collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I created a rosette using one of my fave thinlets Sizzix dies, a rosette by Tim Holtz, which became a focal point of this card. 

Here is the card I created:


And a close up:


I created a process video for this card - you can see it on the CVS Youtube channel here






Bloom and Grow with Cocoa Vanilla Studio


Hey everyone, it’s Raquel here today with you sharing another layout using one of my fave past collections ‘Unforgettable’. For this layout today I am documenting some photos taken of my girl when she turned 7.

Here is the layout that I created:

Almost a year ago now was my girls 7th birthday. We have a wall in our house that I call the photo wall, which we always take some birthday photos in front of. The last few years the photos have been with a large number balloon. It is just crazy how quick time goes when you have kids and how they grow up in what feels like an instant. The two photos which I have used are printed in black and white and approx. 3×4″ in size.

 

The main design of this page is built around the circular designed wreath in the patterned paper. I fussy cut around the wreath first. Once I had done that and was going to adhere it to my page I realised that I wanted something to ground that left side. So I used the Unscripted paper (both sides) to create a 3″ or so wide edge to lean the wreath into. The wreath patterned paper had a cluster of flowers to one side. So I decided to continue to build on that design and added more floral elements, including some leaves and butterflies from the ephemera pack or fussy cut from the Lacewing paper.

I thought the title in the foam stickers ‘Bloom and Grow’ was the perfect sentiment for this birthday theme. I love the bold statement these black stickers make against the white card stock background.

To help one photo stand out I used the Pink side in the Unscripted paper as a mat, this really helps distinguish it as the feature photo and draw your attention to it. I added some extra embellishments to the left of the photo also, including larger floral ephemera – a circular sticker saying ‘a moment in time’ from the Accessory sheet and one of the gorgeous tassels in the collection. I finished embellishing that area with a few enamel dots and the ‘you are amazing’ tiny word stickers.

 

I must say, I do love the cut apart papers that come in the Cocoa Vanilla collections. I always find the smaller designed elements perfect for cutting out and using to layer on my pages. I could not go past the larger butterflies in the Pretty Bits paper , which you can see was placed to the top right of my page in the photo below.

 

To help the layered elements in my layout stand out I always try and use a variety of adhesives, including liquid adhesive, foam tapes in varying depths, etc. This helps chosen elements to stand out off the page more that others.

I hope that you have been inspired by my layout today. It has been a crazy time here in Regional Victoria with the stage three lockdown we are currently in. This means school is now remote for the most part, and as a teacher and a Mumma of school aged children our days have been long, somewhat emotional (to say the least) and tiring. The Bowman household are all a little precious right now, but so thankful for our overall health and wellbeing compared to what many people in our state are going through right now.

 

 



Sending hugs and prayers to anyone who may be going through a tough time right now,






Raquel xxx

Altenew Enjoy the Ride Scrapbook Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway




Hey everyone, I am super excited to be here as part of the new Enjoy the Ride scrapbook collection release blog hop for Altenew today. You may be visiting here today from the amazing Lilith Eeckel's blog but if you are not be sure to start at the start of the blog on the Altenew blog here.


Here is a glimpse in the bright and vibrant collection by Altenew 'Enjoy the Ride'.


Here is the layout I created as part of this hop:


Here is a process video for how this layout came together:



The subject of this layout is our gorgeous puppy Lola. Lola is a cavoodle and the most incredibly patient dog in the world. It is hard to believe that she is 5 as to us she is still our baby girl and such a special part of our little family. The photo itself was taken one afternoon when she was relaxing on our couch. 


I chose to keep the colour palette quite pastel in terms of the papers that I chose to use on this layout. I adored the pink gingham style print in the 'Brisk' paper. I also adored the blue tone in the 'Blustery' paper. I chose to frame the whole layout in the 'Brisk paper, as well as create a mini envelope as a design feature for the page that will hold the journaling as well. To add detail to that border I added some machine stitching. The photo of Lola was matted on the 'Blustery' paper as well as the inside of the mini envelope lining. 


I loved the pops of green in the Bouquet ephemera and the blooming ephemera, so I decided to fussy but more leaves from the 'Clement' paper too. These allowed me to add dimension to my embellishment clusters and layer them with foam adhesive. 


I love to type my journaling. For this particular page I used typewritten journaling in block form and added it to the inside of the mini envelope. It had a small blank area at the bottom I added a heart enamel dot from Altenew from my stash. 


I did not have a large statement title to use on this page of Lola so I decided to layer the small label word 'Adorable' on top of the envelope ephemera. This ephemera envelope actually inspired this whole page design and prompted me to create the mini envelope that features on this page. It is amazing how one piece of ephemera can influence a page design isn't it. You may find this being the case with titles, metal dies, etc. 


I placed embellishment clusters to the left of the photo and to the right of the envelope. Again I used a combination of ephemera and fussy cut leaves. 


Giveaway Prizes:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog or Altenew Mixed Media Blog by 9/1/2020 for a chance to win.

They will also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/03/2020.


Here is the hop list in order:


Thanks so much for joining me as part of the Altenew 'Enjoy your Ride' new release, I hope you have enjoyed my share with you today. Your next stop is Tania Ahmed, happy hopping!