Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Using Dies as Stencils

These cards were made using the Altenew Ratton Stripes Die. I cut it from masking paper. The card on your left was inked using the main die cut and the card on your right used the strips left over from the main die cut.
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I used Rhodolite Ink to ink blend the background. It doesn't show in the pictures, but the background is also spritzed with Altenew Antique Silver Ink Spray. The flowers were cut using Altenew Watercolor Garden Layering Die Set and inked using several blue shades of Altenew inks. I cut the leaves from the same set using some silver glitter paper from my endless stash.
Above is just a close up of the flowers. I did apply ink to white cardstock to achieve the perfect color for my sentiment.
I used the strips of masking paper from the die cut to mask off a pattern in the top left corner of this card and ink blended it. I then placed it in the Altenew Modern Squares Embossing Folder at an angle and ran it through my Platinum machine. I then lightly inked it for added interest. After playing around with several ideas, I discovered this element on my desk and thought it went well. It was created using bleach on colored cardstock- but that is for another blog post! I did cut a tiny strip of foil cardstock to tie the two areas together. I hope this post encourages you to use your supplies in other ways! Happy Stamping!
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Altenew February 2023 Boho Chic Stamp, Die, Stencil & More Release Blog Hop #2

I am excited to be part of Blog Hop #2 for the Altenew Boho Chic Release. The hop begins at the Altenew Card Blog https://wp.me/p6Dps1-hGf. These products debuted yesterday. See the complete release here- https://altenew.com/collections/boho-chic-stamps-dies-stencils-and-washi-tapes-release. Giveaway Prizes: $300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a *$100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $20 gift certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 02/08/2023 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 11 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 02/09/2023. *The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. You should have arrived here from the awesome Jaycee Gasper's blog. His creations never cease to inspire me!
Clean and simple was my mindset for this card. I covered a piece of white cardstock with the darker blue washi tape from this release. Using the Decorative Enamel Die Set, I cut 2 from the covered card stock. I also cut 2 from yellow cardstock. After adhering the 2 outline die cuts onto my card front, I inlaid the yellow pieces into the outline. This reminds me of putting a puzzle together and is very relaxing for me. I covered another piece of white cardstock with the washi tape and then embossed it with an embossing folder. The sentiment is from the Enamel Flowers Stamp set.
My next sample uses the Wild Geranium Layering Stamp Set. There is a die set to match this stamp set, but I did not use it for this card.
After stamping my images and my sentiment, I embossed the card front with the Organic Linen embossing folder. I left my stamps in the MISTI and stamped another card front in the same way. I then cut a frame from the second stamped piece and adhered it to the embossed piece with foam tape. A few black jewels finsih this card.
That's it for me. Your next stop is Michelle Short-cardgrotto.com. Happy Stamping!
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