Laurel Beard

Influencer, Brand Ambassador, Blogger, Designer, Youtuber

Altenew Mixed Media Ink Lovers Blog Hop + Giveaway

Welcome to the Altenew Mixed Media Ink Blog Hop! You should have arrived from Therese Calvird‘s blog! If you get lost along the way, no worries.  Just pop over to the Altenew Card Blog for a complete list of hoppers! The Mixed Media ink works on many surfaces. Fabric, Wood, Plastic, Paper….. I chose to create some custom tea towels using a plain tea towel I already had.

I never used the tea towel because it was plain and boring! I grabbed a stencil and a few colors of the mixed media ink and within 5 minutes, I had tea towels I now proudly display!

I simply placed the stencil over the fabric, used the new blending tool to blend a few colors of ink thru the stencil and directly onto the fabric and voila.

There are lots of gorgeous colors that work perfectly for layering.

Next, hop over to Tania Ahmed and see what she has in store for you! She actually has a class over at the Altenew Academy on these inks that you could get for free!

Giveaway Prizes:

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 8/18/2020 for a chance to win.

Altenew 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 08/21/2020.

Special Offer 

To celebrate the Mixed Media Ink Lovers Blog Hop, we are offering a free class with every order of the Mixed Media Ink Bundle. You are encouraged to include the promotion info on your blog hop post. I’ll add promotion banners HERE by 8/10/2020.

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Best EVER tips for mass producing cards: Christmas Card Bank

 

Welcome to the first ever Christmas Card Bank segment!!!! 5 of us joined together to create a “bank” of resources for all your Christmas card needs. These techniques and designs can be easily interchanged into whatever holiday you celebrate. This bank will always be available to you. Each person has created a video and has shared 4 techniques and loads of designs to choose from.  So its 2020, right?? 4 techniques each. So that’s 20 techniques. 20 techniques for 2020. Get it? #christmas202020

Ok, enough of my punny humor (if that’s what you want to call it). Let’s get right to my video! It’s all about mass producing made easy. Lots of tips and tricks and time savers. AND, several card designs for you to choose from if you wanted to recreate any of them for your holiday needs!!!!! Ready?

 

 

Be sure to check out everyone’s videos so you will walk about with…. yup… 20 techniques for 2020…….

  • JD / (personalizing with Cricut)
  • Justine / (customizing with personal details)
  • Ardyth / (layering designs)
  • Ingrid / mediums/backgrounds)

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Because People

People…. It’s true… I have social anxiety so when things shut down in March and I had to stay home, it didn’t bother me any….. This sentiment from the newly released Voices in my Head set was absolutely perfect. Hilarious and so true…. LOL! And I love that laptop image… So very much.

 

 

Remember when you couldn’t find a square of toilet paper? In April, the whole world bought up every square and some were left with…. I dunno… Leaves? Luckily, I had an extra month’s supply so I totally spared a square for some nice neighbors!

 

 

And last, this sentiment. Hello! This is TMI, but I am totally bra-less, yoga pants or PJs, Netflix binging, coffee drinking (no wine for me) chick right here these days!!!!

 

Blog Hop:

Laurel Beard – YOU ARE HERE

Hop Prize Info:

We’ve got a super fun prize!!! One random & lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop!!! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! And don’t forget to comment here too for a bonus entry! The winner will be notified by email.

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And the big ole’ oak tree

Oh, how I loved sitting under the big ole’ oak tree in my yard growing up! My brother and I built a fort and put little buttons on it and pretended it was a space ship. Fun times. I adore this new large cling Oak Tree stamp from Catherine Pooler. It’s large enough to cover a standard size card front and it has detailed wood grain etched in the rubber!

I thought the tree alone was a fantastic show stopper for the card….. Just some simple ink blending in the background an AWESOME sentiment.

 

In addition to the Oak tree, there is an amazing new stamp set that has “accessories” for the tree! Like a tire swing, leaves, tulips, bows….. Meet the 4-ever stamp set (also has coordinating dies).  On this card, I stamped all the images with Catherine Pooler ink, spritzed the panel with A LITTLE bit of water and let it dry….. I cut down a piece of vellum and adhered it to the panel with itty bitty dots of glue.

I flicked on some white paint for two reasons.

1.  It’s cool

2. It covers up the glue that you might see. (HA HA)

 

And last, a rainbow Oak tree. Come on… You knew I had to do it! And how cute are those hanging lights! Seriously…..

Now there are a ton of new products in this release…. From cakes to critters…….. I’ve linked to the entire release below in the product list….. Today, I am just using products from the Under the Oak Tree bundle….

So, what do you think? Do you have a favorite image from this bundle? From this whole release? Let me know in the comments!!!!!

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Video: How to make cards when you don’t have your supplies

How in the world do you make cards when you don’t have all your supplies with you? That was quite the debacle for me when I made these 9 cards! I was at my parent’s house and only brought a few things with me. So I had to improvise. Check out the video below to see what household stuff I found that helped me create these beauties!

 

A close up photo of the 9 cards made in the video just for you!

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