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August 13, 2020

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.

Receive a FREE Demystifying Mixed Media class(Value $8.95) with every order of the Summer Fun Mixed Media Ink Bundle from 8/13/2020 at 12:01 am EDT until 8/14/2020 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last. The free gift will be added to cart automatically. Not valid on previous purchases.

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June 10, 2020

Altenew Educators “Giving Thanks” Blog Hop and Linky Party + Giveaway

Welcome to the Altenew Educators Blog Hop!You should have hopped over from Helen Kalb. This is no ordinary hop! We want YOU to join in on the fun as well. There is a Linky Party going on at the Altenew Card Blog. All you have to do is link up your “giving thanks” creations and mention that you are taking part in the Altenew Educators Blog Hop and Linky Party. So what are you waiting for?! Link up!!

I created two cards today using the same stamp set. Breezy Bouquet is so fun to color. I used the Artist Grade watercolors from Altenew to color these two cards…. Seriously. Both cards took about 10 minutes to make total.

NEXT UP ON THE HOP: Maryam Sharara

Prizes:

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners! Please leave a comment here on the Altenew Card Blog by 6/17/2020 for a chance to win. Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Card Blog on 6/21/2020.

WAIT! THERE IS MORE!

Altenew will pick 2 of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will each receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate!

Special offer:

FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY6T or $5 OFF international shipping with code SHOPPING6T at checkout on orders over $29. Offer valid from 6/10/2020 at 12:01 am EDT through6/11/2020 at 11:59 pm EDT. Shop HERE! Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes. Not valid on Altenew Academy Classes and Virtual Workshops.

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March 26, 2020

Coffee and Cards LIVE – GIVEAWAY

Join us over on the StampNation Community Facebook Page (open to all) on Thursday, March 26, beginning at NOON EST. We are having a coffee and cards hour LIVE. Catherine and Erika will kick off the marathon live stream event and then a few of us will join them! We will all be sharing fu nway to use Cover Plates. I am going to try something BRAND NEW live. I have never tried it before so here’s to hoping it works! The group is open to all StampNation members, which will be hosting the live coffee and cards stream! The giveaway is open to ANYONE!

YOU CAN WIN a Cover Plate just for being one of my loyal blog readers! Just comment below with your favorite cover plate from Catherine Pooler’s Shop HERE. I will randomly pick a winner from the comments on this post on Sunday the 28th. Winner will be contacted via email!

March 25, 2020

*Video: 5 ways to use black cardstock

5 ways (actually 6! – I was too lazy to edit the graphic, lol) to use black cardstock?? We all have colored cardstock I’m sure so these ideas can go with any color you choose! I am just a lover of the black cardstock! It really pops……. Onward to the video! OH, and loads of giveaways as this video is part of the Save the Crafty Youtuber hop! I’m offering up $25 gift certificate to the Ellen Hutson store….. Just leave a comment on the VIDEO!

So many ideas… So many possibilities! Did you have one favorite idea? Or did you learn anything new? I’d love to know!

Chalkboard

Metallic Watercolors

Distress Oxides

Die Cutting

Monochromatic

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March 18, 2020

Fruity Cards Several Ways

In light of what is happening world wide, how about a little fruity action to spread some happiness! I have several cards to share with you using goodies from the just released Catherine Pooler Forever 13 collection! You also can get a free stamp set with your order! Just click HERE for the details!

So this card features two stamps! The background was made using the Fresh Squeezed Background stamp. I painted on a few metallic colors of paint I had in my stash, spritzed the stamp with water and stamped onto some black cardstock. That loose watercolor look is awesome.

Then I continued on with watercoloring the lemon bundle from the Zest Bundle stamp set and die cut it with the coordinating die. I especially love this die because it cuts all the holes in between the leaves and branches. I stamped and die cut the same image in Vellum as well!

Here is a close up look at that gorgeous background stamp! Watercolored again with the metallic watercolors. Note the black cardstock is not watercolored cardstock so these watercolors work great with regular card stock.