Hello, and welcome to Altenew’s Year in Review Blog Hop. If you came from the fabulous Jennifer McGuire’s blog, you are right on track! Today the design team girls and our guest designers are sharing their favorite Altenew projects of 2016 to celebrate the amazing year of 2016.
Here are some of my favorite cards that I have created using Altenew stamps in 2016, in no particular order. If you want more details of a particular card, just click on the photo of the card to go to the original post.
(Blog Post| Simple Flowers Stamp Set)
I created a fun stamped background. Those white images inside the circle reminded me of sprinkles on the cupcake; so I was able to make a birthday card using yummy colors from Altenew Crisp Dye Inks: Rouge, Warm Sunshine, and Volcano Lake.
(Blog Post | Video Tutorial | Way Too Sweet Stamp Set)
I created a clean and simple one layer card. I used both masking and Copic coloring techniques to achieve a colorful look on my ice cream card. I shared THREE tips for the successful ink masking technique you don’t want to miss.
(Blog Post | Video Tutorial | Lacy Scrolls Stamp Set)
I created a new year card inspired by my Chinese friend’s wedding dress. She wore a sleeveless silk dress with the gorgeous floral pattern and bold color combination on it. I was so in love with the gold frame which added a luxurious feel to my card.
(Blog Post | Video Tutorial | Hello Sunshine Stamp Set)
I created a clean and simple one layer card with a floral wreath to highlight the images in the set. I added white dots on some of the flowers using white gel pen and black dots around the foliages using a black pen.
(Blog Post | Vintage Flowers Stamp Set & Golden Garden Stamp Set)
I created a birthday card inspired by my amazing friend Yana’s cardmaking style. She loves using anything gold, flowers, and frame on her projects. You wouldn’t believe me how many cards I had to throw away and start over until I found some inspiration from Yana’s cards: HERE and HERE.
(Blog Post | Video Tutorial | Floral Frame Stamp Set)
I created a watercolor birthday card. It took me about 40 minutes to color entire images. I watercolored my images with patience and repeated the process of adding colors over and over to give them depth and interest. I also filmed a behind the scenes video you won’t want to miss.
(Blog Post | Video Tutorial | Peony Bouquet Stamp Set)
I created a Tango-inspired card – my inspiration came from a movie called inspired Shall We Dance and Zumba class I take. A red rose between the lady’s teeth is one of the most iconic images associated with Tango, but I had to replace it with a peony for my card. I only stamped the outline image and one of the layers in the set to enhance the color.
(Blog Post | Video Tutorial | Wild Hibiscus Stamp Set & Botanical Garden Stamp Set)
I created a watercolor card with the floral background using Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 color set. I let the paint dry before adding more colors to the image – I think it worked so well for this card. I remember that I was absolutely happy with how my card turned out.
(Blog Post | Video Tutorial | Beautiful Day Stamp Set)
I created an encouragement card with a vintage floral background. My inspiration came from my Tango-Inspired card and Lunar New Year card. I took the layout and stamped background from them, but I chose a light coral and blue color scheme to create my own background.
Well, there you have it…my favorite Altenew cards of 2016. I was really inspired by my own creations while going through all the blog posts. I hope you had fun revisiting them with me and receiving some inspiration. This year I designed 7 stamp sets for Altenew – you can find them all HERE including my old designs.
GIVEAWAYS: There are THREE ways to win!
- Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to SIX WINNERS – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. You have until Wednesday, January 4th at 11:59 PM ET to enter.
- I have ONE $15 Altenew gift certificate to give away. Leave a comment below, telling me what crafting supplies are on your wish list at the moment. I will announce one lucky winner on Thursday, January 5th.
- I’m giving away your choice of ONE Altenew stamp set I’ve designed this year and ONE handmade Altenew card I created. Leave a comment below, telling me one thing you love about yourself. One lucky winner will be announced on Thursday, January 5th on my blog.
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It is now time to head on over to the fantastic Virginia’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. Below is a complete list of the amazing designers/guests who are participating today:
Altenew
Yana Smakula
Sveta Fotinia
Erum Tasneem
Jennifer McGuire
May Sukyong Park <—You are here!
Virginia Lu
Hussena Cal
Laura Bassen
Svitlana Shayevich
Laura Jane
Therese Calvird
Isha Gupta
Marika Rahtu
TaeEun Yoo
Anna Kossakovskaya
Kristina Pokazanieva
Natalia Zubkova
Debby Hughes
Happy hopping! Wishing you a Happy New Year filled with much happiness and creativity!
Giveaway Winners (Edited to add)
- $15 Altenew gift certificate: Kim Anning
- Your choice of one Altenew stamp set and handmade card: Louanne Collins
Congratulations, winners! Please email me at fepooh@gmail.com to claim your prizes with a subject line : A Year IN Review Blog Hop Winner.
Supplies
I have listed the stamp sets that I used or shown below. I participate in several affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp(SSS), Ellen Hutson(EH) and Altenew(AN). It means I get a small commission at no additional cost to you when products are purchased through links I share here. Thank you for your support.
 Altenew Spring Daisy Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Way Too Sweet Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Happy Mail Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Simple Flowers Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Adore You Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Golden Garden Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Vintage Flowers Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Peony Bouquet Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Lacy Scrolls Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Floral Frame Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Beautiful Day Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Wild Hibiscus Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Botanical Garden Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Geometric Flowers Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
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