Hello, and welcome to Altenew’s August 2018 Stamp/Die Release Blog Hop! If you came from Simon Says Stamp Blog, you are right on track.
To celebrate a release of new stamps and dies, I created a floral-themed birthday card with a hidden title using the Floral Art Stamp Set and Mega Number Die Bundle. I have a friend who is celebrating her 52nd birthday next month – so I was really excited to use the number dies to highlight her age as a title of my card.
Video Tutorial
I made a video tutorial to show you how to create my card from start to finish. You can watch it above or in HD on YouTub.
This video includes:
- A quick look at Altenew August 2018 release products
- How I get my inspiration from my old cards
- How to choose colors on your stamping project
- Masking technique, stamp layering, die cutting, die cut in-lay, dot technique, and heat embossing
- How to fix a stamping mistake when you have a missing area near a mask
- A tip on how to add interest to your stamped background
- How I store my sentiment banner leftovers and how I use them to choose a right sentiment
- Behind-the-scenes of my craft desk – I hope you relate to my messy desk!
*Edited to add: I just noticed that I added a 1-minute background music in the wrong video clip. Don’t surprise if you hear the music in the unexpected video clip. 😉
I started by stamping the one large and one medium-sized floral outline images from the Floral Art Stamp Set with Altenew Permanent Black Ink in diagonal on a piece of A2 size white cardstock.
Then I stamped the additional layer images using the Altenew Crisp Dye Inks. FYI, here is the list of inks colors I used for stamping:
- Orange flower: Sunkissed, Autumn Blaze
- Blue flower: Teal Cave, Aqualicious
After masking off the outline images, I stamped a few small flower images around the main two flowers. I tried to keep the number of my small flowers to five which is an odd number to help please our eyes as the images work together with a balance.
Then I stamped the leaves between the flowers using the following inks: Morning Frost and Evening Gray. The reason that I didn’t choose the green color for my leaves is that I wanted to bring attention to my flowers by leaving my background monochrome.
To bring my images together, I added tiny dots to fill in the gaps between each image using a fine tip of Altenew Artist Markers Set B: Moring Forst and Evening Gray.
Next, I die cut the numbers “5” and “2” twice using the Mega Numer Die Bundle out of my stamped panel and white fun form. Then I mounted the negative side of my panel on the A2 size white side folding card base Altenew glue tape.
After attaching two die cut numbers using Tonic Nuvo Crystal Glaze, I inlaid my numbers on the opening of my stamped panel.
I stamped the sentiment from the Floral Garden Stamp Set with Embossing Ink on a piece of black cardstock and heat embossed it using some Altenew Pure White Embossing Powder.
Then I cut out my sentiment into a thin banner and mounted it on the top of number 2 die cut using 3M foam tape.
I didn’t take a photo, but I also added the sentiment from the Smiles and Hugs Stamp Set inside the card and another sentiment from the Crafty Friends Stamp Set on the back of my card in black. This is it for my card!
Altenew August Release
These are some of the new products from Altenew August 2018 Stamp/Die Release. Make sure to visit the Altenew store HERE to check out all of their awesome new products.
Giveaways
- To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to SIX lucky winners. Leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by August 22nd for a chance to win!
- And there is more! I have a $30 Altenew gift certificate to give away. Leave a comment below, telling me what’s your favorite product from Altenew August 2018 Stamp/Die Release. I will announce one lucky winner on August 21st. Good luck!
Blog Hop
It is now time to head on over to the fantastic Keeway Tsao‘s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. You can always start at the beginning of the hop at the Altenew Card Blog.
Thanks so much for stopping by today. Happy hopping!
Supplies
I have listed the supplies I used below. I participate in several affiliate programs including Altenew(AN), Simon Says Stamp(SSS), and Ellen Hutson(EH). 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 Floral Art Stamp Set Shop at: AN |
 Altenew Mega Number Die Bundle Shop at: AN |
 Altenew Mega Number 2 Die Shop at: AN |
 Altenew Mega Number 5 Die Shop at: AN |
 Altenew New Day Card Kit Shop at: AN |
 Altenew Smiles and Hugs Stamp Set Shop at: AN |
 Altenew Crafty Friends Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Artist Markers Set B Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Embossing Ink Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Permanent Black Ink Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Morning Frost Ink Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Evening Gray Ink Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Sunkissed Ink Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Autumn Blaze Ink Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Aqualicious Ink Shop at: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Teal Cave Ink Shop at: SSS | AN |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Wagner Embossing Heat Tool Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS | EH |
 3M Post It Notes Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Spellbinders Platinum Diecut Machine Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 3M Foam Tape 1/2 Inch Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Neenah Solar White Cardstock 110LB Shop at: SSS | AN | AZ | EH |
 Tonic Nuvo Crystal Glaze Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Glue Tape Shop at: SSS | AN |
 Original MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | HA | AN | AZ | EH |
 T-Square Ruler Shop at: SSS | EH |
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