Hello, crafty friends! Welcome to Altenew’s Crafty Friends blog hop. If you are coming from the fabulous Jennifer McGuire’s blog, you are in the right place.
(Photos were taken at Creativation in January 2018 )
I have been so lucky to make some amazing friendships for the past few years. I’m so thankful to be part of this paper crafting community which is full of kind, amazing, talented, supportive, and fun-loving ladies.
(Photos were taken at the Cincinnati Crafty Retreat in October 2018 )
I still have many of my crafty friends who I haven’t met in person. However, we can always keep in touch by sending cards to one another! I think this is the beauty of my hobby, cardmaking.
These are some of the cards that I created in 2018 inspired by my talented crafty friends. I used to love making clean and simple one layer cards with lots of white space. This year I find myself experimenting with many different styles and techniques which I’m really proud of.
To celebrate our friendships in this special paper crafting community, I created a festive winter holiday card inspired by the super talented Enza Gudor. She created an amazing scrapbook layout using the images from the Holiday Bow Stamp Set, and I wanted to create my own version of a holiday bouquet on the 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 YouTube.
This video includes:
- How to create an inked background using the ink blending technique
- How to arrange the elements to make them balance together
- A few tips on how to embellish your cards and decorate matching envelopes
- Two ways to flick white ink onto the background
- Behind-the-scenes of my craft desk – I hope you relate to my messy desk
I started by ink blending my background with Tim Holtz Distress Inks on A2 size watercolor paper. I inked darker colors toward the edge of my panel so it looks brighter toward the center of the panel.
I flicked some white ink onto my ink blended background using Hero Arts Unicorn Ink Spray. If you are not a fan of splattering ink, you could add tiny dots using a white gel pen instead to mimic the look. Then I mounted my inked panel on an A2 size top folding white card base using double-sided tape after drying my panel for about 10 minutes.
Next, I stamped the images from the Holiday Bow Stamp Set using Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Pads on a piece of white cardstock. Then I die cut my images using the Holiday Bow Die Set and the Spellbinders Platinum die cut machine. I mounted die cut elements on the card front using 3M foam tape to create a festive arrangement.
I heat embossed the sentiment from the Starry Night Stamp Set using White Embossing Powder on a piece of black cardstock. After cutting out my sentiment into a thin banner using a craft knife and ruler, I mounted the sentiment banner on the card front using 3M foam tape to finish off my card.
Prizes
Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 5 lucky winners. There are also 12 awesome friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
- My Sweet Petunia: 3 MISTI stamping tools(Memory, Original, and Mini)
- Jennifer McGuire Ink: Altenew $50 gift certificate & 10 handmade cards
- Online Card Classes: 3 class spots
- Create and Craft TV: £50 gift certificate
- Ellen Hutson LLC: $30 gift certificate
- Chameleon Art Products: 1 pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
- Stamp & Scrapbook Expo: $25 gift certificate
- Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 gift certificate
- Simon Says Stamp: $25 gift certificate
- Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine: 2 copies of Scrapbook & Cards Today Fall 2018 issue
- Scrapbook.com: $25 gift certificate
- Tombow USA: 1 pack of 10 Dual Brush Pens
Be sure to leave comments by Sunday, December 9th, 2018 for a chance to win! 37 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on all of these blogs listed on the Altenew Card Blog and will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 12/15/2018.
Another Giveaway
And there is more! I have a $20 Altenew gift certificate to give away. Leave a comment below, sharing a story about your crafty friends. I will announce one lucky winner on 12/6/2018. Good luck!
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Blog Hop
It is now time to head on over to the My Sweet Petunia Blog to see what creation they have to inspire you all. You can always start at the beginning of the hop on 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 Holiday Bow Stamp & Die BundleShop at: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Holiday Bow Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Holiday Bow Die SetShop at: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Starry Night Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Crafty Life Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Crafty Friends Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Hero Arts Unicorn White SprayShop at: SSS | HA |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Paper TrimmerShop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Ranger Mini Ink Blending ToolShop at: SSS | AZ |
 Pretty Pink Posh Gold Jingle BellsShop at: SSS |
 Uni-Ball White Gel PenShop at: SSS | PS | EH |
 Altenew Jet Black CardstockShop at: AN |
 Spellbinders Platinum Diecut MachineShop at: SSS | AZ |
 3M Foam Tape 1/2 InchShop at: SSS | AZ |
 Neenah Solar White Cardstock 110LBShop at: SSS | AN | AZ | EH |
 Original MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | HA | AN | AZ | EH |
 Ranger Watercolor PaperShop at: SSS | EH |
 Altenew Pure White Embossing PowderShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Permanent Black InkShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Crisp Dye InksShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress Mini InkShop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Blueprint SketchShop at: SSS | EH |
 Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire Distress Mini InkShop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Mini InkShop at: SSS |
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