Hey everyone! Happy Saturday!
I’m beyond thrilled and excited to be here today to be a part of Altenew Stamps’ second release Blog Hop!!
Welcome to Altenew’s second Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from my awesomely talented friend Kelly Griglione’s blog. If not please make your way over to the Altenew blog where Tasnim and Jen are kicking off the Hop in style!!
Altenew is a relatively new stamp company that opened its doors in April. In a couple of days they will be releasing their second collection of stamps. All the stamps that you will see here will be available for purchase at 9:00 am EST on Monday July 14th.
I’m sharing a card created with the delightful Ramadan Greetings set – and you might just see a little of Sketchy Cities Abroad here too! *wink* I have longed for some stamp sets that celebrate Islamic events for so long so I was so excited to see this month’s release contains sets to mark both Ramadan and Eid! For those of you who may not know, Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar and Muslims observe a month of fasting, abstaining from food and drink between sunrise and sunset every day. Following this comes the festival of Eid Al-Fitr to celebrate the end of Ramadan.
Anyway, back to the stamps and card, lol! Here’s what I came up with:
I could not be more thrilled with how this turned out!!
I started with an Onyx Shimmer cardstock panel and splattered on Heidi Swapp Colour Shine Mists in Gold Lame and Black Velvet, and Perfect Pearls Mist in Heirloom Gold. Next I stamped the skyline and sentiment from Ramadan Greetings using Versamark ink and heat embossed them witb WOW! Metallic Gold Sparkle embossing powder.
I added some of the stars from Sketchy Cities abroad, stamping and embossing as before. I then added some sequins (including some of the little centres from the sequins that you would normally throw away!), adhering in place with Glossy Accents. All that remained was to adhere my panel to my True Black card base using Pinflair Glue Gel and I was all done!
To celebrate their second release, Altenew is giving away five stamp sets of choice to three lucky winners! The winners will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.
And there’s more! I will choose a winner from comments left on this post and the prize will be two stamps sets of your choice.
You have until Monday July 14th 7:59am EST to leave your comments. You may enter up to two comments on each blog:
- Comment on the project, or the stamps.
- Like Altenew on Facebook
The winners will be selected and announced on Monday July 14th at 9:00 am EST!
Here’s the full Hop order for your pleasure!
Supplies
Wow this is amazing! It's like a beautiful night sky I just love it!
Love, love, love your card………….it is so different from what I usually see!!!
You are so talented. Thanks for sharing!
Just love card!
I like Altenew on Facebook!
Gorgeous sparkly, shimmery, gold lusciousness! I love your card. Can you tell? lol And what a great release from Altenew!
Taheerah, this is totally awesome! Love the gold against the glitter cardstock.
Beautiful card, love
the style of it.
Carla from Utah
Liked on Facebook also!
Carla from Utah
I liked Altenew on FB too!!
This is STUNNING!! It does look like a starry night. Fabulous card!!
What a great, beautiful card! The grey shimmer cardstock is perfect!
Your card is super awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Super gorgeous! I love the gold embossing.
very pretty!
Absolutely gorgeous, Taheerah! I love the background you created, just beautiful!
Oh, how beautiful. Love the gold heat embossing on the dark background.
Absolutely gorgeous card!!! Thank you so much for a chance to win!
You card is gorgeous and love the spraying combo technique that you used for the background. Very cool.. TFS!
I am now following Altenew on Facebook!
Love the card and the stamps. Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing your time and talent with us
What a lovely card! Love the shimmery paper and the gold effect!
How beautiful!
Pretty card.
I love the way you used the shimmer colors!
Already LOVE Altenew on FB 😉
Looks FABULOUS stamped in gold Taheerah!!!
Such a lovely card!
Your card is beautiful! It is so nice to see such unique stamp designs!
I like Altenew on FB.
Beautiful and elegant with the black and gold.
What a nice night background !!
Beautiful stars in the Oryx sky….lovely design.
Gorgeous Taheerah, your starry sky is so beautiful!
Very elegant card using the Ramadan Greetings collection … I'll bet it's even better when viewed in person!
I liked Altenew in Facebook too!!!
Such a pretty and very dreamy scene, just perfect!!!
What a pretty and elegant card! Love the gold shimmer!
beautiful and elegant card!
Beautiful and elegant card!
Like the stars!
Beautiful card.
Love the gold on shimmery silver! Stunning!
Gorgeous card. Your night sky is just perfect!!
Beautiful card with lots of great sparkle!
Great card! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I've been longing too for stamp set that celebrate moslem holidays/ events. And this card is simply gorgeous!
Gorgeous card! Thank you for sharing more information about these Islamic celebrations. I always enjoy learning about other cultures. And so awesome of Altenew to create stamps that are perfect for making cards and projects to celebrate these special occasions!
Lovely card. Can't wait to get this set.
Thank you for explaining some of the religious history which gives more meaning to your beautiful card. I love your use of gold on dark backgrounds.