Hey everyone! Happy Thursday!
I’m taking part in a very special Blog Hop today to celebrate one of my favourite companies!
The altogether awesome Altenew are turning two! To be honest, I can’t believe it’s only been two years since the brainchild of my dear friends Tasnim and Jen burst onto the stamping scene and stole our hearts with their fresh, trendy, clever designs! What they’ve accomplished in only two years is staggering and a testament to their talent and hard work! Congratulations Altenew – Happy Birthday, and many more!
You should have made your way here from my awesome, uber talented friend, Yana Smakula – but if not feel free to start at the beginning at the Altenew blog! 🙂
I couldn’t wait to break out the delicious Way Too Sweet set for my project. I just love the adorable all the yummy cakes, ice-creams and ice lollies in the set – and all the sweet sentiments as well!
Here’s what I came up with:
I love how this turned out! The photographs didn’t quite do it justice (the vanilla coloured ink is barely visible in the photos but it *is* there) – I wish you could see all the detail properly in real life!
I used the reverse of the ice-cream stamp first, inking it up with Distress Inks and Distress Stain, spritzing with water, then ‘slamming’ the stamp down on the card base so I would get uneven, splat images! So happy with how this turned out!
When all of the splattered images were dry, I inked up the normal side of the stamp with the same colours and overstamped them, deliberately not aligning the images perfectly for a fun touch. I finished up with the sentiment and some splatter for a sweet card perfect for the occasion!
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Giveaway!!
So I mentioned I’m a part of a hop, and that there’s a Giveaway! In fact, there’s a whole host of amazing giveaways! Make sure you leave a comment at every stop for the chance to win one of *THREE* prize packs valued at over $100 from Altenew!! Wowsers!!
- Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate
- WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack
- Simon Says Stamp : $30 Gift Certificate
- Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack
- Ellen Huston : $50 Gift Certificate
- Freckled Fawn : Gypsy Kit valued at $27
- My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI
- StampNation : Three 3 Month Subscriptions
Be sure to leave your comments by Tuesday 12th April 2016 at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win! 13 winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the hop list and will be announced on the Altenew blog on Apr 14th.
Here are your stops for today:
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Cool technique. Loved the yummy card
Beautiful card! xx
A yummy looking, soft card Taheerah.
Thanks for sharing your ideas with us!
Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
nice card
Casual simplicity is a hard look to achieve and you've done a beautiful job!
Awesome card! Congrats to Altenew! 🙂
Love your "free spirit stamping"!
Very soft and pretty card.
So soft and yummy!
Lovely card.
Very cute! I love the soft colors you used on the ice cream cones for a subtle background.
Sweet Card so yummy
What a fun card! Love the colors 🙂
Cool watercoloring!
adorable card!…defintly got the temperatures low 🙂 thnx fr sharing
Such soft and tender colours, the card is very beautiful!
Sweet card…love the technique…
Very summer themed card.
SWEET & TASTY card Taheerah!!!
LOVE your PRETTY soft colours and CLEVER splat stamping, it sounds like FUN to do!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION and for helping to celebrate Altenew's 2nd Anniversary 🙂
Summer is coooooming :3 Great technique.. I want ice cream 😀
Beautiful cheery mood on this card
Love the splat of colours and soft delicate look of card!
Love the soft look to this pretty card!
Love the soft colors you used.
Lovely idea with the splattered ice creams.
Great! So funny and playful!
Fun!
Love the way you stamped those colorful ice cream cones, Taheerah! Have to see if I have any stamps that will allow me to try your technique.
What a fun card!
Great card, I love the splat technique!
I like it. I like the melty ice creams :).
Really like the softness of this card, very nice!
Fun, cute card…Thank you for sharing!
What a sweet stamp set! I love the soft color palette you used for the ice cream cones. Great sentiment too!
super cute card
great card. now craving ice cream.
Fun card. And very pleasing to my eyes.
Very fun and whimsical card.
Love your idea of using the reverse side of the stamp. Great card.
Adorable! Great technique with the splats!
Subtle and sweet card ! Fabulous !
Very fun card! I love that it looks weathered 🙂 Very cool!
The ice cream look is neat. GReat job. Sparkle-tastic!
Love the splat! technique. You made a really fun card and it will be perfect for the hot weather that's coming!
Very pretty card and love that technique.
Wonderful summer card; love ice cream cone cards. Thanks for sharing
Very artistic splattering, I think. Great colors too. 🙂
You did a great job….really looks like ice cream!