Hey everyone! Happy Tuesday!
I’m taking part in a very special Blog Hop today to celebrate one of my favourite companies!
The altogether awesome Altenew are three years old! Doesn’t time fly?! It seems like only yesterday that 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 three years is staggering and a testament to their talent and hard work – and their innovation and product lines just keep on growing! World domination here we come!! Congratulations Altenew – Happy Birthday, and many more!
I have a couple of cards to celebrate the happy occasion, and they’re both with the theme of following your dreams:
I had so much fun with the Happy Dreams set! I love the fresh, Spring-like feel of the colour palette. Perfect for new beginnings.
I stamped the leaves with Morning Frost ink, then added some watercolouring in between the images with some Frayed Leaf ink. Some splatters of Lavender Fields mist really help lift the design and stop it from feeling too ‘cold’.
The gorgeous ‘Be A Dreamer’ sentiment fit the mood perfectly – especially when stamped on sunny yellow cardstock! I fussy cut the image and adhered with Pinflair Glue Gel. Some sequins finished off this beauty perfectly!
Next up, a change of colours, a change of mood – but every bit as encouraging:
Stunning right?! I loved watercolouring my own background using Distress Inks and smooshing with an acrylic block! Some splatters of gold and black mist compliment the background perfectly!
I loved using the flowers from Wild Hibiscus with just a clean black and white palette – totally fresh and interesting. I trimmed them out and adhered with Pinflair Glue Gel, also tucking in some leaves die cut from vellum.
A label maker sentiment added a bold, modern feel to the design, matched perfectly with some accompanying words of encouragement:
I think of Jen and Tasnim starting off on their journey with these two cards as their mantras – one to have a dream and the next to have the belief to bring it to life. And with beauty, style, class, and sophistication every step of the way. Just like their designs. *smile*
Special Offer
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 *FIVE* $50 gift certificates from Altenew!
Online Card Classes: Three Class Spots
My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI
Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate
WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack
Tombow USA: 1 pack of 10 Dual Brush Pens
Chameleon Pens: 1 Pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
Ellen Huston LLC : $25 Gift Certificate
Freckled Fawn : $25 Gift Certificate
Simon Says Stamp : $25 Gift Certificate
Be sure to leave comments by Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win!
21 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on April 28th, 2017.
Here are your stops for today:
Altenew
Laura Bassen
Ashley Horton
Amy Lee
Simon Says Stamp
Sveta Fotinia
Taheerah Atchia
Anna Kossakovskaya
WOW! Embossing Powder
Yoonsun Hur
Raquel Bowman
Marika Rahtu
Nina Marie Trapani
Supplies
Be A Dreamer Card
Believe In You Card
Love the cards. These are just simple enough, I could try it. Love the soft colors and the black and white on the cards. Thank you for the ideas.
Lovely, the drawn flowers against the watercolor look background are beautiful.
I’m loving your unique and very creative approach. Your results are stunning…and inspiring!
Love your beautiful cards. The backgrounds are so pretty and creative.
Nice card.
Simple yet classy card.
Simple and to the point!
Great projects
Great cards! Love the smooshing!
Beautiful use of black and white with hint of color. The splatters of gold and black make this card stunning.
These are beautiful cards! Love the simple, yet gorgeous style you have.
I like the softness of the background & the simplicity of the black outlined flowers.
So pretty! Love the techniques, too.
So adorable your cards here…
Gorgeous cards Taheerah, especially love the “believe in you” card
Lovely card, Taheerah.
Wonderful sentiments! I just love your creativity witht he background on the first card. Thank you so much for the inspiration!
-Miranda
Beautiful cards. I love the soft pastels.
you make it look so easy! simply stunning.
Understated elegance, very nice.
Beautiful background an lovely layout. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Great color combination.
Beautiful color combination.
Both of your cards are gorgeous and I love the backgrounds you created! The first one is so beautiful and soft, it really suits the lovely sentiment you used, very dreamy!
Wow your cards looks so beautiful and the pink background is really wonderful.
Hugs
Angela
So beautiful! Thanks for the giveaways and inspiration!
Taheerah- These cards are very stricking! They are very lovely & the light background is lovely as well as allowing the focals to stand out on cards. Great cards.
Absolutely beautiful !
Your cards are beautiful! Love the design!
Interesting and unique. Thanks for sharing!
Love the sentiment!
Nice cards — I especially like the first one!
Both of your cards are very pretty! I love the soft, gentle colors!
Beautiful cards, simple but elegant.
Awesome cards!! I can’t believe Altenew has been around only 3 years! I started seeing the lovely stamps & buying them within this last year…especially the layered stamps, and I just assumed they’d been around a long time!!
I love the clean design. I would have never thought to only color the background and leave the flowers plain, but it works beautifully!
Loving the subtle background you made with the stamps. Just so pretty!!
Love that off the edge look of your card.
How pretty!
Great CAS card. Love it.
Marjeta
Clean and lovely! I love your style!
Awesome cards!
Great designs!
Wow! Your cards always impress! I loved reading about your inspiration behind these two beauties.
Great cards !!
Love your cards! So pretty!
I love the clean minimalist look of your card designs and the extra sequin detail!
Beautiful backgrounds!
Great cards.
Stunning cards!! I really like the background on the first card!!