Hey everyone! Happy Tuesday!
The crafting community is one of the most awesome I’ve known. Not only is it bursting at the seams with super-talented ladies (and even a few guys!) but it’s also filled with kind souls, kind hearts, and lots of friendship and love.
I’ve been a part of this community for several years now, and count myself very lucky to know and have rubbed shoulders with some of the giants. Companies and friends; this place really does feel like an extended family a lot of the time.
It’s in celebration of that extended family that I’m here today. One of my favourite companies, Altenew, have pulled together a massive 2-day hop in honour of the crafting community and the awesome designers in it! Hold onto your hats because this hop is filled with inspiration, giveaways from a whole host of sponsors, offers, and even a prize for me too!
Altenew is headed up by my two awesome friends, Jen and Tasnim. To see their talents go from using supplies, to forging their own, has been a joy to watch. I don’t have to tell you that Altenew are one of the hottest companies out there. Everyone loves them, and their products – which is evident by the long list of people that will be your Hop stops for the day! The fun all starts on the Altenew blog, so make your way over there if you haven’t been already!
I’ve got a beautiful fresh card today, to say hello to all my crafty friends:
Aren’t those flowers *gorgeous*?! They’re from the amazing Winter Rose set, which I just had to have!
If you’ve been to my blog before, you know I have said a thousand times that I’ve OD’d on flowers. It’s true, I have. But I think after a long break from them, I’m finally starting to fall in love with flowers again – but there’s a catch! There are literally *hundreds* of floral sets out there, which is what first led to my having my fill of them. But, I think I’ve found a soft spot in my heart for the floral sets that truly stand out as having something ‘different’ to offer. Only a few companies meet that requirement – and Altenew is one of them!
So anyway, back to the card.
I stamped the flowers with a mix of yellow and pink inks. I love the wonderful contrast and slightly abstract feel of these beautiful, vintage-style flowers. I really think they steal the show!
So that those flowers take centre stage, I decided to stamp the leaves in a pale grey. They add just enough interest to the background and help ground the flowers. The sentiment is built from the ‘Hello’ from the Winter Rose set and the ‘friend’ from the Sketchy Floral set. Love!
I couldn’t resist another couple of shots – I really love how this turned out! There’s even a subtle splattering of mist on the card which the camera unfortunately didn’t pick up!
If you couldn’t tell already, this card’s style was inspired by my amazingly talented friend, Aga – but with a little of my own spin on it, of course!
Hooray for Altenew! Hooray for this awesome hop! Hooray for crafting!!
Giveaways!
I promised a bunch of giveaways, and man this will not disappoint!
Altenew is giving away a $100 Altenew prize pack to FIVE lucky winners. There are also 13 awesome companies/magazines who are offering the following prizes:
Jennifer McGuire Ink: 3 class spots at Online Card Classes
Create and Craft TV: £50 gift certificate
My Sweet Petunia: Mini MISTI
Ellen Hutson LLC: $30 gift certificate
Pretty Pink Posh: $30 gift certificate
Simon Says Stamp: $30 gift certificate
Chameleon Pens: 1 pack of 5 Chameleon pens
Tombow USA: 1 pack of 10 dual brush pens
WOW! Embossing Powder: $25 gift certificate
Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 gift certificate
Freckled Fawn: $20 gift certificate
Papercraft Magazines: One copy of each of the latest issues of four magazines
Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine: 1 year subscription
Be sure to leave comments by Friday, October 27th, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 20 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on all of these blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog on October 28th, 2017.
But, there’s more! I’m also giving away a $20 gift certificate to the Altenew store! So make sure you leave a comment here as well!
Here’s your Hop order for today:
Altenew Card Blog
Jennifer McGuire
May Sukyong Park
Keeway Tsao
Svitlana Shayevich
Galina Filippenko
Amy Sheffer
Papercraft Magazines
Taheerah Atchia
Joni Nina Andaya
Virginia Lu
Simon Says Stamp
Enza Gudor
Nina-Marie Trapani
Lilith Eeckels
Laurel Beard
Chameleon Pens
Vicky Papaioannou
Erum Tasneem
Laurie Schmidlin
Carissa Wiley
Awesome, right?! So what are you waiting for – get hopping!
AND, if you want to go shopping right now, Altenew even has the following awesome shipping offer for you!
I hope you’ve loved what you’ve seen here today! Thanks again Altenew for inviting me to be a part of such an amazing hop, and thank you all for stopping by!
Supplies
Just beautiful!
Yellow and pink are such a great color combo and I love that you let the flowers “take center stage” by stamping the leaves in grey! Beautiful card.
Fantastic card! I love how the flowers pop so much more with the black added.
This reminds me of the vintage cards from long ago, simply beautiful
Lovely card and colour scheme!!
I’ll be honest, first your photo of the card and decorations was extremely eye catchingly beautiful!! Second, I had no idea you even had leafs until you mentioned you lightly stamped them, I was like wait leafs? What!? Hahaha, this is a beautiful eye catching card.
Beautiful cards !
Absolutely beautiful! Love the soft gray leaves with the gorgeous colored flowers. A perfect card!!
Beautiful card! I love the colors.
Pretty work and I also love how you photographed your card with the pearls underneath it. 🙂 Fun crafty friends and fun blog hop….thank
you!!!!!
Your card is really pretty. I love the soft colors.
Elegant card design, usually I like a lot of color but this showcases how just a few colors can still be just as effective & eye catching.
Love the mix of colors.
So deliciate and pretty
What a lovely card. Thank you for the inspiration.
Your card is gorgeous! I love the mix of colors ! Simply beautiful!
I love the softness of this card.
Love the graphic look of your card! Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for sharing all your inspiring designs and creativity with all of us!
Wow! Gorgeous!
Love how you created a beautiful floral look without it being overwhelming
Lovely card! Such pretty colors and design.
Taheerah love the soft colors on your card! I too love floral sets!
I’m digging the grey leaves, it’s a great contrast to the flowers
What an elegant one-layer card! Love the soft colors!
I think I am in love with this stamp set. So pretty and soft looking. Thank you so much for sharing…hugs
Your card is gorgeous. Your choice of colors are as beautiful as your inspiration piece. I admit it, too, I also adore all flower stamps!
I love your card. Absolutely going to try my hand with your style. Thanks for sharing.
Your card is gorgeous. I love that you used multiple colors on the flowers. I’ve never seen that before. Thank you for sharing and I hope you have a beautiful week.
Hugs, Shan
Sweet card. Love your colors.
Such a beautiful card Taheerah! Love the clean design. So pretty.
This card is one of my fav on this blog hop! It’s so soft yet stands out! Love the colors you’ve used! You’re so inspiring ! Thanks a lot!
Beautiful, beautiful card! The colors you chose are amazing and perfect for those stamps.
Lovely card!!
Such a cheerful color combo!
Beginning to think I might need that set as well. Yes, the roses are stunning and so is your card.
Oh my! The way you’ve used the black detail layer shows me that this set would beautifully compliment the Altenew Painted Flowers set!!! Gorgeous, Taheerah.
The ‘vintage’ ness of this set is just CALLING MY NAME!! Love the colors you used! Stunning card!
Love the delicate and beautiful colors and your layout! Gorgeous!
Pretty card. I really like the soft colors.
Love the leaves on this. So creative.
I love the simplicity of your card Taheerah, very ‘un-cluttered’ and elegant looking. Nicely done!
Beautiful colors..so pleasant i cant stop staring at the card!!!
Lovely card and design.
Beautiful pastel flowers on your card Taheerah , thanks for sharing this idea of stamping layering flowers
Love the look of this card. I love all the flower stamps from Altenew. Thank you for sharing.
LOVE the look of the black ‘highlight!’
Stunning! What a great color combo! I like the soft gray leaves for an added subtle look…
Gorgeous card! I love the vintage feel of this card.
So pretty!!