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Altenew 7th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 4 + Giveaway (over $1,400 in Total Prizes)

Karen Brown


Happy Birthday Altenew!  I am honored to be celebrating this day along with such a talented group of designers and sponsors.  Altenew Cosmos Acrylic die cut flowers.

Die Cutting Floral Images From Acrylic Gelli Plate Prints

Recently, I spent a fun day making Acrylic Gel Press Monoprints and thought it would be fun to die-cut some of the images and make a few high contrast colorful birthday cards.  I used my favorite Altenew Craft-A-Flower kit, Cosmos Layering Dies for each of my projects.  

I sorted through my prints and selected bright colors that I thought would look nice on a card.  The first print was loosely brayered with turquoise and brown acrylic ink.  The flowers were die cut from three monoprint panels:  orange/red/gold; olive/yellow/gold and the whitish elements were cut from panels where I brayered off ink in between prints, so they have more white areas.  My sentiment is from an ancient labeler I had at the house.

Gel Press Die Cut Flowers
I love the background on this next card!  I put blue, yellow and olive on my press and then brayered gold over the Narrow Brick Stencil, which gives a beautiful textured look.  I used the Rounded Rectangles Die Set to trim down my panel.
Gel Press + Die Cut Flowers for a card.

The flower was die-cut using the  Cosmos Craft-A-Flower Kit.

Acrylic Monoprint die cut flower

For this last card, the background is from the same panel as card 1.  I again used the Rounded Rectangles and Cosmos Layering Die Set.  The sentiment is from the  Essential Sentiment Strips,

Gelli Print Handmade Card

   I think this makes a happy card.

Turquoise and Red Floral Card

Giveaway Prizes

Over $1,400 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $70 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy classto 15 lucky winners. There are also 19 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:


 

Be sure to leave comments by 4/18/2021 for a chance to win one of 41 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with \”Hi from (city or country where you\’re from)!\” 41 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/24/2021.

 



So happy to see that you are hopping!  If you arrived from Auzz Trinklets N Krafts, then you are right on track.


Altenew Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Jaycee Gaspar

My Sweet Petunia

Agnieszka Małyszek

Kristina Werner

Tenia Nelson

Paige Evans

Reiko Tsuchida

Auzz Trinklets N Krafts

Karen Brown                     You Are Here!

Ellen Hutson LLC

Seeka

Katrina Howe


There is plenty more loveliness, so keep hopping…. Ellen Hutson LLC  is next!


Ready to shop?  Be sure to use the free shipping code below:


Special Offer

Enjoy FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY7TH or $5 OFF international shipping with code ANNIV21 at checkout. Offer valid from 4/8/2021 at 12:01 am EDT through 4/11/2021 at 11:59 pm EDT. Shop here: https://altenew.com/  Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes. 


I am so pleased you stopped by and would love to hear which card you like best!


Thanks,
Karen
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234 thoughts on “Altenew 7th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 4 + Giveaway (over $1,400 in Total Prizes)”

  12. Hi from Northern Kentucky!! Awesome cards!! I have just recently discovered the gel press and am having a ball with it creating backgrounds! I haven't used any of the prints for die cuts yet, but I'm definitely going to!

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  19. Hi from Chicago! I just started using a gel press and love it. I really like the texture it leaves on the cardstock. Your use of the Narrow Brick Stencil really made a great background, it is now on my wish list! Thanks for sharing your beautiful work!

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  25. Hi from Wilmington, DE! Love your beautiful cards using your gel press creations. They inspire me to get out the gel press and get to work. The Altenew floral layering dies seem to be a perfect match here!

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  41. Hi from Skamokawa, WA. I found your color combinations very interesting, not like any of the usual cards one sees. Very encouraging to trying something out of the box. Thank you.

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  47. Hello from Crystal Lake, IL! WOW! Your flowers and cards are stunning! I REALLY need to step out of my comfort zone and try the gel press. I have had one sitting on my desk for months….still in the package! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us!

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  48. Hi from southern Minnesota, Happy Anniversary Altenew!Beautiful, daring contrasted color combos. They are all great, maybe the second card is my favorite. Thank you for sharing.

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  50. Hi from the Texas Gulf coast. Your projects are so cool. You've inspired me to give the gel press, a crafting tool I've not yet used, a try! Thank you for sharing.

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