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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.
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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)”

  8. Hi from Gig Harbor in Washington state! My favorite card is the trio of cosmos. Cool use of a gel press for lots of color. Very nice!

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  14. Hi from Waukesha, Wisconsin! I love all of the sweet projects I am seeing. Altenew is also one of my favorite companies for sweet images! Thanks for the opportunity to win some awesome prizes

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  27. Hi from northwest Alabama! I was already in love with the Altenew Cosmos flower dies…but when I saw how you had used them, I fell even harder! :) How clever and creative to cut them from your Gel Press Monoprints. My favorite is the top Happy Birthday one…flowers are absolute gorgeous!

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  28. Love that you used a gel press!I just received one as a gift and have been having fun playing with my new toy!Thanks for these inspirational ideas!

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  30. Hello from Waverly Georgia USA. Love gel presses!! Your cards are beautiful. I love your color combos and the fact you used an old label maker. Really nice.

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  31. Hi from Delaware, USA. Love all your gel press ideas! I have one but haven't had the inspiration to try it yet, so thanks for the push. Thanks for sharing.

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  37. Hi from Texas! I love the Craft-a-Flower stamps and your cards are superb examples of their versatility in color and medium. Thanks for sharing your talent.

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  39. Hello from Helena, Montana. I like your second card the best. I would like to see a video of you creating the background and the different pieces you use to cut the flowers. I really like the look of these mixed colors.

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  41. Hello from West Michigan! Kate, your cards are absolutely gorgeous! My favorite is your first card. I love the color in the flowers and how they contrast against the background. Happy Birthday Altenew!

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  44. Hi from Illinois.What fun cards. I love the unexpected textures in the Cosmos, the cool backgrounds and the clean white. Thanks for the inspiration! Happy Anniversary Altenew!

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  47. Hi from Illinois! Your Acrylic Gel Press Monoprints are beautiful. I'm going to look around your blog to see if there is a tutorial on how to do them.

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  48. Hi from Nebraska! Lovely cards! I have so many mediums to use, that I dare not add a gel plate to the mix, but I SO enjoy watching others and the beautiful creations they create. Your florals and the backgrounds are beautiful! Thank you for sharing your talents!💕

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