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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)”

  6. Hello from Washington state, USA. Fabulous paper you created using your gel press! The colors of the petals are so pretty using this paper, as are the backgrounds!

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  33. Hello from Denver, CO…I LOVE the use of the gelli print backgrouds on these…I also love the use of cosmos which is one of my favorite flowers!

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  35. Hi from Wisconsin! I love the simplicity of your second and third card. I just bought my first Altenew layering flower die and can't wait to make some cards!

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  39. Hey there from Durham NC! I am constantly amazed at how supportive the stamping community is of eachother's businesses! What a way to celebrate what stamping and mailing cards is all about – spreading happiness and positivity to lift people up!

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  41. Hi from Sacramento, CA. What amazing cards. I love how you creatively used your own prints to cut the flower pieces from. I haven't tried a gel plate yet, but you make me want to get right on it. Brilliant!

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  43. Hi from Brisbane, Australia. I really like how you've incorporated creations using your Gel Press into your cards. I have lots of prints from my Gel Plate that I need to use somehow. Thanks for sharing your ideas, Karen ( Kenny 😉 )

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  44. Hi from Australia! Wow, Karen! You have created so many gorgeous panels with the gel press! I have been looking at buying one to play! All your cards are eye-catching with the wonderful colours! Thanks for the inspiration! Take care! 🙂

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  46. Hi from California. I have that die set and I LOVE THE HECK OUT OF IT. And I love what you did with the gelli plate stuff. I must get one of those — they scare me!

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  47. Hi from Maryland! I've been playing with the gel press quite a bit lately. I'm excited to think about die cutting from the papers! The cosmos set looks like the perfect one to try.

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