Altenew: A Year In Review Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi, friends!  I'm excited to be participating in the Altenew Year in Review Blog Hop & Giveaway this year!  Lots of crafters are taking part in this sharing their favorite projects from this year using Altenew products.  Be prepared to see LOTS of beautiful inspiration, and be sure to leave comments so you could be eligible to win some prizes!

Altenew is giving away a $40 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 1/3/209 for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 1/6/2019.

Here are some of my favorite projects made this year using Altenew products.  I created this one as a Guest Designer a few months ago using the Our Family Scrapbook Kit.  I also used the Classy Stripes Stencil and the Northern Lights 6 Mini Cube Inks.

I love how this tropical layout turned out.  I used the Playful Blooms Stamps & Dies and the Potted Plants Stamps & Dies for this page.

This was for another Guest Designer spot using the Our Family Scrapbook Kit again.  I also used the Classy Stripes Stencil, the Northern Lights 6 Mini Cube Inks, the Painted Rose Stamp Set & the Painted Rose Die Set.

For this one, I used the Reflections Scrapbook Kit.

Altenew is clearing out products from our warehouse so they can make some space to welcome new exciting products in the new year.

Save up to 50% off on the Warehouse Sale collection of more than 250 items including stamps, dies, inks, ink sprays, bundles, embellishments, and more. Shop here --> https://altenew.com/collections/warehousesale Valid now through 12/28/2018 at 11:59 pm EST. 

Here's the Blog Hop order:

Altenew Card Blog

Norine Borys

Laurie Willison

Kymona Tracey

Nina-Marie Trapani

Therese Calvird

Olga Moss

Erum Tasneem

Nathalie DeSousa

Virginia Lu

Missy Whidden

Laura Jane

Zinia Redo

Yoonsun Hur

Reiko Tsuchida

Vicky Papaioannou

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Sandra Dietrich

Debby Hughes

May Sukyong Park

Kathleen Graumüller

Amy Tan

Lilith Eeckels

Svitlana Shayevich
Lisa Fonseca

TaeEun Yoo

Kristina Pokazanieva

I hope you are inspired by all of the designers' work...thank for stopping by here!

Have a great day!

Claustrophobic / Hip Kit Club

Happy Wednesday, friends!  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are enjoying the holidays!  I wanted to share my newest layout for Hip Kit Club today.  I used the 2018 December Hip Kits to document this photo of my daughter's anti-love for Santa...haha!

I used one of the FREE subscriber cut files for this.  I cut the fun frames on three different patterned papers from the Main Kit.  I also used a patterned paper as my background.  I coated a lot of it with white gesso to fade out some of the pattern.  I used several Shimmerz from previous Color Kits on the background to create a pretty blue color.  I added splatters using the Red Necking & The Holly & the Ivy Shimmerz from this month's Color Kit as well as more colors.

Shout out to Pinterest for helping me out with this perfect title :)

I fussy cut these cute lights from the Pinkfresh Studio patterned paper.  I arranged them under the title so it looked like they were hanging.  The navy chipboard letters are exclusive this month, and I stitched through them with gold thread.

I used some packaging from the exclusive stickers and a Project Life card as layers behind the photo as well as some tissue paper from my stash.  I layered lots of different styles of Christmas trees around the photo, including gold puffy stickers, colored puffy stickers and die cuts.
 
This red & white paper was really bold and busy, so I painted it with some of the Red Necking Shimmerz to tone it down.  I also backed all the cut out words with white cardstock to make them stand out more.  All of the gold puffy stickers I used were a bit too brassy, so I gave them a coat of white gesso and it immediately toned them down.  I love how the matted gold looks!  I also added in a few puffy stars and candy canes.

You can't go wrong with layered puffy trees :)  I layered some navy blue tangled thread under them and added an exclusive wooden button on top of them.  The round Merry Christmas chipboard piece is also exclusive this month.

On the right side of the photo I used some tree die cuts.  I added some "lights" by using some of the gold puffy sticker dots.

I just love the texture and dimension that chipboard gives.  I centered this long title under my photo and split it up to make the "Claus" part stand out.

Okie dokie...here are a few more close-ups of all the fun details!

I hope this gives you some fun ideas to try with your December Kits!  This one was really fun to make.  Be sure to check out my process video here if you'd like to see this page in action.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a great day!

Oh So Cozy / Hip Kit Club

Happy Friday!  I'm back with a new layout for Hip Kit Club using the 2018 December Hip Kits…woo hoo!  I was so excited to receive them the other day and get started.  There are SO many exclusives this month, and everything is just beautiful.   I began with one of the free subscriber cut files for this month.  I cut the trees on white cardstock.  I actually first painted them green using the Shimmerz The Holly & The Ivy from the Color Kit, but once I made my colorful background, I decided to flip them over and use the white side for better contrast.  I used the exclusive Sweater Weather paper as my background, and I coated a lot of it with white gesso first.  I used lots of Shimmerz to create all the beautiful color.

I mixed several colors on the background including some from previous kits.  I wanted lots of blue, green and soft reds.  I used some Well Blue Me Down, Ride the Tide and Miner Miner 49er from older kits as well as  Red Necking from this month.  Here you can see all the details and layering.  I machine stitched through the die cut trees with gold thread.  I layered in some of the exclusive poinsettia die cuts, sequins and puffy stickers.

I printed my photos in a vertical strip.  I cut the bottom on off to create some space for the Holly Jolly banner die cut.  I also fussy cut this floral oval from a Project Life card.  I used the outer edges of that card as a layer behind the photos.

The metallic gold puffy stickers were just a tad brassier than I wanted, so I wiped some white gesso over them to tone it down, and I love the effect.

I created some “snow” by watering down some white acrylic paint and splattering it down with a brush.  I used some of the red exclusive puffy alphas to complete my title.

I fussy cut this oval from a Project Life card...I always find cool images to fussy cut!  It's fun to make your own embellishments just by cutting something out.

I created a cluster over on the left using some exclusive chipboard, die cuts, puffy stickers and sequins as well as some tangled thread from my stash.

I added some gold chipboard stars at the top of the trees.  I coated them with white gesso to tone the shine down a bit.

Here are a few more close-ups of all the details:

I am really happy with how this turned out!  I hope you are inspired by it in some way.  Have you gotten your December Hip Kits yet?  They are downright amazing, I promise!  I have a process video here for you, so check it out when you can!

 Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a great weekend!