Altenew October Challenge....

 Back for a second post today.... another card made this afternoon with new goodies from my Scrapbook.com package.  This time an Altenew embossing folder and matching stencil set - Whimsy Motif.  I've been eyeing for a while and was happy to see it on sale the other week.  

The colours are very pretty and look a little autumnal.  

I embossed my white card first and then used the stencils to add the colour.   I used Warm Sunshine and Caramel Toffee for the flowers and Olive and Hunter Green for the leaves.  Used Honey Drizzle ink to make the matting layer and to stamp the sentiment from CYL Silk Art.  Added some splatters of bronze metallic watercolour paint.  Just love the stencils and embossing folders that Altenew make.    

September Challenge at Altenew.

 A very quiet restful day - still feeling tired and weak.  And coughing a lot!   

This card for the September challenge at Altenew.   I had made it over the weekend.

I've recently got a colour wheel and these three colours are triad - so go well together.   I used Altenew orange inks with a circle stencil to make a background.    For the purple element, I die cut three flowers with the Petite Mountain Aven layering die set,  from white card and used some ink-blending with Wisteria and Hydrangea inks for the flowers, Shadow Creek and Mountain Pine for the leaves and Camomile and Snapdragon for the flower centres.  The sentiment is from Altenew Birthday Builder set cut with a die from Featured Sentiment die set.   Edged with a darker purple ink.   Finished with some purple dots. 

 

Altenew weekly challenge - "Acute card"

 Jen Rzasa hosts a weekly Live challenge on the Altenew YouTube channel.  This week's challenge is "Acute" - use triangle/s on your projects.  It can be triangle cut card, triangular stamps, visual triangles of embellishments and so on....  

I made two cards for the challenge. First one was using a focal stamped image using the gorgeous gift stamp that Altenew sent me... and an embossing folder...

The Mod Square embossing looks like triangles with the 3D layers.  (Hope it is acceptable for the challenge!)  I stamped the Charming Bouquet and used my Scan'n'Cut to cut it.  I used Altenew Alcohol Markers from the Pocketful of Sunshine and Green Fields set to colour.  The sentiment is from Altenew Classic Greeting. 

My second card was totally inspired by Jen's video where she did some stenciling to make a background and then trimmed it to add to a card with some embossed triangular shaped embossing.  I actually made 7 panels... Two using Rose Bouquet Stencil... because I messed up part of the first panel and two made by the use of the Floral Garden Stencil - which covers a 4 1/4" x 11" panel and it got cut into the two panel.  This is an older Altenew stencil which you do the first time and then rotate it 180 degrees and ink again.   I didn't use them today so have two lovely panels for future use. 

I inked up the Rose Bouquet stencil - the pink was ink on my blending brush, so not sure of the actual colour.  Used Bamboo and Olive for the leaves.  First go I didn't mask so ended up with some green in the pink and it looked terrible.  I managed salvage some of it... so this second version I did mask off the eaves while doing the flowers and the flowers when doing the leaves.   I then cut the panel down to a 3 1/2 inch square and then trimmed it in half to make my two triangles.   I added them to a 4 1/4 white panel which gave me the space in the middle.  I added a strip of gold card down the long side of each triangle and added a sentiment from Altenew Sentiment Strips 3.  Added my homemade shiny dots in a visual triangle of 3 on each triangle.   Really happy how it ended up.   Doing a square card made it easier. 

I've had a really productive weekend with lots of fun playing with my supplies.  

Craft Roulette #256

Well I didn't think I'd be able to enter the Craft Roulette this week, as all my craft stuff is in boxes in my garage at the moment due to getting new carpet next week,

But my Altenew order arrived -I had won a gift voucher.   I purchased the Summer Wishes bundle - stamps, dies and stencils.  

This is a BIG card -A7 (5" x 7") a bit daunting.  So I made my centre panel 4"x6" - I started by printing the Goovy sentiment in the Hippie colours and then did some ink blending in blue and sand.  I added some painted blue ink for the sea. This is my Tropical Island with my wooden chair sitting on the beach.  I stamped the chair and umbrella and die cut it out.  Used Alcohol markers to colour. Added a sentiment from the stamp set.  Backed onto some lime green card and added to the panel.  

I'm also entering this into Crafting the Seasons challenge at Altenew  as I used Altenew inks for my blending. Celebrating Summer

I can't wait for the craft room to be back in action, so that I can get back into doing some serious crafting.

Altenew's October Inspiration challenge.

 I've been doing lots of Christmas cards recently so thought I'd do a floral card (my favourite style)   This one was done yesterday afternoon after having spent the morning looking after the granddaughters.  

Altenew's October inspiration challenge had a gorgeous colour scheme 

I have a LOT of Altenew florals... been collecting them since 2015 - I don't even want to count how many stamps, dies, stencils I have   - LOVE THEM ALL 

So had a fun time trying to choose a stamp set that I wanted to use.  Finally chose Fabulous Florets.

 I purchased the background embossing folder (Altenew Masonry 3D) on my trip to the FYI Craft show and this was the first time I used it.   Embossed some white card and then swiped Charcoal Suit Altenew ink over it.  Stamped the Fabulous Floret with some Purple ink and used a paint brush and water to move the ink a bit.   Added a bit of pink ink and then stamped the third stamp layer with some orange ink. Die cut both images.  Stamp and die the leaves with Parrot, Olive and Moss green inks.   Added the first flower directly to the panel and then added some 3D tape to the front one.  Added the leaves behind the flowers.   Added some Buttercup Liquid dots to the centre of flowers.  And added some Flamingo Liquid dots around the flower.   The sentiment is from the same stamp set, and was white embossed on the black card.  Use an Altenew die to cut it  - doing double die cutting to make the sentiment a bit shorter then the actual die.  

Adding the Inspiration challenge and also Darnell's NBUS challenge as the embossing folder is having it's first outing. 

This morning, we did some Christmas shopping, bought a new bed (hopefully will be delivered in the next week or so) and got some plants and wood for hubby to finish off a front screen on the berry screens.   Been pottering around all afternoon including doing some baking... and not sure where the rest of the day has gone!  

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a crafty day.                                                                             

Saturday Afternoon crafting.

 It's been a cold and wet Saturday afternoon here in Auckland.  So I tucked myself into the craft room and had a play!  Yesterday afternoon I had spend some time cutting out some Spellbinders Be Bold Flowers from some Francheville Ombre Blue card.  It's 176gms so perfect for layering flowers.  I made up a pile of them, despite keeping losing dies... all good by the end of the evening- they were all there.  So, this afternoon while hubby was out watching some local rugby I made a card. 

I made my background by taking a piece of patterned paper and used Altenew Dotted Starburst Debossing die to add some subtle texture.   I found a blue circle in my scrap pile and used Altenew's Sentiment Strips - after a bit of stamp surgery so I could stack the sentiment.  I smudged it a bit, so took the big ball of my stylus and some Altenew Galactic Stream Fresh Dye ink and made some dots.  Added to the BG and then added the flowers.   

I'm adding this card to AAA Birthday Challenge - Fabulous Flowers.   

And to The Flower Challenge

I also found a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" panel that I had hot foiled Altenew Vibrant Florals onto with some black foil.   I decided that it would look good in the July Inspiration Challenge colours. 

So pulled out some ink pads so I could use the matching stencils to add the colour.  In the end I used - Coral Bliss, Coral Berry, Orange Cream, Misty Moor and Sweet Leaf inks.   Once I done the colouring, I cut the panel to make two cards. 

I added an encouraging sentiment.  It's from the Altenew set - Monstera and Quotes.  A few Altenew enamel dots finished. 

and the second one 

The sentiment this time is from Altenew - Classic Greetings set.  Again, finished with some enamel dots.  Just love that I got two cards from the one hot foil image.  

Off to make dinner and then watch the All Blacks versus England in rugby.  

And I've got another post scheduled for later this evening. 

Cherry Blossoms Bunch - two ways

My last order arrived - including Altenew Cherry Blossoms Bunch - stamps, stencils and die.    I made two cards this weekend using it. 

First up - used the stencil to colour it. 

I used Altenew Frosty Pink and Coral Berry for the flowers and Green Fields for the leaves. I added Honey Drizzle for the stamens. For the gold stripe I used Altenew Buffalo Plaid stencil - masking off so just one stripe used.  I also got some Simon Hurley Lunar Paste Slippery When Wet in the order, so that was what I used through the stencil.  The sentiment is from Altenew Birthday Builder set.   Added some Pinkfresh metallic gold pearls to the centres and around the flowers.   

This one is being entered into Darnell's NBUS challenge for February. 

Edited:  Thanks to Maxine - I'm adding this to the February Challenge at We Love Stamping  - stamping with optional stenciling.

For my second card I tried something different - Shimmer powders. 

 For this one I stamped the flowers and then I did some watercolouring by wetting the image and dusting with Nuvo Shimmer powders and Pixie Powders to add some colours.  I thought they woud look amazing against the black background.   I had used some watered down Lunar Paste - Slippery when Wet to splatter and smoothed some over some white card to cut the sentiment.   I layered onto some white die cuts slightly offset. 

I'm adding this one to the Altenew Inspiration challenge for February 

I'm enjoyed trying out different ways to colour this stamp set.