Things that Matter: ink blending

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Altenew December 2019 Ink Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello again, friends! Today I have something awesome to share with you - 12 new ink colors from Altenew! These color families are absolutely gorgeous. I especially love the blues in the Tranquility set, but the purples in the Sugarplums set and the orange-y yellows in the Fall Harvest set are absolutely beautiful too.

I used all three color families on this wintery card I made using the Modern Fox Stamp Set!

First, I created an ink blended background using blending brushes and the Sugarplums Ink Set along with some of the lighter colors in the Tranquility Set. I splattered white paint over my inked background for a snowy look.

I stamped the tree with the darkest colors in the Tranquility set and I love that it looks like a blue spruce. The Yellow Ochre Ink was perfect for my fox and I stamped three little hearts in the lightest new purple color, Pale Mauve.

I seriously LOVE these new colors. I don't have anything like them in my collection and I think I'll get a lot of use out of them. Which color is your favorite?

Lots of other designers have created beautiful projects using these new inks, so be sure to hop along and check them out!

Also, as usual, to celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 12/11/2019 for a chance to win.

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 12/14/2019.

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Keeway Tsao

Jen Schow **YOU ARE HERE**

LauraJane

Happy hopping!!

Friday, November 1, 2019

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Lavender Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

The Build-A-Flower Stamp Sets from Altenew are some of my favorites and Lavender is a gorgeous one! It's perfect for card making and I created two to share with you today.

On the first card, I wanted to use the flowers in a traditional purple color scheme. I used the Shades of Purple Mini Cube Set along with some minty greens for the stems.

I wanted the create a background for them to pop off of, so I used the linear stencil with Arctic Ink and concentrated on the lower half of the card. I heat embossed the greeting and added a few clear dew drop gems from my stash.

On the second card, I thought it would be fun to stamp a bunch of grayscale flowers on my background and then have one in color for a pop!

I used some darker greens for the stem on this one and stamped my sentiment on a strip of white cardstock, popping the colorful lavender on top. I put it all on a light purple card base and I love the look!

So, as with all of their releases, Altenew has a very generous giveaway and a blog hop full of inspiration!

Prizes:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog for a chance to win.