Hello and welcome to the newest Altenew themed post “Thanks and Gratitude”. A perfect theme for Thanksgiving and most of all-it is always in season, 365 days. I designed four unique cards using Altenew’s With Gratitude stamps set and coordinating dies. I used the stamps and dies using four different stamping techniques. Here are the four cards I created and more info is included on Instagram and more details here, too.

FOUR UNIQUE AUTUMN CARDS USING THE “THANKS AND GRATITUDE STAMP AND DIE SET

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO BE INSPIRED!

Hi Crafty Friends! Altenew Certified Educators are joining a fun new Blog Hop, and the theme is “Thanks and Gratitude”. The Hop begins @altenewllc, so make sure you start from the beginning. Altenew is giving away a $20.00 gift certificate to five lucky winners! For a chance to win, please follow @altenewllc and me @espressoexpressions on Instagram and leave a comment as you hop along by 11/30/2022.

Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to five lucky winners! For a chance to win, please follow @altenewllc and me @espressoexpressions on Instagram and leave a comment by 11/30/2022. 

Altenew will draw five random winners from the comments left on each stop of the Instagram hop and announce the winners on Altenew’s Educator Instagram Hop post on 12/01/2022.

Head over to your NEXT STOP- Bridget Casey’s Instagram post @bridgetcaseydesigner after me.

YOU CAN START HERE

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TECHNIQUES I USED FOR THE FOUR GRATITUDE CARDS

I used several different techniuques to demonstrate how versatile this Altenew With Gratitude stamp and coordinating dies are.

• Use the maple leave dies to create a paper stencil
• Ink white card stock using different shades of orange to create inked background paper
• Die cut the leaves from the inked paper
• Stamp the outline of the leaves on the inked paper using Versamark ink, add white embossing powder and heat set. The die cut the leaves.
• Select two different shades of green ink to double stamp the leaves. Then stamp the outline of the leaves using black ink.
• Use wide gold line washi tape for two of the cards
• Mask the edges of a 1/4 sheet of white card stock that will create a border. I used wide white Post It tape to cover the sides and then stamped the leaves using black ink.

Hello crafty friends! I am joining a fun Instagram Hop with Altenew today and the feature today is Alcohol Inks! Feel free to start the Hop over at @altenewllc!

To celebrat, Altenew is giving away a Fall Harvest Alcohol Ink Bundle!!! to one lucky winner and a $15.00 Gift Card to five winners! For a chance to win, please follow @altenewllc and leave a coment by 11/11/2022. Altenew will announ e the winners on @altenew’s post on 11/11/2022. What have you been waiting for? Gorgeous project inspiration and fun prizes await you! The Instagram Hop is listed of all of the awesome creative posts is included in this post!

TAKE A LOOK AT MY CARDS AND MINI-BOX

TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS USED

To create the inked paper I used Altenew liquid inks- Eastern Sky, Iceburg, Ultramarine and Azurite. I used Altenew’s Fine Tulle stencil to add color to the inked paper and white card stock. The text/stamped tags were from the Altenew Craft Your Live Project kit Feathered Lilies. The die cut layered pieces are from Altenew’s Soda Top nesting die set. The large die cut Smile was also from Altenew. I inked the paper, stamped the word and then die cut it from the inked paper. I covered the opening with die cut white paper and added the die cut Smile to the die cut piece. I continued to die cut pieces from the inked paper then layered the pieces to create the front of the card. For the mini box, I created a box from white card stock and inked another piece of white card stock and cut the pieces to cover the sides and top of the box. I dyed the white cotton fabric ribbon using more alcohol inks. Then a mini tag using the smallest die from the soda pop nesting die set.

INSTAGRAM HOP ORDER

Visit all of the wonderful Alcohol Ink cards and projects! Here is the list and leave a comment and be inspired! Thanks and have fun!!

Altenew (@altenewllc)

Amy Hill (@sevenscrafts)

Michelle Burnier (@made.by.michi)

Nathalie DeSousa (@tachita55)

Tenia Nelson (@tenianelson)

Annemarie Caister (@annemarie_the_crafty_kiwi)

Nancy Souza (@espressoexpressions)-YOU ARE HERE

Terri Koszler (@altenew_planner_girl)

Karen Reátegu (@_littleblessing_)

Bridget Casey (@bridgetcaseydesigns)

Virginia Lu (@yesvirginialu)

LauraJane (@mammacooksalot)