Altenew Crafty Friends Blog Hop Day 1 + Giveaway

Hello and welcome to the Altenew Crafty Friends Bloghop.  You should have arrived here via May's blog if not, you will want to start at the Altenew Card blog because there are a ton of sponsors, so lots of prizes to be won. I have included the list below. 

I am so grateful to be a part of the crafty community. I have made so many friends here online and in real life by attending trade shows and retreats. I got my start many years ago I was invited to a stamping workshop and my life has never been the same. I was always crafting in one form or another but when I made my first card using embossing powder I fell in love. 

Another thing that changed my life is the MISTI. I was a card maker that threw away so many cards that I completed and when I went to stamp the sentiment I would stamp it crooked or not get a clean image and when I tried to stamp it again it was worse. The MISTI changed all that and my stamping life. I have always loved Altenew's stamps but to be honest I wouldn't buy them for the longest time because for the life of me I could not layer, they were gorgeous stamps but I couldn't get them aligned right until...yep the MISTI now I buy them all! 

I know it's the holiday season but it is cold where I live and its all brown and I needed some color!

 I used the Dahlia Blossoms stamp set along with the Halftone Hello stamp set and Halftone Hello coordinating  Die. 

Now let's talk prizes, 

Prizes

Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 5 lucky winners. There are also 12 awesome friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

• My Sweet Petunia: 3 MISTI stamping tools(Memory, Original, and Mini)
• Jennifer McGuire Ink: Altenew $50 gift certificate & 10 handmade cards
• Online Card Classes: 3 class spots
• Create and Craft TV: £50 gift certificate
• Ellen Hutson LLC: $30 gift certificate
• Chameleon Art Products: 1 pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
• Stamp & Scrapbook Expo: $25 gift certificate
• Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 gift certificate
• Simon Says Stamp: $25 gift certificate
• Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine: 2 copies of Scrapbook & Cards Today Fall 2018 issue
• Scrapbook.com: $25 gift certificate
• Tombow USA: 1 pack of 10 Dual Brush Pens
  
  
  Be sure to leave comments by Sunday, December 9th, 2018 for a chance to win! 35 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on all of these blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog on December 15th, 2018.
  
  
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  We are also giving away a $20 Altenew gift certificate as well. You have until Sunday December 2nd to leave comments here on our blog and the winner will be drawn from the comments here and announced on December 4th in the Team Tuesday post. 
  
  
  One more thing there is another special offer 
  
  
  
  Now it is time to move on your next stop is Kathy Racoosin and you all know she has a gorgeous project to share.
  
  

Team Tuesdays with Susan: Foiling with Perfect Pearls and the MISTI

Hi,
I am up on the blog today with this sparkly card using foiling with Perfect Pearls based on a technique by Jennifer McGuire.

I used Jennifer McGuire's technique of lifting off Perfect Pearls pigment powder with Versamark. But I added a twist - and this is not a new twist by any means. I inked up a sheet of Neenah Desert Storm with Versamark and applied the Perfect Pearls.  I set the Perfect Pearls with water and left the paper to try for 24 hours in my MISTI - drying time may be less if you are in a very dry climate.

Once the paper was dry, I placed the stamp in my MISTI and applied a thin coating of Deco Arts transfer gel to the stamp and stamped it on to the paper. There is a video below showing the whole process start to finish.


 Once the transfer gel was dried, I ran the stamped image through my laminator with some gold foil and got this beautiful, distressed foiled background. I wish you could see this in person as it is so shimmery and gorgeous.

Thank you for stopping by!

Susan

Products Used: I am using compensated affiliate links at no further cost to you. I received none of these products for free. I have purchased them myself because they are high quality and work really well for me.

Lawn Fawn Winter Skies and Altenew Washi

No, I have not given up on my quest of using all my pattern paper.  Lawn Fawn just got the best of me.  I keep running across the Winter Skies stamp set each time I looked for a stamp in my Christmas bin of stamps.  So instead of saying I will get to it, I just jumped right in.

I knew I wanted to use the Altenew Nebula washi tape and the rest was easy.   I will keep this post short since it is after Thanksgiving and every one is in a rush to shop and finish cards.

Hope you enjoy the video and have a blessed weekend!



Affiliate links to supplies used:

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Team Tuesday with Stephanie

I was recently asked if I could make a Winnie the Pooh Birthday card for a one-year-old.

I immediately thought that I could turn Concord & 9th Hi There Bear into Pooh with some creative stamping & my MISTI.

As with all layering stamps, it took a couple of tries to figure out the best order to stamp the layers.  For me, this one worked better if I stamped the outline first with Versafine Clair Falling Leaves.

Next I used the stamp that was intended to create a Panda Bear and only inked the top portion with some Catherine Pooler Rockin' Red (again trial and error taught me that the red stayed redder if I stamped it before the gold).

Next came filling in the bear.  Since I had already stamped the image once, it was stained a bit yellow which actually made it easier to position it insight the lines ... Archival Saffron Ink was the perfect hue for Pooh.

And since it was a first birthday, I added a single Birthday Balloon.  I stamped the outline first and then filled in with the same vibrant red.

I was thrilled with how it turned out ... the bear reminds me of my brother's oh-so-loved Pooh that often joined us on our childhood adventures.  I can't even imagine attempting this type of stamping without my MISTI ... it truly does make new things possible for me.

I found a page of a Pooh book online and printed it out to use with a sketch from The Paper Players.  The Happy Birthday is from the same Concord & 9th Hi There Bear set.

And of course, I couldn't resist adding a vintage Martha Stewart Punched Party Hat to his head.

Stephanie Severin

Ingenious Inkling

Falalalalalalala

Once you start singing Falalalalalalalalala, you just can't stop singing it the rest of the day.  I am still working on using up my paper pads.  I refuse to give up.  It is my pre-New Years resolution.

For this set of cards, I used  Mama Elephant's O' Tiny Tree stamp set.  It is an older set but still available.  I kept it simple.  Be sure to check out the video and see how quick and easy this card is.

Thanks so much for stopping by!




Affiliate links to supplies used:

Mini MISTI [ MSW | AMZUS ] Original MISTI [ MSW | AMZUS ] Bar Magnet [ MSW ] Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Oh Tiny... [ ELH ] ColorBox Stamp Cleaning Pad [ MSW ] Hero Arts Dies, Infinity Nesting... [ ELH | SSS ] VersaFine Clair Ink Pad, Nocturne -... [ ELH | SSS | AMZUS ] Tsukineko VersaFine Clair GREEN OASIS... [ SSS | AMZUS | ELH ] Brutus Monroe Ultra Fine Embossing... [ ELH | SSS ] Gina K Designs TIDY TOWEL Stamp... [ SSS | GNK ] Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder... [ SSS ] Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Tip... [ ELH ] Ranger Accents, Glossy Accents [ ELH | AMZUS ] Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun... [ SSS ] Gina K Designs RED HOT PREMIUM DYE... [ SSS ] Amazon.com: Faber-Castel 110060... [ AMZUS | SSS ] Amazon.com : Westcott iPoint Orbit... [ AMZUS ] Tsukineko ENCORE GOLD Ultimate... [ SSS | AMZUS ] Amazon.com: Tonic Studios Tim Holtz... [ AMZUS | SSS | ELH ]