My Sweet Petunia: Altenew 8th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 4 + Giveaway (over $2,000 in Total Prizes)

Friday, April 8, 2022

Altenew 8th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 4 + Giveaway (over $2,000 in Total Prizes)

Hi friends! Lydia here with a project celebrating our friends at Altenew's 8th anniversary! There are $2,000+ in giveaways, so be sure and read all the things!

They have always had a very graphic look that I've loved since the beginning, so I chose dies today that I feel like are their signature style - this gorgeous chevron coverplate, and a delicate frame floral.

First, I cut two different Golden Open Gel Press prints with the chevron die - in contrasting colors. For the yellow/green print, after diecutting, I put my sticky mat down onto the die with the paper in it and then flipped it over, poking out any pieces I needed to down onto the sticky mat. Then when I removed the die, the full die cut frame and all its pieces were secure just as they were cut on my sticky mat. Then I adhered the frame portion only of the pink die cut to a very lightweight white cardstock, using double sided rub on adhesive. Then I pieced all the chevrons in, lifting them off my sticky mat with this tool.

When that was complete, I DID A SCARY THING. I took that beautiful paper pieced panel, and I cut it with this gorgeous floral frame die. I taped it to make sure nothing moved while cutting and it worked perfectly. Again, I put the sticky mat on it and flipped it over so all the pieces were stuck to the mat and it made paper piecing it again a breeze!

I love paper piecing and find it relaxing. I added these gold embellishments and used the sentiment from this set to finish this colorful card. What gorgeous dies.

Here are all the supplies I used for this card:

Cube Cover Die – Altenew [ ALTN ]	Antique Engravings Cover Die – Altenew [ ALTN ]	Frosted Garden Stamp & Die Bundle –... [ ALTN ]
Sticky Mats Original Size 3 pack [ MSP ]	Grafix Artist-tac \| BLICK Art Materials [ BLIC ]	Meraki Gold Opal Gems \| Crafty Meraki [ CRF ]
Bee Creative \| Easy Squeeze Precision... [ HNB ]	Gel Press 5 x 7 REUSABLE GEL PRINTING... [ SSS ]	Golden Open Acrylic Sets - BLICK art... [ BLIC ]
Honey Bee \| Die Release Tool – Honey... [ HNB ]	Understand Blue Card Making Bundle #3... [ CTC ]	Understand Blue Card Making Bundle #1... [ CTC ]
Understand Blue Card Making Bundle #2... [ CTC ]	Art Anthology BIG CRAFT MAT 24x36 311473 [ SSS ]	MISTI Stamping Tool [ MSP \| SSS \| ELH ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -... [ BLIC ]	Teflon Bone Folder - Ellen Hutson LLC [ ELH \| SSS ]	Crafter's Companion GEMINI... [ SSS ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring... [ SSS ]	Storage Envelopes, Medium 25pk,... [ ELH ]	CheckOutStore Stamp & Die Clear... [ CHC ]
Extra Large -50 pk, Avery Elle Stamp... [ ELH ]	Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045 [ SSS \| CST ]	Airtable: Organize your stamps & dies [ ART ]
The Ink Stand White MINI is354 at... [ SSS ]	The Ink Stand White RECTANGLE... [ SSS ]	Sale — Altenew [ ALTN ]
Altenew Latest Release [ ALTN ]	Altenew Detailed Blending Brushes for... [ ALTN ]

They also have a special offer for everyone celebrating with them:

Free Gift Offer

Receive Free Detailed Blending Brushes ($11.99 value) on orders over $89 from 04/07/2022 at 12:01 am EDT until 04/10/2022 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last. The free gift will be added to cart automatically.

Shop here (Sale up to 45% off HERE and NEW releases HERE)

LOOK at these giveaways! More than $2000! I've linked to the stores,

as some of these may be new to you, (some are new to me) and you can window shop for when YOU WIN! To be entered, just leave me a comment by 4/15! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with "Hi from (city or country where you're from)!" 50 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below

and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/21/2022.

Altenew: 5 x $80 Altenew Gift Certificate

Altenew Academy: 15 x Online Monthly Class Spot

Jennifer McGuire Ink: Share Handmade Kindness Goodie Bag

A Cherry on Top: $50 Gift Certificate

Auzz Trinklets N Krafts: $50 Gift Certificate

Avery Elle: $50 Gift Certificate

Bumbleberry Papercrafts: £25 Gift Certificate

Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate

CiLi in Papers: €75 Gift Certificate

Concord & 9th: 1 $50 Gift Certificate & 1 Eclectic Garden Bundle ($38 Value)

Craft Stash: $100 Gift Certificate