Hey Crafty People
Today we are celebrating the Altenew Modern & Edgy collection release with a super fun blog hop! I will have the person you should head over to next at the bottom of this post. Or you can head over to Altenew’s post to start from the beginning.
The hop will be packed full of awesome inspiration using the products in this release! If you’re already in love with what you’ve seen you can head over to the new collection page here!
I will have links for the individual products that I’ve used below!
Highlighting An Embossed Image
I am absolutely loving these 3d Embossing Folders that Altenew have been releasing! They are the perfect tool to create quick & easy, yet incredible cards!
Here, I ran an a2 panel of burgundy cardstock from my stash, through my machine in the new Rosy 3d EF, and to be honest, it looked good just like that, but I wanted to step it up a little more!
I very gently rubbed my embossing ink pad across the embossed image, making sure to get ink across the whole image but without pressing the pad down. This is because I just wanted to get the ink onto the very tips of the petals, on the highest embossed parts.
Once I was happy I had got ink in all the places I wanted it; this is super easy with this kind of dark cardstock, because you can see the shiny ink really clearly. I then used a soft bristled make up brush, (I use an eye shadow blending brush,) to apply some Perfect Pearls powder onto the wet ink. The powder sticks to the ink, but easily brushes off the rest of the cardstock, leaving you with these gorgeous, highlighted areas!
This really makes the image POP! I love it!
For my sentiment I cut the new Fancy Hugs die from Dazzling Diamond glitter cardstock, and stacked this on top of two white 80lb die cuts, for a dimensional look. I just glued this on top of my embossed panel and this card was done!
Modern & Edgy Release Blog Hop Giveaway Details
$300 in total prizes!
$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 08/10/2021 for a chance to win.
Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 08/12/2021.
Adding A POP Of Colour To A Monochrome Design
I used the new Woven Stripes background stamp to create a really striking monochrome background; Obsidian Pigment ink on a panel of Neenah 80lb Solar White.
Then I stamped the outlines of the two flowers from the new Inky Lily stamp set, along with several leaves, again using Obsidian. (I used the larger flower twice.)
Once I was happy that the ink would be completely dry, I lined up the solid areas, stamping these down then moving onto the shadow stamps for each. I finished with the ‘inky splatter’ layers. These stamps are SO EASY to line up!! They would be perfect for the less experienced stamper who wants to venture into the world of stamp layering.
I used the Martian Terrain inks, starting with the lightest ink for the larger flowers and the second lightest for the smaller one. Each layer, I went one ink darker; so the second layer of the large flowers is the same ink as the first layer of the smaller one.
The sentiment is from the Inky Lily set, stamped in Obsidian then trimmed into a rectangle. I used glue to stick on the two larger flowers & leaves, then foam adhesive behind the smallest flower & sentiment.
A few of the black enamel dots from the newly released Essential set finished the design off nicely.
Here are THREE ways to get a FREEBIE to kickstart your creativity! Free gift will be added to cart automatically.
- Get a FREE brand new Modern & Edgy Release Inspiration Guide (worth $5.99) with every order of high-value Modern & Edgy release bundles. Shop HERE! *Exclusions apply.
- Get a FREE brand new Creative Jump Start Class with every order from the new Modern & Edgy release collection from 08/04/2021 through 08/10/2021. Shop HERE!
- Get a FREE brand new Modern & Edgy Release Mini Inspiration Guide with every order from 08/04/2021 through 08/06/2021. Shop HERE!
Show-Stopping 3D Embossing Folder Technique
I was so excited when this technique worked, and I absolutely love how these cards both turned out! (Be sure to scroll across to see both designs.)
I used the Modern Hello stamp set, to make feminine and masculine card designs to show how versatile this stamp set and this technique really are! This is an absolutely incredible release, and I love so many of the products but I think Modern Hello might just be my favourite.
I’ve got a video up on my yotuube channel, showing exactly how I did it. You can check this out here.
Modern & Edgy Release Blog Hop
Don’t forget to leave a comment to be entered into the Giveaway; I’d love to know which of the cards I made for this release is your favourite?
You should have arrived here from the super cool Linda Westfall ! I can’t wait to see what she does with those washi tapes!!
I’m last in today’s hop, so there’s nobody to hop onto, but be sure to head back to the Altenew blog to be sure you’ve got everybody!
I have the full lineup linked below, at the very bottom of the post.
*Affiliate links are used, where available; this means that I may get a small commission if you purchase using one of these links, at no extra cost at all to yourself. A huge thank you goes to anyone who does purchase using my links, it is so highly appreciated. ?
Modern Hello Stamp Set Shop at: Altenew |
Woven Stripes Stamp Set Shop at: Altenew |
Fancy Hugs Die Shop at: Altenew |
Connected 3D Embossing Folder Shop at: Altenew |
Inky Lily Stamp Set Shop at: Altenew |
Inky Lily Die Set Shop at: Altenew |
Essential Black & White Enamel Dots Shop at: Altenew |
Rosy 3D Embossing Folder Shop at: Altenew |
Dazzling Diamond Glitter Cardstock Shop at: Altenew |
MINI MISTI Shop at: Altenew |
Neenah 80lb Shop at: Altenew |
Neenah 110lb Shop at: Altenew |
Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Altenew |
Altenew Bone Folder Shop at: Altenew |
Altenew Martian Terrain minis Shop at: Altenew |
Red Sunset Inks Shop at: Altenew |
Foam Adhesive Tape Shop at: Altenew |
Gentleman’s Grey Shop at: Altenew |
Natasha Davies <— You are here!