Hey Crafty People
Today we are celebrating with an Altenew Seasonal Texture collection release 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 was feeling super inspired by the wide range of products in this release so I ended up making 5 different cards! I will have links for the individual products that I’ve used for each card below!
Gold Accent
It’s really easy to fall into a pattern of only using the full panel when creating with embossing folders, but don’t forget that you can selectively utilise it to create a show stopping element for your design.
Here, I used the Linked Ovals embossing folder to add fabulous texture to some gold mirror card from my stash; it really pops off the black & white background, sentiment and accents.
Affiliate links are used Bold Thanks Shop at: Altenew |
 Essential Black & White Enamel Dots Shop at: Altenew |
 Linked Ovals EF Shop at: Altenew |
Super quick & easy card making
Contrasting my last card; here I did use the full a2 size of embossed cardstock, and it makes a SUPER easy card!
I am honestly a touch obsessed with these 3d embossing folders, because they create so much incredible detail…with so little effort!!!
I inked up the embossing folder, before running my cardstock through in it, so you get this kind of imperfect ink transfer that adds so much texture & interest to the background.
Easily finishing the card off with a die cut sentiment.
 Altenew Glacier Caves Inks Shop at: Altenew |
 Reach For The Stars die set Shop at: Altenew |
Linked Ovals EF Shop at: Altenew |
Giveaway!!!
$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 09/23/2021 for a chance to win.
Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop, before announcing the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/25/2021.
Free Gift
- Get a FREE brand new Seasonal Textures Mini Inspiration Guide with every order from 09/17/2021 through 09/19/2021. Shop HERE!
Selective Embossing
Once I had run through some teal cardstock from my stash, I used an embossing ink pen to add ink to all of the raised details in this beautiful festive tree design. Gold Glitter embossing powder looks incredible against this cardstock, and it makes the design really pop!!!
I trimmed it down and added to a panel of Neenah 80lb and the stamped sentiment is from one of the stamp sets released in last year’s Holiday Release.
In the end, I went back to the card a little later and added a simple, single line of gold as a border all of the way round and I think this really makes a big difference towards bringing the card design together.
Affiliate links are used Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Altenew |
 Winter Foliage EF Shop at: Altenew |
 Holiday Flower Shop at: Altenew |
Subtle, tone-on-tone texture
The Organic Stones embossing folder looks brilliant in black; a subtle tone-on-tone effect that gives the background some interest without being centre stage, so it’s the perfect backdrop for the latest Build-A-Flower, Wild Rose.
The Hello die cut is from the Seasonal Blooms CYL Project Kit, but there are so many gorgeous Altenew sentiment dies that could work equally well!
Affiliate links are usedAltenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Altenew |
 Altenew Tropical Forest Mini Ink Cubes Shop at: Altenew |
 Altenew Martian Terrain minis Shop at: Altenew |
 Seasonal Blooms Project Kit Shop at: Altenew |
Essential Black & White Enamel Dots Shop at: Altenew |
 Wild Rose BAF Shop at: Altenew |
 Organic Stones EF Shop at: Altenew |
Soft Colour Scheme
I love the soft effect you can get when you ink up an embossing folder, and this soft cream with white florals looks so beautiful in real life. (It’s always a little hard to catch the soft beauty of this effect, but if you’ve never tried it, I really do encourage you to give it a go!)
The deepest pink glitter cardstock cut with the Fancy Hugs die is absolutely stunning against the cream & white backdrop, so I really didn’t feel I needed to add any other colour to this.
Affiliate links are used Pink Brilliance Glitter Cardstock Shop at: Altenew |
 Satin White Sequins Shop at: Altenew |
 Fancy Hugs Die Shop at: Altenew |
 Buttercream Mixed Media Ink Shop at: Altenew |
 Pink Perfection Camellia Shop at: Altenew |
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?
Next up on the hop is the INCREDIBLE Seeka so be sure to head over and see what she has to share with us!!
You should have arrived here from the SUPER talented Joy Baldwin however, if not don’t worry! I have the full line up 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.
Altenew Product Links
Affiliate links are usedPink Brilliance 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 Tropical Forest Mini Ink Cubes Shop at: Altenew |
 Altenew Bone Folder Shop at: Altenew |
Altenew Martian Terrain minis Shop at: Altenew |
Bold Thanks Shop at: Altenew |
Seasonal Blooms Project Kit Shop at: Altenew |
 Summer Afternoon Shop at: Altenew |
Satin White Sequins Shop at: Altenew |
Altenew Glacier Caves Inks Shop at: Altenew |
 Foam Adhesive Tape Shop at: Altenew |
 Green Fields Enamel Dots Shop at: Altenew |
Reach For The Stars die set Shop at: Altenew |
Fancy Hugs Die Shop at: Altenew |
Essential Black & White Enamel Dots Shop at: Altenew |
Rosy 3D Embossing Folder Shop at: Altenew |
Linked Ovals EF Shop at: Altenew |
Organic Stones EF Shop at: Altenew |
Winter Foliage EF Shop at: Altenew |
Pink Perfection Camellia Shop at: Altenew |
Holiday Flower Shop at: Altenew |
Crafty Stash Items
Affiliate links are usedMINI MISTI Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Altenew | SBP | Trinity |
 WOW Ultra Slow Drying Ink Pad Shop at: WOWUK | WOWUSA |
 Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP |
 WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool Shop at: WOWUK | WOWUSA |
Neenah 80lb Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Altenew |
Neenah 110lb Shop at: Altenew |
Altenew Bone Folder Shop at: Altenew |
 Gemini Jr Shop at: Scrapbookcom |
 Tim Holtz Trimmer 8.5inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom |
 Tim Holtz Scissors 7inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom |
 WOW Embossing Pen Shop at: WOWUK | WOWUSA |
 WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle Shop at: WOWUK | WOWUSA |
 Tidy Tray Shop at: Trinity |
 Pick Up Stick Shop at: Trinity |
 Reverse Action Tweezers Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP |
 We R Trim & Scoreboard Shop at: Scrapbookcom |
 Thin Foam Square Shop at: Trinity |
 Essential Gel Pens Shop at: WOWUSA |
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so many great examples, thanks for sharing.
Thank you! 🙂
Thanks for sharing these gorgeous projects!! I must try these techniques myself!
Thanks so much! 😀
Very impressive cards. Thanks for sharing.
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Love all of your cards! Very very very pretty ? please don’t take this the wrong way but though it was so hard to read your list of names with the blue font on blue background on your website
Thank you so much for your kind words! 😀
Also, I don’t take offence at all! Thank you so much for telling me – I don’t very often see the front end of my posts, so I really do appreciate you letting me know! <3 :D
Nice cards and great variety! Love these 3D folders!
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I love your blues and the tree! All are beautiful!
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Lovely designs!
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Wonderful cards. I think the Linked Ovals embossing folder is my favorite from this fantastic release.
Thank you! 🙂 Yes, it is a fabulous design!!!
Great ideas! Love Altenew embossing folders.
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Incredible array of cards!! Would love to try all of them and play all day! So hard to pick just one or two, or many more!!
Thank you so very much Beverly!!! I am so glad that I could inspire you! 😀
Such beautiful cards!!! I love them! <3
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Beautiful cards! I love the black and gold!
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Beautiful projects! I love the sparkle on the Christmas tree card and the linked ovals using the mirror cardstock.
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Lovely, textured cards! I really like the camelia card with that soft coloring.
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Awesome designs and color combos! I love the tee design and the gold embossing you added!
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So many great cards! Thanks for the inspiration.
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Nice ideas shared for the embossing folders.
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