Altenew July 2018 Stencil Release Blog Hop and Giveaway

Good morning! Very excited this morning to be joining Altenew for a blog hop to celebrate their brand new stencil release! You can find the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE HERE! There are lots of prizes up for grabs, and Altenew has provided a separate giveaway for one of my readers! Woohoo! You should have arrived here from Norine Borys - if not, feel free to hop on back to the Altenew Card Blog to start at the beginning so you don't miss a bit of the fun inspiration and prizes up for grabs!

I have a total of four cards to share - so lets start off with this one using the new Spring Garden Stencil, shall we?

For this first card, I used some Forest Glades Metallic Shimmer Spray, and misted a panel of white cardstock rather heavily. I then used the brand new Spring Garden Stencil to apply some embossing paste over the top of a portion of that panel. I purposely applied it in a rather bumpy and texture heavy way - not in a smooth finish.

Once that dried, I also added some splatters with Antique Gold Metallic Ink Spray, then matted the panel in a bit of white cardstock and mounted on a kraft cardbase.

Finally, I added a bit of a focal point over the texture I had created by stamping the lovely Modern Deer Stamp set in several Altenew layering inks, then die cutting with the coordinating dies. I also stamped and softly colored some flowers and leaves from Adore You Stamp Set, and cut those out as well. Finally, I heat embossed a sentiment from Heartfelt Sentiments Stamp Set on a strip of black cardstock, then I arranged all those elements in place and adhered with a mix of foam tape and sturdy Scor Tape (which adheres well to the embossing paste!).

Next up, I did some double stenciling with the new Molded Lines Stencil:

For this one, I applied a fun combo of Altenew inks over the stencil on a panel of white cardstock, then flipped the stencil over and applied the same colors again. This gave a kind of angled gingham pattern to my background - fun!

I then stamped a sentiment using a mix of Halftone Hello and Heartfelt Sentiments, then added some florals using Floral Shadow Stamp Set, then mounted on a white cardbase.

Next up - the lovely Elegant Swirls Stencil:

Similar to the first card, I added some spray mist to a panel of white cardstock - this time using Coral Berry Metallic Shimmer Spray - but kept it heavier across the top of the panel. Again, I applied embossing paste over the top, but this time went for a more smooth surface on the paste.

While that dried, I cut out several layers of the Rose Flurries 3D die set from white, gray, and black cardstock. Instead of layering them directly together as they were designer (and look fabulous too!) - I went for a more whimsical and freestyle design. I layered out lots of the different layers until I was happy with the arrangement, then picked it up with some Press and Seal (using Jennifer McGuire's trick), added adhesive to the back of it, then placed it on my cardfront. I used a clear stamp block to hold it all in place until my liquid adhesive dried enough to hold it firmly.

Finished off this card by stamping a sentiment from Sentiments and Quotes stamp set and mounting the panel on a white cardbase!

And finally - my last card uses the beautiful Mega Hydrangea Stencil:

For this card, I tried out a completely different technique for a more modern feel. I placed my stencil over a panel of white cardstock, then used an embossing ink pad to press all over the top. When I removed my stencil, I was then able to sprinkle on gold embossing powder and heat set the entire panel. Hard to capture in the photos how rich and beautiful this background is - but this photo shows it a bit!

Finished off by adding a sentiment by die cutting the large thanks from Script Words 2 Die Set twice from white cardstock, and once from black. I layered those together, then added a heat embossed sentiment on a strip of black cardstock from Heartfelt Sentiments Stamp Set.

I love all the different techniques you can use stencils for - and there are SOOOO many more as well! What is your favorite way to use stencils? Which is your favorite of the new release? Make sure and head over to the Altenew Scrapbook Blog as your next stop today!

GIVEAWAY INFO:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to six lucky winners. Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 7/12/18 for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on the Card Blog and Scrapbook Blog on 7/15/2018.

In addition - I will be choosing a winner from comments left on my blog to win a $30 gift certificate to Altenew! Winner will be announced on my blog on 7/11/2018!

Here is the entire blog hop line-up in case you get lost along the way:

Altenew Card Blog

Paige Evans

Vicky Papaioannou

Kelly Griglione

Zinia Redo

Emily Midgett

Rubeena Ianigro

Olga Moss

Lilith Eeckels

Gayatri Murali

Virginia Lu

Nicole Picadura

Karin Akesdotter

Norine Borys

Heather Hoffman (you are here)

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Erum Tasneem

Enza Gudor

Nina-Marie Trapani

May Sukyong Park

Justine Hovey

Svitlana Shayevich

Sveta Fotinia

Dana Gong

Kymona Tracey

Agnieszka Malyszek

Lydia Evans

Crystal Thompson

Simon Says Stamp Blog

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