Altenew 10th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3 + Giveaway (over $3,500 in Total Prizes)

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Hello Altenew fans, and Everyday Expressions Friends! This week marks Altenew’s 10th anniversary in the crafting industry, and that means a decade of my paper-crafting journey as well. Many of you already know that I began cardmaking around the same time Altenew opened shop, and they were one of my favorites right away. You know I’m a florals gal!

To start the next decade off right, we’re kicking off the celebrations with an amazing 3-day anniversary blog hop, a 2-day Instagram hop, lots of crafting inspiration, and even more giveaways!

Today I’m sharing a lovely card I recently created as a bonus project as an instructor for the March Mindfulness Virtual Retreat. I could not stop creating even after I taught the class, and I was inspired by the beautiful Calming Koi and Lilypad Dreams collection in the kit to create a card in the style of Japanese art.

I created a video tutorial for this card in my new series: Art-ish. You can view it HERE or below. I would love it if you would like and subscribe to be notified of new videos in the future.

I began by stamping the bamboo from the Altenew set, Never Give Up, In Obsidian ink using the Stampwheel, around the square cardstock panel. Once I heatset the ink, I used the Lilypad Dreams embossing folder to emboss two sides of the panel.

Next I inked the lily pads using the coordinating layering stencils in Gentleman’s Gray colors and black, and used the Red Cosmos collection to ink the lotus flowers. Then I die cut the Koi from iridescent vellum, ink blended in the Red Cosmos Crip Dye inks, and glued them together. I created shadows by softly ink blending gray below the fish.

I finished the card with a sentiment from the Tranquil Greetings stamp set in the kit. What do you think? I think this card is lovely, and am thrilled with the final product. The grays, black, and pink colors work perfectly to create a tranquil scene in the Japanese art style.

Giveaway Prizes

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Over $3,500 in total prizes! We are giving away a $50 Altenew gift certificate to 10 winners, a $20 ArtistrybyAltenew gift certificate to 5 winners, and an online papercrafting class ($39.99 value) from Altenew Academy Online Class to 14 winners. There are also 28 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3

We have a fantastic lineup of crafters and paper crafting companies! Be sure to join the hop, explore the wonderful projects they have made, and leave comments for a chance to win prizes in our giveaways!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Post comments by 04/16/2024 for a chance to win one of 68 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with “Hi from (city or country where you’re from)!” 68 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 04/19/2024.

Thanks so much for hopping along this week, and all of your support over the years. This hobby has turned into an obsession and even a business for me! With the amazing companies for whom I design, and even my own virtual retreats and in-person, annual Nashville Craft Retreat, my favorite part of this crafty world is the amazing friendships I have formed over the last 10 years. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for joining me in this journey!! Big hugs!

Erin

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A note about supplies: Affiliate links used in this post at no cost to you. Did you know that when you shop by clicking my store links I receive a small tip from the stores? I do, and to pay it forward I donate all proceeds to important charities. Recently I donated $1,000 to the American Red Cross Hawaii wildfire efforts, and previously donated earnings to earthquake relief in Turkey through Samaritan’s Purseand to my favorite gentle giants at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.Thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting the important work of these charities!


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Published by erint2015

I'm a wife, mom, and former teacher. I decided to create a blog and share some of the ways I express myself everyday. You'll usually find my latest card creations, but I plan to throw in some projects from around the house as well. Maybe I'll even post a recipe once in a while. You never know what you're going to get!

96 thoughts on “Altenew 10th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3 + Giveaway (over $3,500 in Total Prizes)”

  11. Good morning from St. Paul, Minnesota

    What a beautiful card. I love the color combinations and how you created the koi. You truly have artistic talent!

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  33. Hi from Albuquerque, NM! I love this card so much! It is absolutely stunning!!! The pinks and grays are so beautiful together! Wonderful shading, too!

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  36. Hi from Missouri.

    Love your color choices. The whole card is unique but using the gray with the pink really makes those adorable fish pop. Nice work!

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  38. Hello from South Carolina. Those Koi fish are stunning and what an amazing way to showcase them against the black and white backdrop

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