Valentinskarte

Eine kleiner Valentinsgruß für eine liebe Bastelfreundin, die mir das Stempelset zum Geburtstag geschenkt hat!

Alles Liebe, 

eure Kat

Stempel: Mama Elephant, Stempel und Stanzen Banner: MFT

Altenew March 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

Altenew kindly invited me to their March 2024 Release Blog Hop, and I had so much fun crafting with the new products! This release has beautiful stamps, dies, stencils, press plates, embossing folders and more. You can view (and buy) them all here. Scroll down to see some of the goodness offered this month! 

I'll start with the gorgeous Lovely Floral Hat die set - let me tell you, I can't wait to try out this sweet ensemble in allllll the different colors! I've already made some hats with patterned papers too, so there's more to come soon. I also used the new Crystal Clear Enamel Dots in this card, as well as the new Farmhouse Florals Embossing Folder in the background; scroll down to the next card to see this one in more detail. 

The Farmhouse Florals Embossing Folder isn't only great as a background, with all its glorious detail it can stand on its own too, of course. I used white ink and used a white gel pen to accentuate some of the finer lines; the sentiment on this card is from the new Rustling Leaves Press Plate Set and has been cut out with the coordinating dies. And, again, Crystal Clear Enamel Dots, because they make for perfect little accents on basically any card!

Another new favourite is the Natural Wicker Pattern 3D Embossing Folder, and I just love the texture it gives! I paired it with the new Craft-A-Flower April Kiss Camellia Die Set in my next card; the sentiment is also included in this one (there's one for "hello" and one for "thanks", including their shadow dies). The new Frosted Foliage Enamel Dots are also in the card; with three different shades of green in there, it is truly versatile. Though they're easy to put together, the flower dies have LOTS of layers, so I diecut them from watercolor paper and used my Watercolor 36 Pan Set to create some variation without much fuss.

Last but not least there's a new Craft Your Life Project Kit called Splendid Bouquet, and I used all the products in there (stamps, dies, embossing folders and stencils) to create my next card. The inks I picked are some of my favorite Altenew colors (Tropical Forest and Sweet Dreams). I used some of the longer sentiments in the set to create a subtle background, and the Crystal Clear Enamel Dots are also making an appearance again (I can't stop using these, they're SO good). 

And last but not least, there is $300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/12/2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 03/14/2024.

*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. 

 

If you'd like to see more of the new March release, check out the other stops in the blog hop (if you haven't already done so).

Thanks for stopping by!

Love, Kat

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Pastel moths

Since I loved Kelly Griglione's mural photo for the Altenew Inspiration Challenge this month, I really wanted to play, but had a bit of a creative block - because Kelly had already made THE. PERFECT. CARD! Nothing else to add after this beauty, especially nothing floral! But then those little moths arrived in the mail, and somehow they seemed a possibility... I ended up being one day late uploading this post (guys @Altenew, there is a February 29th this year!), but whatever, I still had fun crafting!

And here's the inspiration photo:

Have a nice day and thanks for stopping by,

Kat

All stamps: Altenew

Februar-Bloghop "Papiersammler": Sonne in Gelb

 Was wünschen wir uns alle zum Wochenende? Jaaaaa, Sonne! Sicherheitshalber hab ich mir eine gebastelt, mit dem Wetter weiß man ja momentan nie so genau...

Und auch heute bleibt der Hop zahlenmäßig etwas exklusiver - hüpft weiter zu meinem menschlichen Sonnenscheinchen

Mary-Jane

Liebste Grüße,

eure Kat

Stanze: The Stamp Market; Stempel: MFT

Februar-Bloghop "Papiersammler": Blätter in Grün

Für heute wurden meine grünen Schnipsel in Szene gesetzt - etwas tricky, sie hinter den Blättern exakt zu platzieren, aber frau schafft das!

 

Heute hopsen wir im kleineren Kreis, aber was Wunderschönes gibt's ganz sicher zu sehen bei

Mary-Jane

Liebste Grüße,

Kat

Stanze und Stempel: Altenew

Februar-Bloghop "Papiersammler": Streifen in Blau

 Selbst die letzten Reste kann man noch zu Streifen verarbeiten!

Und auch heute gibt's noch mehr Inspirationen - weiter geht's bei 

Melli

und dann bei 

Steffi

Mary-Jane

Liebste Grüße,

eure Kat

Blumenstanze: Memory Box; Textstanze: Altenew

Februar-Bloghop "Papiersammler": Herzen in Rosa und Rot

Zweiter Tag Papiersammler-Schnipsel: heute wird's herzig :-) Alle meine Restchen in Rot und Pink habe ich untergebracht, ohne viel Nachdenken, was wozu passen könnte.

Und mein Herz gehört natürlich meinen Mit-Bloghopperinnen: Heute geht's weiter bei 

Mary-Jane

und dann zu 

Julia

Liebste Grüße,

eure Kat

Stanze: Mama Elephant; Sentiment: MFT