Linkcrafty Cards: Altenew Love & Friendship Stamps/Dies/Stencils/Embossing Folders Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi guys!

I was invited to guest design for Altenew's monthly release for February!

This release is called Love and Friendship and Altenew are celebrating the release with

a blog hop. Hopefully you found your way to me from the super talented Tania Ahmed blog.

I have to say, there is some amazing talent this month and you can find the full list below.

Giveaway Prizes-$300 in total prizes!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 02/08/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 12 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and they will announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 02/11/2021.

**You can find everything in the release by clicking HERE! including the Full Release Bundle HERE!

Now, let me inspire you with some of the cards I made using products from this release...

Queen Anemone Stamp and Die Set

These three cards use several products from Altenew. I like to use new stamps with some in my stash. I want to showcase the beautiful Queen Anemone Stamp and Die Set. Wow, this is a beauty! It's a layering stamp set, and I love these sets because the end result is amazing and it helps me feel like I am a genius! Hahahaha..

The gorgeous swirl backdrop was achieved by die cutting Altenew's Swirl Motif Die.

For the pink card below, I used the Linear Crossroads Die also by Altenew. The background papers are from Altenew's Rock Collection. The sentiments are from Altenew's really useful Fancy Greetings Stamp Set.

Please do not feel intimidate by the Queen Anemone Layering Stamp Set. Altenew are so good at marking the stamp layers to help you.

Also, don't feel the need to always layer in order, or have to do all the layers. Be creative and think what works for you. Altenew are giving you the tools, but you are the one with the creativity to pull a design together!

Tall Foliage Stamp Stamp & Die Set

What can I say...simple, beautiful, elegant, love it! This Tall Foliage Stamp is one of Altenew's outline sets and simplicity is the key with this kind of set, well, I think it is....😁

Just adding a little colour to compliment the detailed design is the way to go.

On the card above, I added some colour on white cardstock, stamped the image, then added some flowers from Altenew's Adore You Stamp Set.

My second and third designs were created using the Tall Foliage

Stamp and Die Set paired with the super sophisticated Slim Deco Cover Die Set.

I know this die set is going to be a greatly used die for me. I love the frame and could not resist doing a slimline card! Teamed with the Tall Foliage, it just seemed the perfect match.

The card you see here behind the slimline is a standard A2 card and you will see the smaller of the Slim Deco Cover Die Set fits perfectly for this, so if slimline is not your thing, then the set works for the traditional size too.