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Hey everyone! My crafty friends and I are joining Altenew for the brand new Lovely In Lace Embossing Folder Release (ALT) and Blog Hop! Thanks so much to Virginia Lu at the Altenew Blog for relaying you over to my blog.
If you want to relive the amazing project ideas from the team of designers for this release, head back over to the Altenew Card Blog or keep reading to find the complete blog list. Don’t miss the wonderful giveaway opportunities as well–more on that down below!
May 2022 Lovely In Lace Release
Glaucous Hosta
The greyish blue hostas immediately came to mind as I was making this Hosta 3D Embossing Folder Card. This card was so easy to make and I love the simple aesthetic of this card. Colored cardstocks are the secret to dynamic and easy to replicate letter press cards.
How To Make This Card
- Dry emboss a teal A2 panel of cardstock using the new Hosta 3D Embossing Folder.
- Without removing the embossed panel, use Sapphire Mixed Media Ink to add ink to the text side of the embossing folder (the debossing side). Press the ink into the embossing folder by running the panel through your embossing sandwich.
- Die cut the shadow layer from Pink Brilliance Glitter Cardstock Set. Assemble the Congrats Die Set sentiment and glue to the center of the Hosta panel.
- Embellish with Tropical Forest Enamel Dots and Pure White Ink Spray.
Supplies You Need to Make This Card
Hosta 3D Embossing Folder |
Glacier Caves Pigment Ink Bundle |
Glitter Gradient Cardstock Set – Pink Brilliance |
Tropical Forest Enamel Dots |
Congrats Die Set |
Pure White Ink Spray |
Shimmery Rainbow Tile Card
Like the previous card, making this rainbow starts with a bold background. Then I layered darker values of ink in the embossing folder to give this card texture and dimension. All I needed to do to finish this card was add the sentiment and embellishments.
How To Make Card
- Start with an A2 rainbow ink blended background. I used a select mix of my Altenew Crisp Ink collection.
- With the next values of ink used to make the rainbow blended panel, apply the ink with a Mini Ink Blending Tool to the text side (debossing side) of the Motif Tile 3D Embossing Folder. Press this ink into the rainbow blended panel.
- Die cut the word Smile using the Mighty Alphabet Die Set from Dazzling Diamond Glitter Cardstock.
- Embellish the card with Essential White Enamel Dots and Pure White Ink Spray.
Supplies You Need to Make This Card
Motif Tile 3D Embossing Folder |
Altenew Crisp Dye Ink |
Mini Blending Brush Set |
Glitter Cardstock Set – Dazzling Diamond |
Mighty Alphabet Die Set |
Essential Black & White Enamel Dots |
Pure White Ink Spray |
Dynamic Cherry Plum Blossom Card
This card was the most labor intensive of the three cards I made for the Lovely In Lace Release. After meticulously placing color in each flower, I pained in the leaf and branch details. Then finally I used Obsidian Pigment Ink as my background to this dynamic and textured card.
How To Make This Card
- Start by dry embossing the Cherry Plum Blossom 3D Embossing Folder onto a panel of white cardstock.
- Apply light taps of Crimson Crisp Ink using a Mini Ink Blending Tool onto the debossing side of the embossing folder. Fill in the centers of every flower that will show up on the white embossed cardstock panel.
- Repeat the second step until adequate saturation of the flower centers is achieved.
- Lightly paint Winter Fog Watercolor Brush Marker onto the branches and leaves of the embossed panel.
- After the watercolor dries, apply Obsidian Pigment Ink over the entire text side of the embossing folder. Letter press the embossed panel. This should hide areas of unwanted ink outside of the embossed image.
- Add dots to the anthers of the blooms with the Must-Have Gel Pen Set.
- Add gold splatters from the Metallic Watercolor Pan Set.
- Finish with a sentiment from Endless Florescence Stamp Set.
Supplies You Need to Make This Card
Motif Tile 3D Embossing Folder |
Red Sunset Mini Cube Set |
Mini Blending Brush Set |
Autumn Festival Watercolor Brush Marker Set |
Obsidian Pigment Ink |
Metallic Watercolor 14 Pan Set |
Endless Florescence Stamp & Die Bundle |
Must-have Gel Pen Set |
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How to Enter the Giveaway
$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 05/29/2022 for a chance to win.
Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/31/2022.
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Jaycee Gaspar
Beautiful cards. You are so creative.
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All three cards are great! I’m stuck on that hosta though.
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Your Cherry Plum card is the reason I am going on this blog hop. Please do a video on how you made it. It is wonderful.
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Just stunning!
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Love all the cards! Beautiful work. I need to try the dry embossing now.
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OH MY!!! Beautiful… all are very nice but the 3rd… Cherry bloom was fantastic. Thanks for sharing your techniques.
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All,of them are beautiful! The Cherry Plum blossoms is stunning!đź’•
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WOW those cards are amazing. The colours are so beautiful.
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OK, all of the cards are lovely, but I love the simplicity and colors in the hosta card, and your instructions are great.
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These cards are spectacular! Thank you for the information on how you created them. I’d like to try this technique.
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Absolutely stunning but the blossom on the black is off the charts amazing!
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I love your cards. I’m going to try inking my embossing folders like how you did. Thank yoy
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Gorgeous cards!
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Stunning cards! Thanks for sharing
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Beautiful cards – the ones I like the most are 1. Hosta leaves with congrats 2. Cherry blossoms!!
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These are such fun cards! Love how you used the embossing folders. 🙂
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These cards are all GORGEOUS! I really enjoyed checking them out. Thank you for sharing insights on how to make them, and thanks also for all the wonderful inspiration.
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So fun! Love seeing all your techniques. I am taking your floral composition class right now
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This is these most beautiful card! I have to get that folder and try it!
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Stunner cards!
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Stunning artistry. Truly. You have such an amazing gift! TFS!
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OMG! your cherry blossoms card is AMAZING!
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Jaycee,
How do you store your inks?
Thank you
Cheryl
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Hi Cheryl. I have all of the Altenew Minis in their original plastic containers by ink family. I store them side by side, on the side in Ikea Alex Drawers.
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