Altenew’s A Year In Review + Discount Code + Giveaway
Hello! I hope you are having wonderful holidays with your family and friends. I am spending lots of time with the kiddos and slowwwwly working on getting into my new craft room. But today I am here to take part in Altenew’s A Year In Review Blog Hop.
I think this is a great idea — to look back at projects you have done throughout the year. I find it very inspiring!
I am sharing four cards I enjoyed creating using Altenew. Let’s take a look…
Negative Space Coloring
Who says you have to color inside of the lines? For these cards, I added the color around the stamped images. It is a bold look you can do with any outline stamps! I used the Altenew Botanical Garden and You Are stamp sets. Here is the video…
[To watch the video in HD on YouTube, click HERE. To see the original blog post, head HERE.]
STAMP LAYERING WITH VELLUM
Altenew has the most amazing layering stamps. My favorites are the Altenew Beautiful Day, Peony Bouquet, and Thinking of You stamp sets. This video shows a fun way to use them with vellum…
[To watch the video in HD on YouTube, click HERE. To see the original blog post, head HERE.]
Stamp Tracing
My third and fourth cards also show a fun way to use outline stamps. All you need to do is trace a stamped image with fun gel pens. You can get completely different looks by changing up the pen and paper colors. This technique worked great with the Altenew Adore You Stamp Set. Here is the video…
[To watch the video in HD on YouTube, click HERE. To see the original blog post, head HERE.]
Here is a closer look at the two different looks…
I encourage you to look back on cards you have made in the past year… you may be inspired to revisit some techniques you liked!
DISCOUNT CODE
Altenew is running a special shipping promotion now through Friday 12/30/16.
Enjoy FREE U.S. shipping on all retail orders with code GOODBYE2016 at checkout and $7 OFF international shipping on orders over $17 with code WELCOME2017 at checkout. Shop HERE.
Offer ends Friday, December 30th at 11:59 pm EST. (Retail orders only. Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other coupon codes.) Make sure to enter the code at checkout to take advantage of this special deal!
GIVEAWAY
There are several chances to win a giveaway!
Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to SIX lucky winners – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. You have until Wednesday, January 4th at 11:59 PM ET to enter, and the winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on Friday, January 6th.
I am also personally picking a winner from the comments left on this post… and that person will get a handmade Altenew card from me! For your chance, leave a comment below by 11:59pmEST on 1/3/6 telling me if you have any new years card resolutions. (The winner’s name will be randomly selected, emailed and posted on my “Winners page” after the giveaway closes. International folks are eligible, too! Prize personally donated.)
BLOG HOP
This post is a part of the Altenew A Year In Review Blog Hop. I encourage you to hop around and see all the amazing cards many talented artists have to share!
The next stop on the hop is the blog of the oh-so-talented May Sukyong Park. You can also start at the beginning of the hop at the Altenew Blog.
See you again soon!
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