Hello Friends! How are you today? I am super excited to be part of the Altenew July 2018 Stamp/Die Release Blog Hop! Woo Hoo and there are giveaways too. To start at the beginning of the hop go to the Altenew Card Blog & if you are coming from Lilith Eeckels blog you are in the right place.
For the hop I have a video and two bonus cards. Fasten your seat belt for this hop because this release is pretty awesome and I know the inspiration from everyone in the hop will be mind blowing!
To create my first card I used the this beautiful new stamp set called, “Beautiful Heart” and the “Leaf Frame Cover die” for some quiet impact on my background.
In my video I show you how easy it is to create two more sizes of the same flower so you can make a beautiful bouquet. This flower is a layering stamp so it’s super easy to get dimension without coloring but, I love to color PLUS I like to show you another way to use the stamp set.
Here’s the close up of the leaf frame cover die oh my! Isn’t it luscious? I glued two layers of white fun foam & one layer of cardstock on the die cut. Lucy’s sequins are my favorite and I love the variety in each packet.
These are the extra two smaller flowers created from the large flower in the stamp set. To form the bouquet I cut paper strips for my stems, colored some twine and arranged them into a bouquet.
For my second card I wanted to use the beautiful leaf cover die again and this stunner of a flower. L.O.V.E.! It’s called, “Needlework Motif” and love everything about it. I decided to keep the sentiment off because its faster and I need more blank cards. Win win!
Two layers of black fun foam gave the die cut lots of dimension and drama to this flower. It’s so fun to add details … I added little eyelash lines and prickers on the stems and leaves and white gel pen accents. Twine was colored and added for an extra pop on the coordinating die cut.
For my bonus card I was going for a very simple card using the “Circle Embroidery Hoop die” for a little extra touch. I think this die would be great for shaped cards or using felt. The flower is from the “Needlework Motif” stamp set and this is the die cut. The textured background was created with copic blending solution and a rag.
GIVEAWAY! Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, July 26th for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 7/29/2018.Good luck!
Thank you for taking the time to visit today it’s always appreciated. Next on the hop is the exuberant and talented May Sukyong Park. Have a great weekend! Hugs, Kathy
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Kathy I love the super deep background you made with lots of cover dies… it makes your card so special… Of course then there’s your amazing coloring as always!
Love your coloring! 🙂
Fabulous designs Kathy!love the Beautiful Heart bloom and the leaf cover die! As always your coloring is awesome! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day!
Kathy, each project is fabulous… I hadn’t even really given much thought to the Needlework Motif until now! See how you are?
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Stunning as always!
Beautiful cards as always Kathy! I really love the one with the black foam behind it…it really does make the colors pop even more!
Your cards are gorgeous! I love the extra detail you add to the images 🙂
Oh my gosh, I am in love with these flowers from Altenew and what you did with them!
WOW! Gorgeous cards. Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
WOW Kathy, ALL of your cards are stunning! You have most definitely inspired me….AGAIN! Love this Leafy Frame Cover die, makes a great addition to any background, very elegant cards!
Wow! What delightful eye candy! Really love your needlework motif card!
Kathy, your coloring is wonderful and I love the way you made different sizes of flowers. So easy but I would have never thought to do it. I always learn something new when I visit! Thanks for the gorgeous inspiaration.
Wow, Kathy! These are stunning! I can’t get over your gorgeous coloring and how rich the tones are…So, so beautiful! Thanks so much for all the inspiration!
Those flowers are gorgeous! You have amazing coloring skills.
Beautiful cards..l love how you created the 3 different sized flowers from one stamp! Very smart!
Gorgeous flowers and I like the leafy background .
Gorgeous cards Kathy! Especially the “Beautiful Heart” card! Your coloring takes my breath away!
Beautiful creations. I just love your coloring, such deep colors. I really love that stitched motif stamp set, I’m going to have to get that one for sure…lol!
All the cards are beautiful. Thanks for the wonderful ideas.
Oh my! Gorgeous creations!! Totally in love with your work!!
Your cards are so beautiful, Kathy! Love watching you color and the way you used the flower stamp to make three different sized flowers is so neat. the Beautiful Heart stamp set is just gorgeous.
Wow Kathy you did an amazing job with these floral images! I love how you added such tiny and beautiful details to the needlework motif.
Wow! Those flowers are amazing!!
Your creations and coloring are always so gorgeous.
Absolutely beautiful cards! Your coloring is amazing and your videos are so helpful. Thank you!
Beautiful cards, amazing designs. Always something inspiring. Thank you for sharing.
Oh MY what beautiful purple flowers – loved the leaves background and all that you’ve done with those flowers!!! So so nice. Thanks for your inspiration.
Your cards are beautiful, as usual !
Love how you popped the die cut background on the card with the purple flowers…it makes quite the statement!
absolutely gorgeous! love them and your coloring is awesome!
Gorgeous coloring on these beautiful flowers, Kathy. I especially like the Beautiful Heart flower set, and I thank you for taking the time to show us how you get that feathery variegated look. They are so beautiful!
Your cards are beautiful. I love your coloring and you ideas on changing the flower sizes. Thanks.
Oh my, Kathy, I am soooo loving those purple flowers!
Oh my gosh , Kathy, these are so beautiful. My favorite is the first one. Permission to CASE it?
Kathy, I am so glad you make videos as I learn from you each time. I’ve tried “flicking” & just haven’t had success but your explanation of it being like sweeping dirt onto a dustpan makes so much sense to me. THANK YOU! Not only that, but the great tip of making different size flowers out of one large one. Brilliant. My favourite set is the Needlework Motif as I’ve always been drawn to Jacobean patterns. Your cards are just so beautiful!
Your coloring and creativity are just amazing. Love how you made the bouquet.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH please wipe the drool off my chin I’m in COLORING ENVY HEAVEN! absolutely GORGEOUS!
Gorgeous cards, beautiful coloring
Gorgeous & stunning. Love the purples used in the first card.
Three flowers out of one. Such a simple but great idea. Wonderful. Thankyou for adding another tool to extend the use of my stamps. Also love the use of the black foam. So much to love here.
These are simply stunning Kathy. I love the pop up with black foam. It is incredibly beautiful.
Your cards are beautiful Kathy ! I loved the ones you have created with needle work motif a lot !
I love your Needlework Motif cards!
Love how you bring your colouring to life with white eccents. It makes such a difference 🙂
WOW! You’ve nailed the inspiration of this release with your superb coloring.
Absolutely gorgeous; ALL these cards are just amazing; I love the ‘details’ you add to all your images!!
Beautiful cards. Your coloring just makes these images amazing. Very well done. Thank you for sharing.
What beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
I love the drama and depth of these cards!
Love ALL of your cards! Color combinations and designs are wonderful!
Beautiful! I love how you made the 3 different flowers from that stamp. A great video.
Beautiful cards!
Oh my gosh Kathy! That is truly gorgeous! All of your cards are! Thank you so much for the feathering lesion and for all the great inspiration!
Your cards are gorgeous of course. You are the best colorist!
These cards are gorgeous and I love the new stamps!
Oh wow, absolutely incredible!
Awesome cards allert!!!! Wow Kathy, what an stunning cards, the colours are so bright, gorgeous! I totally fel in love with the first card. Thanks for these beauties!
Absolutely fabulous cards and tips! Thanks so much – now I have to get some of the new release sets!
Wow!! These are Stunning cards Kathy!!!
such a great release and what fun ideas for using it. thanks as always for sharing.
These are all beautiful cards, but I was especially drawn to the Needlework Motif card…it is just stunning!
You never cease to inspire!
Love your amazing cards. Beautiful coloring.
Such beautiful cards! thanks for the inspiration.
Your cards are stunning!
Wow, gorgeous projects! I love how you created the texture in the embroidery hoop!
Kathy, these projects are so creative! tfs
The Beautiful Heart stamp set is just….beautiful.
I love all the dimension on your cards and when I grow up I want to be able to colour like you!
Uber gorgeous!
I love the amazing details and the deep, rich color of your cards! They are all so bright and lovely and look spectacular!
I absolutely LOVED the way you made three different sized flowers and the way you colored them!!! Also, the leaf motif is gorgeous! Both of these stamps will find their way to my home!
As usual, your coloring blows me away. Beautiful cards.
Love the dimension and small added details!
Amazing cards, gorgeous coloring!
Truly beautiful cards, Kathy! As always, your coloring is superb & the designs are stunning. LOVE the Leaf Frame Cover Die, especially on your first card with those gorgeous purple flowers!
These beautiful cards are simply stunning! The coloring of these florals and the leaf die background, embroidery hoop and the copic coloring technique for the background of the third Card are so amazing.
Oh wow, wow, wow! Stunning! I can watch you colour all day long!
Beautiful cards and
love the frames!
Carla from Utah
Fabulous designs! Using the Leaf cover die as a base for the richly colored Stitched Motif florals is beautiful.
Kathy-these are STUNNING! Some of your best and that’s saying something since I love seeing what you’ll do next.
What a great display of gorgeous work! LOVE it!
love the violet flowers.
All of your cards are AMAZING!!!
These cards are stunning! I love the exquisite detail of coloring you have done here and how the flowers POP off the card base! The background dies are such a great compliment to your flowers. Truly magnificent and really wish I were going to get one of them in the mail! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!!!
All three of your cards are stunning, and your coloring is gorgeous! The leaf cover die makes a beautiful, subtle background for the colorful flowers. Thanks for the tips on feathering the images.
These are stunning, Kathy, I love the combination of the beautifully coloured flowers and the leafy die as a background!
Love the purple flower.
Your cards are just beautiful. I just love your coloring.
Beautiful! I love the coloring on the Beautiful Heart floral, it’s just so pretty, and love the accents you added to the embroidered flowers!
Oh my Kathy, your cards are so beautiful and your coloring of those flowers is so intense. Love these! So very beautiful.
love your flowers, Kathy – the coloring is outstanding:)
I loved your video on how you made those beautiful purple flowers. I’m definitely going to try that on the leaves and flowers. That was a great explanation on the sweeping motion. I need to work on that. That leaf frame is amazing! Love all 3 of your cards but that first one was definitely my favorite.
Another awesome release with so many beautiful flowers to choose from! Right up my alley! Love the card inspiration too!
Just gorgeous. I’ve watched you do the flicking motion before and I still need to practice. I love that I can see how beautiful it can be. Thanks you for sharing. I was hoping to attend your class at MFT in fla but it filled up so fast. I’m very sad I missed.
Gorgeous cards! I love your use of the Leaf Frame cover die.
Great release and I love the gorgeous inspiration cards! The backgrounds with the Leaf Frame die look beautiful.
STUNNING!!!!! The Beautiful Heart card and background die is definitely my favourite
The flowers are gorgeous.
Love how they pop off the cards.
Fantastic group of cards.
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These are all so beautiful! I’m in love with the needlework set and can’t wait to have it!
Beautiful coloring on these creations!
Beautiful cards … the colours and layers. Can’t wait for that leaf frame.
These could not be lovelier. Altenew has such great products. Each release is better and better. That coverplate is stunning. So many great sales going on, my budget has completely gone out the window… eeek!
Once again you blow me away!! These projects are BREATHTAKING!! LOVE the coloring on the first card with that fabulous cover plate!! STUNNING design!
Jaw-dropping gorgeous projects. I love the Beautiful Heart set and your coloring, as always, is spectacular. This is another wonderful release from Altenew, and the Leaf Frame Cover Die is tops on my wish list.
In deed amazing cards and therlayers are just perfect.
Absolutely gorgeous cards and coloring Kathy! Loving this new release. Thanks for all you do, loved the last coloring challenge and yes, still coloring!
OMG, Kathy! Those are absolutely FABULOUS. Your purple flower is amazing!! You always blow me away!
gorgeous coloring to spotlight these wonderful new stamps and dies!!
Your cards are Devine and your colouring is awesome as usual.
beautiful new products from Altenew.
Woooow, so beautiful.
Kathy, I love how you made three flowers out of the one image — genius — may be simple to you, but it’s genius (and obvious) to me now that I’ve seen it! And purple is my favorite color so that’s my favorite of your cards! TFS!!
Such pretty cards – love the flowers and the colors.
Your use of color always amazes me. The cards are stunning. You have such a great talent!!
Kathy your cards are absolutely gorgeous!!
I love that coverplate die!
Your coloring is stunning! I have got to learn how to color better and a good place to start is trying to duplicate your purple flowers in the first card. Wish me luck lol.
Beautiful colours, love the layering of that leaf frame & your marvellous colouring with added details that make those images really pop. Thank you for your love of encouraging & inspiring.x
Kathy this is absolutely stunning, I love the flicking technique and I will definitely be giving this a go when I next use my alcohol markers and a floral image. The leaf die on the background is amazing and adding more than one giving dimension to the base of the card really does make the floral images ‘pop’ on the front. Thank you for sharing this with us crafters. :O)
Gorgeous cards Kathy. I like how you have given tips on more ways to use large floral stamps and as always your coloring is outstanding. Thanks so much for sharing.
Love the Beautiful Heart card. The purple flowers are beyond beautiful.
These are outstanding!!
Beautiful cards! I love the Needlework Motif flower. I really like all the extra details you’ve added, including using black fun foam. That really adds something extra special.
Wow!, Is all I can say! I really enjoyed all your cards. Fantastic coloring! The leafy background is a Must Have!
Your cards are so beautiful I bet you made these stamps and dies sell out! Just stunning!
Love how you stacked the foam frame and the image as well!! The deep colors on the images are beautiful! Luscious!
Kathy, those floral motifs were made for you!
I’ve recently discovered how easy Altenew stamps are to color and I love seeing hints and techniques.
Beautiful layering and coloring on each of these lovely cards!
Absolutely stunning & beautiful cards❣️Im so sorry for your loss of Max
Your coloring as usual is beautiful…love the new Altenew release
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING cards Kathy!
I’m especially INSPIRED by your BEAUTIFUL HEART … both the card and YOU! Your video was wonderful, the colouring EXCITING – Thank You for sharing 🙂
Love the bold and beautiful colors. Thanks for the inspiration today
These are amazing designs with beautiful color. The needlework motif is my favorite of this release, and I can’t wait to try these designs myself.
You make it look so easy to “color”. Lovely cards.
Kathy, your cards are absolutely gorgeous. The coloring is amazing.
Thanks so much for sharing…
I ADORE what you did with the needlework motif set – absolutely stunning!
Your cards are absolutely stunning!!! Thank you so much for sharing the tip about creating three different size flowers ..Thats genius ! Also i love your feathering technique for coloring ,so inspired to give it a try <3
Your colouring is awesome especially the purple flower card. So stunning
Wow..stunning cards…love the popping flowers…
I love the purple flowers!!
Wow! Stunning! I love your coloring and your layering in these beautiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Fabulous cards, Kathy!!
Thanks for showing how to create multiple sizes of the flowers – super idea. Love your creations, especially the Beautiful Heart one. Your coloring is spectacular!