So happy for you | Card

Hello friends

I am back with another card today which I made for the Altenew November Inspiration challenge. I really loved the color palette for this time's inspiration and Sveta's gorgeous card too! Here's a look at my card :

I have used Altenew Build-A-Flower : Rose to create my card and honestly, I am head over heals in love with this set. It's a six layer flower set and the results it gives are just breathtaking.

To create my card, I first stamped the flowers and leaves on Neenah Solar White 110 lbs cardstock using inks from Altenew. I used a combination of the Pocketful of Sunshine, Warm and Cozy and the Coffee Break mini ink cubes to create my flowers. For the leaves, I used only the Coffee Break set.

Once I stamped the flowers and leaves, I die cut them using the co-ordinating die which comes with this set and the small florals were also stamped and die cut. Once the flowers and leaves were ready, I worked on my card panel by slightly inking my card panel with Fresh Lemon ink from the Pocketful of Sunshine set and spritzing it with water to create the distressed look. 

Once my background was dry, I arranged my florals by popping some of them on foam squares. The rest were stuck directly to the card base. Finally added some local golden sequins and layered my base on a gold glitter background before foam mounting it on my card base.

I stamped my sentiment directly on the card base which is from the Altenew Sketchy Floral set. I used the Espresso ink to stamp the sentiment.

My card is inspired by the colours from this time's Altenew Inspiration Challenge.

I hope you liked my card. Do let me know if you did :) I would love to hear your views on it.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day.

Hugs Dearest Friend | Card

Hello everyone!

I am blogging after a long break. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving with friends and family :) I made this card recently using some new supplies from Altenew. Here's a look at my card :

To create this card, I first cut a card panel measuring 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 inches and die-cut it using the Stitched Rectangles die by Lil Inker Designs. Next, I took the large floral image from the Altenew Sketchy Floral set and partially stamped and heat-embossed it using White SuperFine Embossing powder. After the image was heat-set, I started colouring the image using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. 

I kept adding layers to the image till I was happy with the way it looked. I lightly watercoloured the background in grey and added few black and gold paint splatters. You can see them in the close-up shot below.

For my sentiment, I decided to use the Altenew Script Words die. I die-cut the word hugs twice, once from black cardstock and once from gold glitter paper. I off-set the glittery hugs word on the black die-cut to give it some interest. I also added few enamel dots in yellow and black which I made using Nuvo Crystal Drops.

I then added the sentiment 'dearest friend' which is from the Altenew Sketchy Floral set as well. I stamped it using black ink on white cardstock. Added a strip of black stripes below my sentiment to balance my design. I matted my card panel on to some yellow cardstock and then on white cardstock again. That completed my card.

My card is inspired by the colours from this time's Altenew Inspiration Challenge. I loved the warm colours and had to play along :)

I hope you liked my card. Do let me know if you did :) I would love to hear your views on it.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day.

Altenew November 2017 Blog Hop Winner!

Hello everyone!

I'm here to announce the winner for the $30 gift certificate from the Altenew November 2017 Release blog hop. A big thank you to everyone who took out time and left me such encouraging comments. I loved reading each and every one!

I received a total of 107 comments and I used random.org for choosing the winner.

The lucky winner is 

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Angela Walters

Yay! Congratulations to you, Angela. Please e-mail Altenew at winner@altenew.com with the subject line Altenew November 2017 Release Blog Hop Winner from Hussena's blog to claim your certificate.

Thank you so much, once again everyone! I'll be having more giveaways in future so stay tuned.

Altenew November 2017 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello everyone!
I'm super happy and ecstatic to be a part of the Altenew November 2017 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. This release has some really amazing stamps and dies. If you have not checked out the new release yet, you must check it out HERE in the Altenew store.

You should have come here from the lovely, Reiko Tsuchida's blog. If not, you can check out the full blog hop order at the end of my post :)

I have four cards to share today, so let's dive in!

I have used the Altenew Story of Us stamp set for my first card. This set has some gorgeous layering flower stamps and it's not only perfect for cardmaking, but also to create beautiful scrapbook layouts. I really love how it looks!

The flowers have been stamped using the Altenew Rose Petal inks. I have used Altenew Tropical Forest inks for the leaves. All the flowers and leaves were then fussy-cut and placed on foam dots for dimension.

The tiny pink flowers are from the Altenew Build A Flower : Rose set. I stamped it using Versafine Onyx black ink and then die-cut it using the coordinating die. I coloured the tiny cluster using Altenew inks in pink.

The sentiment is from the Golden Feather set. I stamped it using Altenew Jet Black ink directly on my card base. I added few black and gold paint spatters as well as few clear sequins to complete my card.

My second card features the Golden Feather stamp set. This is again a layering set and looks so pretty. Absolutely in love with this set!

To create this card, I first created the loose watercolour background using few different shades of Altenew inks. I then stamped the two feathers from the Golden Feather set using Altenew Sea Shore and Glacier Caves inks. The feathers were die-cut using the coordinating Golden Feather die set and popped up on the watercolour background using foam dots. I also added a golden notebook edge at the top of my card which has been die-cut using the Altenew Creative Edges : Notebook die.

The 'our story' is from the Story of Us stamp set. I die-cut the word 'love' twice, once using black cardstock and the other using gold glitter paper which is from the Altenew Script Words die set. 

I added a gold button and few black paint splatters to complete my card. I have also added few sequins in gold to further embellish my card.

For my third card, I have made a one-layer card which has lot of watercolouring on it. I have used the Altenew Story Of Us set to watercolour the flowers.

I started by stamping the floral from the Story Of Us set using Altenew Pocketful of Sunshine and Warm Cozy inks. I spritzed my stamps with water while stamping to create a faux watercolor look. I didn't add water while stamping the final layer so that my flower would have a outline.

The small berries and leaves are from the Altenew Peony Bouquet set which were stamped using the Altenew Warm Cozy inks and Tropical Forest inks respectively. The berries and leaves are stamped using the same technique I used for the flowers. The 'hello' is from the Golden Feather set while the 'sweet friend' is from the Altenew Sweet Friend set.

I also did a watercolour wash on the background to compliment the flowers and foliage. I added few clear sequins to complete my card.

My final card is also using the Golden Feather set. I have used black and gold primarily to create my card.

I started by stamping the feathers from the Golden Feather set using Versamark Embossing ink on black cardstock to create my background. I then sprinkled gold embossing powder and heat-set the panel.

The sentiment has been heat-embossed in gold which is from the Altenew Sketchy Floral stamp set while the little floral pieces are from the Altenew Build A Flower : Rose set. It was also heat-embossed using gold embossing powder on black cardstock.

I also matted gold cardstock pieces to finish off my card.

Prizes :
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to SIX lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, November 16th for a chance to win. Six winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog on Saturday, November 18th.

Giveaway :
The kind folks at Altenew have allowed me to giveaway ONE S30 gift certificate to the Altenew store. To be entered in the giveaway, please leave a comment on this post by November 15th. The winner will be announced here on my blog on November 16th.

Blog Hop order :

Your next stop on the hop is, Agnieszka Malyszek's blog.

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Sandra Dietrich

Yoonsun Hur

Vicky Papaioannou

Debby Hughes

Kelly Latevola

Therese Calvird

Reiko Tsuchida

Hussena Calcuttawala (you are here)

Agnieszka Malyszek

Virginia Lu

Kymona Tracey

Altenew Card Blog

Laura Bassen

Erum Tasneem

Lilith Eeckels

Nina-Marie Trapani

Svitlana Shayevich

Enza Gudor

Lydia Evans

Terhi Koskinen

Kristina Pokazanieva

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you like my cards.