I’m so excited to be joining Altenew for their second January 2017 Blog Hop! Altenew is releasing 18 stamp sets, 18 die sets and 12 inks today!! What’s on your wish list? I’m definitely getting the inks. They are hands-down the best on the market.
Prizes:
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew blog (link in hop list below) by 11:59pm EST on Thursday, February 2nd for a chance to win! The winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on Saturday, February 4th.
I’m also drawing a winner to receive a $30 gift certificate so be sure to leave a comment below by 11:59pm EST on Thursday, February 2nd. I will announce my winner here on Saturday, February 4th.
I have two cards and a video for you today! My first card features the Be Strong and Halftone Circles stamp sets. I immediately fell in love with the sentiments from Be Strong, two of which are featured on this card, but there are so many darling images to love as well.
When I first saw the Halftone Circles stamp set, my mind filled up with so many ideas! This is a truly versatile stamp set. There are two styles of halftones: the version I used on my card diffuses out from the centre and the second diffuses from the top down. With a huge variety of sizes, the possibilities are endless. The largest of the circles would make the perfect focal point for a very clean and simple, graphic style card. Cardmaking has never been so easy!
I used two shades from each set of inks. I used the lightest shade to stamp the halftone circles and used the darker shade to watercolour the cacti. The main sentiment is one shade darker than the secondary sentiment, which is the same colour I used to stamp the cacti.
My second card features the Farmers Market stamp set and I also have a video showing how I shaded the one-layer vegetables and stamped the sentiment across all four vegetables. Here’s how my card came together:
I used the rock-and-roll technique and three shades of ink to create dimension on each of the fruits and vegetables. For my finishing touches, I added a cute little silk bow to the stem of the bell pepper and shimmer on the darkest areas of the images.
Be sure to leave a comment at each stop along the way for a chance to win!
Thanks so much for hopping with us today! Happy shopping!! 😀
Sources for Be Strong/Halftone Circles:
Sources for Farmers Market:
The tone on tone effect is gorgeous on this cactus card wow love you work!
Love! Such great colors Emily!
Emily, these are BOTH fantastic!
Fabulous cards, Emily! I love how you used the halftone circles on the first card!!! And both of the sentiments are wonderful!!!
These cards are so cute.
I love this card project. Thanks for sharing a variation of using your Misti. I really love the design of the stamps and your use of colors.
Awesome cards!!
I love how be strong and halftone circles work with each other, very beautiful cards 🙂
I love this new release! Also I like your cards.
You are SO clever Emily!!! That Stampes sentiment across alle the veggies…. Looks great!! And the multi inking too!! Thank you for allways inspiriring me/us <3
Gorgeous cards!
Such a beautiful combination of the cacti and Half Tone Circles! Fabulous veggies!
Fantastic cards!Really beautifully done!Thank you for the inspiration 🙂
Wow! These are all really gorgeous designs! I especially love the soft colors and design on that top card! Great way to show off the new release! Thanks for sharing! 😉
Cute cards!! Who knew I would love vegetables so much. Love what you created with those stamps!! The sentiments are really awesome to pair with those stamps also!
Awesome cards!!
Beautiful cards. I especially like the way you used the veggie stamps.
Colorful is great but so is muted with lotus of white. Lovely.
Sorry the first thought was of cactus jelly because of the cactus apples on the cactus stamp. The vegetable card is my favorite.
Love the cards! The vegetables are so cute!
Love the soft colors on the first card…just beautiful
i love the be strong and the cacti in the windows!
Love those veggies!
Emily. I love how you can take the most sikple things and make such beautiful and elegant cards.. i wish i had your eye of these things!!! 🙂
Very nice cards, ty for sharing.
LOVE both of your cards! Who knew I would enjoy vegetables soooooo much! lol Nicely done!
Enjoyed both your cards, though I'm particularly interested in how you used the half-tone circles, as I had no idea what to do with them!
I absolutely LOVE your card! Also the video was so informative! I never thought to shade the stamps with the Misti like you did with different colors! I actually have the Misti and are going to absolutely try that technique! And I LOVE how you stamped your sentiment all across your images..this is awesome looking & I've never tried that either! Your Rock!! Thanks so much for the great ideas!!
Very cute cards! Love the design on the first one & those versatile Halftone Circles!
Awesome cards, love those halftone circles stamp!!
Fabulous cards, I too am excited for the half tone circles, thanks for sharing your inspiration!
Absolutely adore your sentiment treatments on both cards. But especially on the vegetables.
Your gray card was so unique! Thanks for the chance to win.
Beautiful cards
I love the way those cacti were poking out oh the circles.
Having the MISTI really helped make that sentiment perfect. Thanks for sharing your talent!
There are too many new sets that I want from this release! All so pretty!
Ha-ha1 The person commenting before me said the same thing that I was going to say – that I liked how the cacti were framed in the circles.
Oh, I love how you stamped the sentiment across the veggies! And the pastel cacti look so sweet! Great cards as always, Emily!
Definitely need those vegetables!!!! So Fun!
Loving the first
card with the
cut out windows
and the Halftone
Circles!
Carla from Utah
Wonderful!!
Great designs for both cards, very nice job Emily!
so many fantastic products in this release!
Fun cards I especially like the halftone card
Love your sweet cards!
Beautiful cards! Those veggies! AWESOME!
delightful cards! that first one is so soft and beautiful.
Such beautiful work!
Thanks for the chance to win.
Wonderful designs, love the sentiments! Thanks for the inspiration and video, have a wonderful day Emily!
Your cards are awesome! Thanks for sharing a video. It really helps us newbies.
I really liked how you used the haft tone circles!
Darling cards – beautifully colored. Thanks!
I can't wait to try some of these lovely products! 🙂
Nice card and what a great technique!
Great cards all of the vegetables are awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Terrific cards! I love how your cacti are popping out of the circles on the card.
Who knew that I loved veggies so much! Great video showing how you stamped the shading and placed the sentiment. Great!
Beauties!
Your cards are fantastic! I'm so happy you could join us for the hop, and I can't wait to check out your video when I have a bit of time later tonight!
I'll have to do some rock and rolling this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration, loved the farmers' market design! X
Love very much the second card, thanks for the video and the chance to win.
The sentiment stamping is so cool. Love it.
Lovely cards. That farmer's market stamp set is so cute and it's fun to see what is created with it!
I really thought I could go without the halftone circles for a while but that card you made! Just shows that I can't and it has to be on my first round buys.
Lovely cards
The veggies are so colorful and unique.
Fabulous cards, love the veggies!
Beautiful
Awesome that you're on the Altenew hop! I love the soft pastel colours for the spiky but cute cacti. The rock and rolling (plus Wink of Stella) adds so much to the produce! It was great to have the video to show how you made the sentiment so perfect.
Very nice😊
Beautiful cards, thank for sharing
AGREED! LUV the sentiments. your farmer's market card is terrific!
Super cute cards – thanks for the ideas:)
Lovely choice of sentiments for your cards – so inspirational!
I love it when you do the soft, and serene coloring … but this time? you had me at Artichoke!!! LOve these veggies … your design is so awesome!
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Love the new designs! I’ve already ordered a couple of them because I’m an instant gratification kinda girl!
Funtastic (fun and fantastic) cards!
Love those vegetables!!
Great cards. Love your technique for stamping on multiple layers. The final result is striking.
Gorgeous cards!!! Love the tutorial! !!
Great cards, I especially like the fun veggies!
Great cards. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thanks for sharing your lovely cards. I love the Halftone Circles set – so clean and modern. Your card really demonstrates the versatility of this set – your soft, subtle background is so beautiful!
Emily, I love how you combined Be Strong and Halftone. So gorgeous!
Cards are lovely but I especially love that veggie card!
wonderful cards, Emily – loving the new ink colors
Great card design.
Great cards. Hard to chose a favorite
Love those colorful veggies!
Awesome array of cards!
Such great sentiments with this new release.
FAB designs! LOVE your videos!!!
I love the food card.It is so simple looking but stunning at the same time. I love that you stamped your sentiment over the images. This is something I will have to try.
Fun cards!
Those Half-tone Circles have jumped to the top of my wish list. They are so simple, yet offer so many options. Thank you for the inspiration.
Lovely cards! I love the fruits and vegetables.
Pretty cards, love the softness of the first one.
The fruit and veg look good enough to eat! Love hour you've stamped the sentiment across them, great idea.
What an awesome tip for stamping. Love your cards!
Fabulous card designs. I like the cactus peeking out of the circles and the colorful veggies.
Love your wonderful ideas. Be Strong is so pretty.
Awesome technique. Thanks for sharing!
Your cards are so different from each other. Love them both!
Fabulous cards & I love how you stamped the sentiment across the veges with the MISTI!
Beautiful cards! Thanks so much for explaining the half tone circles – they're in my cart now!!!
Very nice cards, love the succulents – awesome! Thanks, Denise
great cards! I love the farmer's market card, that sentiment with the vegetables is just cute!
Beautiful. These are both just fabulous ♥
I love this cards! I've never seen the technique on the veggies card! I will have to try it!
Your veggie card is adoreable! It makes me want to buy the stamp so I can copy it. It's very cheerful and fun. Thank you.
great use of veggies
Nice cards great tone on tone
Fabulous cards
Both your cards are so awesome! Love the soft pastel shades on the first one, a really unusual colour combo 🙂 I really like the colour gradient on the images on your second card. Simply fab!!
Awesome card designs and coloring!
Great cards, love them all.
Beautiful cards!
Such fun cards!
I have to work on my rock n roll method these cards are just brilliant!
Emily, these are FABULOUS! Love them!
Hi Emily. I like the soft colors on the first one and the unique designs today. Lovely showcase.
Such fun cards, loving the inspiration from everyone.
Cute cards!
Two lovely cards. I wondered how you had stamped the sentiment on the second card. I thought you had been very brave…great technique. I love the subtlety of the first card. I hadn't realized there are the two styles of halftones.
My first thought when I saw your cards was WOW! still is wow! Your cards are amazing! I would love to get a card from you!
I really like how the cacti are popping out of the cut circles–quite original.
Both so different and yet both are so lovely.
Spectacular cards! I love the Half Tone Circles set and it is on my wish list! TFS!
What crisp and clean designs! Luv those veggies.
Love how you used the new sets, really creative designs!
Wow – what a fantastic card and such a great video too – great tips that I'll definitely put to use with my MISTI.
Love your bright and cheery vegetable card!
I agree with you, the yellow bell pepper is my favorite too. The sunny colors really pop on the card. I've never tried stamping on top of a stack of images like you did. Definitely something I'm going to try. Thank you for the inspiration.
Your cards are beautiful! Thank you for the great video showing how you stamp the sentiment over multiple die cuts. That is so very helpful!
Wow.. Stunning cards. super loved them..i agree the inks are must have and the best in the market..Thank you so much for the inspiration and for the opportunity to win
Such pretty cards! Really sweet.
I'm loving those halftone circles – they are easily my favorite stamp set of this release! Thank you so much for showing you stamped the sentiment over multiple diecuts. I've never tried it before, but am definitely going to do so now that you've demonstrated it. The MISTI surely makes it so much easier!!
Lovely cards! The cactus card shows great dimension with the curling edges and shadowy lighting.
This card is delightful. Deceptively simple, it incorporates a variety of techniques demonstrated in your video tutorial. I learned so much from it. Thanks for sharing your creativity and experience.
Great cards Emily!~ Love the cactus popping out from the little circle window. This is such a great release by Altenew! I just love to start my weekend off with a great blog hop like this one! Thanks for sharing your talents and inspiration!
Loving the versatility of these Farmers Market stamp set
Great cards Emily!!! love the new sets…
We can all use more veggies! love that card
Super cute cards!!! Love the sayings!!
Lovely SOFT inking on your cards.
Such great cards!
Sweet cards! Love the softness of the cactus card!
Emily, love what you did with these stamps sets. The cacti are so fun and the farmers market veggies are great!
Thanks for making the video demonstrating the multiple stamping process. The veggies are very authentic with your stamping of mutlple colors.
Really like the veggie card! Thanks for doing the video.
Beautiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the halftone circles set. Thanks for sharing!
Fabulous cards!! Thx for video too!
Love the way you used the halftones. Cool.
Love your video! Great tips. Love the new release. Great stamps and the new inks are beautiful.
Love the cactus card! I really like the pastel look and how the lower cactus is sticking out of the circle!
I love these cards. It's hard to pick a favorite!
Love the circle cut outs for your cactus card, and the beautiful colors for the veggies!
I like both cards, but I have to say your stamping of the second card was amazing. Thanks for the wonderful video.
Love the soothing colors of your first card! Very serene and calming!
Gorgeous cards, so loving the veggies
I love your cards and not just because you used my two favorite stamp sets in this release! I love the softness of the first card with the halftone circle stamps. The colors are a nice contrast to the message of strength. The second card I love because of the bold colors. Thank you for including the video with the instructions and colors you used. I like how you stamped the sentiment on the different layers. Thanks for sharing!
Love your card and technique for stamping the vegetables so they can look brighter also how you stamp the sentiment.
What fun cards!! I really like that vegetable card; so cool!
Thanks for sharing your fantastic card!
I adore the variety of cards you created. I agree the sentiments in the Be Strong set are very inspiring.
Love the sentiment over the vegis
What cool cards!
Very nice. Thank you.
Loved your cards but the tips you gave in the video was the highlight for me! Thanks so much for the instruction on stamping a sentiment on layers using the MISTI. It just never occurred to me to do that and it is genius. I also have newfound appreciation for the inks seeing them used like that. Thanks!
I haven't brought myself to purchasing a Altnew product, it's been extremely hard. But I think I have lost this battle after this blog hop! Simply Amazing!
I love the card you did with the Be Strong stamp set. The use of softer colors was very different, I love it! Thanks for the video.
Fabulously fun and playful cards! The halftone circles caught my eye immediately, love them.
Fabulous cards
I love your be strong card made with the cactus set!! I didn't notice the halftone circles at first, but I love the subtle interest they add too!
I wasn't sold on the Farmers Market set, but the more I see it, the more I like it!
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That veggie card is so darn cute!
Wonderful cards. While I'm totally hooked on the Altenew flowers I also happy to see some more fun and whimsical stamp sets. Love those be strong cacti.
It's so good to see you back. I never will look at food stamps in a certain way again. Thanks for sharing. Love how the card turned out.
I am in love with your second card! I was mesmerized by the video and the way you stamped the sentiment on all four of the veggies. I now must have this set! You are so talented.
Awesome card Emily! I forgot about that rock and roll method 🙂
Sweet cards
I love the way you used the halftone circles as a background and your lovely veggies!
Fun cards! Thanks for your work.
Love that veggie card. Wonderful to get he writing across them all.
Great cards!
Loving the subtle background from the halftone elements on the first card and the rock and roll on the second is perfect!
Love both cards! Especially love the gorgeous look of those pastel colors on the first one.
Love the dimension you got with the first card and the sentiments from the different stamp sets are amazing!
Wonderful cards, love how you popped them all up. Great release too.
Love your cards and this new release!!!!
Your card is lovely! I so like the Be Strong kit. You used it fabulously!
I adore those fun veggies
The vegetables on your card look amazingly wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
Wow…beautiful color blending and layering.
Thanks for sharing!
What lovely cards!!
love this card!!
Beautiful cards, thanks for details on Halftone circles, now that set is going into my shopping cart too! Love the Farmers Market set too, thanks for video on stamping across the cute die cut images.
Absolutely wonderful Emily!
Love all the new products!!!!
I love that you showed how to get the sentiment by stamping every layer. I've never had an avocado, I really should try one sometime. Great video. Thanks. : ))
What a great card and tutorial! : ))
Your cards are awesome!! those half tones circles are so yummy!!! thanks so much for sharing with us all
Fantastic cards. I love the softness of the half-tone and the sentiment is so positive!
Both of your cards are fantastic and I really enjoyed your video tutorial! I think the rock and roll technique made the vegetables look amazing and it was really helpful for me to see how you stamped the sentiment across all of them so thank you!
I love how you stamped your sentiment across the vegetables in your 2nd card. It looks terrific. Both of your cards are great!
BEAUTIFUL cards Emily!
LOVE your DELICATE colours and PRETTY designs!
Halftone Circles are up there on the top of my wishlist, beside Garden Hydrangea, closely followed by many, many more! I confess, I never thought I would get excited by avocardos and artichokes but I am now 🙂
THANK YOU for sharing and INSPIRING!
Thanks for the videos of these lovely cards! I know they are time consuming but I love them so!
Beautiful cards! I honestly would have never tho't to use the circles this way with the cactus set. Looks great!
Fabulous cards!! Love this new release!!
Wow awesome cards. Thanks for sharing the video on your process as I have never seen the sentiment stamping before.
Fabulous cards!
LOVE your take on the cacti! It's such a muted card, and paired with the half-tone circles – just wonderful! And thanks for the video on how you did the veggies – very informative, and LOVE this card!! Thanks!
Love your farmers market card. WOW! what can I say about this wonderful release. It is awesome.
I love all of it and am having a very hard time deciding what I have to have (vs. what I just want).
Love your cards with this beautiful new release ! You wonderfully showcased this new release ! thanks for sharing !
Izzy Scrap
I know we're supposed to eat more veggies, but your cards make them look really good, too!
Lovely cards! The vegetable one is awesome!!
Pretty cards with the new stamp and ink release. Loving the cactus card!
Great cards, love the vegetables.
Lovely cards . Love your first card and your design
I love the vegetable card. Would make such great happy mail
Your cards are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Great cards. Love Altenew stamps
Your cards are really great.
Such a gorgeous release and such stunning series of cards you have created. Each of the card looks so elegant..Thank you for inspiring and for the opportunity to win
Beautiful cards, really like the simple, pale design.
Beautiful! I am so happy that dies are going to be released at the same time as stamps. Finally! 🙂
Beautiful cards…
I cannot get over how awesome that Farmers Market stamp set is…. I love what you've done with it!!!! <3
Love those veggies!!
I like ideas with using cut out circles. I sometimes forgot to use that technique
That's one wonderful background you created with this circle stamps, Amy! Love it!
Love this card. Love the coloring technique, too. Great video.
Such fun! Love your cards!
I so enjoyed watching your video, Emily, and what a great card!
I love the colorful veggies. They look good enough to eat! LOL Great job with all of your cards and thanks for giving us the chance to win something!
Wow, great cards. Love everything here.
Lovely cards. And I love those veggies. Great coloring and designs.
Beautiful cards, Emily! You did a great job on the layouts and coloring. Thanks so much for sharing with us and for participating in this great hop and giveaway.
Love the cards… Nice inspiration
Love those veggies!
Love how you had the cactuses popping out of the circles and the way you stamped across the die cut veggies. Thanks for explaining it on video, that is so helpful!
Love the soft colours on your first card and the way you added the halftone circles.
Emily, both of your card designs are awesome!
Am really digging what you did with the halftone circles. The cactus set is super cute as well.
I liked how you used the half tone circles!
So beautiful! I love the original use of the veggie stamps and the subtle background on your first card is so beautiful, love how the patters echos the cacti needles – so sweet! Thank you for the inspiration ❤
Fabulous cards and great instructive video. Those veggies are amazing!
Cute cards!!! Thanks for sharing!
Very nice cards!
Super cute cards. Thanks for sharing the video.
gorgeous cards!! thanks for the video tutorial
cheers
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Emily gorgeous job !
Lovely cards!
Beautiful cards and designs. Love the haltone circles stamp.
Thanks for sharing. Love the cards and the tip on how to stamp sentiments on layers using the Misty.
Love both cards. The cactus peeking through and pale colors of the first cards & the laying and stamping technique on the second card.
Thanks for sharing.
Such different cards but both so lovely!
Awesome cards! I love that be brace sentiment, too
Absolutely beautiful cards. Loved your video too!!
WooHoo! Lovin' this release! Such awesome examples of techniques and inspiration! You rock!
~God bless~
Very pretty cards. thank you for sharing.
Such a fun card love the colors. Great job.
I love your Be Brave card with the Halftone circles. Simply beautiful card. Thank you for sharing your creativity.
Love your pastels. Really loving the halftone circle stamp. Thank you for sharing.
Such fun cards! I love the half tone circles.
Love the technique you used for color on the farmers market card!!
I love your clean and elegant style! Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful projects. Love the sentiments you chose to pair with your images. TFS
Beautiful work.
Very nice cards, enjoy how you have the plants showing out of the circles!!! Thank you for sharing!
SQUEAL!! LOVING LOVING LOVING the New Release and ALL of your AMAZING Designs!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing the Video too and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Fun cards! I really like those subtle halftone circles.
Awesome cards! Thanks for sharing your video! 🙂
Cute cards!!!
So clever! Great card, love the bold images and the way the sentiment is added is just brilliant! Great inspiration, thank you!