Altenew July 2018 Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi, Everyone!

I am so super excited to be part of the Altenew July 2018 Stencil Release Blog Hop. There are so many wonderful products in this release I know you will love them all! If you want to check them out you will find them HERE!

For this first card I played with the absolutely fabulous Mega Hydrangea Stencil. I inked my panel in lilac and then sprayed on both antique-gold-metallic-ink-spray and pure-white-ink-spray. The flowers are from the beautiful set Perfectly Perfect Stamp Set released last month. Colored them with copic markers.

For my second project I used the super fun City Scene Stencil. I am in love with it! I inked my houses in different shades to create a feeling of distance. Here I mixed it with stamps from Hug Me - Stamp and die bundle and sketchy-cities-america and dies from Inline Alpha die set.

This one was created when I had a stencil - the Flowing Drops Stencil - full of forest-glades-metallic-shimmer-ink-spray from another project and simply stamped with the stencil on mint green cardstock. I thought the effect was beautiful but wanted to add a bit more texture so I sprayed on some sea-glass-metallic-shimmer-ink-spray. I then diecut a Mega Alphabet A - Z Dies  to which I added texture using the Feeling Dotty Stencil  and some embossing paste. The flower is from the Beautiful Perfectly Perfect Stamp Set

For this card I also used embossing paste, but befor I removed the Spring Garden Stencil I sprayed on iridescent-shimmer-ink-spray. The flower is from the large Altenew Washi tape     and the alphas are Inline Alpha die set. 

I had to play some more with the Lovely Flowing Drops Stencil. Here I used it with alcohol inks and I just love how it came out. fox from Hug Me - Stamp and die bundle and letters from Inline Alpha die set


 Here I used the Elegant Swirls Stencil - first inked turquoise on turquoise cardstock but and both Before and after I removed the stencil I sprayed with pure-white-ink-spray and some iridescent-shimmer-ink-spray. The flower is from Perfectly Perfect Stamp Set.


Prizes:

To celebrate this release, 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 12th for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 7/15/2018.

I will also get to draw a winner from those of you who comment on my post here to win a $30 gift certificate to the Altenew store - YAY!!!. I will announce my winner here on my blog on the 7th of July. Please check back here by then to see if you are the lucky one!

If you are doing the hop you should have come here from amazing Nicole Picadura

and when you've left a comment - for your chance to win some gift cards - you should hop on to talented Norine Borys


Here's the full list of participants:

Altenew Card Blog

Paige Evans

Vicky Papaioannou

Kelly Griglione

Zinia Redo

Emily Midgett

Rubeena Ianigro

Olga Moss

Lilith Eeckels

Gayatri Murali

Virginia Lu

Nicole Picadura

Karin Åkesdotter

Norine Borys

Heather Hoffman

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Erum Tasneem

Enza Gudor

Nina-Marie Trapani

May Sukyong Park

Justine Hovey

Svitlana Shayevich

Sveta Fotinia

Dana Gong

Kymona Tracey

Agnieszka Malyszek

Lydia Evans

Crystal Thompson

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Supplylist for cards above:

City Scene Stencil
Elegant Swirls Stencil
Feeling Dotty Stencil
Flowing Drops Stencil
Mega Hydrangea Stencil
Molded Lines Stencil
Spring Garden Stencil
July 2018 Stencil Bundle
July 2018 Stencil Release Idea Guide

antique-gold-metallic-ink-spray
antique-silver-metallic-ink-spray
pure-white-ink-spray
iridescent-shimmer-ink-spray
forest-glades-metallic-shimmer-ink-spray
sea-glass-metallic-shimmer-ink-spray

Ditsy Print Stamp Set
Perfectly Perfect Stamp Set
Moroccan Mosaic Cover Die
Mega Alphabet A - Z Dies  K T  E   D
Sweetest Peas Stamp Set
Hug Me - Stamp and die bundle
Inline Alpha die set
More than Words


Wishing You a great day and a great hop.

Karin


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Lawn Fawnatics Challenge Inspiration post : 3D cards

Hi Everyone!

I'm here to share a card for the new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge. This time our theme is 3D cards and this is my take:

I started by making a cardbase from White cardstock and then diecut a stitched rectangle.

I then stamped and colored some cute summer images and adhered them to my card with tape and foam adhesive.

Make sure to pop over to the Lawn Fawnatics blog for lots of wonderful inspiration from my talented teamies and of course to play along for your chance to win 25 $ to the Lawn Fawn Store!

Supplies I used for this card:

Stamps:

Hello Baby

Critters in the burbs

Upon a Star

Dies:

Stitched Hillside borders

Other:

Memento Ink

Scotch foam tape

Tombow adhesive tape

Lawn Fawn Cardstock

MISTI

Mini Scoring Board

Ink Blending Tools

You can shop your Lawn Fawn products HERE

I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram and  in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin 

Paper Smooches May 1

Hi Everyone!

I'm here with a new project for Paper Smooche's  Spring was really slow to arrive here so it felt extra good to make this card , especially since I Think we can finally celebrate that it is here to stay (-: The trees from Spring Groves make Lovely Birch trees too!

Paper Smooches supplies :

Stamps:
Spring Groves

Here is where you'll find the Paper Smooches online store!

I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram and  in my  Paper Smooches PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge spotligt Week 1 : Animal Magic

Hi Everyone!

I am super excited and have been looking forward to this so much - to be the designer spotlight for my favorite challenge: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. AND then - something even more AMAZING happened - they had a DT-call and I was one of 4 VERY lucky girls! I am so super excited! POP over to the Wednedy Challenge Blog to check out my FABULOUS new team mates!

So let me introduce this week's challenge  - it is called: Animal Magic

And this is my take:

For my card I used some adorable stamps from MFT's  set Mermazing

Supply list:
Simon-Says-Stamp-MASKING-PAPER
My-Favorite-Things-BLACK-LICORICE-Hybrid-Ink
Copic Markers

Simon Says stamp Stitched Rectangle Dies

Simon Says stamp Stitched Square Dies
Ranger's Distress ink
Neenah Solar White cardstock
Jet Black Archival ink
Scotch foam adhesive
Tombow Tape dispenser

Hope you feel inspired to join us this week! By playing along with the Challenge you have the chance to win 50 usd to spend in the Simon Says Stamp Store - YIPPIE!!!!

Hope to see you there!

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram and  in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin 

 

SW: Örebro Castle

I use  Daniel Smith's extra fine watercolors. The paper I use is 140lb 300 grams Arches rough or fine.

I also share my watercolors and cards here:  My Instagram

If you want to see more of my watercolors, you can view them HERE or in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin 

Paper Smooches April #4 From our Home

Hi Everyone!

I'm here with a new project for Paper Smooche's  This time I made a Little sweet card to go with a gift, maybe homemade. The Best Buds and Biffy Bungalows are just perfect for these types of cards!

 

Paper Smooches supplies :

Stamps:

Best Buds

Biffy Bungalows


Dies
Best Buds Icon dies

Here is where you'll find the Paper Smooches online store!

I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram and  in my  Paper Smooches PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin 

Sunday Watercolors: Goldfish

Fish are excellent subjects if you want tp practice painting watercolors. They are simple in shape but with lots of colors to look for and try to .

I use  Daniel Smith's extra fine watercolors. The paper I use is 140lb 300 grams Arches rough or fine.

I also share my watercolors and cards here:  My Instagram

If you want to see more of my watercolors, you can view them HERE or in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin