Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Altenew September 2018 Stamp/Die Release + GIVEAWAY

Hello everyone and Welcome to the Altenew September 2018 Stamp/Die Release! I'm so excited to join this hop!!! You should have come from amazing May Sukyong Park, but if not please start at the Altenew blog.



For my first card, I used gorgeous Festive Poinsettia stamp set. I white heat embossed a few poinsettias onto watercolor paper and quickly watercolored them with my favorite watercolors.


To finished my card I've added sparkling sequins. 


VIDEO TUTORIAL

A detailed process of this card you can watch here on this post or in HD at my YouTube channel.


Thank you so much for watching!



My second card with Festive Poinsettia again. I've stamped the beautiful poinsettia onto watercolor paper using Sand Dunes Altenew ink and watercolored with my favorite watercolors. Then, I die cut the image with coordinating die. 





Then, I watercolored the background with some orange and beige watercolors and once it was dry, I adhered the poinsettia with foam tape onto my panel.





Next, I gold heat embossed the sentiment and finished my card with sparkling sequins. 



For my next card, I stamped the layering berries from Bountiful Branch stamp set onto kraft panel using Altenew inks and colored the image with Prismacolor pencils. 



Next, I white heat embossed some stars from Starry Night stamp set on top of my panel and splattered it with white paint. 



Another one card featuring berries from Bountiful Branch stamp set, again. I stamped the berries with Coral Berry and Forest Glades Altenew inks onto watercolor paper. 



Then, I took my wet paintbrush and went over them with just water to blend them and give them a watercolored look. I die cut the word Joy a few times using Caps Bold Alphabet die set and adhered on top of my panel.


For my last card I used gorgeous poinsettia from Holiday Bow stamp set. I stamped the first layers of the flower and the leaves using Altenew inks and watercolored them with my watercolors. Next, I adding the accents with gold perfect pearls and extra details using Prismacolor pencils. 


I die cutting the images using coordinating dies and andhered with foam tape on top of my watercolored background. At last, I've added clear sequins and drops of Glossy Accent as a final touch.


SUPPLIES:
If you’re interested in the supplies I’ve used – they’re listed below. Where available I use compensated affiliate links (which means if you make a purchase I will get a small commission with no additional cost for you).



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 9/19/2018 for a chance to win. Six winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 9/22/2018.

Giveaway:

I will also randomly choose a winner from the comments left on this post and the prize will be $30 gift certificate to Altenew online store. One lucky winner will be announced on 9/19/2018 on this post.

Hope you liked my cards! Don't forget to leave a comment for a prizes and a giveaway. Thank you so much for stopping by! your next stop is 
Therese Calvird!



Rubeena Ianigro

The winner of $30 Gift Certificate is TRACEY MAGNER!

Congratulations, Tracy! Please write at winner@altenew.com by 9/30/2018 with the subject line Altenew September 2018 Stamp/Die Release Blog Hop Winner from Kristina's blog.

106 comments

  1. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL cards!! Thank you for sharing them.

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  2. Pastels at Christmas? Yes, please! Absolutely gorgeous coloring with both water colors, and pencils!
    =]

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  3. Gorgeous cards; such amazing coloring!

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  4. Oh my word. Kristina these cards are STUNNING! I love love love your watercoloring!

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  5. Wow, amazing cards! Love the watercolors and the Christmas florals. So beautiful and these are beautiful new stamps.

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  6. I am blown away by your final card. Great reminder to dig out my colored pencils. I have bookmarked this page because I will be using these cards as inspiration when I get my stamps.

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  7. Wow! Your cards are gorgeous!!!

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  8. Absolutely gorgeous cards! Love each one of them.
    Thanks so much for sharing...

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  9. Think you’ve blown us all away with your amazing cards. They are all really beautiful. I can’t pick a favourite because I love them all. Thank you for sharing your inspiration with us.

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  10. Your cards are absolutely stunning. I am so amazed that you're able to come up with so many beautiful and colourful designs...much to learn!

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  11. Your work is so soft and beautiful, I find myself holding my breath when I look at it. It is almost like when I watch the first snow fall - I have to be really quiet to appreciate it.

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  12. I love the colors you used for the poinsettia. Beautiful!

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  13. Вау, Кристина! Я ВЛЮБЛЕНА В КАЖДУЮ!!! Они всееее безумно красивые! Браво! Шикарная работа ❤

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  14. These cards you have created are gorgeous. The colors and dimension are so vibrant it's like i could reach out and touch them through the screen. Incredibly beautiful!

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  15. Love your soft water coloring on these flowers - just beautiful:)

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  16. Как же радуется глаз, когда вдохновение и бесподобное мастерство встречаются в твоих работах. Каждая открытка это произведение искусства, влюбляет в себя! Фото тоже очень крутые!��������

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  17. Beautiful cards and coloring!

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  18. OH MY WORLD! Your cards just blew me away! They're all so beautiful and versatile - you've got some talent, girl!

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  19. Beautiful cards! You have such talent!

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  20. OMG! Stunning cards!! I felt the first card was gorgeous but as I scrolled down, I'm blown away with each one of them!! Fabulous work!! Love them all!! <3

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  21. I don't know which color combo is my favorite but I especially luv the "Joy" card

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  22. Your cards are just breathtaking! Love the watercolors and the pencils!

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  23. Your 2nd card with the red/orange/beige is simply GORGEOUS!!! WOW!! They're all beautiful - but it's my favorite!

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  24. Your cards are breathtakingly beautiful!! Thanks for sharing your talent.

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  25. These are all so beautiful! Simply works of art!

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  26. gorgeous cards, and your coloring whether with pencils or watercolors is just sublime!!

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  27. Very pretty cards. Lovely colors used.

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  28. Such beautiful cards and the second one is my fave!

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  29. WOW! All of your cards are gorgeous! I love all of them, and the colors you used are great! Thanks for the fantastic inspiration today!

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  30. ARE YOU KIDDING!?!? Your watercoloring is STUNNING! OMG! just OMG!

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  31. Wow, wow wow!!! Absolutely stunning cards!!!!

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  32. Your cards are just beautiful, but I think the one you created on the Kraft background is my favorite. So elegant! Love these new Altenew products!

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  33. Fantastic water coloring with each of your cards! Your colors are so bright and lovely too!

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  34. Wow, your coloring is so phenomenal and stunning. Each one of
    these cards is like a mini masterpiece!

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  35. You are so talented. I really love the watercolor effect a lot. The poinsettia holiday cheer card is my favorite, though they are all lovely.

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  36. These are all so beautiful. You used my top 3 favorite stamp sets from this release in your first three cards. Your watercolor ability is just amazing and these cards reflect that! :) These should be framed and used as Christmas decor!

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  37. I love all your cards but the first one is my favorite. I love the colors! They are my favorites!!

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  38. super gorgeous cards, Kristina - love them all!!

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  39. The inspiration cards are reaaly, really gorgeous! I love the new release.

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  40. Awesome details on your cards! Love this release!

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  41. You used my favorite....Festive Poinsettia! Your cards are beautiful!

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  42. Oh wow! Your color combinations are just gorgeous. Love all your cards!

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  43. Wow the watercoloring is amazing. Absolutely beautiful!!

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  44. I gasped at the stunning purple/blue poinsettia, then I was stunned, staring at the second poinsettia. Very, very creative creations.

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  45. Stunning, I love the look of the pastels for Christmas. Thanks for the inspiration- will definitely be trying this

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  46. Oh my heavens your cards are stunning! You have a great talent for watercolour and the colour combos are some of my favorite :) Thanks for the beautiful inspiration!

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  47. Oh my goodness I am just blown away by your work! STUNNING!!!!

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  48. Wow its always so inspiring to see your cards. Stunning!

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  49. Thanks for sharimg your beautiful cards and techniques used to make them!

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  50. Pretty colors and designs and I like the addition of sequins.

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  51. Wow! I'm amazed at this beautiful collection of cards. I love how you used untraditional colors to paint the poinsettia image on the first card.

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  52. Your cards are stunning and so elegant, I love them all. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  53. I really love these stamps. They are very beautiful.

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  54. You are so good at this artfully messy style of watercolor. I love looking at your work and coloring. Someday I will achieve artfully messy instead of just messy, but until then, I'll keep following your work and learning from you!

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  55. I love everything about your cards!! Especially love your colour choices!! Stunning

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  56. Gorgeous cards with such fabulous coloring! Love those beautiful poinsettias! I love all this Christmas inspiration!

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  57. Love your cards with those gorgeous blue, purplish colors.

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  58. Gorgeous cards. You make water coloring look so easy. I loved you designs and backgrounds. The splatters added even more interest to an already gorgeous card. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  59. I love watercoloring the most and really like the various cards you created.

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  60. I love everyone one of your cards. The coloring is spectacular!

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  61. Wow..all the cards are so beautiful...love the colors...

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  62. Wow - I love the Festive Poinsettia stamps and what you have done with watercolors. Such a beautiful look - and amazing colors! I am inspired to try this technique very soon! Thank you.

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  63. The watercoloring on the poinsettia makes it look ethereal. Very beautiful. I also love the realistic poinsettia. Great job! TFS!

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  64. Your cards are breath taking!! I can't believe how gorgeous they are!! The colors you use are amazing!! I wish I could paint half as good as you!! You are blessed!!

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  65. Absolutely gorgeous cards! Love each one of them.
    Thanks so much for sharing.

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  66. Your watercoloring is absolutely beautiful, Love the cards and color choices.

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  67. So beautiful!! Love that you used the poinsettia in different ways.

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  68. Lovely watercoloring. Your cards are beautiful!

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  69. I love your beautiful watercolor designs! The colors all blend together in such a magical way! Each one looks spectacular!

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  70. Such pretty cards! I love the water color technique you used.

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  71. This is another wonderful release from Altenew with great variety, but I really love those Bountiful Branches and the Blessings stamp set. Your cards are all stunning!

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  72. Your watercoloring is lovely and so are your cards!

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  73. All of your cards are absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing your talent.

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  74. Wow! What else can I say, your cards are amazing.

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  75. Love the colors in the first one, and the Joy one is just WOW!

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  76. Beautiful cards -- so different just by changing colors. Lovely

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  77. These are just so stunning! You do florals so well. That second card with the poinsettia is my favorite, the coloring is just so lovely!

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  78. Incredible cards. I am blown away for your creativity Kristina. The video was awesome. to watch your process.

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  79. Just love the variety of your cards and the water colouring is perfect. Love, love, love them all.

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  80. Gorgeous cards! Love the colors you used!

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  81. Your cards are beautiful!!!

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  82. Your coloring and painting skills are beyond amazing! Absolutely stunning cards!

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  83. WOW!!! These are all stunning cards!!

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  84. Beautiful cards! These are all very elegant and gorgeous. You do amazing coloring! Thank you for sharing! ~ Lenice

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  85. Beautiful cards! I absolutely love your watercolouring and the backgrounds!

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  86. I really like that soft watercolor look on your cards. :)

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  87. Gorgeous, your watercoloring is amazing!

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  88. Oh Kristina, your cards are absolutely beautiful. Love every single one! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  89. These are gorgeous! I would like to see a tutorial for all of them! So so beautiful!

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  90. Your creations truly make me swoon. I am always so inspired by your choice of colour and composition.

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  91. These cards are stunning! Love the soft watercoloring with shimmery accents.

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  92. Your cards are all gorgeous. I think my favorites from this release is the Festive Poinsettias, and your samples using it are beautiful.

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  93. Anemones Stamp Set is a favorite. I love your card. It is beautiful!

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  94. I love the looseness of the coloring.
    Makes beautiful flowers
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot0com

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  95. These are gorgeous creations! So very inspiring as always :) thank you so much for sharing!

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  96. I’m struck by how beautiful the bountiful branches are! These are the ones I’m most likely to try. I love your work with watercolor!! I have no confidence to try it myself, but you’ve made some beautiful cards.

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  97. OMG, First I have not seen so many STUNNING cards in one post at the same time, WOW !!! I can't believe how many you made, the are ALL so GORGEOUS, I LOVE your style!! I love the colors, the soft pallet you used on all of them. I also like how you poped some of them up, like I believe it was the 2nd on, the poinsiette flower card, so AMAZING, and then you had the flower poped up on the card, AWESOME. THANKS for an amazing post, I really enjoyed your post!!!!!

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    1. Congratulations, Tracy!!! Thank you so much for your kind words!!! :)

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  98. Hi Kristina! I love, love, love your watercolored cards :) They are so fresh and clean and free! Thank you for sharing them with us

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  99. Your cards are beautiful! I love how you colored everything. :)

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  100. Beautiful cards and beautiful watercolouring too! I love that you used nontraditional christmas colours too. So very pretty!

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  101. Your cards are fabulous!! I love the watercolor look you achieved by using a wet brush over the inked Bountiful Branch image. And the watercolored Festive Poinsettia cards are gorgeous!

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  102. You did a wonderful job on the poinsettias. You are very talented!

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  103. Love the color! Thanks for sharing this beautiful card!

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