Today I’m taking a look at the new Altenew October release. This post is part of a blog hop (more details below) to celebrate the latest release. The new products are available at both Altenew, and Simon Says Stamp. There’s more information on the blog hop below, but for now, let’s take a look at what’s in the new release. I’ve linked all supplies at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links used.
ALTENEW OCTOBER 2017 RELEASE
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Embossing Powders
Our Family Scrapbook Collection
This scrapbook collection is right on trend with fresh colours, watercoloured elements, geometric designs, and florals (of course!). The papers and embellishments have been designed to help you document your precious family memories, but are versatile enough to use on any layout, journal, or card project.
- 18 sheets of premium 12×12 double-sided patterned papers (36 designs)
- One 3″x4″ photopolymer stamp set
- 12 3″x4″ watercolour journaling cards
- One 8.5″x11″ sheet of 20 cardstock stickers
- One 8.5″x11″ sheet of 15 cardstock die cuts
- One 8.5″x11″ sheet of 16 chipboard stickers
- Two 6″x12″ sheets of chipboard alphabet stickers
- One 5″x6″ sheet of 17 adhesive wood veneers
- One 4″x6″ sheet of adhesive enamel dots
- One metal die (approx. 3.5″x4.5″)
- One roll of washi tape (15mm x 10m)
WATERCOLOURED HIBISCUS
I chose to try out the new embossing powders. In particular, I love a muted gold, and so I was immediately drawn to the new Rose Gold. I started this card by stamping elements from the Hibiscus Burst stamp set in Antique Linen Distress ink on Arches Cold Pressed watercolour card and loosely watercolouring to get an abstract look.
I used a variety of watercolours but in particular, Quinacridone Coral, Quinacridone Rose, Hansa Yello Light, Undersea Green and Ultramarine Blue.
I then stamped some of the outline images from the Hibiscus Burst set in clear embossing ink, sprinkled with Rose Gold embossing powder and heat set. To keep with the random, abstract look, I didn’t worry too much about how accurately the outlines of the leaves and flowers aligned with the painted versions.
I also wanted the Rose Gold embossing powder theme to follow through into the sentiment. I pressed the embossing ink onto a scrap piece of card and sprinkled with embossing powder and heat set. I repeated this three times before die cutting the ‘hugs’ die from the Script Words set. After die cutting I ran the heat tool over the die cut so give a beautiful smooth finish to the heat embossing. I also partially stamped a sentiment from the Beautiful Day set and again heat embossed with the Rose Gold embossing powder before trimming to a skinny banner.
I added the watercoloured panel to a Pale Gray card base and then adhered the sentiment in the lower left third. As a final touch, I added a few pink and peach sequins.
BLOG HOP
As mentioned above this post is part of a blog hop to celebrate the latest Altenew release. Hopefully, you’ve arrived here from Ashley Horton, but if not then a good place to start is the Altenew Scrapbook Blog. As with any good hop, there are 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 2nd for a chance to win. Six winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog on Saturday, November 4th.
- Also, I have a $30 gift certificate to give away from comments left on this post. Please leave a comment by October 31st 11.59pm EST.
Now it’s time to hop along to …
Enza Gudor!!!
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Terhi Koskinen
Svitlana Shayevich
Sandra Dietrich
Therese Calvird
Bea Valint
Erum Tasneem
Ashley Horton
Debby Hughes <- you are here
Enza Gudor
Laurie Schmidlin
Isha Gupta
Flóra Monika Farkas
Virginia Lu
Lilith Eeckels
Sveta Fotinia
Kim Jeffress
Yoonsun Hur
Reiko Tsuchida
Dana Gong
Kymona Tracey
Agnieszka Malyszek
Vicky Papaioannou
Altenew Card Blog
SUPPLIES
You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or shop icon to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. You can read my affiliate and product disclosure here. I truly appreciate your support.
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Summary of the project which gives all the views of the card in one photo :D I’d love if you pinned and called by on Pinterest :D
Your water coloring on this card is just stunning. I am so jealous!! Simply gorgeous
I knew right away who’s page I was on when i saw that watercolored card. Just gorgeous! I love the new embossing powder colors! They will be fun to create with.
This may be the most beautiful card I’ve ever seen. The colors and the gold embossing make this something very special. I love seeing your creations.