Altenew June 2025 Release + GIVEAWAY

 

Hello and welcome to the Altenew June Release!

The main hop starts from the Altenew blog HERE.

You can find the complete June release here.

I don't have many projects to share for this release. It was a super busy time with the Secret Garden retreat and preparations for the upcoming Cozy Comfort Retreat. By the way, if you haven't heard, we've extended the early-bird discount, and if you haven't grabbed your pass to the Cozy Comfort, you definitely should, because we won't be extending the early bird again!

Okay now! Let's jump in!

This one was the very first card I made for the release. 

The project features the Build-A-Garden Radiant Blossoms. 

First, I stamped and stenciled the image and die-cut it, then I only stenciled the image on the card front. Although I planned to use muted or lighter inks on the back, I was having too much fun and forgot to take care of that one thing :) 

I like how it turned out - it looks full, fun, and happy!

My second card features the Mini Delight: Regal Frame Stamp & Die Set. 

I was aiming for a sophisticated, classy look, and I had so many ideas for this set (but, so little time - IYKYK). 

I might use this in one of my design time posts over at Altenew.

My third card features a few products: the Magical Peony Simple Coloring Stencil Set, the Versatile Greetings 3 Die Set, and the Playful Stripes Stencil. 

I did not use the Press Plate on this one, so I could show that you can use this on its own, with just the stencils, and it will still look stunning!

This one doesn't feature the whole Craft Your Life Project Kit: Bold & Beautiful. I had fun playing with a slightly different color palette. Normally, I try to break the uniformity of green, but I didn't overwork this where inking was concerned. However, I did use one of the Fine Liner pens to add a bit of doodling and outline to the images,

Tell you what - I was not in the mood to create, at all. So, I started with the inked background, then came the stenciling over it. After a couple of days, I added some more inking around the edges because I was horrified. But then I thought, I have a very bright green glitter cardstock, let's just grab that... and that's how we got this card, ladies and gentlemen :)

Features: Heritage Chevron Weaves Stencil and Today Is a Good Day Die Set.

My last card, card number 6, features the Craft-A-Flower: Prairie Roses Layering Die Set and the Batik Blooms 3D Embossing Folder. This one looks really dramatic. I'm glad it turned out great because I was in the same mood as the yellow-green card before this one! Let's all thank God for providing me with a little creative boost on this project! LOL

Giveaway info: 

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by June 16th for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew's Blog Hop Post on June 17th, 2025.

The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. 

I hope you liked my cards and were inspired! 

See you on Instagram!

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