Altenew April 2022 Spring Garden Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

 Hi All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew April 2022 Spring Garden Collection Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Nandini ‘s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

I have made few cards using the variety of products in this Awesome Release. I have used different coloring medium on Embossed panels this time. Hope you like it!

Over to my cards,


This card features Chevron Background Hot Foil Plate, Wonderfully Made Die.
Hotfoiled the blue foil onto a pastel blue cardstock and topped with a navy blue die cut to finish off the card.

This card features Detailed Webcover Die and Itty Bitty Branches Die Set.
Other products are
 
Featured Sentiments Die Set
Sentiment Strips 2

This card features Morning Blooms Hot Foil plate. It has a wonderful co-ordinating stencil set but I have used Colored pencils as my coloring medium here. I have added a script diecut word from a gold glitter cardstock.
Other product is 
Fancy Hello Die Set

This card features Vibrant florals Hot foil plate. It has a wonderful co-ordinating stencil set but I have used Colored pencils as my coloring medium here.
Other products are
Featured Sentiments Die Set
Sentiment Strips 2

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/01/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/03/2022.


Next in the Hop is Lovely Susan Stagno
Complete Hop Order

Altenew Blog

Jaycee Gaspar

Cheryl Espie

Terri Koszler

Mindy Eggen

Jenny Colacicco

Katrina Howe

Nathalie DeSousa

Nicole Watt

Virginia Lu

Carol Hintermeier

Laurie Willison

LauraJane

Keren Baker

Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post. 

Preeti Chandran

Tenia Nelson

Nenette S. Madero

Agnieszka Małyszek

Colleen Balija 

Teresa Litchfield

Natasha Davies

Rosie Neustaedter

Ann Taylor 

Sande Woodson

Linda Westfall

Nandini Karmarkar

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

Susan Stagno

Bridget Casey

Eva Bussom

Amy Hill

Hussena Calcuttawala

Nichol Spohr

Daniel Diaz 


I hope you were inspired by my cards and will try out this Wonderful Products from today’s release.


I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this Bloghop.
Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my Instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven’t already.
Happy Hopping!!

Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Gerbera Revolution Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Gerbera Revolution Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Preeti Chandran’s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

This is such Gorgeous Gerberas. I did No line watercoloring with Woodless Watercolor pencils on these large blooms.

Over to my card,


This card features Gerbera Revolution Stamp set

Other products are: 

Featured Sentiments Die Set

Woodless Watercolor pencils.

Jet Black Crisp Dye cube ink

Made a simple CAS card for today. Did No line Watercoloring and then splashed with generous amount of White calligraphy ink and then let to air dry. Then fussy cut and mounted onto a white diecut panel. Sentiment from the today’s release set is added and die cut using Featured Sentiments Die set.



And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes


$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 04/28/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/30/2022.


Next stop in the Hop is Lovely Nandini Karmarkar

Blog Hop List

Altenew Card Blog

Jenny Colacicco

LauraJane

Erum Tasneem

Colleen Balija

Jaycee Gaspar

Nenette S. Madero

Virginia Lu

Teresa Litchfield

Nathalie DeSousa

Terri Koszler

Preeti Chandran

SathyaKala Sankaran  (You are here)

Nandini Karmarkar

Rosie Neustaedter

Natasha Davies

Carol Hintermeier

Katrina Howe

Linda Westfall

Ann Taylor

Amy Hill

Sande Woodson

Daniel Diaz

Hussena Calcuttawala

Eva Bussom

Bridget Casey

I hope you were inspired by my card and will try out this Wonderful stamp from today’s release.


I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this Bloghop.
Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my Instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven’t already.
Happy Hopping!!

Altenew April 2022 Gardens Around the World Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

 Hello All, 

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew April 2022 Gardens Around the World Collection Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Reiko’s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

I have made few cards using the variety of products in this Awesome Release.

Over to my cards,


This card features Meadow Reflections Stamp Set. It has a co-ordinating die set, which has not been used here. The bg is by ink blending the Distress oxides. This set is one of my favourite from the release for its very beautiful silhouette images and Pretty butterflies. It’s a must-have stamp set for Perfect Sentiments too.

This card features Morning Flowers Stamp and Die Set.

Used Altenew cube inks: Cool summer Night for the flowers and Green Field cube inks for the leaves.

This card features the Oh-So Beautiful Castle Garden Stamp set. Wanna make a monochromatic goodness with this stamp. Stamped with gray cardstock using Rock collection cube ink and used graphite and white charcoal to do the subtle coloring. White gel pen inks for the centres of the flowers. Splashed generously with white calligraphy ink for interest and the sentiment is from Fancy Greetings Stamp set.

This card features the stunning outline flower bouquet of pretty arrangement of roses and calla lilies. This set has 6 cheery sentiments. Did No-line watercoloring on this pretty set and showcased it with a lovely sentiment.

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes


$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 04/20/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/22/2022.


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Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Fragrant Florals Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

 Hi All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Fragrant Florals Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Reiko’s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

I have made few cards using the variety of products in this Awesome Release.

Craft Your Life Project Kit: Fragrant Florals Product Description: 

Send hugs and snuggles to your loved ones with this beautiful arrangement of anemones. The large stamp size makes it quite versatile, as you will be able to stamp it off of your card base at different angles and proportions to get different looks. It is a lovely image to color or use stamped as is. We have also incorporated some heartfelt sentiments in bold fonts to contrast the delicate nature of the flowers.

Enjoy our Craft Your Life Project Kit, an exciting monthly package that is sure to get the creative juices flowing! Featuring a 6×8 stamp set, coordinating die set, as well as a stencil set and an embossing folder to fit the theme, this project kit has almost everything you need to start crafting. Just add ink and cardstock, and you’ll be good to go!

Over to my cards,

This card features the CYLP Fragrant Florals Embossing Folder

Other products: 

CYLP Fragrant Florals stamp set for the sentiment

Featured Sentiments Die Set

I dry embossed a white cardstock and matted over a darl gray A2 sized cardbase. 

The sentiment is stamped over a light gray cs and die cut using Featured sentiment die set.

This card features the CYLP Fragrant Florals Stencil, Stamp & Die.

I stamped the fragrant florals and then stencilled with the cube inks. Pencil colored at few places for interest. Then its die cut using the co ordinating die.

This card features the CYLP Fragrant florals Layering Stamp set.

I did No line watercoloring using the outline stamp set.

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes


$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $ 25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 04/18/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/20/2022.




The next Stop in Hop is Lovely Teresa


Blog Hop List


Altenew Card Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Michelle Short

Cheryl Espie

Jenny Colacicco

Colleen Balija

Erum Tasneem 

LauraJane

Jaycee Gaspar

Katrina Howe

Laurie Willison 

Preeti Chandran

Nathalie DeSousa

Mindy Eggen

Emily Midgett

Rosie Neustaedter 

Tenia Nelson

Nenette S. Madero

Terri Koszler

Linda Westfall

Virginia Lu

Maryam Perez

Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post. 

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

Teresa Litchfield

Sande Woodson

Ann Taylor 

Susan Stagno

Amy Hill

Bridget Casey

Daniel Diaz 

Eva Bussom

Hussena Calcuttawala


I hope you were inspired by my cards and will try out these Wonderful products from this new release.


I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this Bloghop.
Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my Instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven’t already.
Happy Hopping!!

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: African Daisy Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

 Hello All, 

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Craft-A-Flower: African Daisy Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from Awesome, Carol’s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

Made a floral card using this new, CAF African Daisy.


Over to my card,

  • Diecut the petals in white and pencil colored the top layers alone and embossed all layers and stacked using Liquid glue.
  • Diecut the centre and pencil colored it with white gel pens dots and then embossed.
  • Leaves are cut from green cardstocks and added veins and pencil colored it too.
  • Took a white cardstock, dry embossed it with 3D Daisy Bed Embossing Folder.
  • Matted the embossed panel onto the green A2 sized cardbase and foam mounted the flowers for dimension and added liquid adhesive to the leaves.
And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes


$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 04/13/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/15/2022.



Blog Hop List

Next stop in Hop is Daniel Diaz

Altenew Card Blog

Emily Midgett

Jaycee Gaspar

LauraJane

Jenny Colacicco

Bridget Casey

Michelle Short

Rosie Neustaedter

Tenia Nelson

Nenette S. Madero

Virginia Lu

Cheryl Espie

Keren Baker

Laurie Willison 

Colleen Balija

Maryam Perez

Linda Westfall

Carol Hintermeier

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

Daniel Diaz

Reiko Tsuchida

Eva Bussom

Sande Woodson

Amy Hill

Mindy Eggen

Ann Taylor

Nichol Spohr

Hussena Calcuttawala

Susan Stagno

Preeti Chandran

Teresa Litchfield


I hope you are inspired by my card and will try out this Layering Die Set.
I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this Bloghop.
Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my Instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven’t already.
Happy Hopping!!

Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Zinnia Magellan Rose Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

 Hi All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Zinnia Magellan Rose Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Natasha Davies ‘s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

This is such a Gorgeous Zinnia. I watercolored this single large bloom to my heart’s content.

Over to my card,

This card features Zinnia Magellan Rose Stamp set

Other products are: 

Dynamic Blossom Die Set – ‘You’ Script Die

Featured Sentiments Die Set

 Made a simple CAS card for today. Did No line Watercoloring and then splashed with generous amount of White calligraphy ink and then let to air dry. Then fussy cut and mounted onto a white diecut panel. Scripty word Diecut from Dynamic Blossoms Die set and sub sentiment from the today’s release set.

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/28/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 03/30/2022

Next stop in the Hop is Awesome, Amy Hill

Blog Hop List

Altenew Card Blog

Jenny Colacicco

Hussena Calcuttawala

Nathalie DeSousa

LauraJane

Jaycee Gaspar

Colleen Balija 

Virginia Lu

Teresa Litchfield

Terri Koszler

Nenette S. Madero

Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post. 

Carol Hintermeier

Natasha Davies

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

Amy Hill 

Bridget Casey 

Katrina Howe

Linda Westfall

Nandini Karmarkar

Daniel Diaz 

Keren Baker

Preeti Chandran

I hope you were inspired by my card and will try out this Wonderful stamp from today’s release.


I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this Bloghop.
Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my Instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven’t already.
Happy Hopping!!

Power Poppy : Peace Offering Digital Release

Hi All,

Am here today to share about Power Poppy’s New Digital Release : Peace Offering

This bouquet is based on European folk art flower designs and made in a way for anyone to make a card or poster to help promote peace.

This set has word PEACE, and also MIR which is Peace in Russian and Ukrainian.

The handcolored digital version 8.5×11″ is also available for sale to support the cause.

All profits from the sale of this $5 digi will go to the charity Sunflower of Peace, to help support Ukraine with medical and humanitarian aid.

Sunflower of Peace, a non-profit organization committed to helping Ukrainians affected by the Russian military invasion with medical and humanitarian aid. It is a USA-based 501(c)(3), working with a global network of established organization and institutions that are committed to helping Ukraine in the current situation. 

Website: www.sunflowerofpeace.com

Over to my cards,

I made 2 simple cards using the digis in CAS style in a minimalistic way.
Card 1

  • Printed the sentiment peace all over the focal panel and diecut it with a stitched rectangle die.
  • The folk art digi is printed onto a white cardstock and diecut it using a stitched circle digi.
  • The 2 diecut strips are cut from blue and yellow cardstocks and matted over the focal panel as shown.
  • Circle diecut is then topped over the focal panel.
  • Then panel is matted over the Blue A2 sized top fold cardbase.

Card 2

  • Printed the folk art digi onto a white cs and colored using Fabercastell polychromos pencils.
  • Diecut it using a stitched rectangle.
  • Using Alpha dies, diecut the word MIR from peace bg panel.
  • Took a A2 sized yellow top fold cardbase, Matted the focal panel using foam adhesive to one side of the cardbase.
  • The alpha diets MIR are added as shown for interest.
Hope you like my take on this Digital stamp.

Power Poppy friends shared their versions too.

Hop over to check their beautiful creations and leave your love.

Marcella Hawley Power Poppy
SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)
Share your versions, Show your Support!!

Help us to spread the word among your Crafty and Non-Crafty friends too!

Every purchase, Every help matters the most!!
Happy Hopping!

Thanks for stopping by!

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Sunburst Azalea Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

 Hello All, 

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Sunburst Azalea Release Blog Hop .

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from Awesome, Rosie’s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

Made a floral card using this new, Layering Die Set Sunburst Azalea .

Over to my card,

  • Kept the card super simple. Firstly die cut the floral layers from lighter shade to darker shade of cardstocks and arranged as shown using liquid adhesive.
  • Diecut the leaves from a lighter green shade cardstock and ink blended it slightly to get an ombre shade.
  • Then generously splashed white acrylic paint on the florals and leaves and kept for air drying / sped up with heat tool.

  • Took a gray panel little shorter than A2 size and foam mounted the floral and leaves as shown.
  • Tied black beaded ivory shaded twine around the panel and foam mounted this on A2 sized ivory cardbase. 
  • Sentiment is stamped using Altenew Jet black ink from BAF – Giant Bellflower stamp set and die cut it using Featured sentiment die set. 
  • Then the banner is foam mounted onto the twine. Few clear dew drops are added as accents.
And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes


$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/13/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 03/15/2022.



Blog Hop List

Next stop in Hop is Lovely, Nandini


Altenew Card Blog

Norine Borys

Preeti Chandran

Jaycee Gaspar

LauraJane

Emily Midgett

Hussena Calcuttawala

Nathalie DeSousa

Cheryl Espie

Jenny Colacicco

Keren Baker

Terri Koszler

Virginia Lu

Linda Westfall

Maryam Perez

Colleen Balija

Reiko Tsuchida

Nenette S. Madero

Rosie Neustaedter

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

Nandini Karmarkar

Carol Hintermeier

Bridget Casey

Amy Hill

Daniel Diaz

Natasha Davies

Sande Woodson

Teresa Litchfield


I hope you are inspired by my card and will try out this Layering Die Set.
I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this Bloghop.
Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my Instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven’t already.
Happy Hopping!!

Sunflowers for Ukraine : PowerPoppy

Hiya Friends,

Like most of the world, I have been following Ukraine invasion updates with bewilderment. Totally heartbroken for the Ukranian people, who are affected by this terrible invasion. This wonderful papercraft community showing their support by making handmade cards.
Sharing here my little token and support .. And sending across loads of Prayers and Hugs 🤗
.
@powerpoppy  @marcellahawley sharing this Wonderful free digi – ‘Sending Warm Hugs’ over her store. Sunflower, National flower of Ukraine, symbolising Bravery & Solidarity 🌻💙💛
..
Share your versions and Show your Support 💙💛

Over to my card,

Absolutely love this Sending Warm Hugs Digi from PowerPoppy .

Watercolored using Daniel smith Watercolors, from Jean Haines Master Artist set – new in my stash.

Hope you like it!

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Giant Bellflower Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Build-A-Flower: Giant Bellflower Release Blog Hop + Giveaway 

Am a sucker for flowers and Absolutely love Altenew’s varied range of products right from their brand launch. I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from talented, Arjita Singh’s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

I have created a card using Giant Bellflower set.

Build-A-Flower: Giant Bellflower Product Description: 


Let your imagination soar with stunning florals and heartfelt greetings in this unique layering stamp and die set. The florals in this set feature an artistic take on giant bellflowers, showcasing beautiful open petals on a cluster of three flowers. Want to experiment with color? We have added separate coloring layers for each individual flower so you can get creative with colors for your paper crafting projects.


To create my card, I stamped Giant Bellflower onto a white cardstock using a light ink and attempted no line coloring. Die cut with the co ordinating die set after coloring. 



Took a white cardstock and embossed it with Diamond stars 3D Embossing folder . Rounded the embossed panel on all corners and matted over an Olive A2 sized top fold card base using foam adhesives. 


Onto that panel, the diecut flower is added using foam adhesive. The sentiment from same stamp set is stamped using Altenew Jet black cube ink and diecut using Featured Sentiments Die set. This sentiment banner too topped with foam adhesives.

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!! 

Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/06/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 03/09/2022.




Blog Hop List


The next stop in Hop is Awesome Linda


Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you were inspired by my card and will try out BAF Giant Bellflower Set


Happy Hopping!!