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Welcome to Altenew’s third Blog Hop! Altenew is a relatively new stamp company that opened it’s doors in April 2014. Today they are celebrating the release of their third collection of stamps. All the stamps that you will see here are available for purchase at the Altenew store and the Simon Says Stamp store.
I’m sharing a few modern holiday cards using two of my most favorite stamps – Festive Silhouettes and Invisible Aplha. These are super flat white + black + yellow cards. I was going for a non traditional color combo.
For my first card I stamped a holiday message in the background using Soft Vanilla ink from Hero Arts and added a reindeer with a bow and an ornament on top. I did some fake stitching on my sewing machine, or I should say I only pieced holes in my stamped panel, I did not want to add stitching to this card.
I also scattered a few woodgrain looking starts from Studio Calico and adhered my panel to a yellow card base:
For my second card I reversed the design – I first stamped the reindeer in Soft Vanilla, then added a sentiment in black:
I also used my sewing machine and added some random stitching to somehow frame this piece and finally added my panel to a yellow card base:
I also have one more card to share, this one has a more traditional design and is done in white and silver:
If you’d like to know how I made these cards, please watch my video below or on Youtube. Supplies for these cards are listed at the end of this post.
Prizes!
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away five stamp sets of choice to three lucky winners! The winners will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.
But wait, there is more! I will choose a winner from comments left on this post and the prize will be two stamps sets of your choice. You have until Friday October 31, 11:59 EST to leave your comments. You may enter up to two comments on each blog:
- Comment on the project, or the stamps.
- Like Altenew on Facebook;
The winners will be selected and announced on Saturday November 1 at 9:00 am EST. Giveaway is now closed. Winner has been announced here.
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I like the combination of the deer with the words. So different.
Love the non-traditional colors for the Christmas cards!
I love the new stamps, but your traditional white and silver card is awesome!
Like your cards. Your stitching is so straight on the first card. I’m impressed. Also love this idea of double embossing. I’m looking forward to trying it. Thanks
These are so beautiful! LOVE this new font set!
Love love how you use yellow. It is such a difficult color for me but you use it so easily.
Love your cards, especially the white one – the silver on white is so classy!
Very modern! I like it a lot!
love the graphic designs you have used
Yana, I love your non-traditional Christmas colors! Just give the card bright and merry looking. That deer and shadow alpha are perfect for your style! Thanks for the inspirations!
And I liked their Facebook page 🙂
Love how you used the words as a background. It’s a great way to get more use out of alphabet stamps!
Beautiful cards! Love the way you have used the alpha!
The white & silver card has completely stolen my heart! The stamp is so gorgeous! And you have used it so beautifully!
Your modern and non-traditional christmas cards totally rock!
I already like Altenew on Facebook :o)
Beautiful cards! The double embossing trick was new to me! I love learning new things and finding new companies and new blogs and new Youtube channels! This has been a wonderful hop for me! How incredibly exciting!
Beautiful cards, what amazing techniques. Love the two shades to make the shadow!
Love the vellum and embossed card!!!
Love, live that invisible alphabet.
Awesome cards! Am loving the different ways the invisible alpha is being used in all the posts! I think it’s a new must have!
Your cards show the wide range of this new release. Very unique cards.
Great cards! Especially love the big “merry xmas” one!
Your cards are wonderful. I really loved the white tone on tone with the silver embossing on it. Very pretty!
Love it all Yana! Just wanna let you know, that I subscribe to your Youtube channel, and eveytime your video begins, my little 2.5 year old hears your voice and says ‘Oh Mummy, it’s Yana!” and she comes and watches with me!
I live the different looks created with these stamps. Fabulous!
I’m already a liker on FB
The projects are so striking! Very graphic! Love it!
I love that alpha set. So unique. As are your colors! Love them.
Follow Altenew on FB.
The white card with the vellum and the embossed sentiment is my favorite…so gorgeous!
Fabulous and soft 🙂 love these creations !
i didn’t know if i was going to like the new alphabet the way the letters looked to me, but you have completely changed my mind, love them
Great cards! Love the non-traditional colors!
Oh my, a set of exponentially gorgeous cards! Delicate, eye-catching works of art! Stunning!
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I really like your non-traditional holiday color choice for your cards. And I love that double embossed card, it is so pretty.
I like Altenew on fb.
Oh my, these cards are amazing. Love the simple but clever design of your first two cards, and I really must try the embossing technique you used on your third card. Thanks for the inspiration!
I LOVE these. They are so gorgeous and unique. I never would have thought of yellow, black & white for Christmas but it SO works with these new stamp sets! Thank you for sharing this! You have me excited to create. 🙂
Very pretty colors for the first two cards. I really adore that double embossed card, Yana – this is something I will have to try for myself. Thanks for the chance to win.
Your cards are beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful cards! I adore the background text stamping. So fun!
i love those new stamps from altenew – so versatile and beautiful!
your color combo for those christmas cards are great and so creative!
Lovely cards. I love the shade of yellow you used and the woodgrain embossing on the white card.
I absolutely love that invisible alphabet. Your cards and your video is awesome. Thank you.
Oh boy these are so lovely such a stunning release
Thanks for the second chance to win some of these amazing stamps
Love the embossing on the back and front of the vellum, what a great layering effect that is quite flat! Love those stamp sets you used, great alphabet shadow
I am new to your blog and so happy to have found you! I love the modern color combo of yellow and black and the clean designs- Just Wonderful!