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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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Oh the white and silver card is fabulous!
absolutely gorgeous Yana!
Great use of the alpha
Love the silver and white card so elegant
i really love the way the letters stamp! the colors are really pretty!!
Love all the new stamps, they are gorgeous. Your cards are lovely.
I love your colour combinations!
oh your cards are just beautiful… especially like the last one… gorgeous!
Lovely cards. I really like that new alpha set you used!!
Stunning! I love your style. So clean and simple.
Awesomeness , such beautiful cards!!!!
Love that invisible alpha set. Thanks for the inspiration!
Your cards are wonderful – and thank you for the informative video. I love watching you create!
Love your cards! That yellow is very pretty 🙂
As always, I LOVE your cards! 🙂 The last one with silver embossing on vellum is just gorgeous. Thanks for the video, too.
I like Altenew on FB 🙂
Your cards are AMAZING!! I love that last one with the vellum… so gorgeous!!
I love the vellum and silver! So love the stitching fake or other! HA
Wonderful, love the invisible alpha set. TFS.
Your cards are beautiful! I love these stamps.
These stamps and your cards are really creative. Thanks! I also love the way your blog is organized and all your helpful links.
I love that white and silver card!!!
great stamps, great designs = great cards !!!
I love the white, black and yellow holiday color combo!! Very refreshing and I like it!! Great release from Altenew and looking forward to more inspiration from the designers!
so modern looking!
The silver and white card is gorgeous!
Thanks for the giveaway and have a great weekend!
Love the colors.
I love all the cards, but the white and silver is absolutely stunning, thanks for all the inspiration.
Great Cards! I’d love to win some of these gorgeous stamps. Marlene
The white and vellum card is beautiful and very delicate.
Wow yet again I’ve learned something new. Wonderful Stamps and Techniques can’t get any better than this. Thanks
The black and yellow are great masculine cards, but I love the silver and white vellum!
Great tutorial – I love your cards! Thanks for sharing!
What a creative use of vellum! I like the idea of the double emboss. It would be fun to try. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Love these dramatic CAS cards so much! the little wood veneer stars add the perfect touch
I liked Altenew on FB!
love the black, white and yellow! Wonderful cards with these great new stamps.
Stunning cards!
I really like the design of these cards, which could be for men as well as women ! Beautifully done!
I Liked Altenew Stamps on Facebook!
I was grabbed right away by the Invisible Alpha stamp set. So three-dimensional; I love how the letters look like they’re just floating in space.
Very unique colors for holiday cards. I love the different word sets and fonts.
Love the bold font on “merry xmas”. Did put in a “like” for the FB page.
Wonderful cards! Love the graphic, bold look of the first two, what a great contrast with the soft still third!
I like Altenew on FB
Love both cards, but the silver on vellum REALLY grabbed my eye. Stunning!
I like more traditional cards for the holidays so I loved the white and silver one.
Fabulous cards!
Your cards are so clean and crisp, Yana! Beautiful work all around!
….and I like Altenew on FB…….