July 2022 Summer Love Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

Hello there everyone! Happy Friday! Lydia here, and welcome to the Summer Love Release Blog Hop and Giveaway!

I have a card to share with you, but first, let's take a look at this new collection of embossing folders and stencils!

Summer Love Collection

‘Tis the season for summer love! This release includes stunning floral, geometric, and leafy embossing folders. They would each make a fabulous feature on your next project, or they can be used as a background element for added texture. We have also included a stencil set that can color in the different elements of one of the geometric embossing folders. For added versatility, this set can also be used on its own. You're sure to fall in love with this collection of goodies!

The icing on the cake is the new Crafter's Essential Scoring Board, complete with an innovative tool we customized ourselves! It is part ball stylus (for precise scoring) and part bone folder (for crisp folding). We can't wait to see what you create!

Summer Love Project Inspiration

Today, I'm sharing how to ink blend and 3D-emboss die-cuts using this release's new embossing folders and stencils.

I started by cutting Courageous You Die from Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock. Then, I lined up the die-cut into place within the Sunshine Blossoms 3D Embossing Folder to emboss the design. I did this 3 times for the 2 cards.

For the first card, I added a base color layer to 2 of the embossed die-cuts using Sunray Ink all over and a little Pink Pearl Ink on the flowers.

Once the base had color, I then used Courageous You Layering Stencil to add a second layer. I used Chamomile and Coral Bliss Inks for the flowers and Grass Field Ink for the leaves. Snapdragon and Marigold Inks were used for the flower centers.

I didn't add a base layer of ink for the second card. Instead, I used the Courageous You Simple Coloring Stencil and inked through using pastel rainbow ink colors. I added Pink Pearl, Sunkissed, Chamomile, Firefly, Volcano Lake, Eastern Sky, and Hydrangea Inks.

The sentiments for the cards are from Courageous You Stamp Set.

To see how these cards came together, please watch the video below or over on YouTube:

I hope you were inspired to create with the new products in our Summer Love Collection. Let's get on with the giveaway and blog hop!

Special Offer

We are celebrating this release with a FREE GIFT promotion!

Receive a FREE Ultra Sticky Double Sided Tape ($11.99 value) on orders over $79 from 07/22/2022 at 12:01 am EDT until 07/24/2022 at 11:59 pm EDT. The free gift will be added to cart automatically. Get your FREE gift HERE.

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 07/28/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 10 winners randomly from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 07/29/2022.

Blog Hop List

Altenew Card Blog

Jennifer McGuire

LauraJane

Maryám Pérez

Penny Pynnonen

Erum Tasneem

Teri Wilson

Virginia Lu

Dana Joy

Mindy Eggen

Laurie Patterson

Jenny Colacicco

Berina Rajakumar

Tenia Nelson

Adriana Arminio

Nathalie DeSousa

Angela Brennan

Terri Koszler

Bridget Casey

Michelle Burnier

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

Annemarie Caister

Linda Westfall

Karen Brown

Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy the hop!

~Supply List~

Courageous You Stamp & Die & Simple… [ ALTN ] Courageous You Stamp Set [ ALTN ] Courageous You Simple Coloring Stencil [ ALTN ] Courageous You Die [ ALTN ] Pink Pearl Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Coral Bliss Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Sunkissed Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Sunray Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Chamomile Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Snapdragon Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Marigold Dye Ink Re-inker [ ALTN ] Firefly Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Grass Field Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Volcano Lake Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Eastern Sky Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Hydrangea Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Embossing Ink [ ALTN ] Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder [ ALTN ] Navy Cardstock (25 sheets/set) [ ALTN ] Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock… [ ALTN ] Instant Dimension Foam Tape [ ALTN ]