Altenew: Valentine’s Day Card

Hello crafty friends, happy weekend!
I’m just popping in to share with you my pink Valentine’s Day card using the newly released Altenew die sets – Spring Shower Cover die, Caps Bold Alphabet die set, and Create-A-Wreath die set.
To create the card, I die cut the Spring Shower Cover from watercolour paper, and then lightly brushed on the floral panel with Tattered Rose Distress ink. I die cut the word “XO” from a separate watercolour paper using the Caps Bold Alphabet die set, then watercoloured the letters with Festive Berries & Picked Raspberry Distress inks and a wet paint brush. I die cut leaves from glitter gold card stock using the Create-A-Wreath die set. Before mounting the floral panel & all other elements, I ink blended on a white card base with shades of pink – it’s the perfect shade to wear for Valentine’s Day, right?! :D

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!

Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
Love Love Love RejoicingCrafts


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Pretty Pink Posh Turns 4!

Hello crafty friends, TGIF!!
Welcome to the third and last day of the Pretty Pink Posh 4th Birthday Celebration Blog Hop! You may have just arrived here from amazingly talented Mindy Baxter.

For today’s card, I’m featuring the new Pretty Petunias, Hummingbird Thanks, and Love Sentiments sets.
As many of you already know that Ultra Violet is PANTONE® colour of the year 2018! Honestly it isn’t my favourite colour, BUT.. Pretty Petunias set told me to use that to my card! :D
I stamped petunias (from the Pretty Petunias set) and hummingbird (from the Hummingbird Thanks set) on watercolour paper using VersaFine Onyx Black pigment ink, coloured them using mixed with Derwent inktense colored pencils and Seedless Preserves Distress ink. Before mounting all watercoloured images, I ink blended on the bottom left corner of the card base using Seedless Preserves Distress ink.
Look at the hummingbird! Oh, it is so lovely!!

GIVEAWAY!!
We’ll be giving away 2 $50 gift certificates to random comments left on the different stops every day! That’s right, we’re giving away a total of SIX $50 gift certificates!

DAY 3 BLOG HOP LIST:
Pretty Pink Posh blog
Yana Smakula
Anna Kossakovskaya
Heather Hoffman
Nina-Marie Trapani
Suzy Plantamura
Mindy Baxter
Yoonsun Hur (Me!!)
Gemma C.
Wanda Guess

Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy crafting!!

Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
Love Love Love RejoicingCrafts


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Flora & Fauna: Sending good vibes

Hello crafty friends, happy Monday!
I want to share with you my fun watercolour card today with some Flora & Fauna stamp sets: Love Bug, Winter Aviary, You Me and Tea sets.

I started by stamping “driving friends” from brand new Love Bug set on watercolour paper, watercoloured it with Hero Arts Watercolor Wheel, and then fussy cut it out. For making floral background, I stamped cute flowers & leaves from two Winter Aviary & You Me and Tea sets on the top & bottom of watercolour paper panel using VersaFine Onyx Black pigment ink, loosely watercoloured them with Hero Arts Watercolor Wheel as well. I added more watercolours using Festive Berries Distress ink.
Once the floral panel was completely dry, I mounted it on top-folded white card base using double-sided tape, and then added the “driving friends” cut on the centre of the card front using foam tape. I added the sentiment banner as if the personalised number plate. :D
Sending you good vibes!

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
Love Love Love RejoicingCrafts


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Altenew December Release Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends, TGIF!
Welcome to the Altenew December Release Blog Hop!! If you arrived here from Altenew Scrapbook blog you are on the right track!

In December, we have 14 brand new stamp sets & matching die sets, 2 stand-alone die sets and..ta-da! new Mini Blossom Die Cutting Machine!! Our Mini Blossom Die Cutting Machine is the compact and portable must-have tool for your craft room! It is designed to work with Altenew dies (sold separately) and other wafer-thin metal dies. It can be used to quickly and easily die cut a variety of materials, including cardstock and Altenew specialty papers, and will help you add texture and dimension to your projects. The elegant and clean design will look wonderful on your craft desk, secured on its stable base with suction feet.

For my first card, I used the Happy Together stamp set and “Thank you” word die in the Flower Arrangement die set. I started by stamping flowers from the Happy Together set randomly onto watercolour paper panel in pigment black ink, and then watercoloured the panel with several Distress inks.
I die cut “Thank you” sentiment from white card stock using the Flower Arrangement die set. It’s a beautiful and trendy script font!

For my second card, I used the Peony Spray stamp set – I love this set in particular!

Flower card again!! :D For my last card, I used the Flower Arrangement stamp set. I randomly stamped layered flowers & leaves with lots of dye inks:
Red flowers: (light to dark) Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, Ruby Red
Yellow flowers: Mango Smoothie, Honey Drizzle, Orange Cream
Blue flowers: Sea Glass, Ocean Waves, Desert Night
Large leaves: Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Evergreen
Small leaves: Bamboo, Parrot, Olive
and then watercoloured around the stamped images with some Distress inks.

GIVEAWAY 1!
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to SIX lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Friday, December 15th for a chance to win. Six winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog on Sunday, December 17th.

GIVEAWAY 2!
I’m also giving away a $30 gift certificate to one lucky winner! Please leave a comment on this blog post by Friday, December 15th for a chance to win. I’ll announce the winner in this post on Saturday, December 16th.

BLOG HOP LIST:
Your next stop on the hop is Kymona Tracey. We hope you have all enjoyed our fun and inspirational blog hop!
Altenew Card Blog
Debby Hughes
Carissa Wiley
Terhi Koskinen
Justine Hovey
May Sukyong Park
Vicky Papaioannou
Virginia Lu
Lisa Spangler
Lydia Evans
Jennifer McGuire
Sandra Dietrich
Svitlana Shayevich
Lydia Fiedler
Lilith Eeckels
Agnieszka Malyszek
Enza Gudor
Emily Leiphart
Nicole Picadura
Laurel Beard
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Yoonsun Hur (Me!!)
Kymona Tracey
Blitsy Blog
Laura Bassen
Reiko Tsuchida
Isha Gupta
Erum Tasneem
Nichol Spohr
Therese Calvird
Sveta Fotinia

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!

Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
Love Love Love RejoicingCrafts


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Newton’s Nook Deck The Halls With Inky Paws

Hello crafty friends! I am so thrilled to be the featured guest for Newton’s Nook Designs today!

For my cards today, I am featuring an adorable Holiday Foliage stencil along with the Snow Globe Scenes stamp set.
To create the card, I cut kraft card stock to 3″ x 4.5″ using rectangle panel die. I then placed the Holiday Foliage stencil over the kraft panel, and then applied the white embossing paste using palette knife. I added the clear glitter to the embossing paste while they’re still wet.
Before mounting the main panel, I stamped small Christmas images from the Snow Globe Scenes set on top-folded card base using Memento Desert Sand dye ink. I decorated the card base with red check ribbon & jingle bells, and then mounted the kraft panel using foam tape. For the sentiment, I used the Snow Globe Scenes stamp set.

For my second card, I used the Holiday Foliage stencil in a fun way. I tried to create a no-line watercoloured card with this stencil.
I used mini round ink blending tool to colour the images with Antique Linen Distress ink first.
I then coloured each inked image with several Distress inks and water brush: Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough, Rusty Hinge, Crushed Olive, Vintage Photo.
Ta-Da! I am very pleased with the outcome!!

Be sure to check out the Newton’s Nook Blog this week for lots of fun holiday inspiration, and I’ll be back on Friday with another Christmas project for the Blog hop!

Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy crafting!!

Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
Love Love Love RejoicingCrafts


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