Hello, and welcome to the Altenew May 2015 Blog Hop! If you came from the Altenew’s blog, you are right on track! Today the design team girls are sharing some fabulous projects to celebrate the release of Crisp Dye Inks, and here are what I came up with:
To highlight the gorgeous ink colors, I created a one layer card with stamped background. I started by drawing some guide lines along the edges of my card base using ruler and pencil. Then I stamped the sentiment from Ori Kami set at the bottom of my card with Jet Black ink.
After masking off the edges with sticky notes, I first stamped big flowers and then filled in the gap with small flowers from Vintage Flowers set. Once I was done stamping, I erased the pencil lines to finish it off.
This is a close-up of my card. I used the Coral Berry ink and Ruby Red ink for the big flowers. Don’t you love the crisp colors? They look so beautiful in real life! Today Altenew releases twelve dye inks, and I already can’t wait to get more ink colors. 🙂
For my second card, I created another stamped background using different color combination. This time I used the Caramel Toffee ink and Paper Bag ink for the big flowers. FYI, I stamped the leaves from Lacy Scrolls set and the dots from Striped Flowers set to complement the stamped background.
It took me long to stamp all the images in various colors, but I love how my cards turned out. What do you think? Hope you loved the cards and got some inspiration.
It is now time to head on over to Jocelyn’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. I am sure she has something amazing made up. Thanks so much for stopping by today. Happy hopping!
Giveaways: There are two ways to win!
To celebrate this release, Altenew will draw three winners who will each receive a $30 gift certificate to their online store. Please leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Friday, May 22 11:59pm EST for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on Saturday, May 23.
And there is more! I’ll randdomly choose one winner from comments left on this post, and the prize will be a $30 gift certificate to Altenew online store. I will announce the winner in this post on Thursday, May 21. Good luck!
Giveaway Winner (Edited)
Congratulations, Barb Macaskill! Please contact Altenew at winner@altenew.com to claim your prize.
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Love the ink colors and the qualities of the inks. Lovely all over flower design!
May, your stamped background are absolutely stunning! Love the color combo of the second one!
As always, your card is stunning! Cannot wait to try out these new inks!
Beautiful stamping – and the colors are so lovely 🙂
How fun that we ended up using the same stamps and got so different results! Love your bright and happy card!
What lovely cards. I like how you made the backgrounds and the colors you used! Loved the florals
Your stamped backgrounds are beautiful! Love it!
I’m obsessed with Altenew stamps, and now they have ink? Oh my. I love your card, and I’m so happy to have this set already!
Love your work of art background. It is definitely worth all that work! I am eyeing that Paper Bag ink. Cute name, too!
Love the new inks … can’t wait to order them!!!!
Beautiful new colors!
I love your colorful cards… so gorgeous!
Both your cards are just gorgeous ..love the one layer stamping you have done:)
What beautiful colors of ink…so glad you have them. Thanks for a chance to win!
A great colour combo for your background cards.
Beautiful colors of ink and beautiful cards.
Great cards!
What a beautiful color palate. I think this is going to be great for autumn cards!
Such awesome colors! I love little stamps and creating a stamped background. Thanks for the inspiration!
So glad we now have coordinating inks for your beautiful layering stamps. Thank you
I’ve never tried to make a stamped background, but I certainly love yours! And the colors are so vibrant!
Your cards are beautiful May and would definitely brighten the day of the recipients!
Wow….beautiful cards!! I love that you created your own pattern!! Those inks look like they are printed!! They stamp so smooth!! Beautiful colors and what a wonderful way to highlight the inks!!
Gorgeous cards with beautiful colors.
I love these new inks and your cards are gorgeous!
Love these colors!
Such a pretty card no matter what colors you use!
Wow this cards are sooo lovely, like those tiny flowers background!!!
Pretty cards ! Loved the colors:)
Your cards are beautiful. Great background, which is sufficient for everything.
Regards,
Bozena
Beautiful cards—love the colors!!!
Fabulous cards!
Oh man! they are so bright and fun! it’s everything I was looking for in an ink and more! TFS
Love the bright colors! Thanks for sharing!
May, your cards always so refreshing and gorgeous! Love your work. xo
Very sweet cards. Looks like these inks go on really evenly.
Love these colors:) thanks!
Beautiful cards! Love the new inks!
Gorgeous cards. I love the yellow card. Thanks for the inspiration.
These are absolutely stunning!! Definitely need to get my hands on these new inks! LOVE how crisp and vibrant the colors are!!! I am shivering with delight right now!! TFS!
Fabulous cards!! Love how these inks look!!
Love how the edges are marked and some of the stamping is only partially on the page.
The coloring is wonderful. This is a great card.
thanks for sharing.
Very pretty!
Beautiful cards! I love these new ink colors!
Absolutely stunning!!
Beautiful colors!
beautiful color, would love to have those ink pad and stamp
Love, Love, Love this card and the new inks!!!!!! Now to sell my body….
The colours work so well – two lovely palettes. Love them !
wow! lovely colours.
Those cards are beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Two beautiful cards…. well worth the time/effort! Lovely color combinations!
Wow. Have to say I’m impressed with how these inks stamp.
This is so gorgeous! I’m definitely going to give this a try.
These are really lovely cards! Love the color scheme. These inks look fantastic! Thank you for a chance to win 🙂
Gorgeous! I love how beautiful the colors coordinate!
i love these cards! beautiful color and design!
i love these cards May! All the effort was worth it. And the inks look amazing!
Gorgeously done – these colors all look so yummy!!!
beautifull inks!!!
cards are gorgeous!!!
These inks are gorgeous and I love how you created these delightful floral cards. So perfect for Spring and anytime.
Gorgeous stamping! LOVE the new colors.
what a beautiful card. Love the new ins
Love the crisp, clean colors. Beautiful cards!
Such lovely cards! Great colors and wonderful card designs. Love them! I can’t wait to try the new inks. Thanks for a chance to win!
May, thank you for such beautiful cards! Now I want to try the new ink much more!
Your cards are beautiful! I can’t wait to try the new ink.
Super sweet cards! Loving the inks!
Love the yummy colors and can’t wait to try the new ink. Beautiful cards!
Love your pretty cards, May! And, the new inks are just gorgeous.
Your cards are so pretty.. love the ink colors.. and the combinations are amazing.. they blend so well .. it looks just like pattern paper.i want to just keep looking at it and admire..
Beautiful cards, great color combinations and nice details with the dots and leaves
Such pretty cards. Great to see what you’ve done with the smaller stamps in the set, which I sometimes overlook. Love the colours of the new inks, too.
Beautiful cards! Love the style of the one layer cards, they are so very pretty!! The new colors look wonderful.
The colors are sublime!!!
Your card looks amazing!!!! I love your work! 🙂
LOVELY, like a rich FABRIC!
beautiful colors and perfect for the layered stamps – and your cards are lovely!
Pretty cards! Love the new ink colors!
I think they look great! Definitely worth the time 🙂
Your cards are beautiful! I love the new inks!!
Love how smooth these inks stamp!
I like the contrast of the two color combos.
Love the colors you used and the pattern you created.
Lovely cards and the ink colors are amazing.
The colors are so soft and beautiful, I really am in love with those inks *_*
Loverly!
Gorgeous stamping!!!
I am loving these ink colors and the coverage is great. Your stamped patterns are so pretty!
Oh What?!! You’re work knocks me out! Outstanding!
What a great way to showcase these new inks! Love the GORGEOUS composition and colors! Brilliant, May!
beautiful cards, love the colors
I LOVE your card! So simple yet so
very exquisite.
Love the floral backgrounds!
Very cheerful cards.
Beautiful cards!
Love the colors, love the sentiment and love your card!
May, your colorful stamped background is gorgeous!!
Lovely cards! I liked the flowers and color)
Beautiful cards and ink colors!
It was really worth the effort to stamp all these images, May! Your cards look beautiful and these new inks are perfectly showcased!
Love your beautiful
cards! Great color
choices.
Carla from Utah
The stamped backgrounds are awesome! Love those inks & your superb color combos.
Your cards are beautiful. The multi stamping flowers made the background special. Thanks.
I love how you combined these colours and made your own background…gorgeous card!
I love the colors and the simplicity and clean look of your cards! Beautiful. Can’t wait to see all the colors
Absolutely gorgeous cards…the inks, in your hands, are magical!
~c
All of the tiny flowers look beautiful and so colorful with these inks.
Beautiful patterns in beautiful colors! I’m super-impressed.
Beautiful color combinations!
Such pretty cards! Love the colours.
Beautiful cards!!! I love the color combo you came up with 😉
It is beatiful background!! Super flowers!
I am so impressed with the coverage. Beautiful cards!
May, you created such a beautiful pattern with these stamps.
Beautiful cards. Love these new colors and can’t wait to try the inks.
Your cards are beautiful, I don’t know which colorway I like best.
Love your stamped background. The cards are amazing 🙂
These are BEAUTIFUL!!! Love the stamped backgrounds you created!
So very lovely, May! These inks are fabulous! I sure hope to get some soon! Thanks!
Your background cards are stunning. Love how you lined the area you wanted to stamp.
Wow, I’m loving how varied the colors are just from the initial 12 sets!!
Your cards make me think of a sweet, little girl’s room! What a wonderful way to showcase these beautiful new inks (and the gorgeous stamps!).
I bet all that stamping took a long time, but so beautiful and inspiring! The colors are so pretty. I also notice the ink pads are in circles not rectangles : )
you create a beautiful and impresive background with amazing colors!
You created beautiful backgrounds – they look like dp!
Love your colorful floral cards!
Beautiful cards! I love the stamp set and I’m really impressed with the new inks. Thanks for sharing this great inspiration!
Love how colorful your cards are.
Beautiful cards. Both are pretty, but I kinda like the pick best.
Gorgeous cards, love these background so fine. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely cards, and the inks really are luscious!
Wow beautiful backgrounds the inks look smooth and beautiful
OH these are such lovely cards! Those inks go so very well together!
LOVE your OLCs, my favorites to make and your color combos are fabulous!
So beautiful! Your color combos are great, the new ink looks amazing!
These make great background! Lovely cards.
So pretty! I like the sentiment you used, and your stamping is so nice that at first I thought you were using patterned paper you had purchased. Fun to see the difference in color combinations too 🙂
So lovely and fresh! Love both cards!
Your cards are beautiful and the new ink colors are just gorgeous. Thanks for sharing
although these cards took a long time to make, they look so bright and fresh. LOVE them!
Love your cards bright and fresh.
I just love the look of this! Such fun cards!
Stunning backgrounds you’ve created!
This is just GORG!! I love it!!
Beautiful background!
Absolutely Gorgeous cards!!! i have tons of ink pads but now i think i have to have the new Altenew ones!! Thanks for the inspiration!
Lovely cards. I love your design and hope to be a winner so I can purchase these new ink colors.
These inks are amazing! Crisp indeed! And your cards are gorgeous!!
Love these gorgeous ink colors! Happy they are otw to my house now!!!
Beautiful cards, the color combo is so rich!
I love your cards! I am waiting for my happy mail with the Vintage stamp set in it. Thank you for one more idea to use it.
beautiful colors – those inks are great no more guessing to see what goes together
Gorgeous cards!! You displayed the inks so well!
Great color schemes. Very cheerful.
Love the new ink colors!
Very pretty cards May. Love the new ink colours.
Great combination of colors and small flowers. Cards look awesome
You did a great job creating these patterns! Amazing cards, amazing vibrant colours – such a warm sunny feeling!
Love the cards!
Beautiful cards!!
Really loved your cards, they are just so bright and seem to so feminine and happy. Thanks
So gorgeous, your cards totally sell these new inks and I can see why you were so excited about them. The tones and coverage are excellent. Hope to get my hands on them one day!!
I love the clean fresh look of your cards, May. The new ink colors are so pretty – can’t wait to try them out!
Simply fresh and wonderful! Gives me happy vibes!
What a wonderful blog hop. Everything was so soft and pretty. Loved all the colors and card designs.
Beautiful card design! They have such a light, pretty feel to them.
Thanks for the chance to win!
The new inks are to die for! Beautiful cards! TFS!
It is refreshing to see a beautiful one layer card. Thank you.
WOW! way to showcase those inks! beautiful!
These card are absolutely gorgeous, and the colors are beautiful.
Lovely cards. They really showcase the new colors.
Very pretty cards!
Very interesting and stylish cards!
Love the new ink and card inspiration
Oh my GOSH, May! These cards are STUNNING! SO RETTY! ♥ them both!
Beautiful cards, May, and these new inks/colours are going to be my new favourites!
Love your cards May!
beautiful colors, beautiful cards :)))
This is really gorgeous and those inks look beautiful!
So Pretty!
Love your fun and vibrant cards!
oh wow! The background you have created on here is gorgeous! And I can’t get enough of these colors!!!
Love the way these new inks look. They team well with your fresh card design.
Such pretty cards May. Love the little flowers and leaves you used to make these one layer cards. The shades are beautiful.
Beautiful cards!! The new ink colors are gorgeous! Love the gradation of the colors.
You used the new inks beautifully. Well done.
Beautiful cards! I love those ink colours!
Beautiful cards love the colours so pretty 🙂
Beautiful cards! Love the colors you chose.
Love the single layer card
I can’t wait to play with these inks!
the colors are all so soft and creamy. . . .
I love your cards so much. They are always so classy and beautiful. Creating cards like this is the goal, honestly. Perfection.
Love your cards. These colors look like they will really well together.
Your cards are so dainty and lovely.
Beautiful cards! I love the stamped background and that you did them in different colors. Thanks for the inspiration.
Gorgeous designs and color combos! Can’t wait to try these new inks!
Very pretty card. Love the colors. TFS
Great cards! Thanks
These new inks are simply gorgeous, Youve
These new inks are simply gorgeous, You”Verizon shown them to their greatest advantage as your cards are lovely!
such a cute set of cards!
I love your cards. The colors are wonderful.
I love your stamps. Getting ready to order my first one! The inks look great as well!
Oh May! I really adore your stunning stamped backgrounds! You know, you are really my Muse 😉
The time it took to stamp this was totally worth it , just amazing!
Incredible stamping and results! I don’t know that I would have the patience for this, but the results are certainly worth it.
I love those inks! They make everything look so vibrant!
Beautiful cards! Love the gorgeous backgrounds you created.
I love this background you created.
Your cards are awesome!! I love the Vintage flowers sets!
Beautiful, colorful cards. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely projects & inks 🙂
These two cards look great in both colour ways. These are both a background and focal image in one especially with the lovely added sentiment. x
LOVING LOVING LOVING these!! Such FUN New INKS!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
I love your color combinations! So beautiful, thank you for sharing!
Wow, these are absolutely gorgeous! Those new inks are amazing! But then again so is the artist 🙂
Your cards are just beautiful. I love both color ways.
Beautiful! I love that you did the same card in different color variations. A great way to see the different combinations! Thank you 🙂
Love the cards and the different colors. They look so feminine and soft!
Love the cards and the colors! Definitely worth the effort.
Beautiful cards. Great way to use most of the stamps and showcase the colors of ink.
This would be a lovely general purpose card with just the stamped background and no sentiment. It’d make a nice gift set too with several colour variations!
Beautiful patterns)
Lovely cards and great colour combinations.
Well worth the time it took to stamp all those images, your cards are really beautiful!
wow your cards are gorgeous.. Lovely stamping and love those inks..
Absolutely gorgeous!
Beautiful card. I am looking forward to trying these inks!
The colors are amazing. The cards are beautiful!
Good luck to everyone! May, your cards are gorgeous! I think these ink pads are new must have for real stamper)
I love your cards! You gained yourself an avid follower! (:
I love these cards!
I really like the vibrant colors. Thank you for a chance on the giveaway 😀
Love your cards and those ink colors look super rich and yummy!
Love these stamps!!and the inks are so bright and cheer like I like them!!
Beautiful card! Altenew has such fresh and pretty stamps.
The cards are showcasing the beautiful inks and the gorgeous stamps so well! Really wish I could pick up all of them!
your cards are amazing… they show off the blending of the inks so well!
Your cards are stunning, May! I love both color palettes! Such a lovely way to use these new inks!
I really love this card! It’s gorgeous!!!
Would love to see these cards and inks in person- beautiful!!
The time you took on the cards paid off—they are beautiful and those inks are fabulous!
Love how you made your own background with the floral stamps and gorgeous inks! You’ll be picking your winner on my birthday so I’m hoping it’s good luck for me!!
These are beautiful! Loving these inks!
Love these ink colors, they’re beautiful!
These pretty cards just make me smile! Love the cheery colors!
Love your cards, beautiful ink colors!
Love the palate of colors. Bright and pretty for feminine cards or the soft rustic tones for a more masculine version. Great start for a release.
These inks are gorgeous and I love all the flowers on both cards!!
Your cards look fantastic. The color combinations are great.
The cards are amazing! FYI…my mom is Pak Sukhui – also from South Korea!
i love the cluster floral card! the colour combination is perfect
I do love that these colors work so well together! Great backgrounds for your cards! I love them both and can’t chooses between the caramel flowers or the pink ones!!
These inks look great! Your cards are brilliant as usual!
What a cute card!!!
Gorgeous cards! Love this inks! I have to have them!
Very nice color combination and gorgeous stamps.
Wow thank you for the giveaway! Your projects are, as always, astonishingly beautiful
The cards are amazing
GREAT!!!!
Flowers, flowers, and more flowers…love!!!
Beautiful cards! I can’t resist flowers!
Absolutely gorgeous!
The colors are beautiful!
What a great way to show us all these beautiful new inks, May! Love your sweet backgrounds, they remind me of little chintz prints!
May! Your card is very beautiful!
The sky is the limit on these beautiful new ink colors. So many possibilities!
Beautiful designs! Love how you used the flowers to showcase these new inks!
You are so talented!
May, you are a great artist! This card reminds me of coming summer. The ink colors are so nice and vibrant,you did great job for demonstrating them. And I love altenew awesome products! I just love all stamps they have, especially vintage roses and Persian motives. and now they released ink pads, excited to try them too. and gosh, I want them all… Thanks for giveaway, May!
I love the small flowers. Its fun to make a background with them. Your colors work really well together.
I love that you made this card in two different color themes. It gives it a whole different look. Beautiful either way.
Beautiful cards! I like the color combinations. I will have to try these inks!
Beautiful cards. Such lovely colours in these new inks and they look like they give a great crisp impression.
Gorgeous cards!! Loved how you masked off the edges. Love the colors of the new inks, especially coral bell and toffee!!
WOW!!! those cards are so beautiful,vibrant and cherry ….. love them … very nice job
Lovely cards and these inks are so vibrant and crisp. TFS
I think the inks bring out the designs really well. I love the layout of the overall card too!
Loving all the new crisp inks! My fav is coral berry and ruby red! Beautiful cards made!
Your cards are so pretty. I love how you created the patterned paper look. A simple idea that I never would have thought of! I’m sure it was quite time consuming though! I am really needing some new ink pads and think I will give your new crisp inks a try. From what I have seen along this blog hop, it looks as though they really do give a crisp, clean and vibrant image. Just lovely. I can’t wait to try them out.
Thank you for sharing and also for the generous giveaway!
Beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Beautiful cards! and thesse inks seem just perfect!
Thanks so much for sharing! I have never used the small flowers from my Vintage Flower set, and you have given me the inspiration I was needing! Now I just have to but those inks, lol! Ldiggs53@gmail.com
Love these! Love the soft color palette and design. These new inks really do look crisp! NEED! ;o)
Lovely deep colors.
Love both of this cards! Perfect colors;)
Beautiful
Beautiful cards! Love the new inks!
Beautiful cards. Love the new crisp inks.
Love both the cards!! Wonderful stamping. 🙂
Wow May, these are both so beautiful! I love the spring tone one best, but the warm summery-fall one is equally as pretty!
I am in love with these! I cannot believe how much masking the white border adds to your cards. Gorgeous!
OMG!! That is ME!!! I am so excited!! Thank you so much!! Email sent and off to shop! THANK YOU!!
May, your cards are so pretty. I love these ink colours you’ve used, they are ust so pretty.
Where can I buy these from, I love these… i live in the UK.. can we get them from you please?