It might be the middle of October, but as crafters, we’re already elbow deep into winter holiday projects! Let’s explore some new standalone dies from Altenew that can help you finish up your project list for November and December! You should be arriving from Nenette’s blog. If not, you can track back to the Altenew Card Blog to start at the beginning, or continue around until you loop back here.
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winter + essentials
The theme for this release is “winter essentials”, but I think it’s more aptly named winter + essentials as it seems that there’s some winter stuff and some essentials – maybe even some winter essentials too…
Of course, there’s bundles, so you have lots of options to pick up some of your favorites at a discount!
basic florals + sentiment strips + backgrounds
First up is a trio of dies that work really well together! The Lacy Panel Die is a perfect square panel that adds an easy focal point space, while allowing the background to peek through. Here, I used it to ground a few layered flowers from the Simple Nesting Flowers die set and a sentiment from the new Essential Sentiment Strips dies.
I was going for a kind of retro 70s vibe, pulling in golds and muted oranges and rust. You’ll see that vibe through all my designs today. You’ll also notice that the backgrounds all feature stencils from the last stencil release. You should definitely check out all the great stencils from last month!
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words + letters
For my second look, I cut up a sentiment from the new Essential Sentiment Strips dies so I could pair it with some letters from the Linear Pathway Alpha and Linear Pathway Outline dies. Since I was feeling retro, and so is the die set, I went for “fab” to complete the throwback look. What do you think? Is it FAB, or what?!
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happy (minus the holidays) birthday
Isn’t a great scripty word die just the best? This “happy” comes from the new Happy Holidays Script Die set, which is more versatile than it first appears as you can use the words separately. The Essential Sentiment Strips dies make another appearance to finish off the look.
Thank You!
Time is precious and I’m truly grateful that you chose to spend a few minutes of your day here!
I would love to connect with you on Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest where we have the opportunity to share and interact even more!
Now, about that GIVEAWAY…
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 10/25/2020 for a chance to win.
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WOW! You nailed it with the Retro Vibe! Great cards & this is another great release!
Love the cards
Such bright, colourful cards! Your background are the perfect backdrop to your die cut designs. Very nice!
You are so fab! Love this card;)
I love the colors you used on your card! It’s perfect for fall.
Great cards! Love your use of the new alphabets on your cards.
Love your colorful designs using the new release dies!!
That first one is so 70s retro!
I love that last blue/lavender card. That backdrop is beautiful!! Nicely done
Very wonderful cards! I especially like the last card. I love the sweet and soft lavender colors!
This is a shockingly beautiful release! Thanks for sharing.
I really like the look the gold cardstock adds to the birthday card! Thank you for sharing!
Very 70’s! Love what you did with the retro feeling!
Love the 70’s color palate in the first card. It’s hard to find products to be able to scrapbook my childhood pics, but you just gave me some ideas!
Wonderful stencil backgrounds. I love the soft water color effect you created.
My fave is your Happy Birthday…sooo pretty…
Awesome projects!! So very creatively inspiring!!
You brought a unique approach to this release. Thank you for stretching our imaginations!
This new alphabet is going to be really fun to work with. I very much like your water color stencil backgrounds too.
Your cards are so colorful and Fun!!! Love them all!!
I seldom purchase alphabet die sets, but the outline seems to be so versatile, I may have to bite the bullet. The Holiday die set is just gorgeous!
Great creations. Love your style.
Beautiful! Love the dies, love the watercolor looks.
Simply gorgeous! thank you for the inspiration!
Great backgrounds
What great cards! ?
I love the fall color combo at the top! Great cards!
These are all fabulous!
These cards are so lovely and fresh looking! Thank you for sharing them.
I loved the 70’s and I love your cards!
Nice card samples illustrating the new Altenew release.
Definitely 70s vibe! (My high school years) Very fun. I like your use of stencils in the backgrounds, of which I now own a few. Thank you for the inspiration!
Lovely cards! Your use of watercolour really makes them special! Thanks so much for the wonderful inspiration! Take care! 🙂
Love your projects and particularly your color choices. Lovely!
These are beautiful. Such good ideas
Nicole you always do such a good job/art with matching colors and putting dies, stencils and stamps together.
I love these cards. I especially love the first one — the Lacy Panel die is one of my favorites from this fantastic release.
Nice.
I really like the fun background you have created.
Very wonderful cards. My favorite is the last card. TFS
So beautiful! Love the beautiful alphas. And the new 3D dies look amazing!
Great use of the release. So many year round options and media types that can be used. Always and nice visit here. Thanks for sharing.
How pretty the watercolor look is. I love your colors, too!
Wonderful cards. Love the background die and so much more of this release. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome cards! Love how the Linear Pathway alpha looks on your FAB card!
Great inspirations, fun to see these retro looking cards!
Nicole your cards are beautiful! I love the Happy Birthday card, so adorable!
Creative card designs with these new products.
I love the watercolor look of the birthday card. And you were so clever to use the “happy” die in a way other than its original intention!
Fantastic cards! The backgrounds are amazing.
I love the artsy, flowing feel of those backgrounds. Beautiful cards – and yes, that is a gorgeous happy die that just begs to be used in so many ways.
That “Happy” could be used for so many cards. So pretty. Love your colors. A bit different from all the purples I’m seeing. I like it.
Pretty cards! Love those handy sentiment strips!
I love your lavender happy birthday card. Great release. TFS!
Yes, Nicole, I think your card is FAB! I like the outline of that new linear alphabet die set. Pretty cool, daddy-o. 😉
I really am fond of your birthday card at the end of your post. The happy script sentiment is lovely and I really also like the soft blues you used with the white embossing for the background. This is a prefect card for a male I feel! Thanks for sharing your wonderful creations with us!
Fun cards!
This new release is spectacular!
Altenew really did put out some great products on this realease. Loving those letters like you used. Nice style, and not like anything I already have.
Fun and vibrant cards , thanks for sharing your inspiring ideas with us. Altenew have such lovely dies and stamps etc. Can’t get enough of them.
Such a pretty collection of cards. Loving these die cuts!