Altenew Educator "For the Love of Flowers" Blog Hop, Linky Party + Giveaway!

AECP Hop For the love of flowers

Hello friends! Thank you for joining me for the Altenew Educator Program Blog hop - If you are following along on the hop, you have just come from the amazing Irina Fonina from CreativeScrapbooking. The next stop on the hop is the very creative Vicki Finger from Twinkling Paper Studio. A full list of the blogs are at the end of this post. If you get lost, please go back to the Altenew Card Blog. Make sure to leave some love on the Altenew Card blog and each of the blog stops along the way for a chance to win a gift certificate to Altenew so you can pick up your favorite floral set. 

Flowers have a language and can be used to send messages conveying friendship, love and support. Altenew is known for their amazing floral images.  In this post, I use Altenew's floral stamp sets to build cards to convey messages of: steadfast friendship, true love and hope. Please continue reading to learn about the language of flowers and how I put together these cards.

Friendship

The AECP program was one where I have been able to connect with people who also enjoy papercrafting. I have made some great friends in the Altenew Educator Program and this is a wonderful and encouraging group. For this first project, I used Altenew Blooming Bouquet and Versatile Vases to make a lovely floral card about friendship. The flowers in this bouquet include: chrysanthemums (friendship), coral rose (friendship), ivy (friendship), violets (loyalty), Queen Anne's lace (sanctuary), goldenrod (encouragement) and eucalyptus (protection and abundance).  I added the vase to ground the floral image. Given the openness of the images, I decided to use Altenew's watercolor brush markers and water brushes to color in the images because I felt I could get a nice blend of color. 

• Supplies used:
• Blooming Bouquet Stamp set
• Water brush markers-all sets
• Versatile Vases stamp set
• Script words 2 dies
• Perfectly Perfect stamp set

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Love

In addition to finding friendship, I experienced a renewed love for paper crafting through completing the AECP. Periodically I find myself in a creative rut. The Altenew Academy classes provided a lot of inspiration to restart my crafty mojo. In this project, I usedAltenew Exotic Tulips for a clean and simple look. Red tulips convey love and the Altenew Red Cosmos crisp dye inks are just the right shade of red.

• Supplies used:
• Exotic Tulips Stamp 
• Red Cosmos ink set
• Bamboo ink
• Shadow Creek ink
• Buttercream ink
• You are loved die
• Script Words die set
• Sentiment Strips

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Encouragement

Crafting can be a lonely business and through the AECP, I gained inspiration and a sense of community. I loved each class I took through the Altenew Academy and appreciated the feedback on my projects so I could improve my craft. ​Not only did my card making improve, there was feedback on blog posts, social media and photography. If you are interested in sharing your love of cardmaking and papercrafting, check out the Altenew Educator Program.
This card features Altenew Playful Plumeria (hope and new beginnings) layering stamp set as well as the Foliage stencil. I wanted to showcase how to use different products to develop layers and texture on your cards.

• Playful Plumeria stamp set
• Foliage stencil
• Morning frost ink
• Limestone ink
• Maple yellow ink
• Honey drizzle ink
• Bamboo ink
• Moss ink
• Paperbag ink
• Espresso ink
• Dark chocolate ink
• Seabreeze ink
• Clear embossing powder
• Leaf medallion die

Thank you so much for joining me on today's hop. I hope you are feeling inspired by all the great designers.
Here is the entire blog list:
Altenew Card Blog
Michelle Ochoa Murray
Nandini Karmarkar
Terri Marie Koszler
Irina Fonina
Amy Hill <----You Are Here
Vicki Finger
Laurel Beard
Teri Stokes
Neha Aggarwal
Nenette S. Madero
Nancy McClelland
Eva Bussom
Amber Rain Davis
Rosie Neustaedter
Patty Mello
Helen Kalb
Teri Wilson
Christine Pennington
Maryam Sharara
Nicole Watt
Virginia Lu

PRIZES!!

​Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners! Please leave a comment here on the Altenew Card Blog by 3/11/2020 for a chance to win. A winner will also be drawn to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 3/14/2020.
There’s MORE! Altenew will pick 2 of their favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will each receive a $15 gift certificate to our store!
Special offer: Save 15% off on ALL Stamp & Die Bundles from 3/5/2020 at 12:01 AM EST until 3/6/2020 at 11:59 PM EST. No code needed to enjoy this sale! Not valid on previous purchases. Excludes February 2020 release products.

I would love it if you would leave me a comment below and let me know which flowers you love to receive. Have a wonderful day. ​

Supply List

For your convenience, supplies are listed below. Affiliate links are used at no cost to you. Thank you for your support. "" """""""

Altenew Foliage Stencil Shop at: Altenew	Altenew Blooming Bouquet Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook	Altenew Versatile Vases Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook	Altenew Exotic Tulips Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook
Altenew Playful Plumeria Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook	Altenew Sentiment Strips Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook	Altenew Winter Wonderland Watercolor Markers Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook	Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers - Spring Garden Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook
Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers - Tropical Fiesta Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook	Altenew You are loved die Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook	Altenew Script words Shop at: Altenew	Altenew Script words 2 Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook
Altenew Leaf Madallion die Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook	Altenew Obsidian black ink Shop at: Altenew	Altenew Mini Blossom Shop at: Altenew	Altenew Stamping mat Shop at: Altenew
Altenew white embossing powder Shop at: Altenew	Red Cosmos Crisp Ink Set Shop at: Altenew	Summer Afternoon Mini Crisp Ink Set Shop at: Altenew	Pocket Sunshine Mini Crisp Ink Set Shop at: Altenew
Tropical Forest Mini Crisp Ink Set Shop at: Altenew	Cool Summer Night Mini Crisp Ink Set Shop at: Altenew	Coffee Break Mini Crisp Ink Set Shop at: Altenew	Warm Gray Mini Crisp Ink Set Shop at: Altenew
Rock Collection Mini Crisp Ink Set Shop at: Altenew	Four Scoops Mini Crisp Ink Set Shop at: Altenew	Altenew clear embossing powder Shop at: Altenew