My favorite time of the month are these special, surprise releases from Altenew. This month Altenew is releasing some special dies. I have a lot of projects that I would like to share with you. If you are hopping along with us, you have just come from Tenia Nelson. Your next stop is Emily Midgett. 
Are you a fan of using dies on your cards? What is the way you use dies? Let me know in the comments. 

Dies are amazingly versatile and this stand alone die release from Altenew is jam packed with some wonderful dies. If you are hopping along with us, you have just come from the uber talented, Zinia Redo and your next stop is my fellow New England Crafty Girl, Bridget Casey. Check out more details over at the Altenew Blog. Please keep reading for some inspiration using products from this release. Altenew kindly gifted me these products as part of my guest design work. Please leave me a comment letting me know if you have a favorite must have from this release!

Hello and thank you for stopping by. Today I am taking part in an Instagram Hop celebrating all things Altenew Educator Program. I became an Altenew Educator in March of 2019 and I consider it to be a real milestone in my crafty journey. To celebrate all the inspiration of the Altenew Educator Program, I am joining my fellow educators in sharing some inspiration from our favorite classes from the program. I chose Creative Coloring with Artist Markers. In the two cards I made today, I used alcohol ink and not the actual Artist Markers to make a really cool background. Continue reading for details on how I made these two cards. Affiliate links are used at no cost to you. If you chose to shop through these links, I may receive a small commission at no cost to you. Thanks for your support. 

Dies are expensive! One way to get that cost down is by using your supplies in many different ways. Today I am going to share how I am using the Altenew Floral In n Out Border die two ways! In one example, I will be inking a background, allowing the white die cut to pop off the card. The other example is inking up the die cut itself. In this post, I use affiliate links. If you choose to shop through these links, I may receive a small commission at no cost to you. Thank you for your support and let's read on for how I made these cards. 

Hello and welcome to this special release from Altenew of stand-alone dies. If you are hopping along with us you've come from uber talented Keisha Charles of The Paper Mint. Your next stop is paper crafting prodigy, Maryam Perez.

This release is really jam packed with so many cool products. My favorites are the Dotted Lines Debossing cover die which makes for a subtle background and the Just Leaves dies which will be great on their own or as a background for any floral composition. Check out the full release below:

Thanks for joining me on this blog hop. Keep reading to see the projects I made using the items from this release!

Hello and welcome to the November Craft-A-Flower blog hop celebrating Poppy, the newest member of the Craft-A-Flower family. Craft-A-Flower is a series of dies that when the die cut pieces are combined together, build a beautiful flower. I hope you are finding a lot of inspiration on this hop. You have just come from the highly talented Victoria Calvin from Victoria Marie Designs. Your next stop is the very creative Kelly Griglione from Notable Nest. You can start at the beginning of the hop by visiting the Altenew Card Blog. 

Hello crafty friends. I am popping in to share this card that I made with a Freebie from Scrapbook.com. This week is the7 Sizzling Day of Summer at Scrapbook.com. Each day for this week, if you make a purchase you will receive a free gift. Today, Aug 1 that free gift is this Pink Fresh Thank You die. 

I recently met a crafty friend on line and we met up to craft together. She introduced me to a great Birch Press Layered die, Adora. I’ve loved Birch Press dies but just hadn't ever used them so I quickly grabbed three colors of paper out of my scrap stash and die cut them. The Adora die has a repeating heart pattern and after I cut out the patterns, I was left with all these colorful hearts. I didn't want to waste them so I decided to make some cards but needed white as a neutral to go with my color palette. I grabbed the Altenew Radial Hearts cover die which has a repeating heart pattern and cut out a piece of Neenah solar white. I saved all these heart pieces and decided to use them on a card. Well I ended up making 5 cards and would like to explain how I made them using dies and leftovers. Please read on and note that affiliate links are used in this post. If you decide to purchase the items through these links, I get a small commission at no cost to you. Thank you for your support.