Monday, March 20, 2023

Altenew March 2023 Marvelous Monthly Series Release Blog Hop #2 + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)


Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's post is an extra special one for I am taking part in Altenew's Marvelous Monthly Series Release for March. Eeek! I can't believe it myself. Anyway, I am glad you came my blog's way. I hope you like the cards I created featuring the Mini Delight: Cafe' Au Lait Dahlia stamp set and coordinating die set. I rarely use silhouette stamps because I don't get good stamped impressions with these kinds of stamps. Thanks to the Misti Stamping Tool, this is not a problem anymore. In fact, there are many techniques you can do with silhouette stamps. The cards I created show some of these techniques.

For my first card, I added shading to the stamped image. I used a light-colored dye ink and also used second generation stamping for the image. I don't want the stamped image to be too dark that it will be difficult to add shading to the image that's why I used second generation stamping.    

For the second card, I stamped the image over a blended ink blended background using a black dye ink. This technique is very common these days. I masked the top and bottom portions of the panel. The masking paper was die cut with a deckled rectangle die. You can use shaped mask to add a blended image. You can also have the silhouette image stamped beyond the blended background. Lots of potential with this technique, a technique I learned from one of the AECP 2 courses on Masking Unleashed. Creating backgrounds with masking is one of the classes in this course. 

For the third card, I stamped the flower on a different colored cardstock. I stamped the flower using a coordinating color of Tim Holtz Oxide ink. Just make sure the cardstock is lighter in color than the Oxide ink or else the flower will not be visible. Another option is to heat emboss this with clear embossing powder. Heat embossing makes the color darker than its original tone. I die cut the flowers using the coordinating die. 



To save time from trying to find the matching points of the stamped flower with the die, place a dot on one of the most prominent flower tips of the die with the use of a marker. On the plastic sheet that holds the stamps, on the printed side, put a dot on the side of the flower tip that matches the tip of the flower where the metal die has a dot as shown above.

I also stamped the leaves in the stamp set and die cut the leaves with the matching dies. I created a background panel using the flowers and leaves die cuts. 

Which of these techniques did you like? Do you have any other silhouette stamp techniques?

As a recap, below are the links related to this release and blog hop:

Don't forget that you can subscribe monthly to one or more of the product bundles in this release. Suit your crafting needs. 

And the best part of all is...
Giveaway Prizes


$300+ in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift card to 1 grand prize winner and a $20 gift card to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by March 26, 2023 for a chance to win.


Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on March 28, 2023. *The grand prize winner will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew Card Blog.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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20 comments:

  1. So many great designs with this flower! GORGEOUS!

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  2. Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. love the x's aound your card in matching color, very pretty cards

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  4. I love all of your cards. Especially the multiple flowers. The tip on marking the stamp and die...Fantastic! Thank you for sharing your creations and the great tip!

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  5. Pretty cards .. thanks for the dot tip ❤️

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  6. Such a great tip! Thank you. Each of your cards are beautiful.

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  7. You've used the Dahlia stamp and die set to great effect!

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  8. I love your card designs. And the Dahlias.

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  9. Cute cards. Love all the color combos you used.

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  10. fun unique look - thanks for sharing

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  11. Gorgeous cards! Love the designs.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  12. I love your cards. The Mini Delight: Cafe' Au Lait Dahlia set is definitely one of my favorites from this fantastic release -- odd because it's such a bargain (usually my favorite is whatever is most expensive!),

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  13. It was really fun to see your variety of cards. I like the last one best, with the variety of colors. I like cards on tan cardstock, and now I have inspiration on how to do so with my oxides.

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  14. Beautiful card - the use of second generation stamping works very well. Great idea!

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  15. Lovely cards. My favorite is the second.

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  16. Super cards! My favorite is the first one, with the stitching around it.

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  17. Hi Maria. Your cards are so pretty. I like the idea of second generation stamping on the first one. The card with the colorful Dahlias just makes me smile. Thanks for the tips and tricks for lining up the flower tip on the stamp and die. Your cards have helped me decide to get this stamp, because it looks very versatile. Have a great day.

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  18. Love these pretty dahlias! Awesome cards!

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