Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in Total Prizes!)

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am part of Altenew's Celebrating Parents Card Hop. Altenew hosts this annual card drive which aims to send homemade cards to the elderly who lives in nursing homes or shelters, and let them know that they are not forgotten. I hope you join this drive by sending in your handmade cards. You still have plenty of time. Altenew is collecting handmade cards until April 19, 2024. I added the link to the card drive below.

Celebrating Parents Card Drive 2024! #AltenewCardDrive

Altenew will also donate $1 to the Food Bank of Central New York for every order of Altenew Alcohol Markers Collection now until 4/30/2024. The money raised goes to seniors in need. 

I created two cards for the hop using the same Altenew supplies. I changed up the color scheme on each card to make a masculine card and a feminine card. The stamp I used for the cards is from the Altenew Patchwork Tiles stamp set. The foiled sentiment was created using the Altenew Vertical Greetings hot foil plate set.

I embossed each tile on different shades of the gray and purple cardstocks. Such a great way to use those scraps. Although you can use a paper trimmer or a craft knife to cut the tiles, I have a square die in my craft stash that perfectly matches the tile.

I made sure that I arranged the embossed tiles in a way that no same color shade is next to each other. 

I added details to the stamped images using 3D pens and drops. It definitely steps up the design. 

The foiling part was a bit of a struggle since I rarely do it. It took me about three tries before I was happy with the result. I used a craft knife to trim the foiled sentiment, and used a corner punch to round the corners. This foil sentiment set has a coordinating die which is included in the die set. 

I matted the sentiment using the same color cardstock I used for the card base. I adhered the sentiment to the panel using foam adhesive.

I hope I inspired you with today's cards and that it inspired you enough to join this handmade card drive. Let us show love to these seniors through the power of cardmaking. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 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 27, 2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on March 29, 2024.

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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I added below links to the Altenew products I used on the cards above. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this/these product/s. It is just a way to help a fellow crafter sustain her love for crafting. While in the Altenew blog, don't forget to check out their new release for this month. Thank you for your support!