Wedding card with Altenew

Hi Everyone,

I have to admit - since I busted out the Altenew "Beautiful Day" stampset, I don't seem to be able to put it away! It's just so pretty and so versatile - goes with practically any occasion! It just so happens that I needed a wedding card, and I decided that the floral images would be perfect for it!

I opted for a bit of an unusual (for me) colour combination - cream, navy and gold, and I am rather pleased with the end result - I think it looks really elegant. At the very end, I also added some Wink of Stella on the  navy flower & the leaf, but I didn't manage to capture it in a photo anymore - however, I'm sure that you can all imagine the glittery shine! :o)

The layout of the card was inspired by the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge - I slightly flipped the sketch, but it still resembles it pretty well, I believe.

And here is the finished card, together with a matching envelope. I also decorated the inside with the stamps from the stampset. 

I am entering the card into the following challenges:

Flower Challenge - Anything goes

Have a great week,

Mirella

Thank you card with Altenew

Hi Everyone,

If you follow me on Instagram, you probably remember that around my daughter's first birthday I asked my crafty friends to send handmade birthday cards for the special occasion. To my huge surprise, I received quite an amount of them (and I am so, so grateful! They'll be such an amazing keepsake!), and now that I have my crafty supplies back - it's time to start working on the thank you cards...

My mojo appears to be slightly shy in this new crafty environment, so the makes are not coming together too quickly (let's face it, it's the lack of free time that is mainly the issue here!), however I am slowly putting some cards together, and am hoping to be able to send out the first batch soonish enough. Oh, sometimes I wish I was better at mass producing cards, but I really just prefer to make each of them unique... 

Anyhow, since my last post and video, I had the new Altenew stampset on my desk, and decided to put it to (hopefully) good use. It just so happens, that I also recently splurged on a MISTI, and so the new "toy" and the layering stamps felt like the perfect choice. Long story short - I LOVE THEM! Both! Many have said it before me, and I am sure many still will follow - the Misti is an amazing tool! Yes, it's overpriced, but boy it is so much fun, and makes me less scared of trying out different designs, techniques, stamping sentiments at the very end, etc... Oh, I was a happy camper-stamper! :o)

Here's the card I made - not 100% happy with it, but it's the best I could put together during the baba's nap. And in fairness, the more I look at it, the more I like it! :o) And what I am mostly impressed with, is the fact that these flowers are stamped with Distress Inks - layering is key here - thank you MISTI!

I am entering the card into the following challenges:

Altenew - Photo inspiration

SSS - Anything goes (Wednesday challenge)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a great Friday and weekend,

Mirella

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Altenew video contest

Hello Everyone,

Today's video and post will be a little different to what you might be used to with me, but nevertheless I hope you're going to enjoy it! 

The lovely folks over at Altenew are having a very cool challenge at the moment, where they ask you to make a video sharing information about their company, why we love their products, etc. You can find all of the details here. I wanted to do a little bit more than just talk about Altenew, since I wanted my video to be a little bit more catchy... Let's face it - Altenew is no ordinary company AND in addition, the prizes in the competition are really fantastic, so I wanted to stand out a little :o) 

It took me a good while to come up with something I was happy with. And then, one evening, as I was watching (for like the 10th time) a very popular TV series... the intro music came on, and I had my Eureka moment! 

You might not know that about me, but I love singing. [It might be a good moment now to mention that I sing because I like it, not because I'm good at it, LOL] Anyways, quite often (mostly to annoy the Hubby, but sometimes to cheer him up, too!) I have a tendency of changing the lyrics of a popular song, just to describe a particular situation we're in. It's usually a once-off performance, the lyrics are created as I sing, and nobody hears that version of the song ever again (and let me tell you, some real gems were lost that way, haha!). This time, I got a little bit more prepared since I had to record myself - all for the purpose of the competition... 

I hope you're going to enjoy my little "performance". I'm pretty sure you'll know what TV series I'm re-watching now, too! But most importantly - if you have not heard of Altenew before, I hope my video will encourage you to check them out. And if you do know them - well, let's just say we all "gotta get some new stamps soon"... am I right? ;o)

Have a great week,

Mirella