Altenew 8th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 5
+ Giveaway (over $2000 in Total Prices)
Hello crafty friends and welcome to the Altenew Anniversary blog hop DAY 5! Altenew is turning 8 today and we are celebrating with a big WOW!
If you are blog hopping, you are coming from Penny Page and welcome to my blog! My name is Lana Taber and I am pleased to have you here.
First, let me say how excited I am for being here and it is my honor to be able to participate in the big celebration. Since it is such a special day, I have created something very special for Altenew. You have heard me brag about Altenew many times, and for a reason. I have been a fan of Altenew for 5 – 6 years and it is such a pleasure to see it grow stronger day by day.
I have become an Altenew Educator last year and ever since then I’ve been involved in blog hops, IG hops and one of the most important to me is Craft Your Life Retreat. And as a big THANK YOU to Altenew I’ve created a card using a product that is relatively new to Altenew – foil plate!
This foil plate is called Golden Days and it is very impressive in real life. It is big enough for you to cover a 5×5 card panel and that is exactly what I’ve done.
There really wasn’t a lot of products that I used to create this card. Aside from the foil plate, all I needed was a coloring medium and of course, paper. To color this flower I used Altenew Woodless Coloring Pencils. If you are interested click HERE to see how I save and use the shavings of these pencils for future use.
All I did here was color with these phenomenal Altenew Woodless Coloring Pencils. I have never worked with woodless pencils before and for all of you who are wondering how how they feel, well, they feel great! The best thing is that there is no waste. These colors are vibrant and easy to use. The best thing about them is that you do not need gamsol or any other solvent to blend these pencils. I tried and I realized that the pigment is being pushed aside, almost removed from the paper. When I realized that, I decided to stop and just use the pencils and try to blend them as best as I could. I realized that pigments just layered on top of one another and that is when I discover the magic of these pencils. I love how vibrant these colors are and you cannot see any streaks from pencils.
And that is my minimalistic, yet striking card for this super special day!
Take advantage of this week’s promotions and discounts. If you are looking to purchasing these pencils, the set is discounted 20%! And there are a lot more savings on Altenew website (click HERE) .
Giveaway Prizes
Over $2,000 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $80 Gift Certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy Online Class($8.95 value) to 15 lucky winners. There are also 26 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
- Altenew: 5 x $80 Altenew Gift Certificate
- Altenew Academy: 15 x Online Monthly Class Spot
- Jennifer McGuire Ink: Share Handmade Kindness Goodie Bag
- A Cherry on Top: $50 Gift Certificate
- Auzz Trinklets N Krafts: $50 Gift Certificate
- Avery Elle: $50 Gift Certificate
- Bumbleberry Papercrafts: £25 Gift Certificate
- Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
- CiLi in Papers: €75 Gift Certificate
- Concord & 9th: 1 $50 Gift Certificate & 1 Eclectic Garden Bundle ($38 Value)
- Craft Stash: $100 Gift Certificate
- Dare 2B Artzy: $30 Gift Certificate
- Ellen Hutson LLC: $25 Gift Certificate
- Gina K. Designs: $50 Gift Certificate
- Hero Arts: $50 Gift Certificate
- Lawn Fawn: $25 Gift Certificate
- MarkerPop: 4 x $40 Gift Certificate
- Michelle’s Cards & Stamps: AUD$100 Gift Certificate
- My Little Attic: $50 Gift Certificate
- My Sweet Petunia: $50 Gift Certificate
- Online Card Classes: 3 Online Class Spots to 1 Winner
- Pink and Main: $50 Gift Certificate
- Pinkfresh Studio: $50 Gift Certificate
- Scrapbook & Cards Today: $50 Gift Certificate
- Scrapbook.com: $50 certificate
- Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate
- Studio Katia: $50 Gift Certificate
- Waffle Flower: $25 Gift Certificate
Be sure to leave comments by 4/15/2022 for a chance to win one of 50 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with “Hi from (city or country where you’re from)!” 50 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/21/2022.
Blog Hop Order
Lana Taber YOU ARE HERE
185 Comments
K. Salito
Hi from Louisiana. Thank you for sharing your beautiful card.
lanabylanadesign
You are very welcome.
Thanks for coming.
Donna Walls
Hi from Central Florida! Yes, this foling plate is stunning and your inspiration is gorgeous!
lanabylanadesign
Thank you so much Donna.
Thanks for visiting me today.
Angela
My wish list is growing
lanabylanadesign
Hi Angela,
Man, does it ever stop? lol
Thanks for coming!
Sandy Handrich
Greetings from Michigan! That foil plate is stunning!
lanabylanadesign
Hi Sandy!
I agree, I love this plate so much and I love how strikingly big it is!
Thanks for coming today!
Birgit Norton
Hello from Maine. Your card is stunning. Such a beautiful bloom!
lanabylanadesign
Hi Brigit,
One state I so wish to see…
Thanks for stopping by!
Patricia Coleman
Hello from Charlotte, NC! Such a beautiful card!!
lanabylanadesign
Thank you Patricia and thank you for coming.
Jeanne R
Hi from Oregon. Beautiful card. Thanks for all your inspiration.
lanabylanadesign
Hi Jeanne!
Thank you and thank you for visiting.
I hope you found some fun and useful tips and ideas.
Kay Furnish
Hi from California. Your flower is totally amazing – it looks like velvet or suede. Beautiful coloring!!
lanabylanadesign
Yay,
finally Cali!
I am in Nor Cal.
Thank you for such a lovely compliment!
Thank you so much for visiting!
Sheri Kempke
Hi from AZ. Beautiful floral and get new foil plate. Thanks for the inspiration.
lanabylanadesign
Hi Sheri,
Just something different to get the creative juices flowing.
Thanks for coming!
Donna De Gale-Kalloo
Hi! I am from the Caribbean islands of Trinidad & Tobago! Lovely card!
lanabylanadesign
Hello Donna from far, far, away! :)
Thank you for your comment and thank you visiting.
Enjoy the beautiful Caribbean!
Roblyn Henry
Hi from Colorado! I don’t have a foiling system but I love what you created!
lanabylanadesign
Hello Roblyn,
I know it can be an investment and we most certainly cannot have all the gadgets, but the foiling system is super cool. You can always use embossing powder and then color it. But if you chose to do this, do not use your markers for coloring. This is in case you don’t know about it…
Thanks for visiting!
Lauryne Cunningham
Hi from TX! Wow! The purple and gold look gorgeous together!
lanabylanadesign
Hi Lauryne,
I love this combination of colors. And quite frankly, when I think about it more, I don’t think that there is a color that doesn’t go with gold…
Hmm, just something to think about.
Thank you for visiting!
Liz O.
👋 Hello from Ohio! 🤩 the color combo is amazing and currently I am obsessed with the wood less pencils ! Love this flower, thanks for the inspiration Lana!
Liz O.
👋 Hello from Ohio! Love the color combo Lana! Love this flower, and the wood less pencils are my current obsession! Thanks for the inspiration!
lanabylanadesign
Hi Liz,
I am so glad to hear that I am not the only one obsessed with these pencils.
Thanks for stoping by!
Mary Holshouser
Hi, from Millstadt, IL.
The deep purple with the gold
embossing is gorgeous.
Wonderful card. thanks for
sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
lanabylanadesign
Hello Mary,
Deep Purple got me! :)
Thank you, I hope you found some inspiration along the hop.
Thanks for visiting
Catherine
Hi from Florida -Beautiful work – Thanks for sharing
lanabylanadesign
Thank you Catherine and thank you for visiting.
Joyace
Hi from Virginia. Your card is gorgeous!
lanabylanadesign
Hello Joyace,
I love VA! Beautiful state!
Thank you for coming.
Pat
Hi from Long Island, NY. Your creations are beautiful!!!!!
lanabylanadesign
Hello NY!!
Thank you so much Pat and thanks for coming.
Lillian Child
Hello from Colorado … what a lovely card! thank you for sharing your talents with us.
lanabylanadesign
Hi Lillian,
The pleasure is all mine!
Thank you for visiting me today!
Carmela Hubler
Greetings from Texas! Lovely work with the hot foil. I have yet to give that a try!
lanabylanadesign
Howdy TX!
Thank you. I love that Altenew has foil plates now. It’s a game changer and I encourage you to try it.
Meghan Kennihan
Hello from Chicago, Illinois! Happy anniversary on blog day 5! Beautiful flower and color!
lanabylanadesign
Hi Meghan,
Are you having fun hopping around?
Thank you and thanks for stopping by.
Lori Hothan
Hello from Minneapolis MN. Happy Anniversary on Bog Hop Day 5!!! This card is hands down stunning and gorgeous. Love the Golden Days Hot Foil you used, but also would love to check out the Woodless Coloring Pencils, I know other ladies who also presented mentioned this in passing as well. Thank you for you sharing your talents and ideas.
lanabylanadesign
Thank you so much Lori! I am so happy you like it. I love these pencils, I really do. There is a tip in one of my previous blogs about saving the shavings and using them later, so there’s no waste! Thanks for stopping by!
Audja
I’ve never seen such a beautiful result from woodless coloring pencils! Hello from Syracuse, NY the hometown of Altenew…
lanabylanadesign
Hello Audja,
So you must be close to Altenew! Aren’t you lucky!
I love these pencils, and I love to color with them. I think people underestimate them. They are vibrant and easy to use. I hope it shows.
Thank you and thanks for coming
Teresa Doyle
Hi from Canada
Lana, this may be minimalistic but it packs and amazing PUNCH! It’s my kind of card…a huge floral, some gold and a beautiful bright colour. Those woodless pencils are amazing!
lanabylanadesign
Hi Teresa and thank you for your lovely comment.
Yes, I love these pencils. I think they are wonderful. Most people expect the old school coloring pencils but these are a bit different. I think they “blend” beautifully (technically they lay on top of the other) and are very vibrant. If you don’t have them already, I recommend you buy them, especially if you win a gift card from Altenew.
Thank you so much for coming and good luck
Lindar C
Hi from Escondido, CA! Wow!! My favorite color!!💜 I love woodless coloring pencils too.
lanabylanadesign
Hello So Cal!
Yay, Im glad someone here shares my love for woodless coloring pencils!
Thanks for coming!
Karen Draper
Hi from Texas! Thanks for pointers on using these pencils.
lanabylanadesign
My pleasure Karen.
I hope you try it.
Catherine Marie Derouche
Hello from Maine….your card is so pretty with the dark purple!
lanabylanadesign
Hello Catherine,
Thank you so much and thank you for stopping by.
Lori
Hi from MN!
Your card is breathtakingly beautiful!
Purple is my favorite color, especially this rich shade.
Thanks for sharing your talent.
lanabylanadesign
Hello Lori,
The pleasure is all mine!
Thank you for your kind words and thank you so much for visiting me today.
I hope you found some inspiration along the way.
Cheers!
anntquilt
Hi from Delaware, what beautiful, vibrant coloring with the colored pencils!
lanabylanadesign
Howdy!
Thank you and thank you for stopping by.
Donna Phelan
Hi from Cape Cod! WHOA! That blossom is BIG and Bold and Beautiful! I used my Glimmer machine today too, so FUN! TFS!
lanabylanadesign
Yay!
Fun never stops!
Thanks for coming
Alexandra Y
Hi from Canada! Love the colour! It is super vibrant!
lanabylanadesign
Thank you Alexandra and thank you for coming.
Ashley Loving
Hi from Virginia! Gorgeous! I really love the purple.
lanabylanadesign
Thank you Ashley.
Thanks for stopping by.
Suna Stirk
Hi from Auckland New Zealand. I just love this stencil and hot foil plate set! Stunning, thanks for the inspiration!
lanabylanadesign
Hello Suna,
Happy Sunday morning!
I actually do not have the stencil, I somehow forgot to order it, that’s next on my list, but you can always color it with any medium you like.
Thanks for stopping by.
Sharon Gullikson
Hi from Calif. The RICH purple looks so pretty. You are very good at this.
lanabylanadesign
Thank you so much Sharon.
Thanks for coming!
Patricia A Wood
That purple is simply stunning.
lanabylanadesign
Hi Patricia,
Yes, the purples are very vibrant and beautiful. As a matter of fact, the entire set of these woodless coloring pencils is phenomenal.
Thank you for coming.
Sandra Baggarly
Hi from Kentucky! Thanks for sharing your beautiful card!
lanabylanadesign
You are welcome Sandra!
Thank you for coming.
Audrey
Hello from Washington state. This card has me seriously considering the whole “foiling” technique. I think I may have to invest.
lanabylanadesign
Hello Audrey,
Once you get it, all you have to do is practice. It might not come out the way you want it the first time, but trust me, it gets better. Thank you for coming!
LINDA FILLDS
Hi from Rumford, Maine. Foiling has not been tried on this end yet. But I hae seen so many beautiful cards. tyfs :)
lanabylanadesign
Hi Linda,
Foiling is surely beautiful, but can be frustrating. Luckily, Altenew foiling plates are great and big. Im sure you will love it once you try it.
Thanks for coming.
Ronda
Stunning! Hi from Colorado.
lanabylanadesign
Thank you Ronda.
Thanks for stopping by!
vickiedavis77
Oh my goodness! Love that purple flower!
lanabylanadesign
Hey Vickie,
How are you!
I love the flower, I will have to try to color it red or orange. Now can you picture that?
Thanks for coming!
Amy Solovay at the Knitting, Crochet and Crafts Blog
Hi from Cedar City, Utah! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, ALTENEW!
Love that beautiful bloom with the shiny gold foil! How lovely!
lanabylanadesign
Hi Amy,
Thank you and thank you for visiting me today.
Melissa Leftrick
Hi from TN! I absolutely love this flower with the foiling! I would love to have a hot foil machine! So stunning!
lanabylanadesign
Hi Melissa from TN!
I have to admit, it is a good good tool to have, especially now when more and more companies are coming out with foil plates. I am very impressed with Altenew foil plates. They are much bigger than any I have in my stash. When I received this flower plate, I was very impressed.
Once the time comes, I do recommend getting the foiling system. You will not regret it.
Carmen
Hello from Houston, My goodness, what a magic card…and in my favorite color, the shading is just gorgeous.
lanabylanadesign
Thank you Carmen!
I really wanted to showcase the coloring pencils and how wonderful they are.
I think this shows it well.
Thank you for coming!
Denise Bryant
Hi from Penn Valley, CA!
Spectacular coloring of this gorgeous foiled bloom! Just beautiful!
lanabylanadesign
Thank you so much Denise!
It really is a wonderful foil plate.
Thanks for visiting me today!
Marisela Delgado
Hola from San Antonio, Texas!
Luralyn C.
Hi from central Kentucky. What a gorgeous, stunning card! Love that rich coloring!
lanabylanadesign
Thank you Luralyn.
I just love this flower so much that I had to put it on the card without cutting it.
This can easily be turned into two cards, I just like this look better.
Thanks for visiting.
hecator
Hi from England in the UK. Beautifully coloured flower. Those woodless pencils look so vibrant. Thanks for the tip about the shaving, I’ll certainly follow it when I get mine.
lanabylanadesign
Hello from sunny CA!
Yes, these pencils are amazing you will not regret getting them.
Let me know how you like them.
Cheers!
stampingrama
Hi from Rochester, NY…Altenew is my neighbor to the east on I-90! WOWza!! Nothing else is needed with your design!! STUNNING
lanabylanadesign
Oh, how lucky you are!
Tank you!
And thank you for joining the celebration!
Jill Rauenhorst
Hi from St. Paul, MN. Fabulous flower, beautiful card!
lanabylanadesign
Hello Jill,
Thank you and thank you for visiting me today.