Mini Delight: Sweet Popsicles You're The Sweetest Person I Know Card

I'm back with another fun card for Altenew's August release, and this time I made patriotic popsicles with the Mini Delight: Sweet Popsicles set. I paired the set with Altenew's Fireworks Stamp to create this A2 card. The Sweet Popsicles set will be available for purchase on Altenew's website starting on August 6th. 

I started by stamping a white A2 card panel with the fireworks stamp in blues and reds. Then I trimmed the panel to 4 1/8 by 5 3/8 and added it to a panel of blue cardstock I had trimmed to 4 1/4 by 5 1/2. I stamped the "you're the coolest person I know" sentiment onto the bottom of the panel and then die cut the elements for the popsicle using white cardstock for the stick and the following glitter cardstocks from Altenew for the rest of the popsicles: Moonstone from the Milky Way Glitter Cardstock, Red Spinel from the Brilliant Red Glitter Cardstock, and Tanzanite from the Blue Crystals Glitter Cardstock. I ink blended the popsicle stick with Altenew's Peachy Glow Fresh Dye Ink. I assembled the popsicle and popped it up using Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape. Then I added the panel to a white A2 card base. 

If you're interested in doing some crafty shopping at Altenew, I'd be so grateful if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link.  I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Altenew carries many wonderful craft products and has a great weekly sales section if you are looking for bargain prices to grow your Altenew collection. 

 Challenges I'm entering:

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (4/5 for the week; 4/10 for the challenge; ends 8/5/26)

A Cut Above: ATG with die cuts (2/3; ends 7/29/26)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Make your own background (2/5; ends 7/29/26)

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie...: (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

Colorful Options: ends at the end of the month 

{PIN}spirational Challenges: (3/5; ends at the end of the month)

{Cupcake Inspirations}: (2/3; ends 8/7/26) 

We Love Stamping: Summertime or ATG with stamping (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

Word Power: Words as the focus (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles: ATG (2/4; ends 8/21/26)

I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26

Mini Delight: Sweet Popsicles Life With You Is Sweet Card

I'm so excited to be a Guest Designer for Altenew's August 2026 release! I've been having so much fun playing with the new crafty goodies they sent me, including this fun Mini Delight: Sweet Popsicles set!  This set includes so many great elements from punny sentiment stamps to detailed dies to make and decorate the popsicles. The August release products will be available starting August 6 if you are interested in checking out this set. 

For this card, I created a 5 1/2 by 5 1/2-inch square card base using red cardstock and then stamped Altenew's Dotted Pinwheels stamp onto a white cardstock panel. I trimmed the stamped panel to 5 3/8 by 5 3/8 and adhered it to the red card base. 

Then I die cut the popsicle sticks out of white cardstock and ink blended Altenew's Peachy Glow Fresh Dye Ink onto them. For the popsicles, I die cut the following Altenew glitter cardstocks: Moonstone from the Milky Way Glitter Cardstock, Red Spinel from the Brilliant Red Glitter Cardstock, and Tanzanite from the Blue Crystals Glitter Cardstock. I added Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape to the back of the popsicles and adhered them to vellum arches I had die cut using Altenew's Nested Arches Die Set and then I adhered the popsicles and vellum to the card front. 

To finish the card, I stamped "life is sweet with you in it" from the stamp set included in the Mini Delight: Sweet Popsicles set using clear embossing ink and white embossing powder and used my heat tool to emboss the sentiment onto red cardstock. I popped up the sentiment using Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape. 

If you're interested in doing some crafty shopping at Altenew, I'd be so grateful if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link.  I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Altenew carries many wonderful craft products and has a great weekly sales section if you are looking for bargain prices to grow your Altenew collection. 

Challenges I'm entering:

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (3/5 for the week; 3/10 for the challenge; ends 8/5/26)

A Cut Above: ATG with die cuts (1/3; ends 7/29/26)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Make your own background (1/5; ends 7/29/26)

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie...: (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

{PIN}spirational Challenges: (2/5; ends at the end of the month)

Colorful Options: ends at the end of the month 

{Cupcake Inspirations}: (1/3; ends 8/7/26) 

We Love Stamping: Summertime or ATG with stamping (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles: ATG (1/4; ends 8/21/26)

I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26

Sending Sweet Thoughts Card

I recently attended an Altenew Educator workshop led by my friend Ishani S, and we created 3 cards using Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Fruits & Flowers project kit for all three of them. Ishani is a wonderfully creative cardmaker, and I love how all 3 cards turned out.

For this card, I started by embossing a panel of white cardstock with the 3D embossing folder included in the Fruits & Flowers kit. Then I trimmed the panel to 4 1/8 by 5 3/8 and adhered it to a white A2 card base. I then trimmed a piece of purple pattern paper with a woodgrain pattern on it to 1 3/4 inch by 4 1/8 inches and adhered it over the bottom of the embossed white panel. Then I began die cutting and ink blending several of the fruits and the mesh bag from the Fruits & Flowers kit. I adhered all the little pieces together and then and then arranged a banana, a plum, and an orange in the mesh bag and added the bag where I wanted it on the woodgrain "counter." I used liquid glue to adhere the fruits where I wanted them and then to adhere the edges of the mesh bag to the card so the bag is slightly rounded where the fruits are adhered. 

I added an orange from the same kit and some leaves on the counter in front of the mesh bag using Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape. Then to finish the card, I stamped and die cut the "sending sweet thoughts" sentiment (also from the Fruits & Flowers kit) and stacked several layers of die cuts to give the sentiment some dimension before adhering the stacked sentiment to the card. 

If you're interested in doing some crafty shopping at Altenew, I'd be so grateful if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link.  I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Altenew has many wonderful project kits like the one I used here as well as a weekly sale section with great deals. 

 
 Challenges I'm entering: 

A Place To Start: ATG with option of black and white (8/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of any holiday (8/8; ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of Summer Splash (6/6; ends 8/2/26)

Can You Handle The Pressure?: ATG with an embossing folder and the optional twist of stars and/or stripes (1/3; ends 8/5/26)

Double D Challenges: Favorite Fruit (3/3; ends 8/2/26)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG with option of any holiday (unlimited; ends 8/12/26)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (ends at the end of the month)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (3/3; ends 8/2/26)

Crafty Catz: ATG (5/5; ends 7/31/26)

Cut It Up: Emboss it (I used an embossing folder to create the white background panel on my card) (1/3; ends 8/3/26)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (2/5 for the week; 2/10 for the challenge; ends 8/5/26)    

I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26

You Are So Sweet Pineapple Card

I recently attended an Altenew Educator workshop led by my friend Ishani S, and we created 3 cards using Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Fruits & Flowers project kit for all three of them. Ishani is a wonderfully creative card maker, and I love how all 3 cards turned out.

For this card, I started with a pink panel I trimmed to 4 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches. Then I stamped the 4 foliage silhouette stamps in the Fruits & Flowers kit using embossing ink. I added clear embossing powder on top and heat set the stamped images so they show up as a tone-on-tone look. Most of the stamped images are hidden by the focal point, but a little bit of each one peeks through. 

Next, I die cute the pineapple from the Fruits & Flowers kit and the foliage and flowers from Altenew's Hibiscus Garden layering die set. I used some glitter paper from Altenew's Pink Brilliance Glitter Gradient Cardstock set for parts of the hibiscus flower. I added the smallest size and lightest color gem sparkles from Altenew's Pink Tourmaline Gem Sparkles set to the smaller flowers' centers. 

After doing some ink blending and assembling the die cuts, I arranged them on the pink panel using liquid glue in some places and Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape in other places  to create dimension. Then I stamped and die cut the "you're so sweet" sentiment and added it to the panel. I adhered the panel to a green top-folding A2 card base and finished off the card by adding more of the Pink Tourmaline Gem Sparkles to the card in a darker shade than I used for the flower centers. 

If you're interested in doing some crafty shopping at Altenew, I'd be so grateful if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link.  I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Altenew has many wonderful project kits like the one I used here as well as a weekly sale section with great deals. 

 Challenges I'm entering: 

A Place To Start: ATG with option of black and white (8/8; ends at the end of the month)

Double D Challenges: Favorite Fruit (3/3; ends 8/2/26)

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG with option of At the Seaside (5/5; ends 7/31/26)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Add some text (5/5; ends 7/27/26)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG with option of any holiday (unlimited; ends 8/12/26)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (ends at the end of the month)

Crafty Catz: ATG (5/5; ends 7/31/26)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 1/10 for the challenge; ends 8/5/26)

July 2026 Inspiration Challenge | Altenew: 

 ****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges**********: ATG (3/3; ends 7/27/26) C10

No more challenges. 

I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26

Fuits & Florals Thanks A Bunch Card

I recently attended an Altenew Educator Workshop led by my friend Ishani S during which we made 3 cards using Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Fruits and Flowers set. This card was one of the three cards I made, and I love the bright colors!

I started by die cutting the little fruits and fruit bowl from the project kit. Then I ink blended them with a variety of Altenew inks. I arranged the fruit in the base of the fruit bowl and then adhered the front part of the bowl with liquid glue on only the edges so that the bowl looks a bit rounded and the fruit fits in nicely. 

Then I embossed a panel of navy blue cardstock using the 3D embossing folder that comes in the Fruits & Flowers kit. Next, I trimmed a piece of yellow cardstock to 4 1/8 by 5 3/8-inches and stenciled the floral image in the background using the stencil set that is also part of the kit. It's a very versatile kit with lots of great stamps, dies, stencils along with the fun embossing folder!

Once my white pigment ink was dry on the stenciled flowers, I added pearls to the flower centers and then trimmed my navy blue embossed panel the way I wanted it to be on the yellow panel. I added my fruit bowl and then 2 small die cut flowers from Altenew's Creative Cuts: In the Woods set. 

To finish the card, I stamped my "thanks a bunch" sentiment (also from the same Fruits & Flowers kit) directly onto the panel. Then I adhered the panel to a white, top-folding A2 card base. 

If you're interested in doing some crafty shopping at Altenew, I'd be so grateful if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link.  I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Altenew has many wonderful project kits like the one I used here as well as a weekly sale section with great deals. 

 Challenges I'm entering: 

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG with option of At the Seaside (4/5; ends 7/31/26)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Add some text (4/5; ends 7/27/26)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (5/5 for the week; 6/10 for the challenge; ends 7/22/26)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of black and white (6/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of any holiday (7/8; ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of Summer Splash (5/6; ends 8/2/26)

Can You Handle The Pressure?: ATG with an embossing folder and the optional twist of stars and/or stripes (2/3; ends 7/22/26)

Double D Challenges: Favorite Fruit (1/3; ends 8/2/26)

Mix It Up Challenge Blog: ATG with option of shape card (7/8; ends 8/15/26)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG with option of any holiday (unlimited; ends 8/12/26)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (ends at the end of the month)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (2/3; ends 8/2/26)

Crafty Catz: ATG (3/5; ends 7/31/26)

I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26

Forest Friends Silhouettes Birthday Card

When I saw Altenew's Forest Friends Silhouette Die Set in their July release, I knew I had to order it! I live in a rural area on 22 acres of land that used to be a farm, and I see deer all over my property nearly every day, especially near the creek that runs through my backyard. I love watching them, especially in the early summer when the fawns are frolicking! I'm so blessed to live where I do!

For this birthday card, I created a few layers using Altenew's Nested Arches die set and warm brown colors. Some of the papers were watercolored, some painted with metallic acrylic paint, and some were ink blended with Altenew's Dessert Dream ink collection. The deer were die cut from watercolor paper I had painted with several colors of acrylic paints. 

The Forest Friends Silhouette die set has dies that create the tall tree on the left side of the card, the tree line just behind the deer, an owl (in the tall tree), a buck, and a fawn. To create the doe, I die some reverse die cutting so the doe would face the opposite direction as the buck and I trimmed off the antlers. 

For the mountain scene in the background, I stenciled Altenew's Majestic Mountain stencil set using Altenew's Dessert Dreams ink collection. I built up the layers using Altenew's 1/16th inch thick Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I stamped and die cut the "happy birthday" sentiment using a stamp and coordinating die from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Literary Blooms kit, and I die cut 5 layers of the sentiment die cut so I could stack them for dimension. 

To finish the card, I added 3 of Altenew's Apricot Frost Enamel Dots around the sentiment. 

If you're interested in doing some crafty shopping at Altenew, I'd be so grateful if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link.  I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Altenew has many wonderful stencil and die sets like the ones I used here as well as a weekly sale section with great deals. 

 
 Challenges I'm entering: 

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges**********: ATG (2/3; ends 7/27/26) C10

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG with option of At the Seaside (3/5; ends 7/31/26)

Crafty Calendar Challenge: Happy birthday (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game! ATG with stencils (I used stencils to create the mountain in the background) (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Add some text (3/5; ends 7/27/26)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (4/5 for the week; 5/10 for the challenge; ends 7/22/26)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of black and white (5/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of any holiday (6/8; ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of Summer Splash (4/6; ends 8/2/26)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (4/4; ends 7/27/26)

No more challenges. 

I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26

Floral Wreath Birthday Card

I needed a card for an elderly woman at my church who turns 85 tomorrow, so I stamped and die cut several of the floral stamps from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Literary Blooms and used the coordinating stencils to ink blend the following Altenew ink collections through them: Red Sunset, Warm & Cozy, and Whispering Woodland. Then I created a green card base that measures 5 1/2 by 11 and was scored at 5 1/2 to create a 5 1/2 by 5 1/2 inch square card base. I arranged the floral stamps in a wreath on the card front and adhered them with Bearly Art liquid glue. 

For the sentiment, I stamped and die cut the "happy birthday" stamp from the same Literary Blooms kit and die cut extras to stack behind the stamped sentiment for dimension. I adhered the sentiment to the center of the card and finished it off by adding a few enamel dots from Altenew's Warm & Cozy Enamel Dots set. 

If you're interested in doing some crafty shopping at Altenew, I'd be so grateful if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link.  I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Altenew has many wonderful Craft-Your-Life project kits like the one I used here as well as a weekly sale section with great deals. 

 ****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges**********: ATG (1/3; ends 7/27/26) C10

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG with option of At the Seaside (2/5; ends 7/31/26)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with florals as the focus (1/6; ends 8/12/26)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Fabulous Florals (2/5; ends 7/22/26)

Crafty Calendar Challenge: Happy birthday (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game! ATG with stencils (I used stencils to ink blend the floral stamps) (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Add some text (2/5; ends 7/27/26)

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Inspiring creativity 8-ways each week: Middle row across: Any color, free, sentiment (ends 7/30/26)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (3/5 for the week; 4/10 for the challenge; ends 7/22/26)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of black and white (4/8; ends at the end of the month)

No more challenges. 

 I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26