Softly Sketched Blooms Sending Hugs Card for Altenew's August Release

It's time for Altenew's August release, and I'm absolutely thrilled to be a Guest Designer for this release! Today I'm sharing a card I made with one of the new ink collections Altenew is releasing this month: Highland Flora. I love these new purples!

To create my card, I started by creating my card base using the partial die cutting technique and the die from Altenew's Build-A-Garden: Softly Sketched Blooms set (also part of the August release). I opened up the card base and added the die to the bottom of the top panel and then only put the top plate of my die cutting sandwich over the part I wanted to die cut. 

Next, I stamped the floral focal point from the Softly Sketched Blooms set in VersaMark ink and added Altenew's Rose Gold embossing powder over it and heat set it. Then I used Altenew's Highland Flora, Whispering Woodland, and Warm & Cozy ink collections to ink blend the stamped image using the coordinating stencils. I die cut the ink blended flowers and adhered them to the card front to line up with where I had done my partial die cutting. Then I added a strip of glitter cardstock from Altenew's  Gilded Glitter Cardstock Set to the bottom of the inside of the card to show through under the floral focal point. I adhered the glitter cardstock using Altenew's new 4.25 by 5.5-inch size of Double-Sided Adhesive Sheets. 

To finish the card, I stamped "sending hugs" using VersaMark ink and Altenew's Rose Gold embossing powder and heat set it and then added 3 gem sparkles around the sentiment. 

f 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. 

It's hard to tell that this card has a shaped edge, so here's a process photo that shows it off a bit more:

Challenges I'm entering: 

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Garden Party: Anything in or from a garden (ends 8/10/26)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 1/10 for the challenge; ends 8/19/26)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of fun folds (1/6; ends at the end of the month)

The Sisterhood of Crafters: Flowers (1/3; ends 8/8/26)

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!: ATG with stencils (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of no rectangles (1/8; ends at the end of the month)

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges**********: ATG (1/3; ends 8/10/26) C10

613 Avenue Create: ATG (1/8; ends at the end of the month)

We Love Stamping: Summer Blooms (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (3/6; ends 8/12/26)

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

The Afternoon Spread Card

I had so much fun playing with the September Craft-Your-Life project kit from Altenew! Everything on the card except for the enamel dots came from the kit. It includes the beautiful floral stencil, the dies that create cookies and mugs, and even an arch die and stamps that fit it perfectly!

I had help from my 4-year-old grandson die cutting the cookies, and I discovered he absolutely LOVES cranking the die cutter! Whether I have the plates in it or not! He was fascinated by the way it worked!

I created a cream-colored A2 card base and then trimmed a cream panel to 4 by 5 1/2 inches. I stenciled the flowers onto the cream panel using Altenew's Bubblegum Dreams and Whispering Woodland ink collections. Then I used a bit of Altenew's Pearl Shimmer Relief Paste for the stenciled flower centers. I set the panel aside to dry and created the little mug of tea and the saucer. I chose my colors based on the color palette for Altenew's July Inspiration Challenge.

I arranged the die cut cookies and the mug of tea at the bottom of the stenciled panel and decided how I wanted to arrange the stamped sentiment. I stamped it on the arch die cut and trimmed the arch die cut so the sentiment fit where I wanted it. Then I decided to add the 3 little leaf cluster die cuts that came in the kit. I ink blended them using the same Whispering Woodland inks I used for the stenciled background. Then I adhered everything to the panel using liquid glue and Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape for the tea cup. I adhered the panel to the card base and added a few of Altenew's Tea Party enamel dots to finish 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 Craft-Your-Life project kits like the one I used here as well as a weekly sale section with great deals. 

 Challenges I'm entering:

https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/?m=1: ATG with flowers as the focus (2/6: ends 8/12/26) 

https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/?m=1: ATG (1/5 for the week; 5/10 for the challenge; ends 8/5/26)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: ATG (1/5; ends 8/5/26)

July 2026 Inspiration Challenge | Altenew: 

 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 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) $25 gift card winner 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