Hi crafty friends, I’m joining the Altenew and Mint Garderner video hop + Giveaways with easy cardmaking ideas using the new Peoni & Lilac Swag set.
Peoni & Lilac Swag
The new Peoni & Lilac Swag includes a large floral image and 15 sentiments. The coordinating stencil will allow you to easily add colour to the beautiful image.
Due to the image size you can create 2 cards with one single die-cut but I decided to use the complete image to create 5×7 inches cards.
Peoni & Lilac Swag Gate Fold Card
When creating for this release, I discovered a new favourite: the Altenew Antique Gold Ink.
This ink is great for no-line colouring or to achieve a very soft stamped effect.
It is also awesome to add golden accents to any project and to stamp sentiments as you can see in these 2 cards… There is no need to use embossing powders or glimmer plates.
The ink is oil-based so it can be used with water-based mediums.
Today, I used it with the new Altenew Fresh Inks and stencils.
The only tip I have to use this gorgeous metallic ink is to use a stamping platform to build up the ink colour intensity.
To avoid ink smiring it is very important to allow the ink to dry for at least 24 hours. You can also heat set it.
As shown in the video, I also made a 5×7 gate fold card and I partially die-cut the border of the front panel ( This is nothing new at all).
You have to excuse me, I can’t avoid it! I have been doing these shaped edges using Altenew dies over and over.
They are very pretty, add loads of value and interest and the products are perfect for this type of project.
So here, the die-cut id be fully integrated into the card base surface! There are no raw edges to be seen.
For large format card bases like this one, I always use a large format die-cutting machine.
7×5 Side Fold Card
You can also create a simple card like this one.
The sky is the limit in terms of colours and techniques, remember these are just samples.
Giveaways.
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