Stamping & Die-cutting with new products from Altenew

Posted on 2nd May 2016 by Barbara Daines
Filed under Card Making Ideas

Hi everyone, Barbara here with a tutorial for making a card with the pretty stamps from Altenew. These stamps are rapidly gaining popularity in the UK, especially as there is a matching die, and as we all know....life is far too short to 'fussy-cut',  if there is a die we can use

First I stamped the images....there is a technique with Altenew stamps where you stamp in various shades of a similar colour to get the shading effect.....great idea if you don't like colouring. This pic shows the 3 stages for inking the flowers

Next I used the matching dies to cut out the various pieces....

I cut a 6" x 6" piece of card from white linen, then used a Spellbinder die to make a contrasting border in smooth black cardstock. This was adhered to the white card.

A very simple sentiment was stamped in Versamark, then heat-embossed in white.

I matted the whole topper onto new lilac smooth, white linen and black smooth card stock.

All I then needed to do was mount the pieces into a desired design, then add a few sequins.

The 7" x 7" base card was made with 'new lilac smooth'.

Well, that's it from me until next time....hope you can leave a comment (or question) if you've enjoyed this tutorial.

Catch you soon, Barbara.

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