Hey friends! Thank you for joining me for the Altenew July 2019 New Release Stencil Blog Hop. If you’ve been making your way through the hop from the very beginning then you would have come from Jeanne Jachna’s Blog. If you’re just starting here, WELCOME! You can still make your way around the entire hop by clicking the link at the bottom of my post.
Stencils are one of my faves. There are so many uses for them…spray mists, Embossing Paste, ink blending, using acrylic paint…the options really are limitless! This release from Altenew has so many fun stencils and so many possibilities. After much thought, I decided to go with the Bubble Wrap Stencil for my layout today.
This stencils measures 6×6 and I thought it would be the perfect stencil to create a background. I cut a heart, using my Cricut, into the center of a piece of white cardstock. I then positioned the stencil (white the cardstock was still on the cutting mat) in the upper left hand corner of the page. I then grabbed a couple pink spray mists from my stash and spritzed the stencil. I didn’t want even coverage on the stencil. I wanted some of the dots to be darker than others and I also wanted the pattern to look as if it faded a bit. I then moved the stencil around the page 3 more times to create the dotted background. I don’t like to let the extra mist that is left on the stencil to go to waste so I always have my art journal handy. I automatically have a page started in my journal by pressing the ink on top of the stencil on a blank page.
After the mist had dried, I removed the white cardstock from my cutting mat, and added hand-stitching around the edge of the heart. I then moved onto embellishing. I had just received the Hibiscus 3D Flower Die in the mail and thought it would make the perfect embellishing for this layout. I took a little time and multiple colors of cardstock to create the hibiscus flowers and leaves. Making these flowers became a bit of an addiction! HA! I brought my die cutting machine into my living room and made all of these flowers while watching my favorite TV show (I’m currently binge watching ER on Hulu).
I started by placing the leaves from the Hibiscus 3D Flower Die all around the center of the heart. I then took the flowers and scattered them around the heart; covering a majority of the die cut leaves. I positioned the photos on the left side of the layout and added my title using an Altenew Wood Veneer Word, that I painted pink, and a few puffy alphas from my stash.
I thought at that point the layout was complete, but I felt like the layout looked a bit unbalanced. So, I die cut a couple more hibiscus flowers and leaves and added them to the outside of the heart. I didn’t add any journaling to this layout, because all I had to say about these photos was contained within the title.
Now you can take a look at my process video:
GIVEAWAYS:
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by July 28,2019 for a chance to win.
Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on July 30, 2019.
There’s still more inspiration to be found on Mindy Eggen’s Blog! Head there now!
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Blog Hop List:
Altenew Card Blog
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Virginia Lu
Nathalie DeSousa
Jaycee Gaspar
Kymona Tracey
Amber Rain Davis
Laurie Willison
Maryam Perez
Emily Midgett
Agnieszka Malyszek
Zinia Redo
Norine Borys
Caly Person
Lilith Eeckels
Therese Calvird
Ashlea Cornell
Erum Tasneem
Marie Nicole
Svitlana Shayevich
Terri Koszler
Isha Gupta
Jeanne Jachna
Kelly Janes <<< YOU ARE HERE
Mindy Eggen
Beautiful card!
Beautiful and your hibiscus flowers are just lovely. I also just received my 3D dies and you inspire me to get creating!
WOW your layout is gorgeous – the layered approach is stunning
Loved the soft circles in the bg ! Beautiful layout.
This is absolutely my favorite on this entire blog-hop (which, by the way, I have thoroughly enjoyed), Your creativity is amazing. The artistry is captivating. The colors are mesmerizing. Thank you so much for sharing!
Beautiful layout! I love all the flowers.
Wow! That’s a loooot of hibiscus flowers! Super colorful layout with beautiful soft stenciling, heart window and gorgeous flowers! 🙂 And not to forget, the stitching around the heart is just the perfect addition! ❤
Oh wow what a stunning and colorful work of art!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Love your layouts, fun use of the stencil, ty for sharing
This is a wonderful layout. Your stenciling is awesome but the hibiscus steals the show!! They’re gorgeous!! Now I want the dies!!
Beautiful layout! I love all of the different colors!
Wowza, that’s a beautiful bevy of pretty flowers on your gorgeous layout.
What a wonderful LO Kelly! Love the flowers inside the heart and the fun background you stenciled. Thanks for the inspiration!
Gorgeous layout. It must have taken a while to make all of the flowers. The result is so beautiful.
Beautiful and great use of the bubble wrap stencil.
WHA!?!? This must have taken FOREVER and worth ever second! It’s BEAUTIFUL
So intersting! and soooo much inspiration. Thank you.
Wow!!! That’s a lot of work and definitely worth it. Keep it up!
I can’t believe that you die cut all those flower pieces, but it sure paid off! This layout is gorgeous!
How creative! This stencil make the perfectly soft background to your dies. Great idea – thanks for sharing your talents!
Love this! So beautiful.
I first saw this over on Instagram and didn’t realize it was for the Altenew hop. I love this layout! The stencil work provides the perfect backdrop for those awesome flowers.
Well hi Kelly from Kelly! Your layout is absolutely breathtaking! It must have taken forever to make all those incredible flowers! And the bubble wrap is a perfect compliment with it’s softness – such a beautiful page with Nassau memories!
Your page really knocked it out of the park. Those die cut flowers and the bubble wrap stencil look great together.
I love the new products your project is certainly perfectly done.
Wow! So many flowers. What a beautiful and ambitious project! So nice!
Gorgeous, colorful page. I have some of Altenew’s 3-D Floral dies (and I love them!), so I know how much time you spend die cutting for this project. It was definitely worth all your efforts. It’s absolutely beautiful.
Beautiful page layout!
Oh my goodness the patience for all the 3D flowers! Beautiful layout!
Beautiful page, a work of art!
Oh My God!! That layout is off the charts amazing!! Just stunning!
Wow! I’m speechless. So gorgeous and I cannot imagine the patience it took to make that may hibiscus!! Fabulous!
Die cuts and beautiful backgrounds. Beautiful work.
WOWOWOWOW!!!!! That is just a gorgeous layout! I love the bright bold heart and those gorgeous flowers. The subtle blended circles make a lovely backdrop!
What a beautiful layout! Using the bubble wrap stencil in the pale pink color was the perfect background option! Thank-you for sharing this!
Beautiful layout! I really like the light pink you used on the Bubble Wrap background. Works well with your vibrant flowers.
WOW. So beautiful.
Beautiful layout! I love the colorful flowers.
Wow, stunning page with those hibiscus die cuts and the ombre Bubble Wrap background is perfect!
This is just beautiful, Kelly! I didn’t see the stitching on your video. It has so much dimension with the gorgeous floral dies and the soft misted stencil. 💗
Wonderful page, Amazing colours on the flowers x
OOOOhhhh! layered flowers AND Stenciling, girl you have knocked it out of the park. Lovely just lovely
Very beautiful work! Looks like that took quite some time to do, thanks for sharing it.
What a beautiful layout! I adore the stitching and what is a labor in love with all the dimensional hibiscus’. Gorgeous work!!
Fabulous layout. Love the colorful flowers, the stenciling and the stitching.
This may be the most amazing layout I’ve ever seen. Simply gorgeous. So textured and I just love anything tropical. Fantastic video tutorial, too. Thanks!
This layout is so beautiful! The floral backdrop looks amazing. Love the new release. It is awesome.
Just—WOW! I am drooling over the entire layout! Gorgeous. That is a LOT of hibiscus cutting! You rocked the new stencil using it to outline your stitched heart, too. Yummy.
Your subtle bubble wrap stenciled background was perfection!