Altenew September 2023 Stamps, Dies, Stencil and More Release | Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

 Hi all!

I am so excited and honored to be joining Altenew for September's blog hop!  You should have arrived here from the ever creative and fabulous Laurie Wilson, but if you'd like to start from the beginning, head on over the Altenew's blog. I am featuring the adorable Magical Forest Ensemble and if you have any teenager girls, you know these images are right up their 'cottage core' alley!  Both of my teenagers are into all things mushroom and crystal, so this set was a MUST have for me.

First off, the Mushroom Greetings bundle pieces are pun-tastic and charming.  This set is perfect to show your love and affection to those 'anx-tee' teenagers!  My youngest is obsessed with mushrooms and I added a card in her backpack on the first day of school last week.  When asked if she saw it she replied, 'Yeah...it's cool.' in the MOST teenagery fashion ever...I'll take that as a win.

Coloring these images is easy with Atenew's alcohol markers.  I now understand how addicting coloring images is...I have at least 20 mushrooms extra.  I added some sprigs of greenery and cut a circle in my card front with the Create-A-Wreath die set and nestled all the pieces in the circle after I  embossed it with Dotted Waves.

I cannot forget to mention the Mushroom Garden layering stencil set!   I'm loving the new stencils to create a paper to match anything you want.  Genius!  I kept this background monotone with the soft colors of the Warm Gray Crisp Die Inks set and added a simple tag with a single mushroom with the perfect sentiment...this one will go to my collage Sophomore daughter sometime soon.

The other part of the Magical Forest Ensemble are the crystals!  The Shining Crystals embossing folder and stencil set.  It's magic.  My oldest has a crystal set with iridescent colors, and I attempted to simulate that with this card. I started by embossing an 80 lb Neenah Classic Crest cardstock cut to an A2 size.  I then used the coordinating stencils with Lagoon, Ultraviolet and Rubellite Crisp Die Inks with the mini blending brushes.  The tops of the crystals were inked with Mountian Mist.

After I had it completely stenciled, I added some glitter paste for some extra sparkle!  It's hard to see in photos, but trust me, it's there.  I fussy cut the crystals out and added them to a gray piece of cardstock with some ink splatters and the sentiment heat embossed with Obsidian Pigment Ink and Clear Embossing Powder.

NOW...on to the good stuff... Altenew is giving away $300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $40 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 09/06/2023 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 6 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/08/2023.

THANK YOU so very much for visiting me today, I hope you'll also visit and subscribe to PaperFiori on Instagram and Youtube for more inspiration and Altenew fun!!  The next stop on the hop is the lovely Michelle Burnier.

Have a colorful and blessed day!

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