Apr 14, 2022

Altenew April 2022 Gardens Around the World Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

 Hello All, 

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew April 2022 Gardens Around the World Collection Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Reiko's blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

I have made few cards using the variety of products in this Awesome Release.

Over to my cards,




This card features Meadow Reflections Stamp Set. It has a co-ordinating die set, which has not been used here. The bg is by ink blending the Distress oxides. This set is one of my favourite from the release for its very beautiful silhouette images and Pretty butterflies. It's a must-have stamp set for Perfect Sentiments too.






This card features Morning Flowers Stamp and Die Set.
Used Altenew cube inks: Cool summer Night for the flowers and Green Field cube inks for the leaves.






This card features the Oh-So Beautiful Castle Garden Stamp set. Wanna make a monochromatic goodness with this stamp. Stamped with gray cardstock using Rock collection cube ink and used graphite and white charcoal to do the subtle coloring. White gel pen inks for the centres of the flowers. Splashed generously with white calligraphy ink for interest and the sentiment is from Fancy Greetings Stamp set.







This card features the stunning outline flower bouquet of pretty arrangement of roses and calla lilies. This set has 6 cheery sentiments. Did No-line watercoloring on this pretty set and showcased it with a lovely sentiment.







And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes


$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 04/20/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/22/2022.


Free Gift


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Apr 12, 2022

Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Fragrant Florals Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

 Hi All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Fragrant Florals Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Reiko's blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

I have made few cards using the variety of products in this Awesome Release.

Craft Your Life Project Kit: Fragrant Florals Product Description: 

Send hugs and snuggles to your loved ones with this beautiful arrangement of anemones. The large stamp size makes it quite versatile, as you will be able to stamp it off of your card base at different angles and proportions to get different looks. It is a lovely image to color or use stamped as is. We have also incorporated some heartfelt sentiments in bold fonts to contrast the delicate nature of the flowers.

Enjoy our Craft Your Life Project Kit, an exciting monthly package that is sure to get the creative juices flowing! Featuring a 6x8 stamp set, coordinating die set, as well as a stencil set and an embossing folder to fit the theme, this project kit has almost everything you need to start crafting. Just add ink and cardstock, and you'll be good to go!

Over to my cards,


This card features the CYLP Fragrant Florals Embossing Folder

Other products: 

CYLP Fragrant Florals stamp set for the sentiment

Featured Sentiments Die Set

I dry embossed a white cardstock and matted over a darl gray A2 sized cardbase. 

The sentiment is stamped over a light gray cs and die cut using Featured sentiment die set.




This card features the CYLP Fragrant Florals Stencil, Stamp & Die.

I stamped the fragrant florals and then stencilled with the cube inks. Pencil colored at few places for interest. Then its die cut using the co ordinating die.




This card features the CYLP Fragrant florals Layering Stamp set.

I did No line watercoloring using the outline stamp set.






And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes


$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $ 25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 04/18/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/20/2022.





The next Stop in Hop is Lovely Teresa


Blog Hop List


Altenew Card Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Michelle Short

Cheryl Espie

Jenny Colacicco

Colleen Balija

Erum Tasneem 

LauraJane

Jaycee Gaspar

Katrina Howe

Laurie Willison 

Preeti Chandran

Nathalie DeSousa

Mindy Eggen

Emily Midgett

Rosie Neustaedter 

Tenia Nelson

Nenette S. Madero

Terri Koszler

Linda Westfall

Virginia Lu

Maryam Perez

Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post. 

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

Teresa Litchfield

Sande Woodson

Ann Taylor 

Susan Stagno

Amy Hill

Bridget Casey

Daniel Diaz 

Eva Bussom

Hussena Calcuttawala


I hope you were inspired by my cards and will try out these Wonderful products from this new release.


I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this Bloghop.

Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my Instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven't already.

Happy Hopping!!
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Apr 7, 2022

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: African Daisy Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

 Hello All, 

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Craft-A-Flower: African Daisy Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from Awesome, Carol's blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

Made a floral card using this new, CAF African Daisy.



Over to my card,






  • Diecut the petals in white and pencil colored the top layers alone and embossed all layers and stacked using Liquid glue.
  • Diecut the centre and pencil colored it with white gel pens dots and then embossed.
  • Leaves are cut from green cardstocks and added veins and pencil colored it too.
  • Took a white cardstock, dry embossed it with 3D Daisy Bed Embossing Folder.
  • Matted the embossed panel onto the green A2 sized cardbase and foam mounted the flowers for dimension and added liquid adhesive to the leaves.

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes


$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 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 04/13/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/15/2022.




Blog Hop List


Next stop in Hop is Daniel Diaz

Altenew Card Blog

Emily Midgett

Jaycee Gaspar

LauraJane

Jenny Colacicco

Bridget Casey

Michelle Short

Rosie Neustaedter

Tenia Nelson

Nenette S. Madero

Virginia Lu

Cheryl Espie

Keren Baker

Laurie Willison 

Colleen Balija

Maryam Perez

Linda Westfall

Carol Hintermeier

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

Daniel Diaz

Reiko Tsuchida

Eva Bussom

Sande Woodson

Amy Hill

Mindy Eggen

Ann Taylor

Nichol Spohr

Hussena Calcuttawala

Susan Stagno

Preeti Chandran

Teresa Litchfield


I hope you are inspired by my card and will try out this Layering Die Set.

I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this Bloghop.

Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my Instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven't already.

Happy Hopping!!
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Apr 1, 2022

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Belladonna Lily Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

 Hello Everyone, 

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Build-A-Flower: Belladonna Lily Release Blog Hop + Giveaway .

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Nandini Karmarkar's blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.


Build-A-Flower: Belladonna Lily Product Description: 

Brighten a loved one's day with stunning Belladonna Lilies. These gorgeous summer bloomers produce multiple fragrant flowers on each impressive stalk. In this stamp set, we have brought this exotic plant to paper through a delicately drawn outline image. The flowers have four coloring layers, and the stem has two coloring layers that will add depth and character to this beautiful flower. The Build-A-Flower: Belladonna Lilies special edition stamp and die set is only sold as a bundle. It includes one 6" x 8" clear photopolymer stamp set (20 individual stamp images) and one coordinating die set (1 die).


This card features Altenew Build-A-Flower Belladonna Lily

The floral inflorescence is white heat embossed on watercolour cardstock to watercolour those gorgeous dainty petals using Woodless Watercolor Pencils. Few more inflorescence were white heat embossed on Vellum to bring about the softness to the entire focal element. The embossed look of the bg is achieved by dry embossing Classy Stripes stencil on a heavy white cardstock.

Hope you like it!

Over to my card,








And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 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 04/06/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/08/2022.



Next stop in the HOP is Awesome, Mindy Eggen


I hope you were inspired by my card and will try out this Wonderful stamp from today's release.


I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this Bloghop.

Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my Instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven't already.

Happy Hopping!!
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