Hi crafty friends! I am so excited to be joining Altenew for the Crafty Friends Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from the My Sweet Petunia blog.
The idea behind the crafty friends blog hop us to celebrate the incredible friendships we have made all over the world as a crafting community.
I have been so fortunate to have made many friendships through the mutual love of paper crafting. Some of these friendships have been via snail mail, emails, phone calls, video calls and several that I have been so fortunate to meet in real life and many that I hope to meet one day. As I write this post I have just gotten back from a crafty retreat with 17 amazing ladies. This is the third time that I have been at retreat with them now! Each of them so lovely, incredibly talented and people who I am able to call my friends!
Today I have used Altenew's Indoor Garden for my card. Love how easy it is to build a succulent garden. I did a bit of masking and all the colours were added using Altenew inks and the coordinating stamps. They line up so easily and using my MISTI I was able to get amazing vibrant coverage. I finished the card off with a sentiment from the super fun new Altenew Crafty Friends stamp set. This one is loaded with sentiments that are perfect for sending cards and paper crafting projects to all your crafty friends.
I have been so fortunate to have made many friendships through the mutual love of paper crafting. Some of these friendships have been via snail mail, emails, phone calls, video calls and several that I have been so fortunate to meet in real life and many that I hope to meet one day. As I write this post I have just gotten back from a crafty retreat with 17 amazing ladies. This is the third time that I have been at retreat with them now! Each of them so lovely, incredibly talented and people who I am able to call my friends!
Today I have used Altenew's Indoor Garden for my card. Love how easy it is to build a succulent garden. I did a bit of masking and all the colours were added using Altenew inks and the coordinating stamps. They line up so easily and using my MISTI I was able to get amazing vibrant coverage. I finished the card off with a sentiment from the super fun new Altenew Crafty Friends stamp set. This one is loaded with sentiments that are perfect for sending cards and paper crafting projects to all your crafty friends.
I have some pictures of the friends I have been so fortunate to meet. Starting off with Toronto friends...
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Altenew is giving away a $100 Altenew prize pack to FIVE lucky winners. There are also 13 awesome companies/magazines who are offering the following prizes:
Jennifer McGuire Ink: 1 prize pack of three Altenew stamp
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Online Card Classes: 3 class spots
Create and Craft TV: £50 gift certificate
My Sweet Petunia: Mini MISTI
Ellen Hutson LLC: $30 gift certificate
Pretty Pink Posh: $30 gift certificate
Simon Says Stamp: $30 gift certificate
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Here is a full list of the stops on the hop today!
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Sandy Allnock
Therese Calvird
Scrapbook & Cards Today
Ellen Hutson LLC
Kathy Racoosin
Yoonsun Hur
Create & Craft TV
Sandra Dietrich
Pretty Pink Posh
Kymona Tracey
Terhi Koskinen
Agnieszka Malyszek
My Sweet Petunia
Tracey McNeely--you are here
Butterfly Reflections Ink
Emily Leiphart
Freckled Fawn
Nichol Spohr
Anna Komenda
Sandy Allnock
Therese Calvird
Scrapbook & Cards Today
Ellen Hutson LLC
Kathy Racoosin
Yoonsun Hur
Create & Craft TV
Sandra Dietrich
Pretty Pink Posh
Kymona Tracey
Terhi Koskinen
Agnieszka Malyszek
My Sweet Petunia
Tracey McNeely--you are here
Butterfly Reflections Ink
Emily Leiphart
Freckled Fawn
Nichol Spohr
Anna Komenda
how cute! I love it!
ReplyDeleteLovely card. So clean and crisp
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful succulent garden!
ReplyDeleteLove these cards. This blog hop has introduced me to new crafty blogs.
ReplyDeleteLove your card. Crafty friends are awesome, love that my sisters and I get together to craft.
ReplyDeleteLove your card... I need some of those crafty sentiments!
ReplyDeleteFun cards!! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteI really like the succulent set and you really made it special. Thank you for sharing all your photos.
ReplyDeleteThat saying is so true!!
ReplyDeleteAdorable card and wonderful sentiment. I agree!
ReplyDeleteI love looking at your photos, wonderful memories!
ReplyDeleteWish I could find some paper crafting buddies. Looks fun.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful card! Love the succulents! The sentiment is lovely!
ReplyDeleteLove the card and I love all the pictures of your crafty friends.
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to spread the love with your creative spirit. I just love your card that you made with the succulents and yes, crafty friends and the best!
ReplyDeleteI thought your card was very sweet. Not sure I would know how to use this stamp set...so it really opened my eyes...
ReplyDeleteLoved seeing all of your creative group photos....so wonderful. Thank you so very much for sharing..hugs
Such a cute card. Lovely coloring!
ReplyDeleteA cheery and clean card design! ♥
ReplyDeleteWow! What a beautiful card! I love this crafting community and the fact that it can bring people together from all over the world. I have "met" some wonderful friends in places like Florida (USA) and even New Zealand!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and lovely pics :) You must have a great time! :) Thanks for sharing your inspiration with us :)
ReplyDeleteGreat card! Love how you colored the succulents!
ReplyDeleteFun pics and a great clean, crisp cards. I love me some white space. lol
ReplyDeletewonderful card Tracey - and so fun to see pics of your crafty friends!
ReplyDeleteGreat card!!
ReplyDeleteCan't beat crafty friends and all the fun we have together. Wonderful card!
ReplyDeleteLove the cute cactus and succulent stamps!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors great card
ReplyDeleteLove your card and I know that you know that crafty friends are precious! :)
ReplyDeleteLove succulents . They look so nice on your card.
ReplyDeleteYour card is really cute! Thanks for sharing your photos -
ReplyDeleteI spy a few faces I recognize.
Love your card and the stamp set you used. Great job!
ReplyDeleteYour card is great! I like that some images have outlines and others don't. Very eye appealing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute card. The layout is awesome. Thanks for sharing....
ReplyDeleteLovely card, very modern just gorgeous 💕
ReplyDeletelove this!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, love the succulents!!!
ReplyDeleteLove your indoor garden card!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool card
ReplyDeleteLove your card.
ReplyDeleteYour card is so pretty!! The inks are crisp and gorgeous!! LOVE your photos!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful card! Thank you for your inspiration!
ReplyDeleteYour succulents are so pretty! Great to see how many crafty friends you have, too!
ReplyDeletelove those succulents~!
ReplyDeleteLovely card!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful little vignette! I love the colors and the placement of all the elements!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful clean card!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with that sentiment! Crafty friends are the best! Love these succulents thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteLove that card. Succulents are always in style!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely card Tracey! And just look at all of those lovely crafty friends you've had the chance to meet. One day...one day!!
ReplyDeleteHey, crafty friend! ;) Love your succulents and the colouring.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant and ingenious, but the best part of this post is the friendship photos!
ReplyDeleteLove it so cute!
ReplyDeleteThe card is so simple and crisp. I like that some of the stamped images are lined while others are not. Thank you for sharing the crafting photos as well, I got excited to see Toronto crafters unite hehe.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a fun blog hop.. Love sharing the friends that we've meet along the way. THey are so special!
ReplyDeleteGreat!
ReplyDeleteLove this card and it's too good for the sentiment
ReplyDeleteThese succulents are fresh and lively looking! Perfect for a just because or encouragement card! TFS!
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous card !
ReplyDeleteGreat card. Cheerful and bright.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card with awesome coloring and perfect sentiment! I LOVE the sketchy look of this Indoor Garden set. Thanks for sharing pics of your crafty friend meetings, so much joy, so much fun
ReplyDeletelovely cards, such a cute concept
ReplyDeleteVery sweet. I really like this.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. I think I might have all those little plants at home :) . Now I wish I had that stamp set.
ReplyDeleteLove the realistic look of your succulents on your card. Thank you for sharing your crafting friends story.
ReplyDeleteCute card. I too believe that crafty friends make the best friend!
ReplyDeleteI just love this succulent card! Thank you for sharing your creativity!
ReplyDeleteSo cute. I love your potted succulents! Thanks for the inspiration. And I love all the photos of your crafty friends.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely succulent garden!! And that sentiment is just great!
ReplyDeleteI like the simple, retro feel and the clean lines.
ReplyDeleteLove the white uncolored parts of the design. Makes it so interesting
ReplyDeleteWonderful, very nice design for a card - succulents are so popular nowadays :-)
ReplyDeleteMy experience has been that crafty people are good people and I've made many new friends. I enjoy Altenew layering stampsbecause they give me great results!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! LOVING those colors!! And crafty friends are the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute cactuses! (cactii??) :)
ReplyDeleteGreat card! I love seeing all the beautiful cards and pages in this Blog Hop. So many talented ladies. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteCute crafty succulent card!
ReplyDeleteLove your cards, very nice colors, love succulents.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great card Tracey and a beautiful job on colouring your succulents! (Lucky you to be in such good company with all of those crafty gals!)
ReplyDeleteGreat Garden Card.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful , simple, crisp but detailed, really a pleasure to see, thank you very much for sharing x
ReplyDeleteCrafty friends are great friends to share our hobby and life with!! Such a beautiful one layer card of gorgeousness!
ReplyDeleteClean and simple card... I love it!
ReplyDeleteReally love these succulents. Your colors are wonderful. I recognized a couple faces in your photos. So lovely to get to spend time together. Looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteYour retreat looks like so much fun! Thanks for sharing your pretty card.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card.. and yes they are!
ReplyDeleteLittle plants and cacti are so hot!
ReplyDeleteLove your succulents!! Fabulous card!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors in your clean and crisp card! Lovely! Fantastic blog hop hearing everyones stories. How do you get invited to a crafty retreat like the one you just attended? I would be thrilled to have a crafty group of friends like that.
ReplyDeleteTerrific design
ReplyDeleteon this card!
Carla from Utah
lovely card...love those succulents
ReplyDeleteCute, whimsical and fabulous, Tracey ... and deliciously CAS! Brilliant photo's ... how wonderful to have crafty friends 'close by' and to be able to meet those far away at a retreat ... so much fun! One day p'raps! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeletesuper sweet card and love the photos:)
ReplyDeleteLoving these stamps! Super cute card!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card! I love the Altenew images - a real treat to work with, and even more fun to see what you made! Your stamping is perfection! Your photos of you and your crafty friends stole the show.. fun to see ladies I recognize and your smiling face Tracey!
ReplyDeleteso creative
ReplyDeleteWonderful card!
ReplyDeleteClean and simple. Love everything about this design.
ReplyDeleteCute adorable and love the colors Tracey
ReplyDeleteand look ooh you meet nearly all popular lady in cardmaking
I am jealous
I living in a wrong continent
I must living in USA or CANADA to meet you all hehe
sweet Fotos all Tracey
made me jealous when I can do something like this?
hugs hugs
Monika
Brilliant card Tracey. I love the artistic feel. Brilliant. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteI would love to meet up with a bunch of crafty ladies around here! The closest I have found was a class or two at my local craft store, but there wasn't much interaction. I had a great time, but that was the only time I ever saw those women. (It was a totally different experience when I went to a jewelry class: lots of back and forth, lots of sharing ideas --and supplies. And we exchanged a few phone numbers! thanks for this very cool card!
ReplyDeleteLove the photos you shared! Crafting/stamping has such a great community of people!
ReplyDeleteThis stamp set is next on my list. Beautifully stamped. TFS
ReplyDeleteAwesome card, colors are great.
ReplyDeleteSuch cute pictures! The card is lovely, too!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!!
ReplyDeletePretty card. I do like that stamp set. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
ReplyDeleteSuch a clean, simple design that speaks for itself. Isn't it great to craft with friends? tfs
ReplyDeleteOh, yes! Crafty friends are the best!
ReplyDeleteSimply sweet card...just love your wonderful plants. LOVE all your sweet photos with all your crafty friends!! Just so cute. I can't wait to be in one with you too in April!
ReplyDeleteLove the vibrant colors on your beautiful card! Thanks for sharing your photos. It's always so fun to meet crafty friends face-to-face.
ReplyDeleteLove this stamp set, super cute card! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteLove this stamp set, super cute card! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI love this quirky little card! The lettering on the sentiment is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful garden! And I love that sentiment. Great card!
ReplyDeleteCrafty friends are the best! There just no arguing with that fact! It's the most friendly, supportive, teaching, caring, learning, kind and giving community I've ever been involved with! Altenew it's self is a wonderful example of this!
ReplyDeleteYour card is very sweet and I so agree that it's a joy to use Altenew layeringstams and inks - results are so great!
ReplyDeleteCrafty friends are definitely the best! Love this wonderful set and your fabulous design!
ReplyDeleteCrafty friends are priceless, and it's remarkable to me how kind and generous people are that are involved in this community. It gives me hope! 💜
ReplyDeleteCrafty friends are the best! Enjoyed your card and the photos you posted of your crafty friends!
ReplyDeleteThe variety of green inks looks exactly like my own cacti containers! A wonderful sentiment for your special weekend memory! Altenew thinks of everything, don't they?
ReplyDeleteThat cherry blossom as the splash of color is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteLove the card and enjoyed the photos of you and your crafty friends, too!
ReplyDeleteAdorable card and fun pictures, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove this stamp set! It's going on my Christmas/Birthday wish list right now! I too have made so many friends in the craft industry and I'm so grateful for them.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and stunning colouring!!!
ReplyDeleteCute card. Great pics
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun card, wonderfully clean and simple. Thanks for sharing your crafty friends photos, nothing makes me smile more that time with crafty friends!
ReplyDeleteCute card idea! Isn't it fun to finally meet some of our online crafty friends. Its like meeting up with old friends you have known forever! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat card! Super fun.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun card and such a true sentiment!
ReplyDeleteThe coloring on the cacti
ReplyDeleteis fantastic.
Great card.
thanks for sharing.
What a gorgeous fun card! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteCute card and thanks for sharing pictures of your crafty friends
ReplyDeleteWhat a terrific succulent card... love it!!
ReplyDeleteHow cute is your card!! Love succulents. Superb design and colour.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful little scenery on your card. The plant on the left looks like my "pancake plants" that I have.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures with your crafty friends.
So cute! I adore the simplicity of this card.
ReplyDeleteYour card is great, love the colors you used!And I love the pictures! We usually see just hands and maybe hair in a video, seeing everyone together is super cool!
ReplyDeleteSucculents are my new favorite plant. Love this set and the colors yu used.
ReplyDeleteHow fun!!! And what a great sentiment!
ReplyDeleteI love that card and stamp set!
ReplyDeleteSuper to see you on the Hop list Tracey! Sweet card and I LOVE seeing the photos of you and your crafty friends:)Some I'm beginning to recognize as gals I follow too!
ReplyDeleteOnly another crafty friend could appreciate how difficult it is to stop buying new supplies. While others keep a notebook handy to take notes, I keep one to know what I need next for my next project. Here's to all my crafty friends.
ReplyDeleteLove the cactus. We all have a "prickly" friend.
ReplyDeleteI love succulents. My daughter and I are constantly planting them and killing them (not intentionally). I think we love them to death. Anyway, great cards.
ReplyDeleteLove the clean, modern look of your card! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove the coloring and the color combo on your card! Enjoyed seeing the pics!
ReplyDeleteLove all your pictures and your stamping on your card is incredible. So vibrant and perfect in every way.
ReplyDeleteLovely card! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have never like succulents to grow, but they are fun to stamp, color and make a card! I envy you having so many friends to craft with. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely card! I love the plant them and the crafty sentiments! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine the fun you guys have at the Stamp Away retreats! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat card! Love the sentiment so fun!
ReplyDeleteLove your clean card, its realy a little indoor garden.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of your crafty friends, cherish them!
Such a simple and quaint design. I would have a difficult time NOT coloring all the areas....I'm going to study this and practice. It really packs a visual impact which I like. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteNice Card!
ReplyDeleteFun to be able to go on a retreat!
Beautifully stamped! I love this set and your card!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with the sentiment and I love your card! TFS the pictures of the retreat! So much talent in one place!
ReplyDeletelovely card...
ReplyDeleteOh, I love the images on your card. Crafty friends are the best.
ReplyDeleteAlready liked this card somewhere... now I see it's part of this hop. Yay for you! This card is so cool. Those colors......
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card..Loved the pictures!!!
ReplyDeleteAdorable! Love those succulents! I hope you heal quickly too Tracey.
ReplyDeleteFantastic card! I love how you chose parts of the stamped images to not colour.
ReplyDeleteSo very beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI like that you left some of the design uncolored. I never think to do that as I'm afraid non stamping people may think it just wasn't finished. It looks like a really nice stamping set.
ReplyDeleteI love the cacti on the card! So pretty and definitely brought a smile to my face!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card. Love the colors and the beautiful images.
ReplyDeletenice card
ReplyDeleteGorgeous muted colors on the cacti. Clean and elegant.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute card. Love the sentiment.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I know a couple people who would love a card like this. Thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card...love that image!
ReplyDeleteßuch a unique card! I love it!! I need some stamps of different fauna like those you used. Thsnks for sharing some of your crafty friends story with us!
ReplyDeleteWonderful card. You are very blessed to have a wonderful group of women to call your crafty friends.
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