Hello friends! Today I’m excited to be joining Altenew in a special blog hop celebrating their 12th anniversary! This hop is filled with beautiful inspiration from so many talented creators, and there are also tons of giveaways along the way, so be sure to hop along and leave comments for your chance to win.
VIDEO
I’m also sharing a video showing how I created my card—you can watch it over on YouTube to see the full process from start to finish.
All of the supplies I used are linked in the video description on YouTube for easy reference. I’ll also include a visual supply list at the end of this blog post, but first I’ll walk you through the main supplies I used to create today’s card. 🎉
SUPPLIES
- Flower Bed Layering Stencil
- Bold Bouquet Bundle
- Sugarplums Ink collection
- Tea Party Ink Collection
- Earth Tones Ink Collection
- Northern Shore Ink Collection
- Obsidian Ink
- Desert Night Cardstock
I love the bold colors of this color palette. I’ve really been enjoying exploring unique color palettes lately.
SPECIAL OFFERS
Get the Sakura Blossoms Complete Bundle and snag the Anniversary Blooms with Mindy Class for FREE until April 6, 2026.
FREE U.S. Shipping on orders over $39!!!!
FREE GIFT: Brushed Copper Metallic Cardstock on orders over $89!
GIVEAWAY
Be sure to leave comments by 04/12/2026 for a chance to win one of 45 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with “Hi from (city or country where you’re from)!” 45 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Blog on 04/13/2026.
Here’s a look at the sponsors:
- Altenew: 12 x $50 Gift Certificates
- Altenew Academy: 12 x Online Card Class ($39.99 value each)
- Stamp-n-Storage: 1 x Ink Pad Carousel for Altenew Fresh Dye Inks (Valued at $150)
- Online Card Classes: 5 x Online Card Classes (Valued at $25+ each)
- Lawn Fawn: 1x $100 Gift Certificate
- Honey Bee Stamps: 1x $100 Gift Certificate
- Pink and Main: 1 x $100 Gift Certificate
- Jennifer McGuire Ink: 1 x $100 Gift Certificate
- Ranger Industries: 1 x $75 Gift Certificate
- Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine: 1 x $50 Gift Certificate
- Simon Says Stamp: 1 x $50 Gift Certificate
- Alex Syberia Designs: 1 x $50 Gift Certificate
- Pretty Pink Posh: 1 x $50 Gift Certificate
- My Craft Room: 1 x $50 Gift Certificate
- Krafters Cart: 1 x $50 Gift Certificate
- Pinkfresh Studio: 1 x $50 Gift Certificate
- Craft Giraffe: 1 x $50 Gift Certificate
- Scrapbook.com: 1 x $50 Gift Certificate
- Michelle’s Cards & Stamps: 1 x AUD $50 Gift Certificate
- Auzz Trinkets N Krafts: 1 x AUD $50 Gift Certificate
- Bumbleberry Papercrafts:1 x £25 Gift Certificate
- Seven Hills: 1 x £25 Gift Certificate
- Trinity Stamps: 1 x $25 Gift Certificate
- Creative Chick Co.: 1 x $25 Gift Certificate
BLOG HOP
SUPPLY LIST
Happy Anniversary Altenew! Great card Mindy, love the colors
So beautiful, Mindy 💜
Hi from McComb, MS. I love the bold colors in your card. You’re one of the best!
Hi from Bangladesh! Love your beautiful, soft colored card.
Hi from the Pacific NW! Love your color choices for this beautiful card!
Great card Mindy! Your color selections were perfect as usual!
Hello from Wisconsin. Love the card and color choices!
Hi from northern CA! Love the stenciled floral design and the colors you used! Beautiful card!
Hi from Portland, Oregon. Love your card. Love the colors.
Hi from Cleveland OH! Gorgeous card! Love the colors!!!
Hi from the UK. A beautiful card with lovely colour choices. Happy Anniversary. 😀
Love the way your card came out. The corals and blues were spectacular!
Hi from Atlanta! Beautiful cards Mindy!!
Hi from Norway
I love stencils and that color combination is beautiful.
Hi from Dubai! Congratulations on 12 years of absolute perfection 🫶🏼
Hi from Ohio. Love the card and altenew products
Hello from 🇬🇧 I love all your inspirational videos & posts. You are the blending queen. I loved the edge to edge design of this card.
Hi from Chattanooga! Beautiful card Mindy! That color combo is ah-mazing! Fabulous hop!
Hi from Oxford, Alabama. Love the card, big blooms, bright colors. So pretty.
Hello from Florida! Mindy, these flowers are gorgeous! I love your use of Northern Shores Fresh Dye Ink with the light flowers!
Share YOUR Joy!
Joyfully, Traci
Hi from NC. Love the colors you used!
Your flowers are lovely!
Stunning Card Mindy, I love your choice of colors for this one
Hello from Idaho! This card is so gorgeous and yes… those are stunning color choices!
A big hello from Western New York!
Mindy, Your blending with the stencils is so beautiful! I love the colors you used. Thank you!
Hello from Denver CO and thank you for a beautiful card inspiration!
I love the colors used in this card. I never would have thought to add the blue. Beautiful!
Hi from Montreal! Your stenciled card so beautiful, I am inspired!
Hi from Geneseo, NY. Great inspiration!
Hi from Olympia WA I love stenciling and your card is over the top! So Inspiring
Hello Mindy
Beautiful layered demensions on your card and a sweet small sentiment that you matter to me brings this card to a complete joy with all the color and perfectely shaded in.
Hi from Michigan. Mindy your card is beautiful. I love the colors you used.
Hello from North Carolina!!! Mindy as always, your cards are so beautiful!!!
Hello from Wisconsin, I watched your videos of the Sakura Blooms with the stencil. And I enjoyed seeing colors that I wouldn’t normally choose. Also I purchased your bundle to get another class with you.
Beautiful colors and talent
I am in love with your color choices!
Hi I am from Fort Myers and love your card!
Love your colors and Hi from Fergus Falls, MN
Hi from Mentor, Ohio! Beautiful card Mindy!
Hello from Mauston Wisconsin. What a gorgeous card, Mindy! I’m in love with your color palette, and I like your use of the sentiment strip. Thank you for your inspiration!
Hello from Georgia! This is a gorgeous card and the color combination and ink blending is stunning! I love seeing your beautiful creations. Thank you for your amazing inspiration!
Hello from Byron, GA.
What a beautiful card. Love that it should be easily mailed as its not too bulky.
Hi from Kansas! Such a beautiful card. Love the colors.
Hi- I am from Syracuse, NY! Thank you for all of your gorgeous ideas!!
Hey, Mindy. I’m from Jacksonville Beach, FL. An anniversary, beautiful creations, prizes and free shipping. Plus a new picture of you. This is all totally exciting. Who doesn’t love a nice free gift? Thank you.
Loved the video and the colors you used I didn’t think you could blend the dark blues either the light flowers. Love the look! Great job!
Hi from Fall River MA. Love your work Mindy!!
Such a sweet way to celebrate! Amazing hop! Love the ink blending Mindy and the way you positioned the sentiment.
Hello from MS! Love the beautiful colors you chose for this card.