Alex Syberia Designs BetterPress Release Blog Hop & Giveaway

 Hi there!

I am thrilled to show you some cards I made with Alex Syberia Design's first press plate release! To celebrate the occasion, I am joining the March Press Plate/ stencil release blog hop !

You can start the hop over 👉here !

The cards I am sharing today all feature the Abstract Background press plate. This stunning press plate has a coordinating coloring stencil set, which I used on 2 of the cards. Take a look !

It looks amazing used with, or without the coloring stencil !

Giveaway info:

Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a £40 ($50 for the USA) gift certificate to 1 winner and a £15 ($15 for the USA) gift card to 3 lucky winners

This giveaway is open internationally, with prizes awarded in GBP (£) for non-U.S. winners and in USD ($) for U.S. winners. All 4 winners will be drawn from the entrants that have played along with this Blog hop by midnight BST April 6th, 2025. Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog 'Giveaway Winners' page on April 7th, 2025.

Blog Hop Order:

Alex Syberia Designs

Sylvie

Sandi

Samantha

Nina

Nicoletta

Nicky

Martin

Michelle

Lien

Hannelie  👈 you are here !

Therese

Erin

Erica

Emelie

Carly

Brenda

Bobbi

Amanda

Thanks for visiting me today 🎕

Hannelie

CASe me a Christmas card with Michelle Lupton 2024

 Hi there!

It's that time of the year and I am so excited to join my friend Michelle again for her yearly CASE me a Christmas card series ! 

If you want to find out more about this fun event, please click here!

I decided to use THIS CARD as my inspiration this year :)

Here is my card :

I used :

• Noel sentiment die  - Alex Syberia Designs
• Snowflake petal Cover Die - Alex Syberia Designs  (retired)
• Banner die - Mistletoe Wreath Die set - Altenew
• Gold glitter card stock , Gold metallic card stock  & Vellum from a local stationery store
• Rhinestones

Here is Michelle's card and an explanation of the elements I cased :

1. I used the same color scheme, excluding white.
2. Instead of using an embossed background, I used a cover die.
3. I used only one curved banner instead of three.
4. I replaced the circle vellum element with a triangle to mimic a Christmas tree
5. I used a die cut sentiment.

Michelle also picked one of my cards as inspiration to make a Christmas card. Please check out her post on her blog and Instagram !

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie

Alex Syberia blog hop : A reminder!

Hi there!

You still have time to join the  Alex Syberia designs May-release-blog-hop & giveaway ! 

Click the link ⮝ to join the hop from the start !

Here are a couple more cards I made using the products form the new release :

Mysterious-petals-die-set :

Beautiful-day-stamp-set , Stencil-set & Die-set :

Bouquet-of-blessings-stamp-set ,Stencil-set & die-set (next 2 cards)

Heartfelt-blooms-stamp-set, Stencil-set & Die-set

Just a reminder about the prizes!

Giveaway info:

Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a whole May release for one lucky winner, as well as $15 gift cards for 3 additional winners.

Open internationally. All winners will be drawn from the entrants who have participated in this Blog Hop by midnight EDT on May 23rd, 2024. Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog 'Giveaway Winners' page on May 24th, 2024.

Thanks for visiting me today ♥

Hannelie

Alex Syberia Designs May Release Blog Hop & Giveaway

 Hi there!

I am so exited to share the news that the Alex Syberia Designs store is re-opening today! 

I can think of no better way to celebrate this occasion with a blog hop!

You should have arrived from Emelie !

Giveaway info:

Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a whole May release for one lucky winner, as well as $15 gift cards for 3 additional winners.

Open internationally. All winners will be drawn from the entrants who have participated in this Blog Hop by midnight EDT on May 23rd, 2024. Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog 'Giveaway Winners' page on May 24th, 2024.

There are so many amazing new products, I can't decide which one I want to share first, so I will just go in the order that I made them!

For this card and tag I used :

• Quirky-hearts-die-set
• Love-die
• Heartfelt-blooms-stamp-set (sentiment)
• Tag - form a previous release

I love that after cutting out the hearts, you are left with more hearts, which I used on the little tag!

I was in a pink mood after making this , so I continued the trend, and made the following card, just adding a touch of gold . I can't wait to try different color combinations  for this stunning peony, which is super easy to assemble!

The card above features :

• Elegant-peony-die-set
• Chevron-chic-cover-die
• Sentiment from the Tulips Treasure Stamp set

I have more to share , but this is it for now!

Here's the complete list of participants... so off you go, have fun and remember to comment along the way to stand a chance to be the one of the winners of this amazing prize : The WHOLE May release for one lucky winner, as well as $15 gift cards for 3 additional winners.

Blog Hop Order:

Alex Syberia Designs Blog

Amanda
Bonnie
Brenda
Colleen
Emelie
Hannelie
Hanh - 🠊 Next Stop
Laura
Natasha
Nicoletta
Raquel
Rebecca
Sandi
Kaliscards
Tiffany

Wishing you a wonderful day. Thanks for visiting me today ♥

Hannelie

CAS on Friday - Flowers

 Hi there!

We have a new challenge for you over at CAS on Friday ! I think it's going to be a popular one this fortnight : FLOWERS !

With Mother's Day around the corner, I decided to use the opportunity to make a floral Mother's day card. I will not be able to give it to my mother personally,  so this photo of the card I made for her, will have to do!

I used :

• Flower from Alex Syberia Designs "Spring Garden set
• Trendy Pattern cover die
• Sentiment from Hero Arts : Everyday Sentiments set
• Circle die
• Versafine black ink
• Altenew inks
• Rhinestones
• Craft foam for dimension

I hope to see you join us!

Thanks for visiting me today ♥

Hannelie

 

Color Hues #85

 Hi there!

I am so happy to host this fortnight's Color Hues challenge ! I hope you will join me and create something beautiful in yellow and pink!

Here's my card :

I used :

• Balloons cut with my Silhouette cameo
• Festive fun stencil & Hooray die from Alex Syberia Designs
• Distress Inks
• Adhesive foam tape for dimension
• Rhinestones

What will you create ? I can't wait to see!

Thanks for visiting me today :)

Hannelie

CAS on Friday : Spring

Hi there!

It's time for a new challenge over at CAS on Friday  ! 

We would love to see how our theme of SPRING will inspire you!

My card features a Floral Frame digital stamp from Alex Syberia designs, cut out with my Silhouette cameo and colored with my Zig markers.

The sentiment is from the Spring Garden stamp set also by Alex Syberia.

I hope you will join us !

Thanks for visiting me today ♥

Hannelie

CAS on Friday - Hello

 Hi there!

Time for a new challenge over at CAS on Friday ... and it's an easy one this fortnight!

                                                                      HELLO !

Here's my card to invite and inspire you to play along :)

I used :

• Frosty Lace stencil from Alex Syberia Designs (cropped to a circle shape)
• Hello Die also from Alex Syberia Designs
• Distress inks
• Glitter card stock
• Craft foam for dimension
• Rhinestones

Sharing my card at :

AAA colourful challenge

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie

Floral Congrats

Hi there!

Four of my favorite challenges provided inspiration for today's card! 

So here's another favorite... the beautiful floral from Alex Syberia designs :)

 I used :

• Life is Good stamp set, die set and coloring stencil set (florals)
• Floral medley stamp set (sentiment)
• Altenew : Dainty Swiss Dots and Pinstripe stamp sets
• Altenew inks
• Versafine black ink
• Enamel accents white
• Rhinestones , clear
• Altenew Instant Dimension Foam tape

Challenges :

Freshly made sketches - Sketch by Kim

Color Throwdown - Green yellow & peach

TicTacToe challenge - Flowers - Stripes/dots - Green

Just us girls challenge - Stencils (I used a coloring stencil set)

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie

Color Hues #79

 Hi there!

It's time for our second challenge of the new year at Color Hues !

This time we invite you to color our gallery in hues of copper and green!

                                                                                

I used :

• Joyful-poinsettia-die-set (foliage)  -Alex Syberia design
• Spring-garden-stamp-set (sentiment) - Alex Syberia designs
• Pretty-bows-die-set -Alex Syberia designs
• Window-slats-3d-embossing-folder - Altenew
• Circle die
• Versafine black ink

Hope to see you play along!

Thanks for visiting me today ♥

Hannelie

Peace & Joy

 Hi there!

I found some lovely inspiration from a couple of challenges and made a card this morning!

I used :

• Joyful-poinsettia-die-set
• Trendy-pattern-cover-die
• Midnight-blooms-stamp-set (sentiment)
• Colored card stock
• Gold glitter card stock
• Rhinestones
• Craft foam adhesive

Challenges :

Freshly Made Sketches - Sketch by Karren

Color Throwdown - Cobalt blue, Aqua & Gold

Time out challenges - Sparkly

Simon says stamp - Wednesday Challenge - Use craft dies

        

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie

Christmas critters

 Hi there!

I don't often use critters on my cards, because making cute cards doesn't come easy for me... but I found the sweet Merry-christmice from the Holiday release by Alex Syberia, irresistible !

First card :

Second card and tag :

I also used :

• Joy die
• Thin stripes cover die
• Signature tags die set
• Foxtrot alphabet die set
• Festive fun layering stencil set
• Promarkers for coloring
• Gina K amalgam black ink
• Colored card stock
• Rhinestones 

Sharing the first card at :

Tic Tac Toe : Critters- Coloring- Stamping

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie