Woohoo! It’s the first of the month and for all of you Altenew fans out there, that means Build-A-Flower release day! I’m excited to be joining Altenew on their hop today showcasing the brand new Parrot Tulips BAF. You can stay tuned to the end of this post to find the full hop list and the next stop, or head on over to the Altenew blog to start at the top!
These tulips are so pretty! I’d never heard of a Parrot Tulip – they’re stunning in real life photos, and this set really does them justice with the layering stamps so perfect to create the dimension of the curls of the petals. I created two very different cards today, as I always like to show different looks to show the versatility of these sets. My first card features traditional layering stamping to create a colorful bouquet of tulips.
My tulips each use a different ink family. I used Vineyard Berry, Heart Beat, Coral Bliss and Pink Pearl for the red tulip, Pink Diamond, Pinkalicious, Rubellite, and Cosmic Berry for the purple tulip, and Razzleberry, Purple Wine, Puffy Heart and Rose Quartz for the pink tulip. The leaves are Bamboo and Moss. I stamped and die cut them out with the coordinating dies – I love repeat stamping the layering stamps. You can leave each layer in your MISTI and just switch out your ink colors, making it quicker to create each of the full images.
I also stamped out the sentiment in two of the darker inks and fussy cut it out. I used a panel of Altenew Woodgrain Powder cardstock trimmed to A2 4.25″ x 5.5″. I arranged all of the die cuts and the sentiment with foam tape / squares and to finish, splattered with Antique Gold spray and adhered a smattering of clear confetti.
My next card uses one of the sketches from inside the stamp insert as inspiration – a heat embossed gold on black cardstock. I heat embossed one of the layers of the tulips, as well as the stem and a leaf in gold on Jet Black cardstock and die cut them out. I also heat embossed the ‘love’ and ‘yourself’ sentiments in the same way and fussy cut them out.
I created my background with coldpress watercolor cardstock, and adding lots of depth with Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers, using less water and more color to get a bright and intense color wash. These are from the Tropical Fiesta set. I blended them together and when dry, ran the panel through with the Perfect Poinsettia dry embossing folder. I also added some Antique Gold splatters which look gorgeous against the deep watecolor brush marker colors.
To finish, I adhered the images and sentiments with foam tape, the added a few gold dots to finish.
Giveaway
$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $15 gift certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 12/06/2020 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 11 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 12/09/2020.
Your next stop on the hop is the ever wonderful, dare I say, legendary Virginia Lu!
Enjoy!
Jenny
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Your second card is a show stopper. Wow!
Great cards here and that gold embossing is just awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing the inspirations, the gold embossing on black so striking!!
I have always loved parrot tulips! Beautiful embossed card – thanks for sharing!
Wow! WOW!! W*O*W!!!!! The black flower with the gold embossing on that colorful background….. Just WOW!!!!!
Your cards are so vibrant and gorgeous!
Love your techniques. The 2nd card shows such depth.
Beautiful cards but that gold embossed on black is simply stunning!
That gold is stunning with those fiesta colors!
So pretty! Thanks for sharing.
Very pretty cards!
Lovely cards; The gold embossing is gorgeous. This is a wonderful new set.
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards. Love the details. Thanks for sharing
Such pretty cards! I just love this build a flower set!!!
So very pretty! The first card reminds me of what I call Hawaii colors and the second is so different and so modern. Great ideas and I thank you for sharing them!
I love your BRIGHT colors! Especially that background!
Gorgeous cards! Love the vibrant colors…
Thanks for sharing.
Wow, what gorgeous colors! 💜
Wow…love the gold embossed card…fabulous…
Thank you so much for not only sharing your beautiful pictures of the tulips but also for the colors and techniques you used to create really outstanding blending of the colors
Gorgeous, fun colors on the 1st card. 2nd card is amazing with the stunning black and gold tulip, brightly colored and embossed background!!!
These flowers are so beautiful! And I love the colors you have chosen! Thanks for the amazing inspiration!
Beautiful — it’s even gorgeous with just the gold embossing. Great eye you have!
The gold embossing looks just wonderful. Thanks for the idea…
Gorgeous cards! I specially love the one with the bold gradient background.. wow!
Very striking color mixes. I like the second with the black flower.
Magnificent cards!!! Lovely!!! Thanks for brightening my day with your tulips.
Stunning cards, Jenny! The Fiesta colors really show off those tulips & that gold on black blew me away! Pure gorgeousness!!
Beautiful! I love the black and gold tulip against the bright background- just stunning!
Wow! I smiled when you said “less traditional” and then my jaw dropped when I saw card #2! I absolutely love it and can’t wait to try your background technique (although I don’t know if I have bright colors like that!) And your tulip is a perfect contrast to the bright background.
Beautiful cards.
The second card is so pretty.
I really love how that looks with the gold embossing!
Your second card is breathtaking!
I love the colors, and the Gold!
Thanks for sharing.