Happy Monday everyone! It’s the start of the week and the month, and that means it’s time for a new Build-A-Flower from Altenew! This month’s flower is a Semi-Double Chrysanthemum – a long name for a beautiful large bloom.
Today’s post is part of a blog hop. You can start the hop over on the Altenew Blog. The full hop list is at the end of this post, as well as details of today’s giveaway, and the next stop on the hop.
I decided to go for muted yellows on my card today – I was feeling sunny, but wanted to have that hint of a vintage feel.
I used the Fall Harvest set of inks (Butternut, Pumpkin Pie, Yellow Ochre, Sicilian Amber) to stamp the blooms themselves, including the outline. I also added some extra depth in the crevices using a darker marker from the Artist Markers (Water Garden Set G). I stamped two of the blooms and die cut them out with their coordinating dies.
For the leaves, I used the Natures Wonders set of inks and again stamped them light to dark, including the outline . I didn’t add additional markers to the leaves, and die cut them out.
For my background, I used a panel of Moonrock cardstock and blended some Misty Moor, Marsh Land and a touch of Sea Forest with an Altenew blending tool. I then dry embossed it with the Altenew Diamond Stars 3D embossing folder. For a little shimmer (while still subtle) I splattered a small amount of Warm Sunshine Shimmer Spray.
I arranged the florals and leaves onto my panel when it dried, then heat embossed the sentiment in Pure White embossing powder on Jet Black cardstock. I did a little fussy cutting and then adhered it onto the panel with foam tape to finish.
Giveaway
$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 03/07/2021 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 03/09/2021.
You can head on over to Katrina Howe’s blog next to continue on the hop!
Jenny x
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This is a very wonderful design Jenny! 💕Love the textured background, the embossing gives the pretty chrysanthemums a soft meadow looking middle ground to pop from! Love it, gotta give this idea a try once I get my set. Thanks for the Amazing inspiration! Have a fabulous day!
Sorry, kind of got carried away with the adjetives 🙈! Thanks again!
So lovely, really enjoy the warm colors!
Gorgeous card!!
lovely card, makes me think spring!
I want everything, here! I love chrysanthemums, and these are beautiful.
Love the warm tones of your card!
Oh my goodness–your card is so very pretty. I love the flower with your background. Your card is one that I will come back to look at multiple times so I can get the look of that background. Green is my favorite color and almost use it on every card whether I need it or not!
So pretty and sunny! Choosing to make the pale green leaves really added to the lightness of this happy card. I definitely have to remember That great idea! Thanks for the inspiration.
Lovely card – yellow chrysanthemums were my mom’s favorite. Thanks for sharing.
Love the yellow green leaves with the golden chrysanthemum.
Jenny, this is so nicely done. It’s great to see your creativity in the cards you create. Makes me think of a meadow!
YES! Love the yellow and I need to use this more in my creations.
Yellow mums! Perfect on this beautiful card!
The mums look great with or without an outline. Fall harvest ink set- got it. Or at least I will soon.
Gorgeous card!!
Love the fade out to the gorgeous colors!
oh so truly beautiful.. Love the embossed background, so much detail to your card..and just love the depth of the yellows.. Love this release…
hugs
What a pretty card! I love the colors and the yellow splatters on the background!
oh wow, this is just fabulous, loving your design and these colors are perfect…
I just love this new set
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Gorgeous color!
Pretty card! Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous in warm yellow!
Beautiful design, Jenny! The bright warm colors just really bring this to the woohoo stage! Lovely!
Lovely card!
I like the way the color layers work on the flower and the added depth.
A gorgeous card, Jenny! I love your wonderful colours! Thanks so much for the inspiration! 🙂
Beautiful card! The dry embossed background looks great.
Lovely card. I especially like the way you colored the flowers.
I love how soft and warm your card is, beautiful translation of a pretty stamp set!
Love the color of the flowers and the blended background. Thanks for sharing
I love the monochromatic look of this card and these colors are amazing!
Love this pretty color combo; gorgeous!
The green, shared by the leaves and background, look just wonderful with the flower. Nice job.
This is gorgeous!
Your card is absolutely beautiful. Those Fall Harvest colors colors are gorgeous. I love this amazing Chrysanthemum.
Lovely card! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful blooms and colors!
Love the warm color on your card
I love your chrysanthemum colors and the layout with the two flower!!! Superb!
Reminds me of the mums in my yard!
Beautiful card! Love the colors!
Thanks for sharing…
Perfect color scheme for this big fall flower, Jenny, and I love the overall design, soft yet dramatic. Great use of the embossing folder, too, and love that sentiment!
Gorgeous! The Chrysanthemum is such a lovely flower and this stamp is so realistic.
So very pretty! I love both the background and your color choices for the flowers. Those flowers look real.
Love the realistic coloring of the flower. Very nice.
Pretty warm flower. Love the detail in the stamped layers.
I love what you did with the marker to add that depth to the flower, and really make it pop, and so realistic!!! Absolutely gorgeous!
Although you said you chose muted yellows, I thought those bloom really popped. They look lovely. Amazing how Altenew inks make choosing colors to blend so easy.
sweet card – love the layering on it
I absolutely love the inks you chose to do these flowers in. Such beautiful shades to create amazing florals with. Thank you for inspiring.