Craft-A-Flower time is here!! Altenew is releasing the Orion Geranium today – I’ve never heard of this flower, and I love when a new floral is released by Altenew, I always have to google it and learn a little bit too! (Is that just me?). Of course, it wouldn’t be Craft-A-Flower release day without a blog hop and giveaway to celebrate. Hopefully you landed here from the Altenew Card Blog. I’ve included a full hop list at the end of this post.
You might have noticed in my Altenew Year in Review post, I featured a lot of Craft-A-Flowers, and that I like to use different types of media in some of the layers. Well, today is no different! I first created the leaves – they’re made up of a base layer of vellum, and a top layer of Dazzling Diamond Silver Glitter cardstock, adhered together.
For the geraniums themselves, I used Cherry Blossom Gradient cardstock, with a little pop of vellum and Dazzling Diamond for the stamens to match the leaves. I also added a small pop of yellow to have it stand out.
For my background, I used an A2 panel of patterned paper. I used this gorgeous watercolor look piece from the Summer Garden pad. The colors pair perfectly, and because it is super smooth, unlike watercolor paper, I was able to stamp my sentiment directly onto the background. I used Obsidian Pigment ink and one of my favorite sentiment sets – Across the Pond.
I layered my flowers onto the background, letting the leaves overhang the edge. I hid the foam tape behind the vellum under the flowers. A few Satin White Sequins finished the look.
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 01/13/2022 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 01/15/2022.
Your next stop on the hop is Danielle Dunlop!
Jenny x
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Lovely card. Using the gradient cardstock pack is a great idea to easily build the flowers!
This is so pretty! I love how you paired yours with the patterned paper as your background. It looks stunning!
Great card Jenny. I love the background and choice of sentiment.
Very pretty thanks for sharing
Gooooorgrous!!!!
Very beautiful. I can see many possibilities 😌.
Absolutely gorgeous! Love the combination of the vellum, silver glitter card stock with the Cherry Blossom card stock.
Love the use of gradient cardstick. I need to get some of that!
Love the colors!
Came to your blog from the Altenew site & am SOOO glad I did! Such a beautiful card & inspiration! Thanks
SO beautiful! You’re card is so lovely! I love the vellum and the silver!
Wow!!! Love the background you created and your color choice is perfect too ! The new Orion geranium layering flower is a must have for my collection!
Such a beautiful card! Great after work relaxing hobby.
Love the pinks
Very pretty! I love the touch of red.
You’ve outdone yourself. This card is gorgeous!
Amazing card! Love the use of vellum very effective.
Gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing!
Oh my heavens! Beautiful! I can’t believe the background is paper and not hand painted, I love it! And glitter. Glitter is my happy place 🙂
Wow! your card is stunning!
Gorgeous! Love the watercolor background and the vellum leaves. So pretty. Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE the Craft-A-Flowers! This Geranium is STUNNING! I LOVE it in pink and silver glitter paper!
This card is gorgeous Jenni, love the pairing of the glitter and vellum with the watercolor background. This is a beautiful set! Thanks for the inspiration!
What a beautiful card Jenny! Love this new die set!
So beautiful!
such a pretty card. Love the design
Have several of Altenew stamps, but this one is have to have one also.
Wow! I love this! The patterned paper is a gorgeous background! I love the vellum and glittery card stock! Gorgeous design!
Great combination for the layers and the background. Nice way to pull in the patterned paper.
Beautiful card, and nice to not to have to use ink!
Wow, love the glitter and vellum layered, what a great idea.
Beautiful card! Love the flowers…
Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card! I love the background and the vellum leaves.
Beautiful card!! Looks like it could be from a fairytale! Love love
I’m always impressed with the florals that Altenew chooses….and this CAF is gorgeous along with your project.
Until I read your post I was sure you’d watercolored your own background! The vellum and bits of metallic are genius!
Gorgeous card!
Your card is lovely. Besides the amazing die, I really like the 3D effect.
Beautiful card! Love tat background.
Your card is amazing! I love the glitter on the leaves.
Lovely card can be used for any occasion…Love it!
Love the vellum and the silver sparkle! Beautiful card!
I love your card! The colors really pop but the flower remains the focus.
This is such a gorgeous card! I love the lighting of the background and the layers of the flowers have such a wonderful shape! Very unique!
This is a beautiful card. I love the different textures you created!
I love all of the die cut layers!