Hi everyone! It’s that time of the month when Altenew unveils it’s newest addition to the Craft-A-Flower family. This month it is the turn of the African Daisy! If you landed here from LauraJane‘s blog, you’re headed in the right direction. If not, you can start at the beginning of today’s inspiration hop over on the Altenew Card Blog.
The Africa Daisy has an almost whimsical vibe to it. The die set contains dies to create two open flowers and a bud – but I didn’t stop there! I decided to create an big beautiful bouquet of blooms for my cards, die cutting each of the large florals and the leaves twice, as well as a bud. I wanted to create the flowers in contrasting colors, so chose shades of blue and pink from my scraps – using three different shades for each. The centres are all the same, to tie the flowers together, using a shade of yellow, orange and Altenew Gilded Glitter card stock for a little pop of glitz.
With all that color, I decided to keep the leaves and stems neutral, using kraft cardstock, that blended a little into the background. My background is Spicy Yogurt cardstock, die cut with the Dotted Tile Debossing Cover Die – it adds interest without bulk, and a pretty neutral background for the backdrop for my bright bouquet. I adhered the stems first with glue, then arranged my main flowers here and there until I was happy with them, adhering them with a double layer of foam tape. I slipped the leaves in here and there, folding at their score line for dimension, and adhering with liquid glue. I also popped the bud in at the top to add balance.
For the sentiment, I used the Essential Sentiment Strips die set, using the Gilded Glitter cardstock set with black cardstock behind it so that the sentiment is easily read. I mounted with foam tape and then finished with a scattering of Antique Gold sequins here and there.
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 04/13/2022 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 04/15/2022.
Your next stop on the hop is: Bridget Casey have fun!
Jenny x
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Love how you used many florals to cover this card.
Stunning colors! I LOVE the gold glitter accents!
Beautiful cards! I love this new die. It is such a sweet design.
Very fun card. Love the different colors and the embossed background.
Love the sparkle on your card! Great job!
So cute!
Very pretty card. Love the placement of each flower 🙂 tyfs
the colours on your card are beautiful together
Hi from Florida- pretty card! Thanks for sharing
So pretty, love the twist of colors. Nice bling!
Love the card. Pretty colors and design. Thanks for sharing.
Good Morning. Your color combinations are expiring. thank you
Lovely card! This set is a must have and you did a splendid job showcasing it, thanks for the inspiration!
Love the composition on your African daisies.
Hi from Apollo PA
Love the neutral leaves!
Such a pretty card! Love the colors. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Gorgeous! Love the color combo you’ve used Jenny. TFS!
Love this!!! Beautiful colors!
The kraft leaves were a great touch with the pretty die cuts.
A beautifully crafted card.
Hi from Florida!! Fabulous release!
Wonder card! I love the gold details.
Love these pretty daisies! Great background design and colors!
So pretty!
Your card is so beautiful Jenny! Daisies are one of my favourite flowers. Yours are so bright and happy. Thanks so much for the great inspiration. Take care 🙂
These daisies are just as sweet as can be. What a lovely card!
Lovely bouquet of daisies, great new layering set, background adds interest.
Lovely card.
WOW! Such a colorful bouquet!
Fun colors and background. Very pretty.
The daisies are lovely, and I really enjoyed seeing how you used them to create this fabulous card. I have been trying to do more gratitude themed projects and journaling, so I was really inspired to see this! TFS!
What a pretty design! I love the big bouquet and the Kraft Cardstock leaves!
I love the colors!
Really Beautiful!!! Love the colors!!!
This is so pretty!
Thanks for sharing your lovely card! Love the gold touches.
So many bright fun colors. Thanks for sharing.
Love the touches of gold!
Good look at a color combination for the set.
I like the colors, background and sparkle.
Pretty! Love how you mixed the colors of the flowers!
Beautiful!! Love the blue and the pink together. And that die cut gold sentiment is fabulous!
This is a beautiful card! I know I will be adding the debossing die to my wishlist.