Altenew Build-A-Flower: Snapdragon Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Greetings crafty friends! I am so very excited to be a guest for Altenew’s May Build A Flower release. I am amazed at the beautiful sets they release each and every month! You should have arrived here from Iliana Crouse's blog.

I am happy to present four unique cards today all created with the lovely 

Snapdragon Build A Flower set.

The blog begins at The Altenew Card Blog

My first card is a shaker card. I used a white card base and inserted a piece of pink cardstock that has the Rustic Linen background stamp embossed in clear for the base. I cut 4 frames out of white Cougar and one of the coordinating pink cardstock.  The first step was to create the top frame with tulle between.  I wanted to give the top piece enough time to dry.

I stamped the Snapdragons using Altenew pink inks (Pink Diamond, Pinkalicious and Rubellite) along with green Firefly and Green Fields ink.  I layered them with white cardstock to give them some strength and depth.  I layered one frame on the base to defime the shaker area and added foam tape to corral the sequins.  I used a few pink sequin and silver stars from my stash.  I covered the area with the tulle frame.

I cut the happy using the Halftone happy set die.  It has 3 layers on it, with the base layer blended with Pinkalicious ink.  I used another piece of the dark pink cardstock that was embossed earlier and added the word Birthday on top.

The second card layers the snapdragons on an embossed stencil background.  The first step was to emboss the Flowing Drops stencil on a piece of Cougar 80 lb paper inspired by Amber of Noteble Ink.  I kept the stencil in place and blended Pink Pearl ink on top.

I used the layered stamps to create the images using Pink Pearl and Coral Bliss inks along with a pop of lemon yellow.  The sentiment is from the set.  I traced the largest drop onto Cougar paper, blended in a coordinating color, stamped the sentiment and cut it out.

The final step was to mount on an A2 base.  I added heavy coral thread and tied a bow prior to placing the sentiment drop that was popped with the foam tape.

My third card is watercolored using silver embossing powder to define the floral outline. I was anxious to use my Altenew pan watercolors and this set provided the perfect opportunity!  I embossed the lined images onto watercolor paper with silver embossing powder.  I then used the oranges an pinks in the pan to color the floral image.  I added a blue shadow all around.  Once it was dry, I splattered similar colors as well as silver watercolor paint on the entire card.

I cut the thanks die from Altenew three times and layered them for depth.  I used the same inks to smoosh the top layer.  I finished the sentiment with a layer of Nuvo Glaze to add depth and shine.

My final card is a fairly simple yet elegant card using one of the blooms popped up on an embossed background. As with the second card, I embossed Cougar paper with the stencil and colored it with Pinkalicious and Pink Diamond inks.

I stamped the flower with the same inks. A pink craft foam piece added dimension and depth.  I embossed a sentiment from the set on a dark piece of pink cardstock recycled from the shaker card.

Here is a close-up of the stencil background.

You can return to the start of the blog at Altenew's Card Blog.

Shopping: You can find the  Altenew Build A Flower Snapdragon.  There is also a bundle that includes the inks (5% discount) is also available here. Remember you can also register for the monthly build a flower release here. Don't miss out on any of the fabulous monthly releases!

Prizes: To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30.00 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners!  Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog for a chance to win.  Altenew is also sponsoring $15.00 certificate from comments left on each designer's blog.  All winners will be announced on Altenew's blogs on 5/10/2019.

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Have a beautiful day.  Be well and be creative.