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

I am so very excited to be participating in the June Build A Flower Release Blog Hop!  This month Altenew is featuring Crocus Flowers. You should have arrived from Kelly's blog.

Here is a photo of the five cards I made for the hop.

Pansy parade

Greeting friends.  I am sharing the process from stamping ink coloring charts to a finished card.  A suggestion was posted in the Altenew Fan Group to use the ink coloring charts provided by Altenew. Meetu posted her charts done with Altenew’s Pansy stamp set.  The flowers have 4 layers, perfect for swatching the sets. So while I was stamping, I set an 8.5 x 11 piece of Cougar cardstock nearby and as I was stamping swatches, I stamped a rainbow of Pansies in both sizes.

    

                                      

Using ink cubes to color layered die cut outs

Greetings crafty friends! I love the variety of layered floral Dies from Altenew. I often do not have a good selection of colored cardstock. Today I am planning to show you a trick for coloring the Die Cuts with Altenew coordinating ink cubes.

Do you have trouble lining up layered stamps? Try this....

Greetings crafty friends!  Ever have trouble aligning floral stamps?  Try using a jig to help.  I love Altenew florals.  I find it easier to start with the outline, and move from lighter to darker layer.  What do you do if there is only a partial outline as in the case of the Winter Rose Set?  I will walk you through the process that I found helpful in alligning this set.

                                     

I cut cardstock in 3 x 3 inch pieces and die cut the large flower in the center of each block.  The jig is placed in the corner and the matching die cut added.

I stamped the first 2 layers using Altenew's coral set.

I stamped the darkest color followed by the outline stamp.  One you have the jigs, pieces and stamps aligned in the MISTI, you can create mutiples easily.

Here is the finished card. I used the Altenew watercolor stripes smooshed with Hickory Smoke and Pumice Stone Distress ink.  Black Nuvo drops add some dimension.  The sentiment is white embossed on black cardstock.

I am really happy with the final card.

Be well. Be creative.