It's been a cold and wet Saturday afternoon here in Auckland. So I tucked myself into the craft room and had a play! Yesterday afternoon I had spend some time cutting out some Spellbinders Be Bold Flowers from some Francheville Ombre Blue card. It's 176gms so perfect for layering flowers. I made up a pile of them, despite keeping losing dies... all good by the end of the evening- they were all there. So, this afternoon while hubby was out watching some local rugby I made a card.
I made my background by taking a piece of patterned paper and used Altenew Dotted Starburst Debossing die to add some subtle texture. I found a blue circle in my scrap pile and used Altenew's Sentiment Strips - after a bit of stamp surgery so I could stack the sentiment. I smudged it a bit, so took the big ball of my stylus and some Altenew Galactic Stream Fresh Dye ink and made some dots. Added to the BG and then added the flowers.
I'm adding this card to AAA Birthday Challenge - Fabulous Flowers.
I also found a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" panel that I had hot foiled Altenew Vibrant Florals onto with some black foil. I decided that it would look good in the July Inspiration Challenge colours.
So pulled out some ink pads so I could use the matching stencils to add the colour. In the end I used - Coral Bliss, Coral Berry, Orange Cream, Misty Moor and Sweet Leaf inks. Once I done the colouring, I cut the panel to make two cards.
I added an encouraging sentiment. It's from the Altenew set - Monstera and Quotes. A few Altenew enamel dots finished.
and the second one
The sentiment this time is from Altenew - Classic Greetings set. Again, finished with some enamel dots. Just love that I got two cards from the one hot foil image.
Off to make dinner and then watch the All Blacks versus England in rugby.
And I've got another post scheduled for later this evening.
8 comments:
You really have been busy Dawn, and these three cards are gorgeous!! Love the gorgeous blue flowers, and a great save with the sentiment panel :)
Your twofer is stunning! Beautiful colouring/shading there.
Blessings
Maxine
Time well spent in the craft room, Dawn - three floral beauties!! I especially love your take on the Be Bold Blooms set; I can't get enough of that one either. So fun to put flowers together while watching television :)
What a gorgeous card you've made, Dawn! The bouquet of bloom die cuts you've made is so pretty in the shades of blues and teal. This will surely brighten the recipient's day. Thanks for joining us at The Flower Challenge!
Your trio of cards are gorgeous, Dawn! Don't you just love those Be Bold Bloom dies? Ive only used them on one card and you've reminded me that I need to get them out and use them again. Love your color choices and the textured background. Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Flower Challenge!
I love these cards! The Altenew challenge cards especial appeal to me!
I think those Be Bold dies are so versatile. I love the colors you used and your wonderful layout, Dawn. Thanks for sharing your card with us at The Flower Challenge.
Both cards are lovely!! Thanks for playing along in the Altenew July 2024 Inspiration challenge!!
Wow.. Just wow.. I just loved that 2 for 1 card.. so awesome..
Thank you so much for joining us at AAA birthday challenge
Swapna
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