I've been using some of my new stash over the last little while...I got this card finished yesterday but didn't get to photograph it till late this afternoon. My day was full on crafting with Grace as it was my day to look after her during the school holidays. Her wish for the day..... to spend it "doing arty crafty" with Nanny. More on that later...
Here's a card I made using Altenew's Craft A Flower - Dahlia April Heather Layering die.
I googled this flower and got some ideas of colours - luckily Altenew had some suggested colours on the packaging, so used Buttercream, Magenta and Snapdragon inks together with Lagoon and Emerald for the leaves. I cut the dies from an off white 240gms Fabriano card and used the inks to blend. The flower layering is nice and easy with Altenew's Keyhole layering. For my background, I spritzed the ink left on my sticky mat after inking the leaves and smooshed it onto some card. I added black splatter with some Indian Ink mixed with water. At the same time as getting the flower dies, I also got Altenew Scripty Sentiments dies. I added some clear packing tape over some black card and die cut the sentiment. Arranged my floral dies and the added splatters of Fossilised Amber Distress Spritz.
As both my flower dies and the sentiment die are new, I'm adding to Darnell's NBUS challenge.
And here are a couple of pics of our day today
We tried so many different techniques... dry and wet embossing, learning about using watercolour pencils, painting with watercolour paints, using "magic powders" and much more.
6 comments:
How special to be able to pass on your love of crafting to this little sweetie!
Isn't it just the best fun playing arty with your granddaughter? Grace is a doll and clearly takes after her Nanny when it comes to artistic talent! Thank you for bringing back happy memories of those fun times I had in the Playhouse with the twinks!
I love your choice of colors and how you blended them as Mother Nature would and your smooched background and schplatters work brilliantly with the bouquet! And now what's this about strapping tape? Who had that genius idea and why didn't I think of it! Thank you! (Don't tell me if it's a hack that's been around since the last century!🤦♀️) Thank you for inspiring everyone to use their NBUS! Hugs, Darnell
What a perfect way to spend time with Grace, no surprise she loves to craft with you! Gorgeous creations from you both. LOVE the water colour finish on your diecuts and fabulous background. Thanks for my gorgeous Christmas card too Dawn. Was such a lovely one and will grace my craft room this year! xoxo
Awww - Grace made a beautiful project; how fun that you can craft together, Dawn!! Love your stunning floral card too - fabulous spritzing!!
Such a sweet girlie!!! Your creation (and hers) are STUNNING!
Can't believe how big Grace is! Seems like you were just waiting for her to be born! How wonderful she loves crafting with you and what a lovely card she made! Your new Altenew goodies are great! I do love the keyhole system and probably won't buy the older ones that don't have it.
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