Playing with Altenew.

 Over the weekend I had some time to play with some stamps and dies from Altenew.   

This was inspired by a card design I saw on Pinterest.   And the colours were inspired by a couple of the samples on the stamp set insert.  Just changed them up a bit. 

I started by making my background panel.  I used Altenew's Leafy Border die and used some grey card to back it.  Next up were the Altenew Build A Flower Coneflower.  I die cut two flowers and then used the negative cut  as a template to stamp the outline and the layers.   The red one used Pink pearl, Coral Bliss and Velvet and the orange one used Orange Cream and Autumn Blaze.   The leaves were stamped with Marshland and Mangrove Root.  Love the greens - so rich looking.  And with the fancy die cut and the two flowers I decided that simple sentiment was called for.  Altenew's Birthday Builder stamp set has a lot of lovely different fonts and sizes so chose this sweet simple font.  A few black gems finished it.   It was such fun just playing for fun.   

Coneflower Christmas

 Hi there... I've still been playing with Altenew's Build A Flower Coneflower... Today I've made a Christmas card with the flowers. 

I used a variety of pink and red inks for my two flowers.  I did some ink blending around the edge of the panel and adding some splatters.  I stamped the sentiment from Lyrical Script (no longer available)  Great to use non Christmas stamps to make a Christmas card.  

Thanks for stopping by.  

Coneflowers Three Ways

 I have been wanting to get the Altenew Build A Flower Coneflower since it came out in April but it's been popular and everytime I look it's been out of stock.... but I saw it at Krafter's Cart - my local online store, so it made it's way to me and arrived on Friday.   I decided to try some different techniques using it.   So over the weekend I had a play.... three techinques and four cards later ...

FIRST TECHNIQUE... stamping the layers in mixed colours. 

The are three layers to this stamp.  I used a variety of Altenew inks - putting the purples around the out edges and the pinks towards the centre.  I used a blending brush to ensure a smooth tranistion.  Did each layer a couple of times. I used the matching die to cut the flower.  To add some extra texture I added a stamp from A Study in Watercolour stamped in Andromeda ink and added some gold splatters.  The sentiment is from the BAF Coneflower set.  I used Pinkfresh Studio mini slimline dies to cut my panel.  

SECOND
TECHNIQUE - Watercolouring.

I used some Archers 185gm watercolour paper to gold emboss both flowers from the set.  I then used Altenew 36 pan watercolour set to add the colour. Once it dried I added some white details.  I used the matching die to cut the flowers.  To make my background I was inspired by Therese Calvrid.  I made a stencil by cutting a rectangle out of some vellum.  I then added some Forest Glades green ink and then used Classy Stripes stencil to add some extra inking.  I gold embossed the sentiment from the set. 

THIRD TECHNIQUE- ink smooshing. 

I made two cards using ink smooshing.  

I took some Archers 185gm watercolour paper and smooshed some Shaded Lilac and Worn Lipstick Oxide inks onto a palate.  I too

I smooshed some Shaded Lilac, Worn Lipstick  and Mowed Lawn Oxide inks onto a palate and took some Archers 185gm watercolour paper and put my paper into it.  I dried it off and then stamped the flowers.  I didn't dry it completely so when I took my Spectrum Noir pen to add sparkle, the ink bleed a bit.  I to another piece of the watercolour paper and did some more light smooshing, and run it through Altenew's Daisies 3D folder. I layered the panel to some purple card and used the same ink to stamp my sentiment onto before trimming it.  Layered onto a cream card base. 

My second smooshed background was a bit darker than the firest one.  

I used some Woodless watercolour pencils from Altenew to add extra colour to my flowers.  I added a die cut sentiment and some clear gems.  

Well I appreciate if you made to the end of this post... as you can see I had a great time playing with this set.  In fact this afternoon I even started another card that I will finish tomorrow.  

Hope you weekend was full of crafting too.  Not much else I can do here as we head to the end of the 11th week in lockdown.   Take care