Altenew April 2025 Inspiration Challenge

Hi, friends!  I’m sharing my entry for the Altenew April 2025 Inspiration Challenge: Pretty in Pink Cards (click to go to Altenew blog post.)This month’s challenge is hosted by Amy Rysavy and the goal was to create a card inspired by this photo:

I was debating which product to use to create my challenge entry when a surprise came in the mail - the Charming Bouquet Outline Stamp Set, which was a gift from Altenew for their 11th Anniversary.  Decision made!  What better way to thank Altenew for this wonderdul gift than by using it for my entry.

I got work on my design.  It started with an A2 kraft card base.  I then cut a card panel to 4”x5.25” and created a background panel with Altenew Frosty Pink and Frayed Leaf Ink Sprays and a baby wipe.  I sprayed the ink onto my glass craft surface, picked it up onto the baby wipe, and pressed it down to the card panel.  I did one diagonal side of the panel with the Frosty Pink and the other with Frayed Leaf.  I put the panel aside to dry.  Once dry, I ran Altenew Milk Chocolate Crisp Dye Ink around the sides and adhered it to the card base with double sides tape.

I next decided how to stamp the image. I wanted a panel with the image stamped in the center and part of the image both above and below it going off of the panel.  I stamped it with Altenew Milk Chocolate Crisp Dye Ink.

It was time to color!  I only wanted the full center image colored and to keep the partial images just brown and white.  I started by coloring the leaves using the Altenew Green Valley Artist Markers.  Shadow Creek was put down onto the leaves, followed by Grass Field and then then Firefly.  Once done, I went over each leaf with Citrus Burst to glaze it and bring out the color.

I then moved onto the flowers.  I used Puffy Heart and Rose Quartz on one and Coral Berry, Frosty Pink, and Pink Cloud on the other two.  Once done, I went over these two flowers with Rose Quartz to glaze them, and used Fresh Lemon and Citrus Burst to color the centers.

With the coloring complete, I used a Nuvo Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer Pen to add some sparkle to the flowers, stamped the sentiment in Milk Chocolate Crisp Dye Ink, and added three Altenew Crystal gems.  Milk Chocolate ink was run around the edges of the panel and it was adhered down to the card using double sided foam tape.  The final step was to run the Milk Chocolate ink around the card base.

I’m truly happy with how the design turned out!  I can see each of the elements from Amy’s photo and live how these  colors all came together.  I hope that you agree!

Thanks for spending some time here with me today.  Until next time . . . be well!