Altenew June 2025 Inspiration Challenge

Hi, friends!  I’m sharing my entry for the Altenew June 2025 Inspiration Challange (click to go to Altenew blog post.) This month’s challenge is hosted by Samantha Pfrimmer and the goal was to create a card inspired by this photo:

My mind automatically turned to a lily when I saw the colors.  Luckily for me, I have the Altenew Craft a Flower: Lilly Layering Die Set.  I bought this die set on sale a while back and had never used it.  Now was the time!  I blended some Snapdragon ink onto one area of white cardstock and some Grass Field on another and die cut the pieces for two lilies.  I then broke out my Altenew Artist Markers and started adding shading to all of the pieces.  I set the pieces aside to dry.

I used the Trellis Stencil and Delectable Delights inks to create the background panel. I used the Almond Butter ink on the outside of the stencil and Hazelnut on the inside.  It was adhered to an A2 kraft card base with double sided tape.

The sentiment came from the Scripted Sentiments Die Set.  I cut the shadow from kraft cardstock and colored it with an Evergreen marker.  I cut the sentiment from white cardstock and colored it with the Matcha marker.  I then glazed over each with Icy Lemonade, glued them together, and adhered it to the card base.

I glued the flowers and leaves together and then used orange acrylic markers to add some details to the flowers.  I glazed the leaves and stems with the Icy Lemonade marker and adhered all pieces down to the card.  The final step was to add some shimmer with a Nuvo Shimmer Pen and add some Green Meadow Enamel Dots.

I'm truly happy with how this card turned out!  The lilies are so pretty and look great set against the neutral trellis.  I hope that you enjoy it, too!

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

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!