Cardbomb: Altenew Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Monday, July 1, 2019

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hey Everybody, happy Monday! I hope your week is off to a great start. Today I'm excited because Altenew is releasing the new Build-a-Flower: Camelia Japonica set and it is gorgeous! Something fun to know is that you have the option to get this BAF set alone, or, to get it bundled with ink cubes at a 5% discount (click here to check out the ink bundle). You can also subscribe to Altenew's Build-A-Flower Montly Subscription Plan for an even larger discount and receive a set every month. I love that there are so many options to meet everyone's needs. Before I get too far into my post I want to make sure you know that this post is part of a big blog hop hosted by Altenew. Not only will many talented designers be sharing their ideas for this set but there will be prizes too! So, I hope you will hop along with us, get inspired to create with this new set, and enter to win some fabulous prizes (prize info at bottom of post).

For my card I decided to go for a mixed media look and I had a ton of fun coming up with this. I started out by blending my background in shades of blue with my Distress Oxide inks. I left the center lighter so that my flower would stand out a bit more. Then I used embossing paste and the Aztec Motif stencil to add some texture to the background. I used one of the detail stamps from the leaves to stamp in black around the edges. Then I splattered the heck out of the whole background and added some bronze Nuvo drops for good measure.

The flower and leaves were colored by ink smooshing them with Distress Oxide inks in reds and greens. After the flower dried I stamped the detail in with black ink (I only used one of the detail stamps). This set doesn't have a stem so I made my own. I just used the same color greens that I did for the leaves on a piece of white cardstock. Then I cut a long strip out with scissors. After that I added details to all of the flower pieces with a black sharpie and a white gel pen.

I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto black cardstock. Next, I cut it all out and popped it up on my card using foam adhesive for dimension. The flower and parts of the leaves are popped up as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you'd like a chance to win a $15 gift certificate from Altenew all you need to do is leave a comment below. More info about prizes can be found below along with links to the products I've used today.

Now you are off to visit the fabulous Maryam Perez to see what she has created to share with us today.

Have an amazing day you guys!

Maria

Prizes:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog for a chance to win.

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 7/7/2019.

Blog Hop Order:

Please add a link to the person before and after you in your post. You are encouraged to include the full list as well.