Hi, everyone! I am so excited to kick off the Altenew June Inspiration Challenge! I have always loved these challenges as they are a great way to stretch your creativity and use Altenew’s beautiful products. And now I get to host!!!
The inspiration photo below is from my backyard and features some of the beautiful tulips we planted last year.
For all the details on how to participate in this month’s challenge, including prize details, make sure to go to the Altenew Inspiration Challenge Blog.
Hope and Inspiration Card
Sometimes life brings challenge and we need a little reminder that hope can guide us though tough times. Hope is theme for this card which features the gorgeous Craft-A-Flower: Japanese Anemone Layering Die Set.
To start, I die-cut my flower elements from white cardstock, with the exception of the flower centers, which I cut from gold glitter cardstock. Next, I used the Golden Sunset Fresh Die Ink collection to ink-blend all of my petals making sure the darkest colors were focused toward the center to show shadow and depth. For my leaves, I used the Forest Trail Fresh Dye Ink collection for a more muted green to contrast with the fiery petals.
Once all of my elements were colored, I assembled each flower using the layering guide, making sure to curl the petals with my pick-up tool first for added dimension. Next, it was time to go make my background.
I chose a sand-colored cardstock for my background panel to match with the Inspiration color palette. To add interest, I gold heat embossed a few leaves from the Build-A-Flower: Laelia Layering Stamp Set and also added some gold splatter using my Metallic Watercolor 14 Pan Set.
After I adhered all of the blooms onto my card, I stamped and die-cut my sentiment using the Craft-Your-Life Project Kit: Blossoms of Encouragement set. I then decided I needed one more element to finish everything off, a butterfly. Using my Craft-Your-Life Project Kit: Butterfly Garden set, I created one little butterfly using the greens from the Whispering Woodland Fresh Dye Ink collection.
Now it is your turn to make something wonderful. I can’t wait to see how you all use the Inspiration!
Have a great day!