Today I’m taking part in this Altenew Build-A-Flower: Candystripe Cosmos Release blog hop.
If you aren’t familiar with the Build-A-Flower, it is a monthly floral stamp layering series, and it is available as a subscription service.
I love that you get a large stamp set and the coordinating dies; this opens up so many techniques!!!
Altenew Build-A-Flower: Candystripe Cosmos
Giveaway!!!
To celebrate the release of this latest Build A Flower, Altenew are hosting a fun blog hop, the full list is below but feel free to head over to the Altenew Card Blog to start at the beginning of the hop!
Of course there are prizes to be won along the way!
$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each of the designers listed below by 01/07/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 01/09/2022.
Drama & Contrast
I absolutely love combining black, white & red for a seriously dramatic effect, and I just had to kick off 2022 with a sprinkling of drama!
To start, I stamped out the flower in reds, with some fresh & cool greens for the foliage.
I added some texture to an a2 panel of black cardstock, but don’t look *too* closely at that!! (It seems that I’m also starting off the new year with spoilers too!!! haha!)
To ground my images and sentiment, I cut a diamond of Neenah 80lb using the Fine Frames Diamond die set, then I add some clear dew drop embellishments.
Patterned Paper, Kraft Cardstock & 70’s Inspiration…Oh My!
To mix things up a little bit, I stamped this flower onto some Desert Storm Neenah cardstock, and I used brown toned inks for each of the layers to keep that kraft look. I also stamped my sentiment onto the same cardstock, before fussy cutting it.
I popped up both the flower & sentiment onto a vellum circle, using Instant Dimension foam tape.
Then I turned my attention to the background.
I was feeling a 70’s wallpaper kinda vibe from the kraft flower and I knew that there were some interesting patterns in the Wildflower paper pad. There are some pink/peach colours that I thought would go well with the kraft, plus the ‘busy’ patterns would fit perfectly into my wallpaper style!
I did choose quite a busy pattern for the full panel, and cut the Mid Century cover panel die from a much lighter & subtle pattern. I love how they look together!!!
To finish, I just added a few brown toned sequins from my stash.
Playing With Colour
I was feeling particularly adventurous after that last design, so I continued to explore colour schemes I might not normally reach for.
I used yellows and warm greens for my flower and additional foliage; my go to would normally be a predominantly white background so I challenged myself to mix it up a bit.
This rusty orange/brown cardstock was hiding in my stash, so I grabbed that to cut an a2 panel. I did want to ground the florals a bit, so I cut the Diamond Frame cover panel die from Neenah 80lb.
The stem is sitting right in the bottom of that diamond, and I even tucked it underneath so that the flower looks as though it is growing out of the frame. I wanted to add some more dimension to the flower itself though, so I used some more foam tape behind it, then added a few additional foliage pieces on either side.
A few white enamel dots finish the design.
Altenew Build-A-Flower: Candystripe Cosmos Release Blog Hop
Next up on this hop is the fabulous Teri Wilson…
You should have arrived to me from the lovely Linda Parker…but full blog hop line up is at the bottom of this post for your information!
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