Hey Crafty People
Today I’m taking part in a blog hop to celebrate the release of the latest Altenew Build-A-Flower: Fashion Monger Dahlia.
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!!!
I wanted to show a couple of different ways you can use the set to get completely different results; so I created using the outline stamp and also without to get a softer look. *More details below!*
Altenew Build-A-Flower: Fashion Monger Dahlia.
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 designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 08/07/2021 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 08/09/2021.
Bright Sunshine Yellow Blooms
Whenever I get a new BAF set, the first thing I do is stamp out a bunch of images in different ink colours. I love getting a feel for the new set like this and experimenting with different colour combinations.
I make some cards right away, then I like to store the extra images in the back of the stamp packaging to use at a later date. (This helps when you need to make a super quick card! ?)
I used bright yellow tones from Sunshine In My Pocket inks, with cool tones greens as a nice contrast for my leaves.
The background is made up from both the positive and negative portions of the Rippling Rings die, which I cut from the Ocean Reflection glitter cardstock pack.
I added a die cut sentiment from last month’s Craft Your Life Project Kit, and some black sequins to finish off the design.
Organic Background
I mixed it up a bit with my colours here, opting for Sea Shore inks, and warmer toned greens for the leaves. This is a really pretty combination.
I cut the Stacked Diamonds cover plate die from some blue mirror cardstock, and snipped parts of it out to add onto an a2 panel of Neenah 80lb.
This is a fun way to use a cover die in a different way, and I wanted to increase the organic feel of the background even more, so I tore the top and bottom.
I stamped one of the sentiments from the set onto some vellum in Obsidian Pigment ink and added clear embossing over the top. Again, I finished the design with some black sequins.
Using The Outline, But Not The Layers.
I stamped the images onto some Bristol Smooth cardstock, using the Obsidian ink, so that I could paint them with my Watercolour Brush Markers. (I find that I get much better results with theses when I use Bristol Smooth over
After leaving the images to fully dry, for several hours, I just covered the whole flower with the Warm Sunshine marker. Then whilst it was still wet, I added some Autumn Blaze pigment in at the base of the petals. I did blend that out a touch, using a little clean, clear water.
I repeated the same steps for the leaves; this whole painting session didn’t take more than a couple of minutes.
I added some black splatter to a mini slimline card panel (3.5 X 6.5 inch) for a super quick background.
For my sentiment, I used the same die that I used for the first one, but instead of cutting the shadow, I just put the sentiment onto a strip of vellum. This time I used Satin White sequins to embellish this design.
Next up on this hop is the uber talented Joy Baldwin
You should have arrived to me from the amazing Nenette S. Madero …but full blog hop lineup is at the bottom of this post for your information!
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Full Hop Lineup | Altenew Build-A-Flower: Fashion Monger Dahlia Release.
Natasha Davies <— You are here!
Cute cards! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! 🙂
Thank you for sharing your beautiful cards.
Thank you!
Love them all. Can’t decide fave. Maybe the yellow without the layers. Although I love the yellow flower without the base colour. Too many lovely choices.
Thank you so much! ?
Beautiful background and I LOVE the yellow!
Thank you Meghan! ?
Great cards and tips! I received my set a few days ago and I’m going to do as you suggest. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks so much, and I’m so glad that I inspired you! ?
Such pretty cards.
Thanks so much 🙂
Stunning cards! I love your colour choices that make them so special! Thanks so much for the inspiration! Stay safe! 🙂
Thank you so much! I’m super happy that I was able to inspire you! ?
I like the different ways you used the dahlias. It gives me ideas on how to mix it up a bit. I make samples of all my craft-a-flower sets and store in the packages but never thought about doing the same with the CAF’s! Thanks for your inspiration!
Thanks so much! I’m so glad that I could inspire you! ?
So many fabulous cards!
Thank you!!
Gorgeous card! love your design.
Thank you!
So pretty cards!
Thank you 🙂
Great cards!
Thanks! 🙂
Beautiful card!
Lovely cards Tasha! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your designs were lovely.
Thank you! 🙂
I enjoyed your cards. Thanks for inspiring me.
Thank you 🙂 I’m so glad that I inspired you! 🙂
I love those backgrounds! The blue glitter paper Rippling Rings in positive and negative is genius.
Beautiful cards. I love those unique backgrounds you created.
Thank you for the tip about using Bristol Smooth with the water color markers. I will try that! Pretty cards!
Thank you 🙂
Yeah, I did struggle a little on the watercolour cardstock that I had, but when I tried it on Bristol I absolutely loved the results! You can’t use quite so much water with the Bristol as you might on watercolour cardstock, but I found that because they blended easier, I didn’t need to use as much water! 🙂
Your color combos are lovely, and I really enjoy your inspirations using the new Fashion Monger Dahlia set. LOVELY!
Thank you so much! I’m so glad that you feel inspired! 🙂
Fun, inspirational cards! Love each one!
Thank you! 🙂
Beautiful work! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Thank you! 🙂
Nice
Gorgeous card. I really love the new BAF set.
Great cards and tips. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! 🙂
Pretty cards, love the teal and yellow on that last one!
Thanks so much! 😀
Your cards are adorable! Fun techniques. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!! 😀
Great color and layer combinations. Nice ideas for the set.
Thank you! 🙂
Love the backgrounds and your pretty color combos! Awesome cards with these beautiful flowers!
Thank you so much! 🙂
These are all gorgeous, love all of them!
Thank you 🙂
Gorgeous cards! I love the yellow dahlias!
Thank you so much 🙂
Tashia, I love all of the cards you made one is as awesome as the other, I really can’t pick a favorite cause their all so cool. The backgrounds are so unique too. GREAT cards ! Thanks for sharing and inspiring us!
Thanks so much Tina!!! 😀