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Altenew Build-A-Garden: Magnificent Branch

Enjoy our Build-A-Garden project set, an exciting monthly package that is sure to get the creative juices flowing! Each month includes a stamp set along with a coordinating stencil set and/or die set PLUS a customer-favorite Mini Blending Brush! Build your collection of brushes from month to month so you will never be left looking for the perfect tool while crafting.

This set contains the following products:

– one 6″ x 8″ stamp set containing 10 stamps made in the USA from high-quality photopolymer

– one layering stencil set containing 4 stencils that coordinate with the stamp set

– one Mini Blending Brush for ink blending

Note: These products are NOT sold separately. 

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Giveaway!!!

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Slimline Vintage Florals

1. Stamp the large branch image with Permanent Black Crisp Dye Ink on to your preferred White cardstock. (I use 80lb. Neenah Solar White.)
2. Using the coordinating stencils, add colour using various Crisp Dye Inks and blending tools. The stencils are all clearly labelled to help you see which one is for each portion of the image, and each will have several layers to create the realistic shadows & highlights. So, start with the lightest ink on the most open stencil, and get darker as you work through the layers. (Altenew makes this easy by using their ink families of light, medium, far & extra dark inks. The inks I used are linked below in my supplies section.)
3. Once your entire image is coloured, cut the panel down using one of the Nesting Rectangles Slimline die; this gives the right size panel and also leaves a nice, embossed border.
4. To create that vintage feel, blend Tranquility inks from the edges of the panel in towards the centre. The large blending brushes are the BEST tool to use for this because they give you a really even blend, which really helps you to not have any darker/harsh edges that would spoil your beautiful image.
5. Darken the edges of the panel using the darker inks from the Tranquility family, but be sure not to use too much pressure to allow your image to still shine through.
6. Once dry, splatter Gold paint from the Metallic Watercolor Pan Set.
7. Die cut a sentiment from gold mirror cardstock and add a vellum shadow to allow the sentiment to pop off that busy panel.

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Two Cards for the work of one!

1. Stamp the image onto a 8.5in x 5.5in deep red cardstock using clear, sticky embossing ink and add Platinum embossing powder.
2. Cut this in half to get 2x 4.25in x 5.5in a2 panels. (I did trim a little off each panel so that I would have a small white border once I added them to an a2 card base.)
3. Using one of the Large Blending Brushes add ink to each panel. I used the two darkest inks from the Sugarplums ink family; Grape Agate & Plum to make the outside of the panel darker. (Using coloured cardstock makes this so much quicker and easier!)
4. If, like me, you want to get even more of a contrast, then Rhodolite from the Jewel Tones inks works well.
5. A clear sparkle brush pen, like a Wink Of Stella, works both to ‘paint’ onto the image for extra detail and also to splatter over the whole background. (I always add a little extra water when I splatter it though to help it move a little better.)

To finish these panels;

1. For the first card, I oriented the panel portrait, leaving an equal border on either side but with a bigger border at the bottom and no border at the top. (Just to mix it up a little!) Plus, a sentiment strip and some white acrylic dots.
2. The second card, I stamped a sentiment in Obsidian, which in real life stands out really well but doesn’t come through on the photos brilliantly. I offset this one, so that the white border is on two sides, and added some more acrylic dots and hearts.

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Altenew Build-A-Garden: Magnificent Branch Release Blog Hop

Next up on this hop is the fabulous Laurie Willison..

You should have arrived to me from the lovely Jenny Colacicco…

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— SUPPLIES —

Affiliate links are used

Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Alt	Altenew Sugarplums Mini Ink Cubes Shop at: Alt | Craftstash US | Craftstash UK	Foam Adhesive Tape Shop at: Alt	Large Ink Blending Tool Shop at: Alt | SBC
Neenah 80lb Shop at: Alt | SBC | Craftstash US | Craftstash UK	Neenah 110lb Shop at: Alt	Jewel Tones Inks Shop at: Alt | Craftstash US | Craftstash UK	Satin Masking Tape Shop at: Alt | SBC
Build A Garden Magnificent Branch Shop at: Alt

Affiliate links are used

WOW Ultra Slow Drying Ink Pad Shop at: WOWUK | WOWUSA	Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP	WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool Shop at: WOWUK | WOWUSA	WOW Gold Rich Shop at: WOWUK | WOWUSA

— My Basic Supplies That I Use On Every Project —

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MINI MISTI Shop at: Scrapbookcom | PBP | SBP | Trinity	MISTI – Original Shop at: Scrapbookcom | PBP | SBP	Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP	Gemini Jr Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Tim Holtz Trimmer 8.5inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Tim Holtz Scissors 7inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Tim Holtz Mini Snips 5inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Tidy Tray Shop at: Trinity
Pick Up Stick Shop at: Trinity	Reverse Action Tweezers Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP	We R Trim & Scoreboard Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Pressure Tool Shop at: Trinity

*Affiliate links are used, where available; this means that I may get a small commission if you purchase using one of these links, at no extra cost at all to yourself. A huge thank you goes to anyone who does purchase using my links, it is so highly appreciated.