Hey Crafty People
Today I’m taking part in the Altenew Craft-A-Flower: California Giants Release Blog Hop + Giveaway
If you aren’t familiar with the Craft-A-Flower, it is a monthly, floral layering die set series, and it is available as a subscription service.
Altenew Craft-A-Flower: California Giants Release Blog Hop + Giveaway Details
To celebrate the release of this latest Craft-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 8/13/2021 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 08/15/2021.
Creating Depth in a White Flower
I decided to start by cutting all of the necessary pieces from Neenah 80lb cardstock; this way I would be able to colour each layer myself and it was also a really good way to get a feel for how the pieces layer together before committing to how dark I wanted each to be.
I wanted the flower to appear white, but if I left all of the pieces white the flower would look really flat and unnatural. Even white objects have areas of shadow, and I decided to use my warm grey copics to add the colour to the right places.
This is such an easy flower to layer; the bulk of the ‘work’ is just to layer one detail piece on top of a base layer. This top piece becomes the highlights, so adding the shadow was as easy as just colouring the base layer using W1.
i coloured each layer of the leaves and bud, just following the layering information on the pack to choose the right colour for each piece. I also coloured some stems.
It may seem like a daunting task to begin with, but if you follow the helpful layering guide that comes in the packaging, you can tell where each piece fits in and also, which pieces should be the same colour.
I cut the two layer sentiment from some more Neenah 80lb and I coloured the base layer with the same brown marker I used for the flower centre.
The Diamond Frame cover die made the perfect backdrop to these large floral elements, and I cut it from Gold Mirror cardstock, then layered it onto an a2 panel of Neenah 80lb.
Altenew Craft-A-Flower: California Giants Release Blog Hop
You should have arrived to me from the amazing Virginia Lu …
Next up on this hop is the uber talented Emily Midgett and the full blog hop lineup is at the bottom of this post for your information!
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Natasha Davies <— You are here 🙂
Great card & instructions for white flowers. I am planning to give this a try.
Such an elegant design! The white and gold pair very nicely.
Thank you! 🙂
You are my last stop on the blog hop because your post wasn’t up when I went through the rest. I’ve just got to say I am so glad I got back to yours. It is my favorite card on this hop. Every single detail about this card is in perfect harmony with the whole design. It is absolutely gorgeous!
I’m so glad you got back to me too! :O
Thank you so much for such wonderfully kind words. This means so very much to me ?
ah! I can’t express how happy this made me!!!
The color of the flower goes great with the diamond frame.
Thank you! 😀
Beautiful card! I love the idea of coloring/shading some pieces of the cardstock to get the color you wanted.
Thank you! 🙂 I’m glad that I could give you some new ideas!
I am a big fan of color on color and white is hard: you made this stunning
Thank you so much! 😀 That really does mean a lot to me!
Your card is stunning! I love your beautiful white bloom against that amazing Diamond Frame Cover Die — gorgeous.
Sophisticated concept!
Thank you! 🙂
What a stunning card! I love the white and gold together!
So gorgeous in white…thanks for the tips about using white. I love that background also!!
Great use of the frame cut. Nice show for the flower in white. Great share!
Thank you! 🙂
So beautiful in white and gold!
Perfect in white!
Thank you! 🙂
I’m totally in awe! I don’t see white flowers too often, this is perfect! Fabulous!!
Thank you so much!!! 😀 I’m grinning, ear-to-ear!!!
I love the white flower! The whole card came together so beautifully.
Ooo it is pretty in white; and nicely paired with the new cover die.
Pretty.
Lovely! The dimension is great on that flower!
Thank you so much! 😀
Outstanding card! I love the white flower and the gold background – so classic and beautiful.
Tashia, I love, love, love, this card. Choosing to do the flower in white was perfect! Your whole card just stands out and is a true masterpiece in my opinion. Well-done lady! Thank you for sharing and inspiring us all!
So beautiful in your color choice. Very lovely.
This is my absolutely favorite card. I just love it.
Thank you so much!!! That means such a lot to me ???
Gorgeous! I love it in white
Thank you! 🙂
Wow- this card is stunning! Love it! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so very much!!! 😀
I’m so glad that I could inspire you!!!
Your white flower is elegant, and dainty. Love it.
Thank you! 🙂
Gorgeous card. Love the technique.
Thank you! 🙂
Love your white flower, very pretty
Love the white flower on the gold. Beautiful card!
Thank you! 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
This is stunning! I love white flowers and these look anything but flat. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you so much! 😀
I’m really glad that I could inspire you!
A very pretty, elegant white flower, so sophisticated.
Thank you so much! 🙂
Beautiful card! Love a white flower! Thanks for the chance to win.
Thank you! 🙂
Such a beautiful card! Love the white flower.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous card! Your shading really brings this flower to life, and I love it in whites! The gold cover die is a perfect frame! Thanks for sharing a great idea for using this newest CAF!
Thank you so much! 😀 <3
I'm so glad that I could inspire you!
So beautiful!
Thank you! 🙂
Gorgeous example!
Thank you 🙂
This is so pretty!
Thank you 🙂
You are so talented and loved your instructions on making the flower in white! Gorgeous with the new Diamond frame die in gold! Love your beautiful card!
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This means so very much to me! 😀 Thank you for your kind words, and I’m so glad that I could inspire you 😀
I like the background and the depth of the white flower.
Thanks so much! 😀
Love the elegance of your card!
Thanks! 🙂