Showing posts with label Altenew Build A Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Altenew Build A Garden. Show all posts

Monday, June 15, 2026

The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Jun/Jul 2026

Hello and Happy Monday Friends!  It's the 15th of the month and time for a new challenge at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge Blog.  The challenges are Always Anything FLORAL Goes and there is an optional mood board for inspiration.  This month's board is full of rich colors and the June Flower of the Month, which is the Rose.


I love the deep reds and peach colors together, just gorgeous and I took inspiration directly from the mood board for my project.  I've used the Build-A-Garden: Branching Roses Stamp Set from Altenew and dies from my stash, along with Copic Alcohol Markers to create a card with lots of dimension.


I've created a frame using 2 separate dies, inlaid the pieces and popped the inner squares/rectangle on foam pads to create visual interest and depth.  The sentiment is a pre-made strip from Simon Says Stamp.  


To finish, I've added gold Dazzles around the sentiment for that bit of extra sparkle and shine.  Naturally, it cannot be seen, but I went over the part of the images inside each square with Wink of Stella.  

We invite you to join us at the Challenge this month, and you must stop by to check out the beautiful projects from my teamies, so see you there!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna xx

**Challenges Entered:

Sunday, May 22, 2022

Magnificent Branch Happy Birthday

Hello And Happy Sunday!  Today is forecast to be another stormy day here in Central Florida so my plans are to stay in and be crafty.  During the rains yesterday, I created a birthday card for a 96 year old who loves flowers.  I hope she also appreciates my "mixed media" background.


To start, using acrylic paints, texture paste, stamps and found objects I created a mixed media background on a 5x5 mixed media card panel. The floral image is from the newest Altenew Build-A-Garden Magnificent Branch Set and I've colored with alcohol markers, then fussy cut.



I noticed the white texture paste that was stenciled on had picked up color as it dried so not as white as I wanted.  To correct this, I went over each of the wonky textured squares with a Posca White Paint pen.  TIP:  Make certain the paste is completely dry or you will ruin the tip of your pen(s).

Everything was adhered flat to the panel, which was matted with black card and adhered to a card base.  The Sentiment die cut and stamp are from the Happy Thoughts set by Crafter's Companion.  For the finishing touch, I've added Gold Sequins for extra sparkle.

I've really been enjoying mixed media and art journaling lately.  It's been fun to sit and create a card that is not my usual style...it's very liberating to just have fun.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

Challenges Entered:
Tic Tac Toe - Floral, Free, Embellishments (can't post graphic here as it's a WEBP format)