Showing posts with label Versatile Greetings Die Set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Versatile Greetings Die Set. Show all posts

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Oct/Nov 2026

Hello Friends and Happy Thursday!  It's also the 15th of the month and that signals a new challenge at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge Blog.  The optional floral prompt for this month features bright Marigolds in the colors of the season.  I love Marigolds and plant them in my garden as a natural insect repellant.

I was directly inspired by the optional prompt and used the Marigold Layering Die Set from Altenew for my team project. The "keyhole" system Altenew has created makes lining up the die cut layers so easy and basically fool-proof.


I've used textured colored cardstock from American Crafts for the flower layers & leaves, and added distress inks for additional shading.  The background has been embossed using the Deck Planks Embossing Folder from Altenew along with the Versatile Greetings Die Set, also from Altenew.


Golden Dazzles have been added to highlight the gold mirror card sentiment, and then I decided an Easel Card would be nice so I added additional die cut words as the stopper.


Please join us this month at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.  We love seeing all the creative designs shared with us.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

The Paper Funday Challenge #76 - May 2025

Hello Crafty Friends and Welcome!  It's the 1st Wednesday of May and time for a new Paper Funday Challenge.  Our generous sponsors this month are Altenew and Picket Fence Studios.  For my design team project, I've used the Aeonium African Succulent Stamp from Picket Fence Studios, however I couldn't find this stamp set on the site, it may be retired.


Picket Fence Studios are known for their larger than life images, and this one is gorgeous.  I'll admit, it intimidated me as I didn't exactly know how to color it and I've had this stamp in my stash for a while.  I did a google search for this succulent and found this color combo and thought, that's easy enough so let's give it a go!


I've colored the image using Copic Alcohol Markers, and added some white dots here and there using a Uniball Signo Pen. To get as much of the image as possible on the card front, I went with a 5.5" square panel for this 6" card.  

The sentiment is from the Altenew Versatile Greetings Die Set; I've cut the words from gold mirror card and used a black shadow, then mounted on foam pads.  Lastly, I've added smoky gray gems from Kat Scrappiness.

Please join us at the challenge, we would love to have you join in the fun!  And a huge thanks to our generous sponsors this month.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

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