Altenew Craft-A-Flower: California Giants Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello and welcome back to my blog! It’s time for the new Craft-a-Flower reveal! I’m so excited to join Altenew for the brand new Craft-A-Flower: California Giants Layering Die Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. You should be arriving here from the awesome Jenny’s blog, but if not, you can go back to the start, at the Altenew Card Blog and go from there.

First, I die cut the flowers and leaves from the Cherry Blossom, Rose Petal, and Green Meadows Gradient Cardstock Sets using the Craft-A-Flower: California Giants Layering Die Set. Below are the cardstock colours I used for the different layers:
Flower:
Layer 1 – Pink Diamond
Layer 2 – Pinkalicious
Layer 3 – Razzleberry
Layer 4 – Cosmic Berry
Buds:
Layer 1 – Minty Mint
Layer 2 – Just Green
Layer 3 – Razzleberry
Layer 4 – Cosmic Berry
Stem 1: Just Green
Stem 2: Hunter Green
Leaves:
Layer 1 – Minty Mint
Layer 2 – Just Green
Layer 3 – Hunter Green

After that, I inked the edges of the flowers and leaves using darker shades of Crisp Dye Inks. Below are the colours I used:
Flower:
Layer 1 – Pinkalicious
Layer 2 – Razzleberry
Layer 3 – Cosmic Berry
Layer 4 – Jet Black
Buds:
Layer 1 – Minty Mint
Layer 2 – Just Green
Layer 3 – Cosmic Berry
Layer 4 – Jet Black
Stem 1: Hunter Green
Stem 2: Jet Black
Leaves:
Layer 1 – Just Green
Layer 2 – Hunter Green
Layer 3 – Jet Black

Then I assembled the images using precision glue.

Next, I inked an A2 watercolour cardstock using Glacier Caves Mixed Media Inks. I directly inked the watercolour panel with the ink pad, starting with the lightest on top and darkest at the bottom. I then ran a brayer over it to blend the inks. Once the panel was dry, I placed it in the Crystal Wall 3D Embossing Folder and ran it through the die cutting machine.

I then die cut the frame from Jet Black cardstock using the Diamond Frame Cover Die. After that, I die cut the sentiment from Wisteria cardstock using the hello die from the Craft-A-Flower: California Giants Layering Die Set. To give it an ombre effect, I inked it using Hydrangea and Ultraviolet Crisp Dye Inks along with my ink blending tools. Next, I die cut the shadow for the sentiment from Jet Black cardstock and assembled the pieces using precision glue.

Lastly, I assembled the card and stuck this panel on an A2 card base.

Supplies:

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Giveaway Prizes

$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.

Below you will find the complete blog hop list should you encounter any broken links!

Altenew Card Blog

Erum Tasneem

Michelle Short

Virginia Lu

Natasha Davies

Emily Midgett

Dana Joy

Nathalie DeSousa

Carol Hintermeier

Reiko Tsuchida

Amanda Baldwin

LauraJane

Terri Koszler

Tina Smith

Seeka

Keren Baker

Verity Biddlecombe

Sandhya Iyer

Linda Westfall

Joy Baldwin

Nenette S. Madero

Preeti Chandran

Daniel Diaz

Jenny Colacicco

Joylita Dsouza <<< YOU ARE HERE