Hi everyone! I hope you’re enjoying your weekend – how about we brighten it up with the new Craft-A-Flower from Altenew? Introducing the Cosmos! And I’m really brightening up the flowers today – with pinks, yellows and teals to help the flowers pop!

There’s details of a giveaway and all the stops on the hop at the end of this post. If you get lost you can start over at the Altenew Blog.

I die cut all of my pieces for my card from white cardstock. I like to do this when I’m going to ink blend my color onto the image to add a little more depth and shading.

The main light petals are white with a tiny touch of Pastel Sunrise in the centre. The for the next layer I used Fresh Lemon with Pastel Sunrise in the centre. For the pink layer I used Fuchsia with a hint of Lavender Fields in the centre. I used the Pastel Sunrise and Lemon Yellow again for the centres. I then adhered them all together with craft glue. I also die cut several of the leaves and stems and then blended Lagoon Ink onto them.

For my card base I used the Swirlf Motif 3D embossing folder and dry embossed a panel of white cardstock. I then arranged the Cosmos by adhering the florals first with foam squares, and then adhering the leaves in amongst the flowers. I added a good splattering of Antique Gold spray too. To finish, I layered up the hugs sentiment using Jet Black cardstock and vellum from the Simple Greetings dies set.

Giveaway

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $15 gift certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 02/12/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 11 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 02/15/2021.

You can check out the next stop on the hop over at my wonderful friend Verity’s blog!

Jenny

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  10. I have loved Cosmos since I was a child, my mom always planted one huge section of our garden with them. These dies perfectly capture the delicate beauty of the flower.

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  19. Oooo pretty colors! I was hoping to see some examples of this set with contrasting colored flowers and you do not disappoint. This is a real winner.

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  28. I *really* like the colors you’ve chosen! Reminds me of some of the flower seed packets I’ve been looking at.

    Cosmos is one of my mom’s favorite flowers, so they always remind me of her. 🙂

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  32. I am really enjoying this blog hop. Craft a flower is new to me so it’s really beautiful to see all the different colors! I love your card!

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  35. Wonderfully Bright color combination, yet still has a softer look to it….and yes, I agree that you coloring your flowers does add extra dimension…

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  41. Oh oh oh!. Your color combinations just made me smile. Your flowers, foliage and layout are just happy. Thanks for the brightness you added to my day in addition to the great ideas.

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  49. Thank yo for sharing how you blended these flowers and what colors you used. It is a very unique and lovely card. I wanted to sign up to follow but I don’t just hand out my address so I’m going to try to figure out another way to check in again to see your creativity

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  59. Your card is brilliant. I love the color combinations – they are so bright and original. Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration. 🙂

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  60. I would never have thought to use these colors but love the look you achieved. Such a colorful and cheerful card. Thanks for sharing!

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