Hi everyone! It’s the 1st of the month and that means it’s time for a new Build-A-Flower from Altenew! This month’s is the Indian Lotus! Today’s post is part of hop with a giveaway! You can start over at the Altenew card blog and stay tuned for a giveaway.

I wanted to go a little dark with my card so I used my favorite Tranquility ink set. Using a MISTI I stamped two of the of the flowers onto white cardstock. These four layers line up very easily, and I used each one of the ink colours from light to dark, including the outline being in Dark Night rather than typical black for a softer look. I then die cut them out with the coordinating die. I also added some gold gel pen in the centre.

To create my layout, I decided that instead of using the lily pads from the stamp set, I used leaf dies. These are from the recent Whimsical Garden Layering Die set, just the outline dies, which I cut from gold mirror cardstock.

To carry on the blue and gold theme, I die cut the Candy Cane Stripe cover die from Navy. cardstock and adhered it to a white notecard. I then arranged my two lillies over the top in the centre with foam tape, and slipped the leaves underneath with a few dots of glue.

To finish my sentiment, I die cut ‘BE’ from the Fine Alphabet dies in gold mirror and white carstock and stacked them together and overlaid onto the Indian Lotuses. The sub sentiment was stamped in Obsidian Black pigment ink and popped on top. I finished with a few Antique Gold and white sequins.

Giveaway

$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 05/06/2021 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 05/08/2021.

Your next stop on the hop is the superbly awesome Tenia!

The full list is below!

Jenny x

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  2. Love your navy/blues white and gold color scheme. That cover die looks really good. Very pretty card.

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  7. Love the soft flower on the bold background. The pops of gold make the card so elegant…beautiful!

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  8. lovely card. I would not have thought to go with those colors (I tend to go BRIGHT), but it’s beautiful!

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  14. I love this new set and thanks for sharing how you’ve used it. It is giving me lots of ideas.

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  15. The Indian Lotus is lovely. I like the dark colors you used, and the gold leaves are really pretty.

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  17. I love how subtle the lotus flower is over the gold leaves and the navy background. Nicely done!

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  22. Beautiful color scheme and those leaves look amazing in gold. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  25. Your card is so striking! I really like how you used the darkest blue instead of black; still stands out nicely but isn’t harsh.

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  29. Stamping the outline in the same blue family was a great call on this. It’s a softer look and it really stands out from the dramatic background.

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  33. I love the Indian Lotus set and your card is beautiful I always get excited when I see projects using a product a have, so I loved the background using the Candy Cane Stripe cover die. Can’t wait to try this layout!

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