Floral Fantasy Card for Bastel-Traum’s Challenge

2019-02-152019-02-15 / Rosali / 3 Comments

Hi guys!

Today I am excited to be a Guest Designer for Bastel-Traum’s Challenge! They have a monthly card challenge that I have participated in several times. Then I was the lucky “Gold Award” winner of their November 2018 Challenge entering this Christmas card. Yay!! So here I am guesting for their new challenge – which is a color challenge.

My card features Altenew’s “Floral Fantasy” stamp set, an Altenew label sentiment saying “Let’s celebrate you” in German and one of their beautiful stencils with geometric shapes. I did layered stamping with different inks and some heat embossing for my top layer. I used a mask to place one flower behind the other and for the stenciling that I did afterwards. Scroll down to the supply list if you’re interested to know what products and ink colors I have used!

HERE’S MY FLORAL FANTASY CARD:

COLOR INSPIRATION FROM BASTEL-TRAUM:

Isn’t this gorgeous?!! Although there are flowers in the inspiration picture, I also thought about making a wintery critter card … but ultimately I ended up wanting to use the Altenew flowers again. Maybe I will still make a critter card with those yummy colors!

I can’t wait to see what you will come up with for Bastel-Traum’s challenge. 🙂 If you like card challenges as much as I do you might also want to take a look at my challenge page (consider yourself warned that it is long list! :D).

Thank you for stopping by today! ♥

Rosali

Entering this for:

https://virginialusblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/february-show-share.html
https://craftymilka.blogspot.com/2019/02/ilovemathchallenge12.html (I don’t have blogger but follow on WordPress)
http://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-flower-challenge-29-use-your-latest.html

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USED SUPPLIES:

Stamps & dies:

Altenew – Floral Fantasy Stamp Set
Altenew – Sketchy Cities Abroad Stamp Set
Altenew – Layered Kaleidoscope Stencil B

Paper:

Neenah Solar White (Classic Crest) – 110 lb and 80 lb
Masking Paper (Repositionable Labels)

Inks left flower:

Ranger / Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Ink SPUN SUGAR
Catherine Pooler Designs – Dye Ink BE MINE
Lawn Fawn – Dye Ink JUICE BOX

Inks right flower:

Ranger / Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Ink WORN LIPSTICK
Catherine Pooler Designs – Dye Ink BE MINE
Lawn Fawn – Dye Ink JUICE BOX

Other Inks:

Ranger / Tim Holtz – Distress Inks SHABBY SHUTTERS, CRACKED PISTACHIO
Versafine – Onyx Black Pigment Ink (sentiment)

Other Supplies:

WOW – Metalline Himalayan Musk Embossing Powder
Create A Smile Stamps – Enamel Dots in LIGHT BLUE
Black Watercolor (for splatters)
3M – Foam Tape

Blue Lotus Card with Altenew

2018-12-312019-01-09 / Rosali / 4 Comments

Hi friends!

Happy New Year’s Eve! How are you all doing today?

It’s been a few weeks since I blogged the last time … December is always so busy with all the preparations going on, meeting friends and sending out Christmas cards, too! I am sure a lot of you can relate. 😀 Now that Christmas is over I am back with a non-holiday card! I mostly send out birthday cards so I “shopped my stash” and made my first card using the beautiful Lotus stamps set from Altenew.

TAKE A LOOK AT MY BLUE LOTUS BLOSSOMS:

I used masking paper to stamp my three Lotus blossoms and also to protect them when inkblending over the bottom of my card front with yellow and green-ish traditional Distress Inks. For coloring I used Sapphire blue liquid watercolor. It gives such a great intense blue!

COLORING CLOSE-UP:

The colors of this card where inspired by one of my favorite cardmakers when it comes to floral cards: Erum from Vibgyor Krafts. She picked one of her amazing blue flower cards for the Altenew August Inspiration Challenge which I took inspiration from.

To finish my card I splattered gold, black and white watercolors over the Lotus blossoms and added a small birthday sentiment from Altenew’s Sketchy Cities Abroad stamp set embossed in Rich Gold embossing powder on black cardstock.

Thank you for stopping by today! I am wishing you all an amazing & healthy New Year with lots of time for papercrafting or whatever it is that makes your heart happy. ♥

Rosali
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