Monday, July 1, 2019

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica Release Blog Hop + Giveaway


Hello crafty peeps,

Welcome to the Altenew Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica release blog hop!

You should have arrived here from the lovely Isha's blog! I'll add the full blog hop list at the end of this post, for your convenience!

I've made two card duos for you today. First up is this colorful pair. On the card on the left I first started stamping and masking directly on my card front but later decided to add some dimension so I pretty much covered up my hard work lol!


I stamped and die cut several camellias in yellow, orange, pink, teal and purple. I stamped my sentiment in purple, then before adding the die cuts I used the Dotted Swirls Debossing cover die to add some texture and interest to my card. I'm obsessed with this cover die, I hope there will be more designs in the future! When there's a lot of white on my cards I feel like they are not finished (I'm not a CAS card maker) and adding a bit of debossing (or embossing for that matter!) helps me with that problem. Once done, I layered some die cuts over my stamping and cut off the access. To finish off my card I added a twine bow and a few crystals.


For my second card I debossed a white A2 size panel. Then I cut a wide strip of aqua card stock and heat embossed my sentiment. I added foam adhesive to the back of this, then checked where I want to have it on my card base. Before adhering it, I tucks some die cuts behind it. To finish it off I added a twine bow and some crystals again.


On my next two cards I went with a springy color theme which was inspired by white camellias that have a bit of a pink edge. Those are my favorite! But how to stamp a white flower? Hmmm. I experimented a little, but because this is a layering stamp, I didn't get the result I pictured in my head. With a single layer stamp I could have just inked up the edges and it would have looked OK, but here I would have needed to ink up the edge of every layer (with pink that is) and this was quite hard to do on the inner layers. Anyway, at least they look a bit different hehe!


Also, I've been loving paper strips for a while now, because they allow me to create ANY color scheme I just want and the result looks like patterned paper. Love them. I hope you are not tired of seeing them yet!


For my sentiments I've used the Folksy Florals stamp set. I finished off these cards with some hot pink twine and pearls.


And now the fun part...Giveaways, yay! Read on to find out how you can win! Good Luck!

Prizes: 
1. To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook blog for a chance to win. 

2. Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from comments on each designer's blog in the blog hop list.

All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 07/07/2019!

That's it for today guys! Your next stop is Seeka's blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope I could inspire you in some small way!

Have an awesome day!

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35 comments:

  1. Love these vibrant colors - really made these pretty camellias come to life.

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  2. Love that you have so many colors on one card! Just like nature.

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  3. Ooh your first set of cards are as delightful as the sentiment says!! Colorful and so cheerful :) The second set is awesome with the pinks and greens :) So unique with those stripes!

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  4. Stunning creations, love all the fresh colors and layouts, my favorite is the one with the stripes in greens and pinks, so beautiful.
    XO

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  5. Oh, love your colors-- and the paper strips!

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  6. Love the green and purple! And I really like the debossing.

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  7. Such a beautiful set of cards!! Love those paper strips!

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  8. These cards are just delightful. I especially like cards 1 and 2. Thanks for sharing

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  9. What are those paper strips. Very pretty on your card.

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  10. LOVE your cards! They're so colorful and I like the strips of card stock. Great job.

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  11. These colors are amazing! and I love the added embellishment clear dots!

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  12. Fabulous cards with these gorgeous blooms! Love the colors you used!

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  13. Your designs and color choices are lovely!

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  14. Wonderful cards, Zsoka! I love your bright happy colours and the paper strips add such a wonderful element to your card! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring us.

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  15. Fantastic cards ! Just loved the colors on your cards a lot !

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  16. Great mix of colours on these beautiful cards.

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  17. Wow! These cards are really gorgeous. I love the effect you got on the second set. It looks beautiful!

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  18. You are so creative - great cards!!

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  19. All your cards are just beautiful. Love your different ideas.

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  20. Beautiful cards! I love the colors.

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  21. Oh my word...the textures and layers and colors all work so well together and result in some absolutely lovely cards! Thank you!

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  22. Loving your paper strips, and the colors are so bright and fresh. I can't believe how many options there are with this Camelia set

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  23. Beautiful cards! Love your colors and how you created a white flower.

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  24. Gorgeous cards, especially love the rainbow of colors on first card blooms and the paper strips add lovely interest and color too.

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  25. Oh my!! Your cards are my favorite on this hop by far!! I love the lovely rainbow colors you chose. Your designs are marvelous, you can see a lot of thought went in to each card. Thank you for sharing your talent with us!

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  26. Your cards are lovely. I love the color of the aqua strip and love the crystals which look like waterdrops.

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  27. Such beautiful cards! Love the colors.
    Thanks for sharing...

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  28. I love these beautiful, colorful cards. The styles and so unique and the Camellia Japonica blossoms are so gorgeous.

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  29. ooooo! luv those stitched backgrounds!

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  30. Marisela Delgado said: What beautiful colors. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  31. Love the pretty colors you used for the flowers. :)

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  32. Wow!! Your cards are so colorful. So cheery. Made me smile.

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  33. Absolutely lovely cards. And so many beautiful flowers. Great backgrounds on your cards, too.

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  34. That cover die is very fun and versatile ... gorgeous designs.

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