Hello there, I hope you are well. Today I have a card and video to share using the Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Fragrant Peony Layering Die Set. My go-to for colouring these flowers is to use ink blending, but I wanted a soft watercolour look, so I grabbed my dual tip pens and had fun watercolouring!
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I took an
Altenew Terrific Tags die and partially die cut it (just the bottom part) from a panel of white cardstock. I wanted a fishtail banner piece to add to my card to add the flowers on to. By partially die cutting it, I could cut the rest off the top with a mini guillotine and create a banner, rather than a tag. It was then adhered to a US A2 sized white card base using
Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape.
Here is the video showing how I made the card:
If you are viewing this blog post via email subscription, you can watch the video HERE on YouTube. It was really nice to use a different colouring medium/method for the flowers and I must do it more often. The colour combination was inspired by this photo I took of the hydrangeas in my garden.
Whilst the hydrangeas are definitely brighter, I really love the different tones - blue, purple and pink on one bloom! Instead of doing that for my card, I thought I would have a pink flower and a blue/purple one. The photo was taken as part of the
Altenew July 2023 Inspiration Challenge. If you are inspired by the photo, I would love to see what you make! You have until 31st July 2023 to enter.
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Absolutely lovely, you got the colours just perfectly for hydrangeas which are one of my most favourite flowers. The soft watercolouring is so pretty on the flowers and I love how the tag turned out. I thought it looked gorgeous where you placed it on the card too xx
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