Altenew | September 2024 Inspiration Challenge

Hello there, I am delighted to be hosting the Altenew September 2024 Inspiration Challenge. Each month a designer takes a photo and picks three colours from it to use as inspiration for a card. 

Here is the photo I took:

The photo is of the Japanese Camellia in my garden. It hadn't flowered for a number of years but this year we got an abundance of blooms and they were so pretty that I had to take a few photos! For the challenge, I picked the colours of light pink, dark pink and green. 

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I started off my card by die cutting the Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Japanese Camellia Layering Die Set from white cardstock. I added ink blending to the petals with Altenew Pink Diamond Fresh Dye Ink, I focussed the colour just on the edges of the petals to keep the insides lighter. I then added ink blending to the leaves with Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks. 

The flowers were assembled and adhered using liquid glue. I kept the centres of the flowers white. Although they are yellow in my photo, I wanted to stay true to the colour combo I picked so kept them white. I actually really like how they look! 

For the card base, I took an A2 sized card and cut one of the corners off. I then used the cut off piece as a template so that I knew how much to cut off at the other side. This way I have a tag shaped card, which is something a little different! I added ink blending to it with Altenew Cherry Blossom Fresh Dye Inks (all four shades) and then splattered Altenew Titanium White Artists' Gouache on top. 

Once the card was dry, I adhered the leaves on first with liquid glue, followed by the flowers with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I stamped a sentiment from the Altenew Soft Blossoms Stamp Set onto white cardstock with Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with more foam tape. To finish off, I embellished with Altenew Crystal Clear Gem Sparkles. 

INSPIRATION CHALLENGE

I have gone very literal with my photo and created a card with camellias on but you don't have to! Use the colours as a guide and have fun creating! For more information on the challenge and to enter, Please head over to the Altenew Blog. 

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 Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!