Monday, February 12, 2018

{Altenew} Build-A-Flower: Peony Blossom Release + Giveaway


Hi, everyone! Today, Altenew is releasing a new Build-a-Flower set and it's the stunning Peony Blossom. This stunning 6x8 set offers stamped flowers in three sizes and two different leaves. The coordinating dies include petals in four sizes for building even more dimension, as well as unique stamen dies. This means there's no limit to the number of layering options, whether stamped with one, two or three layers or simply die cut with plain cardstock!


I have a friend who's going through a difficult time and I wanted to make an uplifting encouragement card for her. I stamped two each of the small and medium flowers using the three lightest ink colours in the Rose Petal Oval Set. I also used the three lightest colours from my favourite Sea Shore Oval Set for the leaves.


For the sentiment, I combined words from Be Strong with Super Script. I used Puffy Heart for the top line and Volcano Lake for the scripted awesome die cut.


My second card was made with Chinese New Year in mind but it also works as a birthday card. This time, I stamped the peonies with the three lightest colours from the Red Sunset Oval Set and the leaves using the Green Fields Oval Set.


The scripted celebrate is from Super Script and the secondary lines are also from Be Strong. I used Rouge and Industrial Diamond inks. I added two of the stamen dies die cut from white glitter cardstock. On both cards, I used my fingertips to curl the edges of the flower petals and leaves.


GIVEAWAYS
Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to six lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or the Altenew Scrapbook Blog for a chance to win. Three winners will be announced on the card blog and three winners will be announced on the scrapbook blog on February 18, 2018.

In addition, I'm also giving away a $20 gift certificate to the Altenew Store! Please leave a comment here on this post by 11:59pm EST on February 17th. I will announce my winner here on February 18, 2018.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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43 comments:

Teresa Doyle said...

Oh my goodness Emily...these are gorgeous TOO! I love peonies and as soon as I saw these, I was hooked. However, now I am obsessed as you ladies have shown so many wonderful ideas, all different, which shows how versatile this set IS!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards.

Denise Bryant said...

Another gorgeous Build-a-Flower set! Beautiful cards! I love the colors and dimension!

Daniela May said...

two beautiful cards Emily - great work - I have the super script stamp - wish I had the dies as they look so good on your cards - great composition

Trina P. said...

Beautiful cards. Great colours and designs. Love the dimensions. Super cool set.

The Craft Bucket said...

Both gorgeous creations, love peonies, grow them every year. Love Jane x

Teresa Godines #6857 said...

Beautiful!! Love the dimension of the flowers, TFS

Karthikha said...

Beautiful cards!! Love the soft colors!

Dee Earnshaw said...

wow these cards are so pretty - love the layering:)

Sue D said...

Pretty dimensional flowers--I like the colors.
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Iris said...

So pretty - love the soft colors.

Andrea Hastilow said...

Awesome !! Think that's the word to describe your two cards, absolutely awesome !

Dana M said...

Lovely card! I just love the colors.

McStamper said...

Love your beautiful pink peonies. Fantastic cards.

Amy C. said...

Gorgeous floral stamps! The dimension is so pretty.

Judie said...

Beautiful card! The colours you used in the first one are my favourite!

Brandi R said...

Fantastic cards! Love the colors on both of them ♥

Helen Gullett said...

They are gorgeous flowers on your card.
The stamp and dies are amaIng!
Thank you for the inspiration, Emily.

Katia said...

your cards are really beautiful!!!

Jean said...

Such a beautiful card and flwoer!

Daria Z. said...

Your cards are just beautiful! I especially love the colors and design of the first card.

Rebecca Ednie said...

Love your card! Such a pretty new set!

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

Love the colors and touch of bling in the centers!

Barbara said...

Both cards are just stunning and I love the colors. There's so much to like about this peony set.

Lindsey said...

These are beautiful! Gorgeous colours and design. The way you inked and layered the flowers is stunning!

Deeps said...

Altenew does it again. They make these amazing flower stamps and dies and designers like you showcase them so prettily.

barbara macaskill said...

Love both of these but the Pink and mint is magical and breathtaking! TFS!

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Oh, what fun!!!!!

Lea Lawson said...

These are both so pretty! I love the sequin middles in the first one!

StirYourCreativity said...

Beautiful layout and the flowers are colored fabulously.

Megan said...

Wow! A totally different approach to the build-a-flower series. So fun!

Marsha Reed said...

These flowers are amazing! I love peonies and can just envision all the pretty flowers that can be created with this set.

Lisa A creations said...

Both cards are beautiful! I love the colors you used for both cards. Simply stunning!

Purple Princess said...

Beautiful cards!!

Maryam said...

Wow, so pretty love the colour and your amazing designs.

Betty said...

two gorgeous cards, Emily - the more samples i see of these stamps, the more i i think i really "need" this set!!

Mary Holshouser said...

Love the arrangement of the flowers
on the cards. Different from
the usual and makes for an
interesting card. The pinks
are pretty. thanks for sharing
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Andre M. said...

The muted colour palette on your cards are fantastic. Love the layouts too.

Stefanie White said...

These are wonderful, love your color choices!

Violet Rose said...

Love your cards! So pretty!

Anonymous said...

These are very pretty. I love the color combos and layout of the celebrate card.

Miriam Prantner said...

These are so pretty! I love the color combos and that you provided both a vertical and horizontal variation with the flowers.

MelissaF said...

Beautiful cards, love the pretty peony flower layout, soft colors and sentiments pulled together from different sets!

Jocelyn Olson said...

Oh my goodness, these cards are gorgeous! You know how much I love the design with the repetition of flowers. The colors are selling me on those inks--so pretty! I love how your cards are different--they really stand out!