Good morning! Today, I am excited to be a part of the Altenew Build A Flower blog hop for April! This month, Altenew is offering a lovely new flower to their Build A Flower lineup: Sweet Violet. You should have arrived here from Laurie Willison‘s blog and your next stop is Lilith Eeckels’s blog. (Or you can start over at the Altenew Card Blog if you get lost. Read all the way to the end to find out some fun giveaway information!
As always, the Sweet Violet Build A Flower set comes with a large 6×8 stamp set and coordinating dies. There is also a bundle that includes ink that works perfectly with the layering stamps included in the set, and it’s available for a discounted price!
I created two projects for today’s hop, using the outline stamps from the Sweet Violet stamp set and my Copic markers, so let’s get started with the details!
Copic colors: V04, V09, V15, V17, T10, BG09, BG57, BG78
For my first project, I began by stamping and die cutting the outline images from Build a Flower: Sweet Violet onto some Copic-friendly white card stock, then coloring them a lovely shade of royal purple using my Copic markers. For my first card, I decided to make a simple nosegay of the pretty violets, clustering three of them together with a leaf. I blended a little Deep Iris ink as a halo, then die cut “sweet” from the Inline Alpha die set three times each and stacked them together. (Side note: I love when sentiment stamps are simple and can be stacked multiple ways, like the sentiments in the Build A Flower sets.)
After all of my die cuts were complete, I adhered the nosegay of flowers to the blended white panel, then added the sentiment strips and stacked sentiment die cuts on the card front suing foam adhesive. I also added a few jewels for some sparkle.
For my second project, I again began with another white card base, then die cut one of the Leaf Frame Cover Plate from some more white card stock to add some subtle texture to the card base. I arranged a large bouquet of the Copic-colored Sweet Violets and added them to the textured card front using foam tape.
I stamped a greeting from the Sweet Violet stamp set on some strips of white card stock, then added them to the card front using foam tape. The final touch was a few gems for some sparkle.
To celebrate today’s Build A Flower: Sweet Violets 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. Three winners will be announced on the Card Blog, and the other three winners will be announced on the Scrapbook Blog on 4/9/2019. And, Altenew is generously providing a $15 gift certificate for each of the stops on the hop! Simply leave a comment below (and I’d be so appreciative if you’d become a follower via email or otherwise), and you’ll be entered to win! All of the winners will be announced on the Altenew Card blog on 4/9/19.
Love those purple flowers!
Love the bold colour flowers. This card is absolutely beautiful
The colors are so vibrant, they pop of the card.
Vibrant colors and awesome coloring!! Beautiful work 🙂
Really love the vibrancy of the colours you have chosen. Rey contemporary interpretation.
I love how vibrant your cards are .
Love your rich and vibrant colors!
wow the coloring on this card is gorgeous – love the blue leaves – very creative!!
Those violets are stunning, just love them!
Your flowers are so vibrant. Beautiful cards
Beautiful mix of violet and turquoise; so bright and cherrful.
Wow! I love the bright colors with the white and love the background frame!
Beautiful cards! I love the bright colors.
Oh. My. GOSH! Gorgeous cards! And the flowers are absolutely stunning! Your cards are the first ones to make me want this set!
I love purple violets! And the Leaf cover die is gorgepus.
Love to see the little violets pop up amongst
the grass. they seem hardy and happy to
be wherever they are. Fun stamp set.
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Amazing pair of cards! Sweet 3 times, wow! Looks amazing!
Love the colors you used and the bouquet you created with the die-cuts.
The turquoise and purple make me think of stained glass windows, very bright and springy!
Gorgeous cards! Love that rich vivid coloring!
love the aqua leaves with those purple violets!
Gorgeous cards!! Love the colors you used.
Your two cards are the best so far. I love the colors and simplicity of them both.
As always, your cards are stunning. I love the dark purple violets they are so dramatic!
Emily, I love that your violets look so realistic. Beautiful!
Great colors
Love the gorgeous purple flowers. Love your beautiful backgrounds and colors of the flowers. So pretty!
Stunning!
Lovely arrangements!
Very pretty.
I love the vibrant colours! well done
What gorgeous coloring of those violets! I love the deep purples you chose, and the whole card is glorious! Thanks for sharing your talent!
Love the beautiful,vibrant colors..
Love the bold colors of this!
I’m a Jersey girl and have fond memories of picking violets from my yard as a child and making a bouquet for my mom. Your beautiful card brought that memory to mind. How lovely!
Beautiful violets and their leaf color on your stunning cards. Thanks for showing us.
Your card is so beautiful, Emily, the colors are so rich, so vibrant. tfs
Love the rich purple for the flowers, and the contrast of the turquoise leaves. So bold and so artistic! Both card are so beautiful!
These are no shrinking Violets! So bright and beautiful1
Oh my! Both your cards are beautiful!!! Love the shade of purple.
These violets really are sweet! Love your coloring and the unexpected turquoise in the leaves!
WOW! I LOVE how bright you colored this and such a unique leaf color! GORGEOUS
True tp life coloring of the violets. Love it.
Reminds me of the African violets I see in pots every year. Very pretty!
Love the rich deep colors of the violets!
Oh, I love your copic coloring of these fabulous Violets!! Your cards are so GORGEOUS with all the Altenew design products and especially the Deep iris Inline “Sweet”!!! Even more beautiful paired.
Your cards are striking and your colors are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing your talents.
I love anything purple! The dimension created is gorgeous!!
Very sweet card….these look like the violets that grown out in the shade on the east side of my deck…so pretty. Thank you so much for sharing.
WOW! That is Gorgeous!! so pretty, thank you, Denise
Love the classic violet color you chose!
So gorgeous! I love the strong color against the white (with and without texture) background. Your violets pop! Fabulous cards!
I absolutely love these Violets! Your colors are perfect. Ohhh beautiful cards.
Awesome creations, I love your card designs!
I love the rich colors!
Love the pop of the teal colored leaves!
Your cards are gorgeous! I love the vibrant colors you used- the purple and aqua really pop off the white background!
Gorgeous Sweet Violet cards, amazing copic coloring and loving the teal leaves!
Gorgeous cards! I love this pretty B-A-F set with the violets! They are a favorite!
Emily, this is such a beautifully colored, vibrant card. You’ve done these violets proud. tfs
Oh man, that purple and iris color combo is just gorgeous!!
Gorgeous cards and gorgeous colours!
beautiful cards, love these colors
Fabulous cards! Violets are one of my favorite flowers and I love how you captured their sweet look.
Both cards are stunning!
Love the intensity of the colors and the turquoise leaves!
Another lovely BAF set! Thanks for the inspiration Emily, your cards are very pretty, love the deep purple you chose!
I love how vivid your flowers are. Thanks for sharing.
luv the rich colors!
This is another beautiful flower! I love the fine veins on the flowers which make them look so realistic. Thanks for the wonderful card inspiration! Your colours are gorgeous!
I love the saturation, it’s bold and beautiful!
Oh my so very pretty!!!
Fun blog hop and inspiration! Your cards are so pretty!
Gorgeous cards! Awesome colours! Thanks so much for sharing. 🙂
Love the vibrant Violets and the blue leaves. How pretty!
So pretty! I love the brilliant colors against the white background. Thanks for sharing!
GORGEOUS cards!
The colours are so VIBRANT, the designs a DELIGHT, I can almost smell them from here 🙂
Gorgeous cards Emily.
Thank you for sharing
T x
Gorgeous cards, Emily! I love these richly coloured violets! Stunning work! Thanks so much for sharing and for your wonderful inspiration!
Wow! Stunning cards! Love the new BAF set.
Love your card!
I really love both the deep variations of the purple and the teal! So pretty!
Amazing sweet violet cards….absolutely stunning! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Gorgeous vibrant colour – I love this new release!
Love the vibrant colors. Very pretty. Thanks for sharing
Oooooohhhhh my goodness! I REALLY LOVE your sweet violet card! Looks so 3d & real you’d almost think you could enjoy its fragrance…. live it! All of your cards are inspirational!
I LOVE that purple.
Wonderful card. I love the brilliant colors and the style is gorgeous.
Beautiful violets. I especially love the shades of green you used for the leaves. Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful cards. My grandmother always had violets, mostly the dark purple ones like the ones on your cards. Brings back some sweet memories. Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous–love the vibrant colors.
These are beautiful! I love the deep purples and the background die.
That purple is gorgeous!! I love violets, my grandmother grew them and passed that on to me. The dark purple ones are always my favorite.
Amazing cards! and they are so vibrant! I love them!