Hi there! Today, Altenew is releasing another installment of their Craft A Flower die sets: Craft-A-Flower Daisy! These buildable flower dies are so much fun to play with; I love that they have a new flower each month! You could create an entire garden of die cut flowers. You can subscribe to make sure that you don’t miss out (and also receive a discount!) or you can simply purchase them individually. Today, we’re celebrating with a blog hop and giveaway! You should have arrived here from Nicole Watt and your next stop is Laurie Willison. I’ve chosen to create some black-eyed-Susan flowers today, pairing the Craft A Flower Daisy die cuts with shades of gray for one of my favorite color schemes. Let’s get started with the details!
To start, I die cut all of the different elements from Craft A Flower Daisy several times, using two different shades of yellow cardstock for the flowers themselves, three shades of green for the foliage (love that there are two different foliage options!), and gray and black for the Black Eyed Susan centers. I adhered them all together using a new-to-me product: Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue. This glue was great for these intricate die cuts, because it has a super fine tip on the end! I adhered the flower centers using foam adhesive for extra pop of dimension.
Next, I cut an A2 panel of light gray cardstock, then using a blending brush, blended some dark gray ink around the edges to create some contrast on the card base itself. I arranged the flowers and foliage from Craft A Flower Daisy in a cascade going down one side of the blended card base, adhering them with both liquid and foam adhesive for lots of dimension.
To create the greeting, I heat embossed the “thank you” from Sentiment Strips 2 onto a strip of dark gray cardstock using white embossing powder. I tucked it amongst the flowers and adhered it using foam adhesive. The final step was to add some subtle black dots on the card base to fill in some of the holes in the flower arrangement.
Well, that’s all for my project today! I hope you’ll check out the new Craft A Flower Daisy (and the other flowers included in this new die series from Altenew). So much fun and such an easy way to create a big impact on a card front!
Now, to celebrate this new release, Altenew is giving away $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog for a chance to win. We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!
All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 08/14/2020.
Altenew Card Blog
Virginia Lu
Caly Person
Nathalie DeSousa
Christine Pennington
Nicole Watt
Emily Midgett<— You are here!
Laurie Willison
Nichol Spohr
LauraJane
Vicky Papaioannou
Erum Tasneem
Mindy Eggen
Maryam Perez
Justine Hovey
Ashlea Cornell
Kelly Griglione
Lilith Eeckels
Lisa Spangler
Norine Borys
Emily Leiphart
Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!
Those flowers look amazing on the dark background. 🙂
Oh, my! This is BREATHTAKING, Emily! Those dies are a wish list item for sure!
Gorgeous flower card…these daisies look wonderful!
I just love the layers. The colors are so pretty and fresh
Love the yellow and gray colour combo
The daisies are beautiful.
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I love the background on this!
I love daises.
Absolutely stunning card. Love the colors. Yellow flowers contrast so beautifully with the dark grey background.
Such a pretty card. Oooooooo was the first thing I said when I saw it. It is somehow soothing with the dark shaded background and your coice of daisy colors. Just stunning.
Beautiful! Love the bright happy yellow against the gray background!
Love the card. Daisies are so fun.
I love how you put these bright flowers on to a gray background, it is just stunning!
your card is Fabulous…love the dark background
Yellow and gray are one of my favorite color combos!!! Gorgeous!!!
Wow….. just gorgeous!! Love this beautiful color combo and the lovely Altenew daisy Die!
The flowers really pop against the ray background. So pretty.
I am a huge fan of yellow and grey too, so I am really in love with your card! Adding ink to the grey cardstock really added to the depth of your card! Beautiful!
Love the pretty yellow against the dark background; gorgeous!
This is gorgeous, Em! You and flowers is always a winning combination! I love how just the little bit of inking adds such an impact to draw your eye to these beautiful blooms.
Love that blended background! It really makes the flowers pop!
This is a personal goal to make when I get mine in the mail!
The gray is such a great contrast, I live it😊
Absolutely stunning! I LOVE the yellow!!!
Nice. Like the darker background.
Beautiful, the yellow daisies are my fave and so pretty against the soft gray.
Gorgeous color options, and love the blended color in the background! Love the different dimensions on this card. Just gorgeous!
Love how you blended color into the background! Such an elegant and multi-dimensional card 🙂 Gorgeous!
A lovely card. I like the little black dots you added.
My black eyed Susan’s are blooming right now and this card is so perfect to celebrate! Love the dark background with the bright yellow.
Really pretty card. I think your bright daisies look amazing on the dark background.
Love how your black background makes the yellow daisies pop.
Your colors in this card are great, and I really like the gray background, that makes them stand out even more.
Love, love, love the black/gray background! It gives it such a modern rich look.
It’s so dimensional!
Oh, how pretty. I love the dark background with the cheery yellow daisies. Spectacular!
Beautiful. I love the depth and colors.
Wonderful. RD, I love the dimension. Beautiful coloring.
So beautiful, Emily! Gorgeous!
It’s hard to beat that color combination! So good, Emily!!
Simply gorgeous.
Beautiful card! I love these pretty daisies against the dark background!
Ooh! Your color contrast is gorgeous! Love your card!
Love the look of the cheerful black-eyed susans against the dark background. Really makes the colors pop. Thanks for sharing!
Great die set of daisies! I loved seeing the gray and dark background! It’s different from what I’ve seen so far and it makes your black-eyed suzie pop!
Lovely CAF set. Your card is perfect with the vibrant flowers against the darker background Emily, thanks for the inspiration!
I love the 3 flowers on this lovely background – tfs
Stunning! Looks like something I picked out of my garden
What a creatively inspiring card project!! I LOVE the background that you made!!
I am inspired by your grey background. I’ve never tried that but I will now. It really makes the yellow daisies stand out.
Gray & Yellow colors always make a statement that says classy & elegant!! Beautiful card 🙂
Gasp! Love the yellow and gray combo!! Fabulous card.
Your card is gorgeous. I love those beautiful yellow daisies on the dark background — stunning.
This card is so gorgeous. The daisies stand out so perfectly on the darker background with the vibrant yellow color. It’s so eye-catching. Love hopping along to see all the amazing cards created by the cardmakers with this beautiful daisies layering die set.
Gray & yellow are one of my fave color combos & your card is totally awesome!! Love it!!
A lovely card, as always, Emily!
Spectacular card!
Love the way the foam tape makes the Black eyed Susans pop!
The ink blending for the background is a wonderful touch , everything coordinates nicely!
Ooooooh! These flowers really caught my eye against the unusual background. Even could make a nice man’s card.
yellow against gray/black, so classy.
Just love what you’ve done with this craft-a-flower daisy, Emily. I already have the lily and tulip so this one is on my wish list. tfs-stay well.
Beautiful! The yellow and gray combination is so unique and elegant
Beautiful!! Love the dark background with the yellow daisies.
Just love the yellow/ gray combo. Really pops!
Gorgeous card!! Love the color combination!! ❤
Lovely, looks like sunflowers…which my future daughter-in-law wants in her wedding.
The colors, the dimension, such a beautiful card
AWESOME card, love these flowers!
Lovely card, and the many faces of the Daisy. As a child the same look of your flower grew along the railroad track and we called them Railroad Daisys. Such a sweet card and colors of flowers. Used the set well.
Lovely card.
Your card is stunning! The bright daisies really pop against the dark background!
Alex, you created some gorgeous black eyed Susans! These are just stunning; but your work always is! I need to look up some alternate words in the thesaurus to describe your work because it is just jaw-dropping, incomparable!
Emily, I apologize, I typed in the wrong name! I was looking at two blogs at the same time! However, the statements I just made, still apply! I follow you on IG and your work is always impeccable! These black eyed Susans are fantastic, and I really love the vibrancy you choose for your hues! So glad you share your incomparable work with us! Sorry for the flub, and cheers to your crafty talent; which is above and beyond!
Lovely lovely card. Like how you used the darker mustard for the base, which really shows off the top layer. this is a great die set!
Great color combo!
Really like this color combination. I like the darker background.
Nice color mix for the flowers I like the dark background for the base. Great look.
Nice layout. Good eye!
Adding the create-a-flower subscription kit to my wishlist.
Lovely card! I really like the cardstock colors you used.
Very pretty against the dark background.
WOWZA!!! Love that golden yellow against that charcoal gray! Really makes it pop! Thanks for sharing 🙂
The dark background makes the flowers pop!
The dark background is perfect for the flowers.