
Hi there! Today, Altenew is releasing another installment in their monthly Craft A Flower series: Morning Glory! We are showing it off with a blog hop! You should have arrived here from the Altenew Card Blog and your next stop is LauraJane. Each month, Altenew releases a set of these fantastic dies that you can use to create super detailed and intricate, yet bold and substantial die cut flowers and foliage. You can purchase each set individually at your own discretion, or you can subscribe (click here) to receive the Craft A Flower Release each month at a discount!

This Morning Glory set is particularly lovely, because you receive several different angles of the opened flower, as well as buds, foliage, and little curly sprigs to create a morning glory vine. I love the way that Altenew has been grouping their layered floral die cut sets by layer; it helps so much with the layering, not to mention saving time! Grouping the layers into one die means fewer passes in your die cut machine! Isn’t that so clever? The Watercolor Garden set is set up this way, as well!

I kept my cards to a fairly traditional color scheme, focusing on the beautiful blues that you can find with morning glory flowers. I tried to keep things monochromatic, as well. As seems to be my custom with these Craft A Flower releases, I die cut and assembled a large amount of the flowers and foliage, then just had fun arranging them!

For this first project, I wanted to create a vine of morning glories creeping up a pretty frame. I die cut the Create A Wreath oval die from some very pale aqua cardstock, then arranged my Morning Glory die cuts over the top. Once I had arranged the flowers to my satisfaction, I used my favorite Press’n’Seal hack to add the adhesive on the back: lay the Press’n’Seal over the top of your floral arrangement, then press down firmly on your die cuts, and pick up your arrangement. Then, add your adhesive of choice to the back with the Press’n’Seal still attached, and adhere back on your card front! Saves so much time pushing paper around, ha!

After I’d adhered my die cuts to the card front using foam adhesive for lots of dimension, I added a greeting from Sentiment Strips stamped on a thin strip of the same pale aqua cardstock to maintain the monochromatic look. The final touch was some gems for sparkle!

Since I had so many leftover flower die cuts, I made a second card with another vine of morning glories creeping around the greeting. I die cut a greeting using the Tall Alpha dies and some navy blue cardstock, which I adhered using my T-square to ensure that the die cuts were nice and straight.

Once I’d adhered my die cut greeting, I arranged the Morning Glory die cuts on the pale aqua card front, creeping up and around the greeting again. The greenery in this die set has such a graceful feel to it; you can create a beautiful arrangement almost effortlessly with such lovely foliage to work with. Again, I used the Press’n’Seal trick to pick up my arrangement and adhere it to the card front, finally adding some more pretty blue gems to help fill in any holes in the design.
Well, that’s all for my projects today! As always, Altenew has some wonderful giveaways to celebrate this beautiful new Craft A Flower release:
$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $15 gift certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 01/12/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 11 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 01/15/2021.
Your next stop is LauraJane. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

GORGEOUS, I love your blue color combo for these morning glories!
Your card is beautiful.
wow, these look so complex but I know they are not. Love the look
— Dalis
Stunning, Emily!
Wow!!! Gorgeous card!!!
The morning glory is one of my favorite stamp sets! So glad they made it a die! Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your cards are so gorgeous! This is a great set!
Love the blues! Gorgeous!
Such a nice representation of one of the many colors of a true morning glory bloom. Beautiful cards.
Lovely, Emily! These shades of blue are just what I need on this dreary, gray day.
Great color combos for the layers. I like the wrap on the oval.
Love this card!
Emily, these are simple gorgeous!
Such beautiful cards! Love the colors.
Thanks for sharing…
Emily these cards are beautiful and your choice of your sentiment lettering works perfectly with the Morning Glory set on the thank you card.
I love these craft a flower dies. The colors you chose are so beautiful.
These cards look beautiful and the dies look like so much fun to play with. Your colors are gorgeous!
Your cards are gorgeous. I am looking so forward to playing with this die.
These are both stunning, Emily!
I love your cards!!! Perfect colors! Dramatic and beautiful!
Emily, these are gorgeous! Of course, I wouldn’t expect any less from you. 🙂 This is one of my favorite flowers.
Love this card!
The blue here is very pretty. Beautiful flowers.
Gorgeous cards Emily! I love your colour combination….my favourite colour! 🥰
These are beautiful cards! Your trick with the Press n Seal is great, too.
I LOVE the Press N Seal hack!
The anniversary card is beautiful.
Emily, your cards are so beautiful! The blues are very striking for your morning glories. I’m hoping to use my set with purples. Can’t wait.
Beautiful card! I love the blues and the layering over the oval.
Thanks for the Press and Seal hack for your gorgeous card.
Blue Morning Glories are my all time favorite. I have had them for years. This is so pretty!
As always, Emily, your cards are amazing!
I love the Craft-A-Flower: Morning Glory Layering Die Set! You did such a wonderful job of using it. Very inspirational! Thanks! 🙂
These cards are gorgeous! What beautiful flowers!
Just love the colors used for the Morning Glory Craft-A-Flower.
So pretty. I like the shades of blue.
I have no layered flower dies yet. This looks like SO much fun!!
This font really goes well with the style of the flower! Beautiful!
Beautiful card. Love the color choice.
Love that pretty blue color. Just gorgeous.
So beautiful, Emily!
Beautiful! Such vibrant colors.
Beautiful!
Love your beautiful blue morning glories. Nice placement, such a pretty card!
The color scheme is absolutely breathtaking. I look forward to seeing new projects from you.
I love this blue combination, the flowers look so natural.
I really like the blue morning glories the best!
Your cards are beautiful Emily. I love your color choices. 💙
Beautiful cards! I especially love your anniversary card!
Beautiful cards. I love the blue morning glories
Nice color layers and grouping around the oval.
Very beautiful cards. Love the pretty colors you used for the blooms and the leaves and the way you have arranged them on your cards. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent and ideas for using these new Altenew dies. 🙂
Stunning cards. The blues are gorgeous.
What a fun flower! The colors you used are so beautiful and I like the arrangements.
I love the vine of morning glories and such a nice color combination.
Absolutely beautiful, Emily! Love the blue!
Love these dies!! And your color choice just makes them pop!❤️ Thanks for sharing
Beautiful, beautiful blues. Perfect for a wedding card 🙂
Gorgeous cards with these spectacular morning glories! Beautiful colors!
Your card is so sweet!
Gorgeous card!
Love the colors you chose.
Thanks for sharing.
Just gorgeous! I must get this set!!!
Glad I found your blog — pretty cards !
Beautiful, vibrant cards!
If only my real morning glories would look so good. Lovely cards.
Wow! I love your cards! The colors are gorgeous!
I grew Morning Glories this colour in my garden once. Lovely.
Beautiful colors and layout
I love this beautiful Morning Glory! Your cards are gorgeous.
Great job of combining all the shades of blue.
Such beautiful designs!! I love the colours and the flowers creeping up the frame.
Love the dimension on that card and the use of the blue — right down to the rhinestones!
love the monochromatic looks on these cards! thanks for the chance to win!