Good morning! Today, the folks at Altenew are hopping along to celebrate the newest Marvelous Monthly release for March, 2023! These monthly subscription series are always such fun and a great value, providing so many different elements to create a huge variety of stunning cards. I have two cards to share with you today, featuring the new Build-A-Garden: Dancing Poppies and Craft Your Life Project Kit: Delicate Garden. Here’s a peek at the two different sets that I’ll be using today:
I love that you receive so many different elements in each kit so that you can mix and match, depending on what kind of coloring medium (or none at all!) that you feel like using that day! If you are loving these kits as much as I am, you can always SUBSCRIBE to be sure that you receive a kit each month (and at a discount!). Let’s get started on the details for my projects today!
I love the juxtaposition of crisp black accents and softly colored flowers, and it was this color combination that I had in mind when creating both of these cards. I used Spicy Yogurt cardstock with coral, peach, and mint with intense black accents to create this pair of cards!
For my first card, I stamped the images from Dancing Poppies onto some watercolor paper using Obsidian pigment ink, then clear embossed over the top, which helps to add a level of crispness to the stamping. I used the Artists’ 24 Pan Watercolor Set to add some soft pinky coral to the poppy flowers and some pale minty green to the leaves. I used the one-and-done die to die cut all of the watercolored flowers.
For the background, I wanted to highlight those shiny black lines and dramatic black centers on the watercolored poppies, so I layered together the Rattan Stripes Cover Die twice from some black cardstock, then the Garden Trellis cover plate cut once from black cardstock, to create this unique, super textured, layered background. I adhered all three pieces to a Spicy Yogurt cardstock base using liquid adhesive.
For the greeting, I die cut the “thanks” Sweet Sentiment dies from black and Spicy Yogurt cardstock to coordinate nicely with the creamy background and the watercolor paper itself. I arranged the flowers on my rattan card front, popping them up with Instant Dimension Foam Tape, then added the greeting at the bottom. The final step was to add some gems for sparkle!
My second project features the stunning new Craft Your Life Project Kit: Delicate Garden. I began by stamping all of the floral images in the stamp set using Obsidian pigment ink, then clear embossed over the top to again create those super crisp black lines on my white cardstock. I used the coordinating stencils included in the kit to do some subtle, soft ink blending, creating peachy and minty bouquets using Strawberry, Pink Pearl, Coral Bliss, and Coral Berry inks for the flowers, and Green Meadows inks for the foliage. I die cut all of the blended flowers using the coordinating dies, included with the kit.
I loved each of the floral bouquets so much that I couldn’t bear to leave one off of the card, so I expanded my canvas and created a slimline card front to display them all properly! I created the base from more Spicy Yogurt cardstock, then die cut a large Nesting Slim Labels panel, upon which I stamped some of the floral bouquets again using Obsidian pigment ink, then clear embossed over the top. I popped up the embossed label die cut on the slimline card front using some more Instant Dimension Foam Tape, then arranged the blended florals in a pretty swag down the front of the card. I adhered the bouquet with more foam tape, to create a double layer of foam tape along the edges of the die cut. So much height!
I heat embossed the greetings from the Delicate Garden using the Obsidian and clear embossing powder combination, then fussy cut them with my sharp scissors. I popped those images up from the card front using yet another layer of foam tape, for a grand total of three layers of foam tape in the center of the card! Definitely a card to be hand delivered or placed inside a package, ha. Finally, I added a few black crystals for one last pop of black and touch of sparkle.
Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now for some fun giveaway information:
$300+ in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a FULL RELEASE BUNDLE to 1 grand prize winner and a $25 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by March 23, 2023 for a chance to win.Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on March 24, 2023. *The grand prize winner will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew Card Blog.
Here’s the full hop list:
Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!
Those cards are really beautiful. I love the ‘Thanks’ card so much.
Beautifully water colored dancing poppies with that clever use of two different but similar die cuts for the black background. Love the contrast.
The Delicate Garden stamp set is so pretty!
Your cards are striking and lovely!
Really like your cards/
Beautiful color choices!
Beautiful cards. I’m loving the Craft Your Life Delicate Garden kit!
Gorgeous delicate flowers! All your cards are sooo elegant!
Both cards are lovely and soooo different! Good job…TFS!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
Both cards are gorgeous! But……that one that the flowers are growing on a black trellis is magnificent. Oh My Goodness!!!!!!
Beautiful cards ♥️
Emily, I love your florals! ANY and ALL – so pretty in this classic pink & black color combo – and I’m trying hard to embrace the aqua leaves in my own studio!!
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Loved the pastel look of these cards
Lovely cards and deigns from a fabulous floral release!
The black trellis pattern looks wonderful with the flowers. Sort of a New Orleans look.
Beautiful! Gorgeous! I love both cards! Magnificent! I especially like the black trellis with the poppies.
Love the black background
The slimline card is wonderful.
thanks for sharing.
Your cards are beautiful. I really like the slimline, as well. Thank you for the inspiration.
I just love the black back ground. so fresh. Love the cards
Love both your cards. Black works well on both cards.
I especially love the Dancing Poppies!
Thank you for the inspiration. So pretty.
Stunning! Your second card really caught my eye.
Beautiful cards. Love the pink!
Always gorgeous cards!
love how different these cards are – thanks for the ideas
Gorgeous cards…Spring has arrived!
Beautiful color combinations for your cards.
Love these beautiful flowers! Fabulous cards!
Gorgeous cards. I really love the first card with the black background.
One Word: WOW!!! 💜☀💜☀💜
I love black and pink! Stunning!
Gorgeous cards!
Beautiful! I love the cover dies behind the dancing poppies. The way you added space in between them really makes the card pop! The layers on the delicate garden card are just as pretty!
Very nice cards, I especially like the Thanks card as the black die cover plate accents bring out the focal piece.
Hi Emily, your cards are so pretty. The Dancing Poppies card is stunning. I love the black Rattan/Garden trellis background, it really makes the card pop. I also like the delicate colors you chose for the poppies and stems. Your Delicate Slimline card is gorgeous. I love the levels and how the flowers hang off the card. The colors you chose for each card are perfect.
These are such pretty cards. I really like those dancing poppies!
Great cards! I especially like the background on the first card. It just seems to pop out at you!
Both cards are inspiring! The background of the first card is really unique
Stunning cards–I like the dancing poppies and the black textured background!
Gorgeous florals! Your coloring is delightful, and your cards both turned out fantastic. Love that Delicate Garden project kit!
Lovely cards – the one with the black background especially so!!