Hi there, and happy Friday!
Today I’m excited to be part of the Altenew Japanese Mum Blog Hop celebrating the newest release in their Build-A-Flower series. Just look at this beautiful flower!
If you arrived from Laurie Willison’s blog, you’re right on track. If you want to start at the beginning, visit the Altenew Card Blog. Check the bottom of this post for the full blog hop list to see all of the beautiful projects everyone has made!
I started by stamping all four layers of the Build-A-Flower: Japanese Mum onto Neenah Solar White 80# Classic Crest cardstock. I stamped the outline and the detailed fourth layer in Altenew Industrial Diamond ink. I stamped the solid second layer in Altenew Wisteria and the third layer in Hydrangea. I used a Copic V17 marker, a dark purple to add a bit more detail to some of the petals. The fourth layer stamp is actually very detailed, but since I had decided to use Industrial Diamond (the same color as my outline layer), I lost some detail.
Next I stamped several leaves, using Industrial Diamond again for the first and last layers, and Frayed Leaf for the solid layer. I skipped the third layer.
I used the coordinating dies to cut out the bloom and leaves and then adhered them together in a simple arrangement. You can find the stamp, die, and coordinating ink bundle here.
I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Clair Nocturne ink onto a small rectangle of Neenah Solar White. I adhered the flower and leaves to the top right corner of the rectangle and then trimmed away the parts of the rectangle where it peeked out at above and to the right of the flowers and leaves.
I backed this piece with foam tape and then adhered it to an A2-sized piece of Neenah which I had splattered with black gouache. To finish, I adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base.
Thanks so much for coming by! Be sure to check out the giveaways below before you head on to visit Therese Calvird!
Giveaways!
To celebrate this 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 other three winners will be announced on the Scrapbook Blog on 2/9/2019.
[UPDATE: The giveaway, below, for a $20 Altenew gift certificate is closed. The randomly chosen winner is Annette Reed, who left a comment on 2/2/2019 at 10:52 pm. Annette, please contact me to claim your prize!]
And, I have a $20 Altenew gift certificate to give away! Please leave me a comment below telling me what color your mum would be. I’ll announce the winner here on my blog on 2/6/2019!
Build-A-Flower Monthly Subscription Plan
Want to make sure that you never miss a Build-A-Flower set? Check out the monthly subscription plan! When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in Altenew’s monthly BAF releases and will receive a set each month – at a specially discounted price! ($35.00 →$29.99)
This is so pretty! 🙂 I love the colors you used.
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Thank you so much!
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Love your card! The spattering is awesome!
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Pink, always. Or find a way to go rainbow!~
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Such a beautiful card. So CAS, I love it. What color mum would I do? That is so hard. I have seen so many amazing mums in this blog hop, but my favorites- and ones I would do – are purple, grey, and yellow. Oh gosh, have to throw in pinks too!
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Your card is beautiful!
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Loved that depth of color you added with the last step (copic marker)!! This is so gorgeous!!
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love this sweet card!
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Your blog is new to me but I just added it to my fav’s. I just wanted to “pick” the flower right off the card. I’m a firm believer that simplicity is the best! Thank you for sharing. Look forward to more of you!!
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Thank you so very much, you’ve made my day! ☀️💛💛💛
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Your card is very pretty. I love it!
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Your card is lovely. This is a fun build-a-flower set!! Love seeing what everyone is doing with it.
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Beautiful and elegant in it’s simplicity!
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Beautiful card. Love the build a flower stamps. Thanks for sharing.🐧
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Beautiful mum – I love the vibrant colour and the contrast with the white/black background! What colour would my mum be??? I usually love strong colours of blues, purples, reds… but when I think of this kind of mum, I remember that my grandmother seemed to prefer hers in yellows… not usually a colour I work with. But for a Japanese mum, I would be tempted to make it in bright sunny yellows – for my grandmother.
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Beautiful card and mum. I love pink mums. They make me happy!
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I love the lavenders and purple shades…they really stand out to me….thank you for your lovely card today…and for letting me know how it was made…..great blog hop!
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So pretty in purple and I like the splatters. I would probably make a purple mum too.
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So beautiful and the splatter is perfect!
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Beautiful card – I would make mine a soft pinky coral color. Thanks
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Beautiful card!! My mum would be burgundy with yellow.
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A very beautiful but fairly simple to do card. I love it.
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Love these dies and stamps. What a pretty card.
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Love the colors you chose for this stamp. Your card is very pretty.
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So pretty. Since my favourite colours are blue and purple so I think I would start with those, but I have also seen some beautiful cards with yellow/orange mums so I’m not sure anymore…..
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So beautiful!
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Wonderful card, love the look of the splattered background to make the flower pop.
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Very sweet, soft coloring makes this mum gorgeous! Thanks, Seeka!
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So classy & elegant in its cas style. This works so nicely, thank you.
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Lovely card,everyone has made such different cards x.
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Love the simplicity. TFS.
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Purple, purpl, and more purple. It’s the only color 😉
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Thanks for sharing this lovely card.
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My card would be in peachy pinks I think. Or orangy yellows. Or really fantasy turquoise. Or….do you see a pattern here? I love colours. Hehehe.
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Just adorable! I love the colors that you used, perfect for the beautiful Japanese mums!!
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Such a pretty card! I just love how dimensional this flower is – it’s a real show stopper on a CAS card like this ❤
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Super sweet card! Love this new bloom!
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What a beautiful card! Love the simplicity! 🙂
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I would color the mum with coral colors! Your card is simply gorgeous.
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Lovely card with this beautiful new BAF set!
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So beautiful. The black drops just puts the final touch on a great card.
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Love this gorgeous BAF set! Your card is breathtaking Seeka! Thanks for the inspiration!
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Beautiful card, Seeka! Love the color you used.
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Beautiful card. I love the color you chose for your Japanese Mum and the black splatters you added to the background. Thanks for inspiring me.
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Oh my stars! Love the clean and crisp look of your card! Perfect splattering too! Absolutely gorgeous!
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A wonderful CAS card, Seeka! Your colour choice is so pretty! Thanks so much for sharing as well as the great inspiration!
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Such a lovely card.
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Love how clean and simple your card is. It allows the Mum to really shine along with the beautiful sentiment. Great job!
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I loved your Thank you card. Thank you for sharing your techniques with us!
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So appreciate your sharing your talents. Beautiful card.
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