

Hello there and welcome!
Today we’re celebrating the release of the Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Fashion Monger Dahlia Outline Stamp Set! If you arrived from Verity Biddlecombe’s blog, you’re right on track. If you’d like to hop along from the beginning, visit the Altenew Card Blog. Check the bottom of this post for giveaway information and the full blog hop list.
My card today uses one of my favorite techniques for detailed floral images. While this beautiful stamp is great for coloring and painting, I also love how it looks in black and white!
I started by stamping the image three times onto a piece of low tack masking paper (Altenew has a great one here) in Permanent Black ink. Then I cut the images out. Note that I did not leave any margin around the image.
Next, I stamped the image again, this time around the border of a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of Neenah Solar White 80# Classic Crest cardstock. When the ink was dry, I masked the images off with the masks I created in the previous step. Then, I used Post-It Tape to mask off a 3/8″ border around the edges of the card.
Using two Large Blending Tools, one for blues and one for greens, I blended Bamboo Crisp Dye Ink at the bottom of the panel and Aqualicious at the top of the panel, over the masks. I blended the colors towards and into each other where they met in the middle of the panel.
Next, I removed the masks and stamped the sentiment in Permanent Black ink. I finished off this bold one-layer card by adhering the card front to an A2-sized card base.
Thank you so much for coming by! Your next stop is the wonderful Daniel Diaz. Be sure to check below for information about the Giveaway and for the full blog hop list.

Giveaway
$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to two lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to five winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 7/28/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 7/30/2021.
What pretty colors you chose. NICE idea to not color the flowers
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Great job! Pretty.
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So cleverly done! Love it’
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Great card, pretty! Thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful! Love the bright background.
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Another Gorgeous design! Thanks for the inspiration, I’m going to try this technique.
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Gorgeous card! Love the background and the white flowers. Great technique…
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Nice.
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Love the color combination for your card center. It really makes the flowers pop. Beautiful card.
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Your card is so striking – great background with the black and white flowers!
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Oh oh oh….I absolutely love the design of this card! thanks for the masking idea. Like that you left the flowers white, and your ink blending rocks. The border is a really nice look, too! Love this PAF release.
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I am amazed how pretty this card is. I like that it isn’t colored. Nice technique.
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This is so beautiful!
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Love your design! Very pretty.
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Lovely card! I love the idea of leaving the image uncolored.
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So pretty.
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A card that perfectly highlights the star of the show, the stamp. It pops!
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Nice bold background to highlight black and white flowers. This is a beautiful stamp set, thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful!
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Super cool example of the magic of masking! Absolutely stunning!
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Wow this is striking and so creative!! Thanks for inspiring me 🙂
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Simple and pretty! Love it. Thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful inky background!
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First midnight violet and magenta and now bamboo and aqualicious; this hop has me adding ink to my wish list. That color combination is stunning.
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Beautiful card! Love the new set, thanks for the inspiration Seeka!
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What a unique design! I love it!
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Love the bright colors!
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Beautiful, unique card. I love the masking technique you used — the result is stunning.
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Awesome style and colors! Love these beautiful dahlias!
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Love the contrast of the black and white images over the blended background ❤️
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So pretty. I like the background colors.
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