Hello friends
Today I am sharing a card I made for a special friend of mine. She is a friend that I met over on Instagram well over three years ago – and even though we have never met, I hope we do one day. It’s like having a penpal again! That is one of the great joys of this hobby and I really hope I get to share a glass of wine with her one day.
She loves floral cards and she loves Altenew so I thought I would combine the two today. But instead of colouring, I did some stamp layering and added some extra accents for depth and interest.
I began by stamping the two main floral images from Beautiful Day onto Neenah 80lb. First with a black outline and then with the three layering stamps – the lightest colour first. I used Blush, Rouge and Crimson inks – such a pretty palette! I then stamped the leaves with the outline image in black, and thenMorning Frost and Evening Gray dye inks. The floral sprays were just stamped with Lava Rock – they do not have a layering option. Next I stamped a few of the tiny images with Crimson ink – I wasn’t sure if I would use them but I did them anyway in case. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out – so glad I finally bought these as it sure does make it easier and gives the leaves a much more professional finish than I could ever get fussy cutting them!
For my background I took some SSS Fog cardstock and used the MFT Bold Stripes Cover Up die. This was adhered with Studio Katia glue onto a 110lb top folding base card. The next step is to create the floral arrangement so I played around with this for a while and then once happy, grabbed a sheet of Press N Seal, pressed it firmly over the arrangement and picked them up. I added wet adhesive to the back, flipped it back over carefully and then laid it down over the bold stripes.
I pressed everything into place and used a little extra glue where necessary. The right side floral is actually popped up ever so slightly with thin foam squares. At this point, I decided that I wanted a little more depth to the colour, so I took a Middle Cadmium Red Polychoromos pencil and added accents to the petals. I also took a Red Copic Spica pen and added glitter dots to the flower centres and parts of the petals. It’s much more noticeable in real life – hard to capture the sparkle in a photo.
To finish the card, I white heat embossed one of the sentiments from the set onto SSS Slate cardstock, trimmed it out with the SSS Label Dies that I can’t seem to live without (!) and popped it up with foam tape. A few sequins were dotted around for final sparkle.
And that finishes today’s card. I never really used to do stamp layering much, but I have began to really enjoy it lately. And you can change the look even more if you add pencil and other accents. Thank you for joining me today, I wish you a wonderful day! Happy crafting!
Cindyellen Robinson says
how beautiful!!! i can see the extra pencil and sparkle in the pictures. I really like the grey/red combo. Nice.
your friend will appreciate it.
Ruth says
That’s a real beauty! I know Niki will really love it. The colour combination is gorgeous and all the little added accents like the polychromos really brings out the highlights on the layering. I’ve never done much in the way of stamp layering, but you make it look very classy indeed xx
Terrie D. says
What a beautiful card! I love how you arranged the flowers on you card. 🙂 This is a wonderful stamp set.
Lisa Ainscough says
Such a pretty card and one of my all time favourites from altenew.
I think your friend is going to be thrilled when this card turns up in her mailbox.
Thank you for sharing.
Cheers
Lisa
Andrea Hastilow says
Beautiful card, I have a few Altenew layering sets & I do enjoy using them when I want a different look to my florals, I’m sure your friend will adore this card x Happy Easter x
Sally Dtapleton says
Beautiful card Lisa I’m sure your friend will love it.. I love the way as crafters we can hold a conversation with someone we have never seen but feel we are kindred spirits.. xx
Michelle Short says
This is beautiful, Lisa! Love the red and grey together and I’m sure Niki loves it too! xx