Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Altenew Beautiful Day


Hi everyone!  Today I'm sharing a cad using one of my favorites from Altenew, Beautiful Day.  This is an older set, but definitely worth the investment.  I normally use the bigger layered flowers, but today I thought I would focus on some of the smaller outline 'filler' images which are just as sweet and pretty.

The images were stamped with Gina K Black Amalgam ink.  I wanted to add color, but I didn't want them to be fully colored if that makes sense.  The images are a bit more sketchy and loose, and so I added hints of color rather than saturating the images with color.

The flowers were colored with V01, BV02, and BV13, and I used YG61 and YG63 for the leaves.

I wanted a bit of a bolder sentiment, so I pulled out Jane's Doodles You Got This set.  I really love these sentiments as well as the size/font used.  I find that I turn to this one a lot with florals, they just seem to pair nicely together.  The sentiment was stamped with Versafine.

To add a bit more texture and some shine, I added some Heidi Swapp Gold Lame Color Shine splatters.


Another tip, when adhering my panel to my card base, I wanted the panel to be fully stuck, but I like when the edges aren't tight to the card base.  This gives it a bit of dimension while still having a perfectly flat card for mailing.  So, I use scor-tape to achieve the look, just a few strips in the center of the card, not all the way out to the edges.  

*Affiliate links in text to Altenew and below to Ellen Hutson

1 comment:

  1. This is beautiful!! I love how you used the smaller flowers from this set, which is one of my all time favorites!

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