Tropical Birthday

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Today I’m sharing the birthday card I made for my daughter’s last birthday. 

She wanted a tropical cake, in the shape of a coconut, with tropical flowers, leaves and birds around it. I tried to capture the essence of the cake I had made for her birthday in this card. Well, except for the flamingo. I used the Altenew - Deck Planks (brown arch) and Ribbon Waves(blue) 3D embossing folders for the background. The dies are from Momenta and Gina Marie designs. I added a little shading to the flamingo. This was a quick card to make. Here’s the picture of the cake with all the fondant elements. 

What do you think? Please do let me know. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day. 

Submitting this to:

• Word Art Wednesday 

Pink Larkspur

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Today I have a floral card, another one inspired by the current Altenew Inspiration Challenge.

I used the Altenew - Larkspur flower dies to die cut the layers and colored them with copics. The keyhole system makes it pretty easy to assemble the flowers. I die cut the frame from Altenew - New Day Card Kit Heart frame in gold card stock. I embossed the background with Altenew - Tufted Elegance 3D embossing folder. I arranged the die cuts on the background - I snipped the floral branch in 2 and arranged them so that it could arrange it with the frame. Here is the beautiful inspiration pic from Ishani for the Altenew challenge. 

What do you think? Please do let me know. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Submitting this to:

• Altenew Inspiration challenge 
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• Beautiful Blossoms Challenge 
• Word Art Wednesday 

Pink Poinsettias

 Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. I’m back after a small break. Today I have a Christmas card using Altenew supplies, inspired by the current Altenew Inspiration Challenge. 

I die cut 2 poinsettias using the Altenew - Poinsettia 3D die set with pink and green card stock. I added a little shading to the pink layers using copics. For the background, I used one of my favorite 3D embossing folder - Altenew Crisscross Blooms. I arranged the poinsettias and adhered them down. Then I cut off the extras hanging over the edge. Now, I couldn’t waste those pieces, so I added a few of those pieces to add some extra layers to the poinsettias 😉 For the sentiment, I die cut the Altenew - Fancy Peace in gold and adhered it to acetate for stability. Here’s the inspiration pic from the current Altenew challenge that inspired me to make this card. That and the current Altenew release. 

What do you think? Please do let me know. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day. 

Submitting this card to:

• Altenew Inspiration Challenge 
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• Beautiful Blossoms Challenge 
• Word Art Wednesday 

Bird of the Paradise

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Today I have made a card with 3D Bird of the Paradise flower. 

I used the Spellbinders - Susan’s Garden - Bird of Paradise die to make the flowers and leaves. I followed her YouTube video to shape them and assemble them. For the background, I used Altenew - Deck Planks 3D embossing folder. 

What do you think? Please do let me know. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!

Submitting this to:

• Beautiful Blossoms Challenge 
• Word Art Wednesday 

Kingfisher

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Today I have one more card using the Inspired By Stamping - Australian Nature stamp set. 

This time, I went with the Forest Kingfisher. I stamped it with the fade out ink and colored with alcohol markers. I die cut the image with an oval stitched die. For the background, I picked a matching colored cardstock, cut it into 2 panels and embossed the larger panel with Altenew - Tufted Elegance 3D embossing folder. I adhered both panels on a card base and added a thin strip of silver glitter stock as well. The sentiment is from another IBS stamp set. 

What do you think? Please do let me know. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day. 

Submitting this to:

• Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge - Things with Wings
• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge - use a craft die
• Word Art Wednesday 

Swallotails

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Recently I was looking at my stash and realized that I haven’t used a lot of them in years! So I’m trying to use some of the old favorites, some still new in package stuff. This card uses one such stamp from one of my favorite stamp companies that I miss so much - Inspired By Stamping. 

I stamped the Swallowtails in both sizes from the Australian Nature stamp set from IBS. I die cut the panel with the arch die. I stamped the orchid leaves from the same stamp set and colored all the images with alcohol markers. For the background, I used Altenew - Crisscross Blooms 3D embossing folder on a teal cardstock with white core. I like the white showing through after the embossing. 

What do you think? Please do let me know. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!

Submitting this to:

• Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge - Things with Wings
• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge - use a craft die
• Word Art Wednesday 

Tulips

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. I have a floral card to share with you today. 

I used the Altenew - Craft A Flower - Rulips Full Bloom die set to create the flowers with magenta card stock. For the background, I used Altenew - Tufted Elegance 3D Embossing folder. I used the Altenew Inspiration Challenge as the inspiration for this card. 

What do you think? Please do let me know. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day. 

Submitting this to:

• Altenew Inspiration Challenge 
• Beautiful Blossoms Challenge 
• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge - use craft die
• Word Art Wednesday