Hello and welcome friends! It's a lovely first day of October, which means a NEW Build-A-Flower is being released at Altenew!
The new Build-A-Flower Flourishing Zinnia has multi- layers to build a gorgeous bloom and 3 layers for the leaf image.
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Annalisa YoungOctober 4, 2018 at 11:01 PM
I love the pastel colors of the first one. Those are so pretty and delicate. And I love how you basically turned the leaves into feathers with your modified herringbone. So creative. Thanks for sharing your projects with us. I am always inspired to think about products and stamp sets differently when I see how you use them.
Congratulations ANNALISA! Please contact winner@altenew.com by 10/20/2018 with the subject line BAF: Flourishing Zinnia Release Blog Hop Winner from LauraJane's Blog.
Happy Shopping and creating with Altenew:)
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For my next card,
- I used the coordinating dies in the set to cut masks and built a background of Zinnias with leaves tucked in behind them.
- Zinnia layers inked with a combination of Blush, Rouge, Coral Bliss, and Peach Crisp Inks
- Leaves are inked with the Warm Gray mini cube set
- For a little garden scene, I created a gate by adding the SHUTTER COVER DIE turned on it's side, glued to my inked background panel.
- Added the sentiment, heat embossed with Antique Silver Crisp EP, onto a strip of vellum and wrapped it around the cardfront.
- Then I stamped another Flourishing Zinnia and two leaves that were die-cut and popped up with foam tape as one beautiful embellishment
- Finished with a few dots from the Coral Berry Artist Marker at the center of each zinnia
Layering guide
While playing with the many layers of the Build-A-Flower: Flourishing Zinnia,
I found that using just three colors for the all the layers of the bloom created a fresh variation.
- I masked a straight line on a cardfront and stamped the first and second layers only, repeatedly to create a unique pattern on the left side
- Then added some flicks and dots with the Artist Markers , creating a faux banner effect, learned in the One Layer Wonder class at the Academy.
- Stamped some outline images from the Floral Art stamp set
- Die-cut several BAF: Flourishing Zinnias and leaves
- Arranged them onto the cardfront
- Stamped the sentiment with Moon Rock Crisp Ink
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- I die-cut several leaves from the set and arranged them in a wreath shape, then machine stitched them on to a cardfront, splattered with greens and yellows from the pan set.
- Stamped the sentient in the center with Jet black ink
- Added the new LEAF washi tape and the GOLDEN EDGE washi tape to the top of the panel
- Layered the LEAFY GARLAND die (covered with Pastel Strokes Washi)
- Stacked three die-cut Flourishing Zinnias on top of each other with a few French knots at the center, Popped them into place with liquid glue
- Embelished with Thread nests and nuvo dots
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Before you go, take a look at my stitched hoop inspired by the wreath in the card above:)
- I practiced a modified Fishbone Stitch on the Wreath of leaves in DCM floss #s 3752, 3768, and 3813
- A single strand of DCM # 3371 worked for a Split Stitch for the smaller words..
- AWESOME is Split Stitched using 2 strands of the same #3371 floss. Leaving a dropped shadow in ink... It's amazing how changing the number of strands can alter the look of a stitch:)
- I then freehand stitched some twigs all around the wreath, 2 strands: #3371 floss
- The Lazy Daisy stitch created tiny blossoms in DCM #712
- Finally, a carefully stamped 3rd layer of the Flourishing Zinnia, Satin Stitched with DCM #712
- more twigs for balance
- Colored the hoop with WG03 and R056 Artist Markers
Thanks for stopping by!
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