Showing posts with label Altenew Oriental Orchid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Altenew Oriental Orchid. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 September 2017

Celebrate with Orchids

I have a floral card to share today. I haven't reached for my floral sets much recently, so it was nice to use the Altenew Oriental Orchid set again.


I only used two layers of the orchid layering set this time - the outline and a detail layer, which I stamped with a pink ink. I used the Wink of Stella clear glitter over the top, which pulled some of the pink out to the rest of the flower. I stamped and coloured two leaves, then cut everything out.

On the card base, I used masking tape to create a rectangle in the middle. I then blended colour over the Altenew watercolour stencil. This is a quick and effective way to add a pop of colour to a background.

I flicked it with water for some detail, then layered the orchids on to the card base. I used tape runner, rather than foam tape, so it isn't too bulky.



I added a sentiment from the Altenew Celebrate stamp set - a fab set of sentiments for a great price. I plan on keeping the inside of the card blank, so this card could be used for many occasions.

Thanks for joining me today. Have a lovely week,
Gemma


Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Elphie Selfie Baby Box Card Pop Up

I've been having great fun with the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box Card Pop Up die set. Today I'm sharing a new baby card I made using it.


I thought I'd first share a tip I've discovered from making several of these box pop up cards.

The box card pop up die will fit on 6x6 paper, but remember you'll need two die cuts to create the box so two sheets of the same patterned paper. If you use 6x6 papers, you may want double-sided so there is some pattern or colour on the inside of the box. If you're not worried about that, any 6x6 papers will do. 

On to my card, I die cut two box pieces from a 12x12 piece of patterned paper I had in my stash of supplies. I die cut three tabs and added grassy hills to each before putting the box together. 


Next I stamped, coloured and die cut lots of images from the Lawn Fawn Elphie Selfie stamp set. I added these to the tabs with strong adhesive tape. 

I used some thin strips of acetate to attach the bird and one of the balloons. This is a fun trick to give the illusion that they are floating. 


The scalloped box card pop up die set comes with a great banner and different pennants to add to it. I used these to add a personalised banner to the card.

To finish, I added a card panel to the box card with a heat embossed sentiment on it, made up from greetings in the Lawn Fawn Elphie Selfie and Altenew Oriental Orchid stamp sets.


Thanks for joining me today,
Gemma

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box Card Pop Up
Lawn Fawn Elphie Selfie


MFT Grassy Hills

C&9th Perfectly Penned
Altenew Oriental Orchid


Sunday, 16 October 2016

October Challenge Week 3

It's your final reminder to play along in our tone on tone colour challenge this month.
Pick at least 3 shades from one of the 3 options above and then get your stash out!  Remember you must use products we sell to be considered for the prize.

This week our DT newbies are playing along

Gemma
Esther


using My Favorite Things Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Dienamics and Mama Elephant Whale Wishes stamps and co-ordinating dies.

The deadline is 10pm on Tuesday 25th October so you have plenty of time to play and you can play as often as you like and combine us with other challenges where it fits.  Link up your project to the Challenge Page when you're ready.

Thursday, 14 April 2016

A Rosey Background





Hi there everyone and happy Thursday! Lydia here with you today with a floral card.

I am still in love with the Vintage Roses from Altenew so I decided to play since there are some back in stock.... yay!



I stamped the roses using the new Red Sunset Altenew Crisp Ink set. I am loving this new colour combo it's more of a coral than the Red Cosmos so great for muted shades or even mixing and matching with it to create your own colour combinations.


I used the Green Fields Altenew Crisp Ink for the leaves and sentiment.

I have to say that the teeny-tiny little leaf on the stamp set is great for filling in any gaps!


Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you have a beautiful day!

Hugs Lydia x

Thursday, 3 March 2016

Watercolour Orchid

Hi there and a very happy Thursday! Lydia here with you today.

Today I'm sharing a very soft watercolour card with you.



I started by stamping the heat embossing the outline images from Altenew 'Oriental Orchid'. I stamped the bottom most flower first using the largest of the flowers from the set, I masked this flower and then stamped the same flower above this. I masked the second flower and stamped the medium flower above these, then masked this off so I could stamp the stem into place. Once the stem was stamped and heat embossed I then added in the buds to the top.



When I had the whole image heat embossed in white I used my watercolours to add colour. I added clean water to the part of the image and then just added colour to where would be darkest- the water does all the hard work of the blending.

I added a detail edge to my card layer using the small scallop from Lawn Fawn 'Stitched Scalloped Borders' and the little holes. The sentiment is from the same stamp set as the orchid.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs Lydia x



Thursday, 11 February 2016

Masking To Add A Sentiment

Hi there and happy Thursday! Lydia here with you today sharing with you a great one-layer card using masking .



Firstly I cut a circle from a sticky note and added this to where I wanted my sentiment to be- I wanted a clean white circle to stamp my sentiment so it would pop. I then used many of the flowers from Altenew 'Golden Garden' to stamp around the masked out circle. For the colours I went with a very different colour combo than usual- Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Raspberry Jam, Soft Cantaloupe, Just Rust and Butterbar.


After stamping all of the floral images I removed the circle mask and then stamped my sentiment into the clear circle. For the sentiment I used Altenew 'Oriental Orchid' I just love this font.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs Lydia x