Altenew Build-A-Flower: Canterbury Bells Release Blog Hop + Giveaway
Altenew Build-A-Flower: Canterbury Bells Release Blog Hop + Giveaway
It’s the first of the month, and that means it’s time for a new Build-a-Flower and a giveaway blog hop! You should be arriving from Virginia Lu’s blog. If not, you can track back to the Altenew Card Blog to start at the beginning, or continue around until you loop back here.
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Introducing Canterbury Bells
This month’s Build-a-Flower is a lovely multi-bloom stem with some additional background blooms and super mini sentiment strips.
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Stamp, Stencil & Blend
My first project is pretty straightforward. I Inked up the BAF Canterbury Bells using Shades of Purple, then I stamped some of the smaller background flowers and diecut them all out. I prepped a few sentiment strips on Pale Gray cardstock. I stenciled some of the Wavy Grid stencil in Volcano Lake and then blended out in Lagoon to the edges of the card base. Then, I just had to adhere all of the diecut pieces.
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All the Canterbury Bells
Today, I thought I’d show you three additional color combos to create a glorious garden of your own!
A Galaxy in a Flower
For my second card, I wanted to have some fun with the Artist Marker refills I just got. I wanted to play around with some Yupo paper and the ink to create a really cool background. And, I did! Then, I decided that it would look even cooler if I diecut the flower shape from the Yupo and add it to a simple background of Navy cardstock with Antique Gold splatter. 
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Now, about that GIVEAWAY…
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog for a chance to win.
We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 03/08/2020.
GOOD LUCK!
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What gorgeous cards!! I love the purple flower agains that background and the galaxy flower is so fun!! GREAT design.
I love this set!! Such beautiful creations!!
I love the soft purple of the first card, but wow – the second card is fantastic! Such a new and exciting take on using dies. It looks like a piece of art! Thanks for sharing.
That blue background with the white grate is absolutely stellar!
Thank you for the video. I had forgotten about using the stamping off technique for subtle shading. Your cards are beautiful.
These are stunning! I love that stencil layer on the first card!
Great idea and just use the die, lovely cards.
Ohhhh myyyyy goooossshhhh! What a GORGEOUS card! And then what a cool card on the second one! Why have I never seen your stuff before? You have a new blog follower, and you also have a new Instagram and YouTube follower!
What beautiful cards! I especially like the one card with the blue background. It really brings out the flowers.
I love the wavy stencil in the background of the first card. Very pretty. The Yupo card is amazing. I love the colors.
Love your colors and background in this card. Thanks for the inspiration.
Gorgeous cards. The background on the first one is beautiful, and the technique you used on the second is amazing — I’ll be giving this a try!
So pretty. Love the soft background.
Very pretty cards, love the background on the first!
Amazing cards Nicole ! Very inspirational. Thank you for sharing
The barely there stenciling looks cool. LOVE the flowers
The first card is amazing. The second is quite interesting. I can see me getting it and gong OK what is this die cut? It would really get attention.
Ooh! That galaxy flower card is da bomb!
Love the blue background one, too!
I LOVE your backgrounds with the splatters! They make the flowers really stand out! Such a unique card for your second one!
Great cards! Loving the soft color of the flowers in the first card ♥
Beautiful cards-especially like the blue background. Great job!!
Purple and blue are a favorite color combination. The first card is makes me wish a little more for spring to get here. The second card is so unique. I love the color combination.
that color combination it’s such a winner!
— Dalis
All of these are gorgeous and very creative, a fun and interesting use of the Canterbury Bells stamp set, which is a true winner, I think!
Love your color choices and background treatment!
Both cards are gorgeous Nicole, I simply couldn’t pick a favorite if I needed too! This is another wonderful addition to the BAF line! These Canterbury Bells are gorgeous and the sentiments are perfect to go along with them. Thanks for the inspiration and the video!
I love the first card with the flowers in the subtle Shades of Purple, and the second card is a real stunner!
I like the stencil use for the background.
Awesome tips for the different colourways thanks Nicole. Just love this done in the grey to give the illusion of the white flowers.
The second card is stunning. Lovely and the color amazing.
Wonderful cards using the new BAF set! Love the first one best.
I really love how you do your layering and how it looks natural and not like a stencil and seems like more natural art…
I really like the first card with the softness of the flowers on the background.
These are so lovely and original. Great job!
alcohol ink one rocks!
Lovely card. Love the stamped background!
Wonderful and creative cards!
That is such a great stamp set. Love it on that gorgeous blue background.
What awesome cards. So pretty.
Beautiful cards! I love the die cut flower out of the Yupo paper. Thanks for the great idea.
All of you in this blog hop are using different backgrounds with this stamp and they all work! I love it!
Beautiful cards! Love this Canterbury Bell stamp set.
Both STUNNING! Thanks for sharing
These are both beautiful!! I love the second one with the fabulous colors on the die cut flowers!
I love your cards but the first one is my favorite…Stencil, Stamp, Die Cut…absolutely stunning!
Beautiful. I love your gradient ink blending, and the way you used the stencil. This card is stunning.
Both your cards are beautiful and very creative. Thank you.
Love both of your cards. My favorite is the first one! Thank you for the video tutorial!
What a great idea to use the die to create a unique focal point and use some of my scrap alcohol projects! Love these cards.
Beautiful cards. Especially the second one.
Wow! So many different ways to color this newest BAF stamp! It is so lovely, and I can’t wait to get mine in the mail! I appreciate the video tutorial, and the lessons on stamping off, which give a softer look to these petals. Thanks for sharing!
Pretty card with the stenciled background, and an innovative use of the die cut for your second card! Gorgeous colors!
Wow! Beautiful cards!! Love the designs and colors a lot! <3
Love the first card especially. Such nice blending!
Gorgeous cards!
Gosh! There’s a new nebula out there — the Canterbury Bell nebula! Both cards are pretty cool! I like the fade-to-blue of the first card and, of course, the nebula of the second card. Thank you for coming on board and sharing with us!
wow, I love your flowers!