Altenew Build a Garden: MAGNIFICENT Branch Blog hop

This is a first. Yes, this is the first ever Build a Garden release by Altenew. What is the Build a Garden? Build a Garden releases contain a beautiful floral image and coordinating coloring stencil so you can easily create realistic flowers on your projects. If you are hopping along with us today you have just come from Maryám Pérez and your next stop is Mindy Eggen. For more inspiration and to check out the full hop list, please head to the Altenew Card Blog. There is a ton of inspiration in the hop and I would love to know what you think about the newest member of the Altenew family: Magnificent Branch.

Build a Garden: Magnificent Branch

The Magnificent Branch stamp really is magnificent. This is a large image that can easily cover the entire card front. When I saw the floral image at first, I knew I wanted to play with floral placement on my card front. By cutting the image and putting it at the top of the card, there is a sense of movement and focus drawn towards the sentiment on the bottom.

I wanted the floral to feel light so I stamped it out with embossing ink and used Golden Peach embossing powder for the stamp’s outline. I then used the coordinating coloring stencil to color my image. Since this is an outline image, it could be colored with a variety of media.

To color in the floral I ink blended using the coordinating coloring stencil. I was looking for a light peach/orange. Here are the colors I used for the flowers:

I then fussy cut out the image, cut it in half and placed it on the top of the card front. To add some texture, I used the 3D embossing folder: Fringe. For the sentiment, I stamped and embossed in Golden Peach one of the beautiful sentiments from the stamp set. The sentiment is on vellum to add to the light and airy feel of the card. I have been using navy card bases lately because I like the dark contrast against light florals.

The Build a Garden series contains a floral stamp and coordinating coloring stencil. The Build a Garden is available as a subscription. When you sign up for the subscriptions, you receive an amazing new stamp and stencil each month at a reduced price. Not sure if you want this month’s Build a Garden? You get a preview email and you can decide if you want the Build a Garden to be shipped or if you would like to pause for a month. Check out the subscription details here.

GIVEAWAY: $200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/07/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/09/2022.

Thank you for checking out my project today. Please visit Mindy Eggen who is next in the hop. Let me know in the comments what you think about Altenew’s newest addition: Build a Garden: Magnificent Branch.

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