ALTENEW BUILD-A-FLOWER: SNAPDRAGON STAMP AND DIE RELEASE BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY

Hi there!

Welcome to the Altenew  Build-A-Flower: Snapdragon Release Blog Hop and Giveaway.   You must be arriving from Ashlea's blog.

It is always an exciting day when Altenew asks you to be part of their release party, and this time the new BAF:  Snapdragon is one that you will want in your collection, as Altenew has designed it to be easy to layer and with a very realistic finished look.  Let me show you what i mean,

The tall blooming flowers in the BAF Snapdragon set have been designed to work as a pair or their own when used in a project.   For this card, i stamped both the BAF designs using the Shades of Purple Mini Ink Cubes. 

To assemble the card, i cut a piece of the new Blushing Blooms paper pad and then layered a piece of vellum  with the stamped sentiment and then used some foam adhesive to attached the flowers to the card.   Love the simplicity of the car, and the color combination brings the detail in the blooms.

For the next card,  chose to create a card that uses a more subtle color combination.  This time,  I created the background using the Square Weave Stencil and some Rose Gold paste from Vicki Boutin.  I stamped the BAF Snapdragon image using Altenew Gray inks so that it would stand out from the background.

To assemble the card, i chose to use foam adhesive to prop the image, and then used the Wispy Begonia stamp set to add the sentiment to the card.    Love the color contrast and how the single bloom completes this card.

Like i mentioned, i love the movement and versatility of the stamp and used it to create a layout for my Family album (Citrus Twist Kits' Life Crafted Album).

This time, i chose to create a background for my page, using just some of the images from the BAF: Snapdragon stamp set.   Firstly, I created a  mask so that i could continuously stamped the shadowed background using Altenew inks.

I did not want to overpower or hide the background with extra embellishments and decor, so i simply created a few blooms using the Rose petal mini ink cube, and used them to embellish the picture.   The title also comes from the BAF: Snapdragon stamp set.   I have created a video that shows you how this page came together:

Love how these projects came together rather easily using the new BAF: SNAPDRAGON Stamp and Die set.   I hope you are inspired to check it in the Altenew shop, and take advantage of their 

• Monthly Subscription Plan https://altenew.com/products/build-a-flower-monthly-subscription. This is a monthly subscription plan for our Build-A-Flower set. When signed up, youare guaranteed a spot in our monthly BAF releases and will receive a set eachmonth - at a specially discounted price! ($35.00 →$29.99) https://altenew.com/products/build-a-flower-monthly-subscription

Now comes the fun part...  GIVEAWAY TIME

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 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 5/10/2019.

Thank you so much for visiting, and remember you can always contact me if you have questions on how any of these came together.  Now it is time to visit the lovely Laura Volpes blog.  You can always come back here to start the hop, or reach the Altenew Card blog.  A list of all the participants has been added for your convenience:

Altenew Card Blog

Svitlana Shayevich Lilith Eeckels Anna Komenda
Lydia Evans
Agnieszka Malyszek
Virginia Lu
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Maryam Perez
Ashlea Cornell
Nathalie DeSousa <<< you are here
Laura Volpes
Soraya Maes
Joni Andaya
Zsoka Marko
Seeka
Vicki Finger
TaeEun Yoo
Jess Francisco
Patricia Roebuck
Ilina Crouse
Teri Wilson  

Have fun, and see you all very soon!

Nathalie