Good morning! I’m thrilled to introduce you to the newest Altenew Build-A-Flower set: Sakura Blossom! I fondly remember the cherry blossom trees when I lived in Japan as a child and this set perfectly captures the beauty of the cherry blossom flower! I love that there’s a more realistic layering option and also a more modern layer. Lots of possibilities with this set…and the included dimensional dies are AMAZING so I decided to focus on them and the inks from the ink bundle for my card today!
My cherry blossom is definitely more whimsical than realistic but I like the way it turned out. I started by swiping Rubellite, Pinkalicious, and Pink Diamond inks onto scraps of vellum and buffing them in with a paper towel. The colors aren’t quite as vibrant on vellum as they are on white cardstock but that suited the look I was going for. After the ink dried I die-cut the vellum with the various dies from the set and then folded them along the score lines. I layered the flower together with liquid adhesive and added a pink iridescent sequin on top to finish the flower. I also added a little spectrum noir clear sparkle to the darkest pink petals.
Next I stamped the layered leaves onto a white card base using Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades ink. I also stamped the sentiment from the Build-A-Flower set with Jet Black ink. Finally I adhered my flower and added a few more sequins to finish the card. I really love the look of the finished flower with the dies. When I have a little time I want to try die-cutting them with felt to create a little branch art for my craft room! 🙂 I’ll share how that turns out! 😉
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful rest of the week!!
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Beautiful card as always💕!!!
So Elegant and stunning, colors are so pretty, I just love Cherry blossoms.
So pretty! I’ve never colored vellum, can’t wait to try!
Stunning card! I love the simple and clean design!
That’s such a fantastic card !
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Such a beautiful, soft card! Thank you for sharing your tallents!
so clean, so simple, so pretty!!!
Such a beautiful CAS card! Lovely 🙂
Very pretty and
love the simple
design.
Carla from Utah
Beautiful card!
Beautiful card! Lovely stamp set.
DELIGHTFUL card!
LOVE the design, ADORE your GORGEOUS vellum flower – WOW!
THANK YOU for sharing and INSPIRING 🙂
What a versatile set! Thanks for the chance to (possibly) win one!
The vellum flowers are so soft and pretty. Beautiful card.
Love the CAS design! The bit of color really pops on the plain white card. Just lovely! Thanks for a chance to win.
Love the simplicity and white space on the card
Love the idea if no stamping just die cutting
Love how you used the die cuts for dimension and shading – really pretty!
Such a pretty flower and card–love the pinks you used.
Love the flower. it is transparent and so pretty.
Looks so delicate. Great colors.
thanks for sharing.
GORGEOUS!
This stamp set is so pretty!!