Altenew Build-A-Flower: Canterbury Bells Release


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.

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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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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All the Canterbury Bells

Today, I thought I’d show you three additional color combos to create a glorious garden of your own!

3 Layering Combos | Altenew BAF Canterbury Bells

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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.

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Be sure to hop over to the talented Ashlea Cornell for another amazing project. And don’t forget to leave comments along the way to enter all the giveaways!

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57 thoughts on “Altenew Build-A-Flower: Canterbury Bells Release”

  1. What gorgeous cards!! I love the purple flower agains that background and the galaxy flower is so fun!! GREAT design.

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    • 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.

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    • Thank you for the video. I had forgotten about using the stamping off technique for subtle shading. Your cards are beautiful.

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  2. 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!

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  3. 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!

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  4. 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.

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  5. I LOVE your backgrounds with the splatters! They make the flowers really stand out! Such a unique card for your second one!

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  6. 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.

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  7. 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!

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  8. 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!

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  9. Awesome tips for the different colourways thanks Nicole. Just love this done in the grey to give the illusion of the white flowers.

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  10. I really love how you do your layering and how it looks natural and not like a stencil and seems like more natural art…

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  11. 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.

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  12. 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!

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  13. Pretty card with the stenciled background, and an innovative use of the die cut for your second card! Gorgeous colors!

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  14. 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!

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