How would you like to add to your 3D floral die collection? It’s time for a new Craft-a-Flower die set, so we’re back with another blog hop & giveaway! You should be arriving from the Altenew Card Blog. If not, you can track back to start at the beginning, or continue around until you loop back here.
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hello, dahlia
This month’s Craft-a-Flower is the classic Dahlia. I just love this flower! It comes in so many different colors, and I just love all the petals in each bloom! The dies create a 3″ bloom (so it will fit through your Mini Blossom machine), and the top-most dies work wonderfully on their own as beautiful outline shapes.
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go for the bold
This dahlia bloom is HUGE! Look at how it takes up all that lovely space! That means you don’t have to do much more to finish the design. I took the Diamond Builder stencil with the Sweet Dreams inks to create that lovely diamond strip. I also did a little trick with the dahlia itself. The left side of the layers are glued down, but on the right side, I used foam adhesive dots to add even more dimension and depth. It’s a really cool look as it adds extra shading in those recessed areas.
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assembly twist
There’s only three layers to the bloom and leaves, but there’s a little trick you’ll want to watch out for. I put together a video to help you achieve success with this great die set!
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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 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 Winners Page on 07/14/2020.
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Be sure to hop over to the talented Laurie Willison for another amazing project. And don’t forget to leave comments along the way to enter all the giveaways!
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Beautiful card. Love the colours. Thanks for sharing.
Wow. Love the card. The border really sets the bloom off.
Thanks foe the video hints. Love the colors you used and the diamond background.
Purple dahlias! Love it!
Thank you for sharing your talents with us. So beautiful.
Love the bold black outline of this sample.
Beautiful! Love the colours you chose.
Beautiful card. Love the new Dahlia! Thank you for the tutorial.
Love the purple flower on the teal geometric background. Can’t wait to try it.
Beautiful colors! I love the purple and teal combo!
thank you for that fantastic tip with using the medium cardstock as the base instead of the lightest color ! looks great !
Love the purples in your Dahlia. A great new die from Altenew.
Such great colours!
I love this card! The color combination is unusual and the die set is gorgeous.
Gorgeous card – love the color combo you used.
This flower is absolutely gorgeous! My favorite so far, for sure! Beautiful card! Thank you so much for the tutorial. Love the trick to get extra leaves!
I love the look of the bold black outline on the dahlia. Brilliant! This card is quite an eyecatcher.
Thank you for the tips on choosing papers. Definitely not the norm compared to other build a flower dies or stamps.
Absolute perfection! The dahlia is gorgeous and your color palette and card design is so creatively inspiring!
Bold and artistic
Beautiful stamp set and what a lovely card you made! Thanks for the inspiration
Love the colors you used! Wouldn’t have thought about the combo. Thanks for the idea!
Your card is gorgeous! Love the purple and teal combination and the diamond builder adds such interest. Thanks!
Love how you used the diamond stencil with the dahlias. Very creative.
Beautiful card! Love the colors.
Thanks for sharing.
Yes, nice switch up to leafing ideas and the 3D effect I really like. Colors are lovely.
So beautiful! Love your bold colors.
This is so pretty. I adore the border behind that gorgeous flower!!
I love this card with it’s statement Dahlia and the super background.
A wonderful card x
The purple shades are gorgeous for this flower. I love purple.
Your card is absolutely gorgeous. I love, love, love the purple and blue.
Beautiful dahlia card!
So pretty! I like your background enhancing your layered flower.
This is a beautiful layered set and I love your card design!
Love the tutorial – and your card is gorgeous; love the colors!
Your card is gorgeous although with this beautiful die I think it would be hard to make anything ugly! I love the purple!
What a super card!
Great hints, and I love the lavender shades you chose.
Oooooooo I LOVE this in purple! What a stunning die!
Very nice. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful work!
Beautiful card. Love the colors and how you used different colors for the background.
Love, love, love this bold and cheerful card Nicole! Thanks for the inspiration!
A very pretty card and excellent border behind it!
Beautiful bold colors!
Really pretty card! Thanks for the tips on which layer gets what value of color. That will really help those who invest in the set.
Beautiful card. I really appreciated your video. Thank you.
Beautiful card! I didn’t think I’d be interested in craft a flower but I love dahlias so may have to get this one.
Beautiful card! I love the purple and teal color combo.
I love these two colors together!
Your card is beautiful! Love the colors you chose!
Such a lovely card. Beautiful.
The bold outline really makes this pop! And purple is my favorite!!
Beautiful! Thank you for your instructional video, very helpful
Just gorgeous! Beautiful flower!
Beautiful color combo on your card! Love this big dahlia bloom!
Beautiful card. Love your colors and thanks for the tips in the video! Just placed my order for this die set!
Stunning Nicole. As a purple lover, I really was taken with the Dahlias you have made on both cards.
Thank you for the video with tips on what color to use for the base.
Love your bold colors!!!
The colors are so pretty and the photo really shows the details of the die set.
The photo really shows the details of the die set. Thank you for your work!
This card is stunning. Love the colors you chose. Thanks for sharing!
So pretty! Thank you so much for the assembly video. I appreciate the how-tos on blogs to help me build my skills.
Gorgeous card! Your card is so stunning. I love the colors that you used. I just can’t get over how pretty your card is. I like the shapes you put in the background to add some more detail. I love this new release. I am going to have to add this one to my collection. I just received the lily set in the mail and it was awesome. I love the details of these flowers and how easy they are to make a flower without having to color. I am going to have to get some of that gradient cardstock too because the colors are so nice and will make it easier to match colors instead of trying to do it myself. Altenew is awesome and thinks of everything for us! Thank you for sharing your card with us! And thanks for doing these blogs, it really helps during the pandemic!
Love the colours you put on your card as they give it a Wow factor & look beautiful together Nicole. This is a realistic looking dahlia & I appreciate having a chance to win. I always enjoy your videos.
Love the beautiful card and really loved the stencil you used. Thank you for your inspiration!
Very nice! The flower is lovely and I liked the way you popped up one side. Had never thought of that before!
Well done. Love your design!
Beautiful card colors
Love your card!! Very beautifully done.
Love this technique! Thank you!
So lovely and gorgeous. I love the purple dahlia with the colorful background.
THe purple looks so pretty. I love the ragged die cut edges near the middle. Nice.
Gorgeous card! Fabulous dies & love your color combination!
Beautiful! Love the design and the colors!
Beautiful flower and color!
I love the lavenders and have never pared it with teal…. very very pretty combination surprise for me. That bloom is so lovely and 3 inches, beautiful size!
Gorgeous card! Fabulous die set & color combination!
Thank you for your very informative video! I especially loved your tips and tricks! Oh, and of course your card is beautiful!
Oooo… stunning card; love your color combo and mix of floral with geometric pattern!!
Gorgeous dahlia card, LOVE your bold color combo and that diamond background sets off the pretty dahlia so well. Thanks for another awesome video tutorial.
Nice look to the strip, color, and placement of the flower.
Thank you for the tutorial! Your card is so pretty!
Your card is gorgeous! I love that beautiful purple dahlia. This may be my favorite Craft-A-Flower set yet, and I’ve loved them all.
This is gorgeous! Love the bold look. 🙂
I love that purple!! Gorgeous card!! I just love dahlias!!
Nice. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful card! I love those colors together, and the partially popped up flower makes a nice dimensional element.
Beautiful! I love that flower! Also love the colors you used!
Love the Dahlia set as well as your card Nicole 🙂 Both are gorgeous!!! Thanks for inspiring me 🙂
Wonderful card design and choice of colors.
such perfect bold design!