Just when you thought Altenew couldn’t come up with another cool subscription, they’ve done it again! Introducing the Craft-A-Flower monthly subscription! To celebrate this new release, of course we have a blog hop + giveaway! You should be arriving from the amazing Ashlea Cornell’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 Craft-a-Flower Lily
This month’s Craft-a-Flower is the classic Lily. Of course, since this is a die-only set, there aren’t any sentiments. But, I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw a word sentiment or two in the mix along the way with future releases. You’ll get all the separate die pieces you need to create a lovely single lily bloom, but as you’ll see, there’s a ton of creative ways you can use the dies for all sorts of different looks!
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To celebrate the release, there is a special bundle with the die set plus two of the gradient cardstock packs at 5% off – perfect for creating beautiful blooms. OR, you can subscribe and guarantee that you’ll receive the new set each month, and get an almost 20% discount! ($29.99 instead of $35.99)
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tall, skinny & straightforward
I created two projects for the hop, and for my YouTube Live later today. For the first one, I wanted to show you how the layering dies look “as intended”.
The Summer Afternoon Gradient Cardstock creates this beautiful result. Just add some black for the stamen. Of course, the Green Meadows Gradient Cardstock works perfect for the foliage and stem. Did you notice, there’s two stems? One faces left, the other right. That way you can tilt your flower either way.
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challenge inspired
For my second look, I wanted to stretch the use on this die set by showing you a cool silhouette look. I was inspired by the current Inspiration Challenge over on the Altenew blog! Thanks, Amber for this fantastic color combo!
The look is easy enough to achieve. Just take the outline die and cut it out in multiple places. Then, use the cut out shapes with the detail die to get all of the exact detail pieces you’ll need. I used one of the pieces as a template to make sure I got the little pieces in just the right place.
Watch the YouTube Live replay
I was live on Altenew’s YouTube channel where I shared both of these projects and a little more about the new subscription. Enjoy!
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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 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 05/16/2020.
Time to hop along!
Be sure to hop over to the talented Nathalie DeSousa for another amazing project. And don’t forget to leave comments along the way to enter all the giveaways!
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So stylish! Love the warmth on your tall and skinny one and your cool design on the CAS one.
Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
These are so pretty! Love your first card a lot! <3
Great designs!! This set has so many possibilities!! I love lilies, this is a must have!!
The tall skinny card has become my card of choice of late! Great use of the Lily die.
Amazing and vibrant!
Such a great use of colors in these two cards. They are simply beautiful.
So in love with this Lily and your projects!
The tall skinny one could be in my garden, but not quite yet. These are both lovely! 🙂
Beautiful cards love the color combination. I also love lilies
Beautiful cards! I am in love ? with this new die release! ❤️❤️
Gorgeous dies! Love the shading!!
I just subscribed and I hope I get notice of your live video. I love the slimline cards and I love yours! It’s beautiful.
I really love your card. Yellow is my favorite color and I LOVE lilies .. Thank you very much for sharing. Love this set…. 🙂
Gorgeous, gorgeous cards. Love that tall skinny card and the blue lily card is fabulous@
Very pretty. Love the colors you chose. TFS
Love that you made your Lillies two ways. They are such gorgeous flowers in any color
Wow, wonderful cards!
Very pretty yellow lily. Reminds me of our lily in our yard. I can’t wait to see it bloom. Thank you for showing another way to use this die on your second card.
Love your yellow lilies, they are so cheerful.
Love the Yellow Lily card.
Love the yellows with splattered background. GORGEOUS!
I love the rich orange tones. So beautiful. I also love the variety – great idea using one die set.
Great cards. I love the yellow/ orange lilies and the layout. So lovely.
Pretty cards and a great new product!
So gorgeous! I love the colours you chose
Love your yellow lilies!!
Clever use of the dies set. Must try it!
Such a happy card! ?
Love both cards and love the silhouette technique!
Tall, skinny, and straightforward, Just like me. Love it.
Beautiful cards! Love the yellow lilies.
Fabulous! I love that tall and skinny card – those are gorgeous, sunny lilies!
WOW! Lovely cards! Such creative inspiration in color palettes and design!
Both cards are gorgeous! I love the colors you have used!
Your card using the silhouettes is amazing! I have never thought to use these dies in that way – it makes them even more versatile!
Wow! I think the yellow lily is my favorite
I love this it’s one of my favorite colors with one of my favorite flowers
I love the yellow orange lilly. Very pretty card.
I really love how you’ve used this die set. Both cards are lovely.
Now this is Altenew’s footprint, layered flowers. I love your cards Nicole.
I just watched your YouTube Live Nicole and learnt some fabulous new techniques… especially the splatters with the alcohol markers. Love the card inspiration. Thank you.
Funny, years ago I liked making all sizes of cards and then just started making the A2 size cards all the time. I love your tall and skinny card, this makes me want to make different sizes again. Beautiful cards, loved watching you live this afternoon. Thanks.
Wow thanks for sharing your awesome card making skills with us! I love this lily set. It looks to easy to work with! Love your card!
Lovely cards!
Great use of the gradient card stock to make this beautiful lily in yellows.
Omg, those yellow lilies are stunning!
Those yellow lilies are stunning. Cool idea to use the silhouettes too.
I need some lilly’s in my yard, love the stamp
I love the yellow lilies and layering! STUNNING! Pretty teal and yellow combo too!
Such lovely designs and wonderful color choice on both your cards!
Love your color selection!
I love how on the one card you just used one of the dies to make the background pretty creative.
These dies make gorgeous cards!
Your tutorial was wonderful and your cards are very pretty. I definitely will try your splatter technique. Thank you for inspiring me.
The Lily looks great
done both ways on
your cards. Very pretty.
Carla from Utah
thanks for the two different looks!
Two beautiful cards. I love the yellow gradient cardstock.
The layering really is amazing with these dies! Very vivid colors you chose.
Beautiful cards with these pretty lilies! I love the colors you used on the layered flowers! Awesome design with the lagoon colored die cuts too!
Both of your cards are gorgeous, Nicole! I love the vibrant yellow and teal colors – they really make you cards pop! They stand right out with your lovely design touches and are so cheerful! TFS!
I like the longer card to stretch the flower. Nice example on how to fit in the color challenge.
Stunning samples Nicole. Loved watching the video. Didn’t get to watch it live but enjoyed the replay.
Great cards! I love how you used the gradient cardstock for the beautiful lily!
I really like the first card and so appreciate the way you created the card so that the flowers are facing opposite directions. The silhouette card was a surprise. I never thought of going that route, but then, the most obvious is overlooked. I appreciate the video as I enjoy watching how people create. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Love the first card with the yellow, gorgeous.
Awesome video! I love your ideas, especially the last one creating the lily on both sides- genius! I will try this technique with the 3D dies I have now! You made some beautiful cards!
Beautiful cards, Nicole. This lily set is a must-have! Thanks for sharing.
Two lovely cards, each so unique. This lily die set is just the thing! tfs
These lilies are beautiful and your cards are amazing.
Love the tall flowers. The sunny yellows
brighten the day. Beautiful card.
thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards! The yellow lily is so striking! And I love the silhouette design, so smart!
Love both of these. So fun to see how it looks using a single die as well as the layered dies.
I really like that slim line card and how you were able to have such a long seamless image of those lily’s . And Yellow are my favourite colour for lily’s too. Stunning and such bright and happy cards.
I love how you shaded the background the same color as the flowers. It is just perfect
Oh I love the pretty yellow lilies on the tall, skinny card and the blue lily layer for the background is stunning!
Love this idea, layered dies are the best thing to come along in a long time.Thanks for sharing your card and video.
I’m somewhat addicted to Altenew’s layering die sets and this lily is the most beautiful one yet! I’m so excited about the new Craft-A-Flower series. Your cards are gorgeous.
Beautiful cards and great video! Thank you!
The tall skinny card is perfect for this die set. Thanks for the great how-to video. It was great!
very pretty card
I would never have thought the idea for the blue card. Thanks for sharing.
Both nice cards! My favorite is the first one that you did as intended.
Very pretty cards, just love the colours on the first one x
Both cards are pretty beautiful ?
Two fabulous cards!! I love the colors you chose for your first card!
Love the layered card stocks. Beautiful
Brilliant cards. Love the colours.
Valerija xx
Beautiful! I really love the yellow lillies!
Great card.
Beautiful flower and card. Love the colors you used for the Lilly. Thanks for sharing
Oh these are so pretty! Love the yellows and then the mix of the blue and yellow!
simply stunning
Beautiful cards!
You were the only one who showed a silhouette look. And it looks great. Thinking out of the box. I love doing the blog hops as I always learn something new. Thanks for that. Staying home, crafting, reading and blog hopping. Keeping safe. Hope you stay safe also.
I love your card. Great video, so helpful to actually see the flower assembled.
wow, so beautiful!