Hello and welcome to Altenew Build-A-Flower: Snapdragon Release Blog Hop.
Another beautiful flower set is released today – Build-A-Flower Snapdragon!
The new flower is quite realistic and very easy to align. You can make two different flowers using this set.
I started by die-cutting each flower out of a white cardstock several times. Next I stamped the elements of the flowers onto the die-cuts. I used MISTI for stamping and die-cuts were inlaid in their negative space which were fixed in the MISTI. For obvious reasons – to only align each layer once and then just replace die-cuts and stamp.
The inks I used are listed below. For the red flowers I wanted them to be deep red and I to do so I used the darkest reds from the Altenew family (Ruby Red and Grapevine) along with the Dark Chocolate Ink for the top layer.
I alternated ink colors to make a variety of flowers. As far as flower blooms go I did them in pink and red. And I did the green parts in two shades of green.
I made a card base out of a Real Gray Cardstock and stamped the Rustic Linen Background onto it using the Charcoal Suit Dye Ink.
After that I adhered all flowers onto the card.
I made a white embossed on black sentiment using the Birthday Builder Stamp Set, which I fussy cut with my scissors. Recently I got hooked on this type of sentiment and you can see it on almost all my cards.
I popped the sentiment onto the card and lastly added several Onyx and Cupid’S Kiss Crystals.
I like how bright flowers look against a bit brutal background.
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PRIZES
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.
Altenew will 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.
GET HOPPING!
The next stop in the blog hop will be Lilith Eeckels. If you got lost you can find the full list of blog hop participants below.
BLOG HOP
Altenew Card Blog
Svitlana Shayevich
Lilith Eeckels
Anna Komenda
Lydia Evans
Agnieszka Malyszek
Virginia Lu
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Maryam Perez
Ashlea Cornell
Nathalie DeSousa
Laura Volpes
Soraya Maes
Joni Andaya
Zsoka Marko
Seeka
Vicki Finger
TaeEun Yoo
Jess Francisco
Patricia Roebuck
Ilina Crouse
Teri Wilson
SUPPLIES
If you’re interested in the supplies I’ve used – they’re listed below. Where available I use compensated affiliate links (which means if you make a purchase I will get a small commission with no additional cost for you). Click on the letters below to go to a favorite store: Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Studio Katia (SK), Altenew (AN), Scrapbook.com (SC), Amazon (AZ), Spellbinders (SB), etc.
I truly appreciate your support!
 Altenew Rustic Linen Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Birthday Builder Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Build A Flower: Snapdragon Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Cotton Candy Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Coral Berry Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Ruby Red Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Grapevine Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Sweet Leaf Crisp Dye Ink Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Just Green Crisp Dye Ink Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Hunter Green Crisp Dye Ink Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Charcoal Suit Crisp Dye Ink Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Dark Chocolate Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Jet Black Cardstock Click A Shop: AN |
 Neenah Classic Crest Smooth Solar White Cardstock 110 Lb Click A Shop: SSS | AZ | AN |
 Altenew Real Gray Cardstock Click A Shop: AN |
 Hero Arts Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Click A Shop: SSS | SC |
 Altenew Embossing Ink Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue Click A Shop: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue Click A Shop: SSS | AZ | SC |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Small Black Click A Shop: SC |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Mix Black Click A Shop: SSS | SC |
 Mini MISTI Precision Stamper Stamping Tool Click A Shop: SSS | AZ | AN | SC |
 Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting And Embossing Machine Click A Shop: SSS | SC | SB |
 Ek Success Honey Bee Non-stick Scissors Click A Shop: SSS | AZ |
 Studio Katia Onyx Crystals Click A Shop: SSS | SK |
 Studio Katia Cupid’S Kiss Crystals Mix Click A Shop: SSS | SK |
Love this new stamp set. The colors you picked for the snapdragons are so vivid and perfect for the dark grey background.
This is so beautiful! 🙂
Gorgeous card. Love the beautiful bright colours you’ve used. Thank you for the inspiration.
Very pretty!! Very realistic looking! I used to have lavender colored ones in my yard!
Such a beautiful card!
Thanks so much for sharing…
I absolutely love this set. Can’t wait to get it and start playing!
Bright and beautiful flowers against the grey background! 🙂
This is beautiful on the gray. I love the way you created the sentiment strip by fussy cutting around the words. I have several sentiment sets from Altenew that would work so well this way. Thanks!
Such a pretty card! I love the grey background!
What a beautiful card! Love the colors! This is such an awesome new set!
Beautiful, realistic color choices for such dearly loved snapdragons! Thanks for sharing your talent with us!
Your card is beautiful. I love your color choices, and I agree with you that the flowers pop on the gray background. A lovely bouquet!
Beautiful set. One of my mom’s favorite flowers. Brings back good memories.
Gorgeous!! I love your card! The reds and pinks are so pretty on the gray background! Snapdragons always make me happy.
What a gorgeous card. Your color choices are great.
I love your background – it really shows up the beauty of the flowers. I love your colour choice – the reds are gorgeous.
Love the colors you used for this card. It is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Your snapdragons are beautiful.. I Really love the detail you have in the background…. so different and yet soft , but really makes the flowers POP!
Your card is amazing! Love this set!
Nice work! Wish you had quick video. I love the card!
Don’t you just love snapdragons? Beautiful cards.
Love your color combination! Beautiful!!
Great contrast between your background and the colorful flowers. I like the way you’ve grouped many together.
The red & pink is stunning against the grey background. I love everything about this new set & your design!
Your card is very pretty! I love pinks!
This is so pretty!!
The card is exquisite. The unexpected for me was card base and chocolate ink. Nicely done!
Thanks for the lovely card Svetlana! The reds you chose just leap off the page. What a smart idea to use the dark brown with it.
The color pink looks fantastic on your gray background, pretty!
So BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE snapdragons and these are GORGEOUS!!!
Beautiful card! Love the pink and red together!
Love your color choice – beautiful card
Love the colors you chose. Very pretty.
Beautiful, bright colors! What a gorgeous card!
Love this beautiful card! The reds/pinks are so pretty.
Gorgeous colors! They really pop from the dark background! Beautiful job!
AWESOME card! So beautiful! I LOVE it!
I love the grey background for your vibrant flowers!
Oh Svitlana, your card is gorgeous!! You are a master at design AND color!!
thank you for telling us how you got the luscious, realistic deep red, both the red color names and the top layer of brown. Really love how they look.
Your card is magnificent. The colors are beautiful.
This card is beautiful!
Beautiful card, thank you for the inspiration!
What a beautiful card! The colors you chose are perfect!
So pretty!!!! I can’t wait to get my set. Thank you for sharing!!!
Gorgeous card!! I love the pink and red flowers!!
The grey background really makes those snapdragons stand out. And I love the fussy cut sentiments. Will have to try that!
Really like your choice of the gray card stock with the bright reds and pinks. Really striking card!
I am partial to red so love your ink color selection. Lovely card.
Your color combinations in the flowers and leaves on this card are just exquisite! What an eye pleaser! Would love to get this card in my mailbox, for sure!
I love snapdragons! They can be so colorful and vibrant!Thank you for sharing your techniques with us!
LOVE your color combinations – such a strikingly beautiful card. Great inspiration for me as I rarely used these colors – and obviously will try in the future! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us!
Terrific birthday card using the new snapdragon flower stamp set. Thanks for inspiring me.
Very pretty card. Love the shades of pink against the dark grey background.
What a beautiful design plus we can learn about types of flowers too. I never heard of snapdragon before.
Beautiful card…thanks for sharing!!
A gorgeous card, Svitlana! I love how the beautiful bunch of snapdragons pop against the simple dark background. Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring us all.
Your card is gorgeous! The colors you chose for the snapdragons really pop off the grey background! So pretty!
Beautiful color choices. I love that red.
Another fabulous creation Svitlana! Love the color combo and this pretty snapdragon! Thanks for the inspiration and have a wonderful day!
Beautiful bunch of snapdragons card, love the red and pinks against the gray background!
Loving the colors you used against the dark gray background and the linen background stamp
So pretty, just love the colours….luv Ursula Longworth xx
So beautiful. I love snapdragons. They come in so many fun colors!
I love your cluster of colors in your bouquet of floral. Beautiful card.
Fabulous colours – reminds me of nana’s garden
Love the bright colors on the slate backround.
Such a beautiful card using the new BAF set. Your colors are gorgeous, the mixture is perfect! Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent, it is greatly appreciated.
These inspirational blog hops are so wonderful for us who belong to this monthly set. Thank you!
What a fun and pretty card! LOVE the vibrant colors against the grey!
stunning card! the dark background makes the flower pop up 🙂
Such a pretty card. Love the colors.
Beautiful card. The colours you chose are lovely and the flower is so lifelike.
You picked the perfect background color to really make these pop!
Love the bright cluster of snapdragons on your card.
Love the bright colors on the grey background resulting in an eye-catching card!
Pretty colors and I like the background.
Love your pink and red snapdragons! Gorgeous card!
This is Lovely!!!!!
The gray cardstock really makes your snapdragons pop. Beautiful card.
Beautiful card!! Love this new set!
Fabulous card – I love the bright, bold blooms on the dark cardstock – very dramatic look. I love the new snapdragon release.
What a beautiful card! The deep background shows off the flowers perfectly. And great choices for the colors of the snapdragons. I love them in the deep reds. Thanks for shraring your art!
I luv the combination of dark red and pink and then grounding it with your dark card base
Love those pretty flowers against the gray card base!
Love the colours of these snapdragons against the gray card base. Lovely!
Gorgeous card. I love the unique stamping and the gray card base — stunning.
Hi Svitlana 🙂 A beautiful card…love the way you fussy cut that sentiment! Isn’t it nice to have the two views of the snapdragon to work with ?!? Gorgeous color palette too! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
lovely card – love how the base card make the flowers POP!!
Gorgeous card! I love snapdragons and just planted some.
Soooo beautiful. Such a colorful snapdragon you created.
Gorgeous! I cannot wait to get my hands on this set and play. Makes me have memories of my Mama.
I love this card with its sentiment and shadow.