
Hello and welcome to Altenew Build-A-Flower: Bearded Iris Release Blog Hop!
You probably came from Nenette S. Madero. If not – you may consider starting from the beginning at Altenew Card Blog and see what other members of Altenew design team and guest designers have created. There are so many beautiful projects from talented designers. Also you on each stop you have a chance to win a prize.
ALTENEW BUILD-A-FLOWER: BEARDED IRIS
If you are looking for the most elegant and realistic iris, you are in the right place! This stamp set prominently features a gorgeous bearded iris outline with four additional coloring layers, along with its stems and leaves. You may use the other iris outline as background foliage, or simply add it to floral arrangements stamped as is or colored in with your favorite coloring medium.
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CARD
If you’ve been around for some time you probably already know that when it comes to choosing a color scheme for a card I’m either go with something pretty bold (and often non traditional for an object in question) or shift to an opposite side of the spectrum and only use one lonely color for a card (just kidding, I love making monochromatic cards). So today is the bold and non traditional side of the spectrum as you may see below. Although now the flower diversity is so broad that probably any colors can be seen in real life,,,,
Anyways, for my card design I went with a simple one layer (almost) design.
First I stamped two flowers in bright purple (the inks I used are linked below) onto a white panel. I used masking paper to make a couple of masks for the flowers. First I stamped the first one (located in front), then placed a mask onto it and stamped the second one “behind” it.
After that I put the mask onto the second flower and stamped the leaves in teals.
Leaving the flowers masked off I inked the panel from the bottom to the top using the same teal inks I used to stamp the leaves. Since the same ink was using for both blending and stamping I didn’t need to mask off the leaves.
After I finished the ink blending I sprinkled the background with water to add some texture. After that I removed the mass from the flowers.
The sentiment I decided to stamp along the panel side edge, mimicking the way text is placed on a Japanese vertical writing you may see on botanical pictures. Or course my sentiment is not quite vertical, but I like how both simply and unusual it looks.
To finish off the card I foam mounted the panel onto a white card base using the Instant Dimension Foam Tape and added several clear droplets to accentuate it.
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), Papertrey Ink (PTI), Ink To Paper (ITP) etc.
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PRIZES
$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 07/07/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 07/09/2021.
GET HOPPING!
This is your last stop of the hop. If you got lost you can find the full list of blog hop participants below.
BLOG HOP
Dear design team members and guest designers,
Thanks for joining in today’s blog hop. I have updated the blog hop list below with the appropriate links. Please update your blog posts with these links as soon as possible. You do not have to include the entire list in your post, but please do include the link right before and right after yours. Let me know if you have any questions.
Debbie Selby
Great colours. Card looks great.
Nandini Karmarkar
Wow! Beautiful card! The color combo looks amazing!
Linda BL
The pinks of the flowers look amazing on the teal background. Very impressive card!!!!
Sharon Dolan
STUNNING color choices!
Liz O
🤩Stunning color combo and design Svitlana! Thanks for the inspiration!
Roxanne Tellini
I can almost feel the moisture in the air from the blues and water droplets.
Nicki Baxley
Gorgeous card and colors!
Marisela Delgado
Such beautiful colors. So pretty.
Beata Kania
Beautiful card. I love the iris and the shade of blue that you chose for the background. WOW!
Meghan Kennihan
The teal and pink color combo is fabulous!
Joni Mastronardi
Gorgeous card, love the background.
Sandra Baggarly
Cute card! Thanks for sharing.
jean marmo
Simply stunning!
Vickie Davis
Such a beautiful and striking card!
Melissa Leftrick
So pretty!!! Those colors are gorgeous together!!
Donna Walls
Love this color combo! Just received my set so I appreciate the inspiration.
Dorothy A
I am crazy about the colors you used. I don’t know if I have these colors, but maybe I do in my Altenew paints. Such a gorgeous stamp set!
Tina Kahles
Wow, your card is awesome, I love the teal and purple combination, I also love the sentiments placing on the side. GREAT JOB! Thank you for the inspiration and sharing your talent!
Brenda Lee N
Your card is so bright and cheery. Pretty.
Sharon Gullikson
Really pretty. I love your background. These remind me of some Irises I’ve seen at botanical gardens, right at and in the water.
Kathy Perry
Absolutely stunning color combo with the pinks and blues on this beautiful card, Svitlana!
Cathy W.
Love the bright bold colors. Your design has so much POP! Beautifully done!
Lauryne Cunningham
Wow! What a stunning card! I love the colors and the gorgeous ink blended background!
Barbara-Jean
Dramatic colors! Like the dewdrops, too!
Beverly Jordan
Your card is stunning with this beautiful color combo!!
Mirella Rogan
Love the colours you used!
Pam R
Gorgeous card! The teal and pinks are a great combo. I feel like the iris are floating in the water.
Amber Bissonnette
Gorgeous!! I think yours is my favourite in the hop. Love the colours and the ink blending in the same teal as the leaves. It looks like your iris is in water- so pretty
Cyndi Morris
Gorgeous! Those bearded are beautiful and those colors are stunning.
Patt H.
Wow! Your card is soooo gorgeous! I love the Iris & you have captured the colors beautifully!
Denise Bryant
Gorgeous colors! I love the beautiful iris flowers!
Marie Hansen
Love your colors and how you placed the flowers.
tara prince
just so gorgeous!!
Kelsey Thomas
This is gorgeous!
Inkin' Chickie
Great color combination. Nice layers for the flower.