Hello November! A new month also means a new Altenew Build-A-Flower set and this month it’s all about Lavender! Lavender is one of my favorite flowers (right behind peonies). Did you know that lavender is not only beautiful and smell lovely, but have incredible healing properties too? I used to drink lavender tea to help with my headaches and it’s supposed to provide a calming and soothing effect too!
I relate lavenders to something comforting, and so it made sense for me to use lavenders to create a sympathy type card. With layering stamp sets like these where there are multiple section of one image, I like to stamp the most intricate part first, in this case, the stem. Here I used Bamboo, Parrot, and Moss Altenew dye inks. Then, I die cut the image with the matching dies.
Now I stamped the second part of the image, the flowers. For the layers, I used Wisteria, Hydrangea, Ultraviolet and Andromeda Altenew dye inks. The details these layers provide are gorgeous! I created a simple watercolor background for two stems of lavender that I added with foam tape.
I stamped the sentiment ‘sending hugs’ from this stamp set in black along the background vertically. I finished the card off with some light splatter with my watercolor paints to give it some movement and interest.
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Blog Hop
This post is part of the Altenew November 2019 Build-A-Flower Lavender Release Blog Hop! If you’ve been hopping along with us, you would have arrived here from Jen Schow’s blog and your next stop is the Svitlana Shayevich’s blog! You can find the full blog hop list or start at the beginning from the Altenew Card Blog.
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Very unique
Loved the card layout a lot..as you said soothing !
Very pretty lavender images, the tiny inflorescence look so delicate, almost real. The sentiments are perfect on that casual font. Love the pretty background too! Thank you for the gorgeous inspiration!
So beautiful; I agree the layering on these is amazing! So detailed. Love your background.
Wow, the flower is gorgeous, but I especially love your design with the watercolor bg in the loose rectangular shape, lovely!!
What a gorgeous, truly wonderful card. I am captivated by the multi-colored yet subtle background.
Pretty watercolored background for your lovely lavender!
That background is beautiful!! I love the colors, it’s gorgeous. Wonderful card!!
Love the beautiful watercolor background. It makes a great card !
Love this look its adorable!
Beautiful card – that is such a lovely, vibrant water coloured background. It sets off the lavender in such a lovely, artistic fashion!
That watercolor background makes the lavender pop. I would love to see you do a video on making backgrounds like that. Love its touch of blue.
Love your card, the watercoloring background is fabulous.
Pretty flowers. Love the layering stamps.
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Great watercolor wash as your backdrop for the stunning blossoms!
Such a beautiful card……. love, love the watercolored background, which provides the perfect backdrop for the lovely lavender stems and scripty sentiment!
Beautiful card! I like the background against the beautiful lavender!
I love the colors you used in the background! Such a nice compliment.
So creative!
Great card! I love the watercolor background.
This is pretty! I love the background!
Love the background you made behind that lavender. Great job!
the background really makes the flower stand out
Love the gorgeous inspiration. The purple flowers look great and the background is so pretty. The new BAF set is just fabulous. I would buy the set just for the beautiful sentiments!
Outstanding! Love the background and your lilacs are lovely.
This looks gorgeous!
I love Lavender plants.
Carla from Utah
I love your cards. The colors you used are beautiful.
Stamping the stem and then die caution get before stamping the bloom is a great idea for perfect placement. Thank you
Pretty watercolor. These are so detailed. Tyfs
Really like your card! The lavender blooms are lovely paired with the light water colored background. The splatters add a lot to the card.
Love this!
Gorgeous. Your background is amazing — wonderful for this beautiful lavender bloom.
I love the different colors in your background and the splatters!
Watercolor is perfect as the background for this delicate stamp.
Really lovely job.
Super pretty card! I love the background! <3
One of my favorite cards of the hop! Gorgeous colors!
Gorgeous card, love the vertical sentiment.
Your card is stunning, love the watercolor background too. 💜
Your artistic talent is shown beautifully here and does such a good job showing off the BAF set! You have definitely inspired me to try my hand at a watercolor background. Thank you!
So beautiful.
Pretty card
Beautiful card! Love the background.
Your watercolor background is lovely. Great stamped design for the focal image! Thanks!
What a beautiful card! I love the colors and the watercoloring in the background!
I didn’t know lavender helps for a headache. I’m not sure if there’s lavender-tea in Holland (or can I just pick a few flowers and let them dry?) Either way: lovely work on your card! I like the spatters and colors. Kind regards, Marjolein
You always make beautiful cards.
Lovely card, Keeway. Love the masking and your splatters which really help your lavender stand out!
I like the background for these pretty lavender.
Great tip on stamping the stem and then die cutting before stamping the flowers. I always forget to do this on sprays like this, and my stems cut crooked! Your card is just beautiful!
Yes, lavender is an amazing flower. And so is your card. The watercolor background is perfect–great colors! It really makes your flowers pop. Thanks for the inspiration!