Altenew Build-A-Flower: Indian Lotus Release Blog Hop + Giveaway


I have 3 cards to show you today in celebration of Altenew's BaF Indian Lotus release.

A new Build-A-Flower is out, the beautiful Indian Lotus, and I am happy to be part of this release blog hop! You should have come from Verity's blog and as I am the last person on this hop, I am sure you have seen some lovely projects on your way here! 

When I think of lotus flowers I think huge, pink blooms but I decided I was having blue flowers for my first card.
I used Eastern Sky and Ultramarine Crisp Inks for all the stamping, using only the outline and the second detail layer of the stamp set. I love the textured look this gives!
I used several of the uplifting small sentiments to stamp stems for the lotuses, then combined the two words Be and You for a main sentiment.


My second and third cards are similar, using  a faux watercolor technique to color the bloom.


To make a card like this you need to use watercolor cards stock and a solid stamp, the solid BaF Lotus base layer works perfectly. 
Ink up the stamp with several dye inks, I used Altenew Crisp Inks in Pinkalicious, Eastern Sky, Parrot, Maple Yellow and Shadow Creek. If you have the Mini Ink Cubes use those, otherwise just be a little careful as you add the ink so as not to cross contaminate your ink pads.
Then mist fairly generously with water, dry off the acrylic bloc so as not to make a huge mess and then stamp down, pressing fairly well. 
Important - do not lift up the stamp immediately, let the ink soak into the paper a bit like in the photograph below.


Let air dry or heat set until dry if you are impatient like me!

Once dry, I added the outline stamp in Jet Black Crisp Ink and stamped a "wannabe" stem using my favorite sentiment of the set "Fearlessly Authentic" in Parrot ink. The finished image was trimmed down to approximately 4 by 4 inches and glued on to a bright green card base.
I love how colorful this card turned out. 

The final card is a variation using lighter Altenew Crisp Inks for the flower; Limeade, Mango Smoothie, Mountain Mist, Pink Diamond and Sunkissed. I also used the less textured side of the watercolor paper.


The outline was stamped in Jet Black and the stem was hand drawn using a Molotow Blackliner pen in 0.3 mm. This time I repeatedly stamped the sentiment along the bottom.
Again the image was trimmed to about 4x4 inches and mounted on the - oh so beautiful - Pale Gray card stock from Altenew.


So which card do you prefer? Let me know in the comments below!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners. Leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer's blog post by May 6 2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from all the comments and announce the winners on the Altenew Winner's page on May 8, 2021.

Below is the full list of blogs to see all the lovely inspiration for the Build A Flower Lotus.

Altenew Card Blog
Norine Borys
Amanda Baldwin
Helen Kalb - yay, you made it all the way here!

Thanks for looking, hope to see you again soon!
hugs,
Helen

Disclosure: Please note that I do not participate in any affiliate programs and do not receive any payment for producing this or any other blog post. I only post about products I love and provide product links purely for the convenience of my readers. To participate in this release hop I did receive the Build-A-Flower Indian Lotus Stamp Set from Altenew to use in this blog post, all other products (card stock, inks etc.) were purchased by me.

Comments

  1. What a colorful flower on your card.
    thanks for sharing
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  2. The brightest colored flower is my favorite, but I love how you used words as a stem...fabulous!

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  3. Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Love the rainbow of faux watercolor on the lotus!

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  5. I love this new set and thanks for sharing how you've used it. It is giving me lots of ideas.




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  6. Very nice! Beautiful lotus!

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  7. Love the sentiments as stem! The monochrome card I find the most beautiful. Good work.

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  8. Love the sentiments as stem! The monochrome card I find the most beautiful. Good work.

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  9. So simple but so stunning!!!

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  10. Love how you used the sentiments for your stems. Love all three cards. The rainbow blossoms are beautiful.

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  11. Beautiful cards!! I love the rainbow colored ones!!

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  12. Such unique designs and colors!

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  13. Beautiful CAS cards. I like your cleverness in using words as stems, Thanks for the inspiration!

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  14. I LIKE YOUR LAST CARD WITH THE DELICATE COLORING AND THE FIRST CARD WITH THE WORD STEMS!

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  15. AnonymousMay 01, 2021

    Marisela Delgado said: So pretty! mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  16. Very pretty card! Love the colors.

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  17. Helen, what set of stamps dis you use for those small sentiments?

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  18. Helen, what set of stamps dis you use for those small sentiments?

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  19. Helen, what set of stamps dis you use for those small sentiments?

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  20. Helen, what set of stamps dis you use for those small sentiments?

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    1. Oops, just realized they come with the stamp set! Sorry🙄

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    2. Oops, just realized they come with the stamp set! Sorry🙄

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    3. Oops, just realized they come with the stamp set! Sorry🙄

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  21. I like the look of the second card with the shorter stem. Nice idea for the words.

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  22. Using the sentiments as the stems really give these CAS cards a unique and interesting look! Love them!

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  23. Love your stem ideas!..The two layers of the blue lotus are beautiful but I think my favorite is your last card. Thanks for all the inspiration.

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  24. Using sentiments as a stem- that is such a great idea. Thank you!

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  25. You used this set in such a unique way! So clever to use the sentiments as stems and grounding, and your coloring is beautiful!

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  26. The blue is especially pretty and different. Nice idea.

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  27. Beautiful cards. I especially love the second one. That fun, colorful technique is amazing.

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  28. Fabulous cards Helen! I really like this set! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  29. Both cards are beautiful. I especially love the rainbow bloom.

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  30. Gorgeous cards! I love how you used the sentiments as atems. Very creative

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  31. Love the flower stems you created for these pretty lotus blooms!

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  32. I adore how you used those sentiments as the lotus flower stems! What a cool idea 😎 💡

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  33. Such lovely cards. I really enjoyed each one. This is such a fabulous, exotic stamp set!

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  34. Beautiful cards!! I love the softness of the pastel lotus and the blue lotus are fabulous!!

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  35. Interesting cards! Thanks for sharing.

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  36. FABulous artwork. I just LOVE this new release from Altenew. Your colored lotus flowers are amazing.

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