Hugs With Cookies and Flowers

Hello crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing my card I made that features Altenew's beautiful Sweet Nasturtium Layering Die Set.  Nothing like hugs surrounded with cookies and flowers, right?!!

Please note:  This beautiful set is a limited edition.  When it's gone, it's gone!

I die cut the Sweet Nasturtium dies from colored cardstocks.  I used these cardstock colors by Altenew:  Warm Sunshine, Forest Glades, Coral Bliss, and Blush.

Next I added shading with Mini Blending Brushes and a few coordinating inks.  The ink colors are in the list below.

I used glue to adhere the layers of the cookies and flower together.  I made my cookies a bit more fancy by using a gold gel pen to add gold lines and dots to them all.  (There is edible gold after all! Haha!)

Next I stamped a sentiment from the Craft Your Life: Butterfly Garden stamp set with Obsidian black ink.  I used my detail scissors to trim around the sentiment.

After I added some black splatters to my A2 card base, I adhered all of the elements with either foam tape or glue.  I used the same gold gel pen to add gold dots amongst the black dots.

I hope you've found some inspiration here today.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Beautiful Butterfly Birthday Card

Happy Saturday!  Today I'm sharing some details about my card that features Altenew's beautiful Craft Your Life Project Kit: Wings & Petals.  I love monarch butterflies!  Each October they migrate through our area here in Texas and I always think of my mother.  We would always tell each other when we saw the first monarchs passing through.  I miss her, but I know she would love this card!

The Craft Your Life Project Kit is one of several of Altenew's monthly subscriptions.  The reason this particular one is my favorite is because it includes a few of my most favorite products!  I love 3D embossing folders and having the layering stencils to color the embossed image is awesome!  You can purchase this Kit separately, but if you subscribe, you will save $16.  Check out this subscription and the other options on the Altenew website.

First I die cut the Wings & Petals butterfly dies from Sunkissed and Jet Black cardstock.  I used blending brushes to add shading with Autumn Blaze and Orange Cream inks (Warm & Cozy collection) to the solid die cut.  After gluing the black top layer to each piece, I glued them together.

I embossed white cardstock with the Wings & Petals Botanical 3D embossing folder and trimmed it to 4" x 4-¼".  Then I stamped the sentiment from the Wings & Petals stamp set at the bottom of an A2 card base with Obsidian black ink.

I added a strip of Jet Black cardstock to separate the embossed cardstock from the sentiment.  The Intertwining Leaves layers are die cut from Grass Field and Hunter Green cardstock.

I used foam tape to adhere the butterflies to the card.

I absolutely love the details of the Wings & Petals butterfly dies!!  Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

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