Altenew Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello everyone!!! I am so excited to be a part of this Altenew blog hop featuring the beautiful Altenew Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica. Thank you so much to the uber-talented Jaycee Gaspar for leading all of you to my blog. If you somehow get lost, the entire blog hop list can be found at the end of this post.

Altenew has been in the forefront of designing layered floral stamps and dies and this particular stamp set does not disappoint. There are two options to obtain this stamp set– one is the Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica stamp and die bundle and the other is the Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica & Ink Bundle which comes with a 5% discount!

The flower image is pretty huge… approximately 2.75″ x 2.5″ so it’s prefect as a focal point in any card design. Below you will find 5 ways on how to use this stamp set.

STAY PATIENT AND TRUST THE JOURNEY CARD

MATERIALS:

• STAMPS: Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica; One Day at a Time for the sentiment
• Altenew Botanical Rhapsody Washi Tape
• Altenew Mini Crisp Dye Ink Cubes- Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake, Aqualicious and Lagoon
• Tomobow Mono Multi Liquid glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares
• Neenah Solar White Cardstock; hot pink and teal cardstocks
• Stitched Rectangle Scallop Die
• Altenew Rose Gold Crisp Embossing Powder
• Versamark Ink
• Transparency
• Misti Stamping Tool

For this first card, I wanted to create a shadow box card. I fussy cut the flowers and leaves of the Botanical Rhapsody washi tape that was stuck to white CS for easy cutting. I stamped 3 Build a Flower Japonica images using Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake, Aqualicious and Lagoon crisp dye inks. I arranged the 3 flowers (always choose odd numbers when placing the focal images on a card—a design principle I learned during my scrapbooking days 🙂 ) then I covered up the space with the cut out washi images. I made sure not to adhere the tips of the leaves to give it a more natural feel.

I just love the sentiments from the One Day At A Time stamp set… such uplifting messages!!! The sentiment was stamped on vellum using Versamark Ink and Rose Gold Embossing powder. 2 stitched rectangle scallop frames were die cut from teal cardstock and the following were stuck to each other: frame, transparency, vellum, frame. These served as the cover of the shadow box. Foam tape was placed on the edges of the frame and adhered to the floral panel then was adhered to a side folding A2 card front.

HANG IN THERE CARD

MATERIALS:

• STAMP: Build-A-Flower Camellia Japonica Stamp and Die Set
• Altenew Crisp Dy Inks sets: Lapiz Lazuli and Tropical Forest sets
• Altenew Hang In There Die
• Altenew Rose Gold embossing powder
• Versamark Ink
• Transparency
• Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue
• Neenah Solar White Cardstock
• Misti Stamping Tool
• Press’n Seal

This see-through card was inspired by the amazing Jennifer Mcguire. You can check out her tutorial for this type of card here. I went ahead and stamped several of the BAF Camelia Japonica flower image with the Lapis Lazuli crip dye ink set ( Iceberg, Eastern Sky, Ultramarine and Azurite) and the leaves using Bamboo, Parrot and Olive crisp dye inks from the Tropical Forest set. Use the coordinating die cuts for the images. Below you will find the layering guide for this stamp set.

The images were arranged to cover a 5.5” x 4.25” cardstock. I made sure that the flowers and leaves were somehow connected to each other. When I was happy with the arrangement, I used Press’n Seal to pick up all the flowers and leaves together. I carefully glued to leaves to the flowers then added foam tape. Cut a transparency at 4.25” x 11” and score at 5.5”. Lay the floral card front on top of the transparency. In order to hide the foam tape, I die cut the leaves and flowers on white cardstock and glued them to the inside of the card. This way, all the foam tapes will be hidden. The excess leaves and flowers were then cut. I added a 4.25” x 5.5” cardstock on the transparency to create the inside of the card.  The hang in there die was used to cut 5 pieces of cardstock. One was colored with the Parrot crisp dye ink using a blender brush. All 4 pieces were adhered to each other using adhesive and the colored layer was slightly shifted to the right to create a shadow.

HOPE YOUR DAY IS DELIGHTFUL CARD

MATERIALS:

• STAMP AND DIE: Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica Stamp and Die set
• Crisp dye Inks sets: Lapiz Lazuli and Tropical forest Sets
• Altenew Rose Gold Embossing Powder
• .5 black drawing pen
• Versamark Ink
• Misti Stamping Tool
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Neenah Solar White Cardstock

I wanted to make a card that was easy to assemble. Since I already had extra stamped flowers, this card was finished in 5 minutes. The 3 flowers were arranged on opposite corners of the A2 top folding card front. The sentiment from the same stamp set was embossed using Rose Gold embossing powder. A gold mat was created by inking the paper with Versamark Ink then embossing it with the same embossing powder. The sentiment and flowers were adhered to the card front using foam tape. A black border was hand-drawn to frame the card. Such a quick and easy card to create!

THINKING OF YOU CARD

MATERIALS:

• STAMPS: Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica Stamp, Book Club and Dainty Swiss Dots for the sentiment
• DIES: Fine Frames Cover Die, Book Club Die
• Enchanted Garden and Sea Shore Crisp Dye Ink Sets
• Altenew Artist Markers set B and D
• Altenew Rose Gold Embossing Powder
• Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Orange cardstock
• Misti Stamping Tool
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Versamark Ink
• Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares

For this card, I wanted to change up the flower a little bit.  I stamped the flower image twice using the Enchanted Garden and the  Sea Shore Crips Dye Ink sets following the layering guide. After this, I layered them on top of each other and secured both with a post-it tape so that the layers won’t move when I simultaneously trim them into strips. Once the strips were cut, I used the die cut of the flower as a base to assemble the alternate strips of the flower.  I don’t know why but it somehow makes the flower look 3D. 🙂

Next, the image from the Book Club stamp set was embossed using Versamark Ink and Rose Gold embossing powder.  The following artist makers from set D were used to color the flowers using the flicking technique: B802, B714 and B815. The leaves were colored with Artist markers set B:R702, R823. The card front of an orange A2 card base was cut diagonally. Both die cuts where attached diagonally as well. I framed the white cardstock with the Fine  Frames Die Set which was heat embossed with Rose Gold Embossing powder to match the other floral image.  Finally, the sentiment from the Swiss Dots was also stamped and embossed.

I’M HERE FOR YOU CARD

MATERIALS:

• STAMPS: Build a Flower Camellia Japonica stamp, Forever and Always for sentiment
• Altenew Feathered Leaves Stencil
• Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Orange Cream
• Altenew Botanical Rhapsody Washi tape
• Altenew Embossing Paste
• Altenew Artist Markers set B WG03
• Neenah Solar White Cardstock
• Versamark Ink
• Altenew Pure White Embossing Powder
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares
• Kuretake Wink of Stella clear
• Spatula
• Misti Stamping Tool

For this last card, I wanted the flower to be the star in this card so I left the Botanical Rhapsody washi tape uncolored and the background muted. The background was done by using the Feathered Leaves Stencil with some Altenew Embossing Paste mixed with some Orange Cream Crisp Dye Ink. The stencil was placed on the front cover of an A2 card and the tinted embossing paste was evenly spread using a spatula. The stencil was carefully removed and the card was allowed to dry.

The white areas were then colored using Wink of Stella clear just to add some shimmer.  To make it easier to cut, the Botanical Rhapsody Washi Tape was stuck to a white cardstock then fussy cut. I used the Artist Marker WG03 from Set B to color a piece of cardstock  to match the Botanical Rhapsody washi flowers/leaves then I heat embossed the sentiment from Forever and Always using Versamark Ink with Pure White Embossing Powder. Flowers and foliage were arranged and glued down using adhesive and foam squares.

I hope you liked the cards I created for this release. Make sure to drop by the Altenew Card Blog and check out the other creative ways this stamp set can be used. It may also be a good idea to sign up for the Build-A-Flower Monthly subscription plan. When you are signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in the monthly BAF releases and will receive a set each month – at a specially discounted price! ($35.00 →$29.99).

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 7/7/2019.

Next up is the talented Irna Fonina. In case you are lost, below you will find the entire blog hop order. Make sure to leave a comment below to get a chance to win, ok? I truly appreciate you stopping by. If you liked my projects, it would be wonderful if you can follow me on Instagram (@mylittleatticstudio) and Facebook at My Little Attic Studio<3 Thank you so much for dropping by! Till my next post <3

BLOG HOP ORDER

• Altenew Card Blog
• Norine Borys
• Laurie Willison
• Therese Calvird
• Svitlana Shayevich
• Virginia Lu
• Altenew Scrapbook Blog
• Jaycee Gaspar
• Nenette S. Madero <— YOU ARE HERE
• Irina Fonina
• Mindy Eggen
• Kelly Griglione
• Ashlea Cornell
• Kelly Jones
• Marge Yoon
• Maria Willis
• Maryam Perez
• Isha Gupta
• Zsoka Marko
• Seeka
• Michelle Murray