Bewitching Rose Thank You Card

I'm so blessed by the thoughtfulness of my family and friends who gave me such lovely gifts this Christmas. I've been working on thank you cards today and having fun. For this card, I finally tried ink smooshing with alcohol inks to create a background. It's hard to tell in the photos, but there's a shimmer to the inks that's really pretty up close. 

The floral bouquet was stamped with versafine clear ink and then heat embossed using Altenew's Rose Gold embossing powder. I love how the gold looks with the pinks, greens, and oranges! Coloring the bouquet was a learning experience as I used the coordinating stencils. I then die cut the stamped and colored image. There's a coordinating embossing folder in the set as well, but I didn't use it this time. 

Once my background panel was dry, I adhered it to a 5 1/2 by 5 1/2-inch green card base and then added the stamped and die cut bouquet using foam tape.  I also added a few gold Nuvo drops to two of the corners, but in hindsight, I wish I would have just splattered a bit of gold ink instead for a more random look. I'll keep that in mind for next time. 

For the inside of the card, I used dies that came in Altenew's Stargazer Salutations Creativity Cardmaking Kit to make the "Thank You" sentiment. The "you" in that set is giant! I can see using it for a variety of projects where I want to emphasize the recipient. 

 

Challenges I'm entering: 

Ultimate Inspiration Challenge: Altenew Year in Review 2023 

I chose the April inspiration photo and focused on the rose focal point:

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game! (stencilfun.blogspot.com): ATG with stencils (I used the stencils that came with the Craft Your Life: Bewitching Rose set) (ends at the end of the month)

We Love Stamping: Winter Flowers and/or Foliage or ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the  month)

Stamping Sensations: Favorite Colors (I especially love pink and red together as well as pink and green) (ends at the end of the month)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends 1/9/23)

613 Avenue Create (avenue613.blogspot.com): ATG with an optional twist of any winter holiday (ends at the end of the month) Top Rocker Week of Dec. 24-30

Gem of A Craft Challenge (pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends 1/6/23)

Allsorts challenge blog: Cold and Ice or ATG (ends 1/4/23)

A Place To Start (hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com): ATG Option: New 

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (5/10; ends 1/3/23)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (4/4; ends 1/6/23)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (2/8; ends 1/15/23)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog (cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com): ATG (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

The Diva's that cut ....paper! (die-cut-divas.blogspot.com): Flowers (2/4; ends at the end of the month)