So Grateful Garden Whispers Card

I was recently a Guest Designer for Altenew, and last week they sent me a few more products to create with. The Vintage Motifs background stencil was included in the package, and I have been playing with it non-stop since it arrived! It's such an elegant background! And it looks great with ink blending or pastes and as a full background or a partial background like I did here. So versatile!

For this card, I started by making an A2 card base out of white cardstock. Then I trimmed a heavyweight white panel to fit the front of the card, and I used Altenew's Rose Gold Shimmer Relief Paste through the Vintage Motifs stencil in strategic places. I was going for a mixed media look, so I didn't spread the paste to cover the entire background. Then I set the panel aside to dry.

Next, I stamped, die cut and stenciled the large floral from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Garden Whispers set. I used Altenew's Bubblegum Dreams and Whispering Woodland Fresh Dye Ink collections for my ink blending.  Then I embossed the stamped and stenciled image using the coordinating embossing folder. Garden Whispers is a great set! There's also a large single flower in the set that is lovely, too.

After my paste had dried, I added Altenew's new 1/8-inch thick foam tape in 1/4-inch and 1/2-inch widths to the back of my floral focal point and attached it to the A2 panel. I trimmed off a bit of the leaves that were overhanging the panel and added them to the top right of the card. Then I die cut the "So grateful" sentiment out of gold cardstock using Altenew's Essential Sentiment Strips Die set. I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to fit behind the die cut sentiment and ink blended it. I adhered the two pieces together and then decided the ink blending was too subtle, so I used an alcohol ink marker to color in the letters so they showed up better. I added the sentiment strip to the card again using Altenew's new 1/4-inch wide and 1/8-inch thick foam tape. I glued the panel onto the A2 card base and then added another flower from the same set to the inside of the card. I used Altenew's Shades of Purple Fresh Dye Ink collection for that flower that I had fussy cut out of the large floral image. To finish the card, I embossed some gold cardstock using Altenew's Ways to Thank You 3D embossing folder and trimmed the sentiment "Thanks for all you do" to add to the card. I adhered it with more of the 1/4-inch wide and 1/8-inch thick foam tape. That's such a great size for sentiments!

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I struggle with taking good photos of metallic cardstock, but this reads: 

Thank you for all you do:

Challenges I'm entering: 

Double Trouble Paper Crafting: Thing 1: 3 flowers, 2 sentiments, and 1 stencil (I hope I can count the inside of the card as well as the front😄) Things 2-3: Entered in Beautiful Blossoms Challenge (4/4; ends 3/30/25)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (4/6; ends 4/12/25)

Can You Handle The Pressure?: ATG with an embossing folder with an optional twist of your favorite color (My favorite color is pink) I used the coordinating embossing folder for the floral image. (1/3; ends 4/9/25)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (2/5 for the week; 7/10 for the challenge; ends 3/26/25)

Allsorts challenge blog: Feminine or ATG (3/5; ends 3/28/25)

Ellibelle's Corner: I spy with my little eye: the dawn of spring (1/5; ends 4/13/25)

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday: ATG (1/5; ends 3/25/25)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Use ephemera/layer it up (My card has die cuts layered on top of a background stenciled with shimmer relief paste for extra layers) (2/5; ends 3/31/25)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: stencils (3/5; ends 3/19/25)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (ends at the end of the month)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (2/3; ends 4/3/25)

Crafty Catz: ATG with optional twist of spring green (2/5; ends 4/3/25)

Craft Rocket Challenges: For the Girls (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Shelter: For the ladies or ATG (ends 3/25/25)

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Garden Party: ATG with things found in a garden (5/5; ends 4/7/25)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (4/4; ends 4/7/25)

My Time To Craft!: Celebrate Someone Special (ends 4/3/25)

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Inspiring creativity 8-ways each week: Flowers, spring, and 3D/add dimension (I used foam tape on the layers of my floral image and sentiment die cuts) (2/3; ends 3/27/25)

Homework for AECP class Layering 4: Lesson 5 (instead of embossing paste through a stencil with clear embossing powder on top, I used Rose Gold Shimmer Relief Paste)