Thankful for You Poppy Card

Altenew recently sent me some of their new foam tape and their new Vintage Motifs background stencil, and I am loving both! 

For this card, I created an A2 card base and then trimmed a panel to fit the front of the card. I saw Bridget Casey (a designer at Altenew) use Altenew's Pearl Shimmer Relief Paste with the Vintage Motifs stencil on a livestream she did during the Card Maker Success Summit, and I knew I had to give it a try because I loved the look of the Pearl paste on the white cardstock she used! It looks even better in person! So much great texture and shine! 

After using the Pearl paste through the stencil and letting that dry, I set about die cutting my 3 poppies out of watercolor cardstock I had used Altenew's Palette Perfection Artists' Watercolor Tube Bundle paints on. I used 2 shades of green cardstock for the stem and leaves. 

For the sentiments, I used Altenew's Build-A-Garden: Morning Glory set and the coordinating die for the "thankful for you" sentiment. The "You are an inspiration" sentiment on the inside of the card comes from the same set. 

I added the poppies and sentiment to the front panel and then added Altenew's new 1-inch wide and 1/16-inch thick foam tape to the back of the entire front panel and adhered it to the card base. This card was too thick for a standard A2 envelope but fit fine in a 5X7 envelope. There are a lot of layers with all the foam tape I used on the poppies, too. 

I've recently become an affiliate for Altenew, so if you are interested in ordering something lovely from Altenew and would like to use my link, thank you very much! Here's the link: Carrie's Altenew affiliate page 

 

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 (3/4; ends 3/30/25)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (3/6; ends 4/12/25)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 6/10 for the challenge; ends 3/26/25)

Allsorts challenge blog: Feminine or ATG (2/5; ends 3/28/25)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: stencils (2/5; ends 3/19/25)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Use ephemera/layer it up (My card has layered die cuts on it) (1/5; ends 3/31/25)

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

The Paper Funday Challenges:  ATG with optional twist of weather related (6/6; ends at the end of the month)

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!: ATG with stencils optional theme of splatters (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends 4/3/25)

Crafty Catz: ATG with optional twist of spring green (1/5; 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)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Fun with stencils (1/5; ends 3/26/25)

fourseasons: ATG with spring (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

Cardz 4 Galz: For a Special Lady (3/3; ends 3/19/25)

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

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (3/4; 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 flower die cuts as well as to pop up the front panel) (1/3; ends 3/27/25)