Bellflower Birthday Card in Landscape Orientation

I had the pleasure of making 2 special birthday cards this weekend: one for my daughter (see the post for that one here: https://carriescustomcards.blogspot.com/2024/01/bellflower-birthday-card-in-portrait.html) and one for a friend of the family who shares a birthday with my daughter. I always make our friend a pecan pie for her birthday since it's her favorite dessert, and of course I have to make a special card to give her with the pie each year! 

I have once again set a goal of using items from my stash in the new year, so I chose a card base that I've had for YEARS. Since it has purples and reds, I die cut various shades of purple and red card stock to create the petals from the Craft-A-Flower: Bellflower set by Altenew that I received for Christmas. It's so fun to work with this set! The flowers come together easily with the keyhole and arrow cut outs on the pieces that enable me to assemble them easily. I also die cut the "bloom" sentiment from that set twice using the packaging from an Altenew embossing folder. I glued the two dies together to give it some dimension. 

I used Art Glitter glue to adhere the leaves, stem, and bloom sentiment to the card front. Then I used foam tape to pop up the flowers before adding some sequins to give the card a little sparkle. 

For the inside of the card, I used two stamps from Altenew's Craft Your Life Project Kit: Bewitching Rose: "sending you" and "birthday wishes."

Packaging I used for the word "bloom":

Challenges I'm entering: 

Birthstone Challenges: Garnet and Amethyst (ends 2/15/24)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with florals as the focus and Birthday Celebrations (2nd challenge link on the same website): (2/6 for first challenge and unlimited entries for 2nd challenge; ends 2/12/24)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Sparkle and Shine (1/5; ends 1/22/24)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (2/10; ends 1/17/24)

Gem of A Craft Challenge (pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com): ATG (2/3; ends 1/19/24)

Crafty Calendar Challenge: ATG (2/3; ends 1/28/24)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (2/2; ends 1/26/24)

Make My Monday Challenge Blog (mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com): Happy Birthday (2/3; ends 1/28/24)

The Diva's that cut ....paper! (die-cut-divas.blogspot.com): Never Before Used Stuff (This is the first time I've used the "bloom" die) (2/4; ends at the end of the month)