Peruvian Lily Friendship Card

I have the joy of being a guest designer for Altenew's February 2025 release, and I LOVE this new Build-A-Garden set named Peruvian Lily so much! You will be seeing a lot of cards featuring these stunning flowers because I spent nearly a whole day just stamping the flowers and ink blending them in various colors, and I had quite a stack of them by the end of the day! Even though I already uploaded several projects with them for my guest designer spot, I can't stop creating with them! They look gorgeous in every color!

For this card, I created an easy fun fold card base that allows the flowers to pop out and get the attention they deserve! I used white cardstock for the card base and then painted another piece of white cardstock using Permanent Yellow Deep from Altenew's Palette Perfection Artists' Watercolor Tube Bundle. I let that dry and then added some Brushed Pyrite Shimmer Relief Paste through Altenew's Grid stencil in random places to add some shine to the background without overpowering the lilies. After that dried, I trimmed it to fit the side panels and then trimmed more of that orange watercolored panel to fit the center area of the card. 

I stamped the sentiment and flowers from the BAG: Peruvian Lily set with embossing ink and then added Altenew's Rose Gold embossing powder and heat embossed them. Then I die cut them using the coordinating dies for the set. I ink blended Altenew's Orange Cream, Firebrick, and Fresh Lemon inks over the stencils and used ink from the soon-to-be-released Whispering Woodland collection for the leaves. I added the sentiment and floral focal point using foam tape for dimension. 

If you are interested in trying the new Shimmer Relief Pastes, Altenew is running a special right now on them. You can purchase the entire collection (there are 7 beautiful colors) at a discount and receive a set of palette knives for free. I've recently become an affiliate for Altenew, so if you are interested in ordering the pastes or other lovely products from Altenew and would like to use my link, I would be so grateful! Here's the link: Carrie's Altenew affiliate page 

 Challenges I'm entering: 

Creative Creases Challenge: ATG with a fun fold (ends 2/6/25) 

Allsorts challenge blog: Close to Nature or ATG (1/5; ends 1/31/25)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with optional twist of monochrome (5/6; ends at the end of the month)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 5/10 for the challenge; ends 1/28/25)

Mix It Up Challenge Blog: ATG with option of monochrome (6/8; ends mid-February)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of adding a balloon (ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with optional twist of monotone magic (ends at the end of the month)

We Love Stamping: Anything but Square (or ATG) (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

Stamping Sensations: ATG or option of hand-colored image (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (4/6; ends 2/12/25)

Craft Rocket Challenges: Something new (Peruvian Lily set and Brushed Pyrite Shimmer Relief Paste are new) (ends at the end of the month)

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

Crafty Calendar Challenge: Add a die cut (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Crafter's Cafe: ATG, twist of birthday (ends 2/7/25)

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie...: ATG (5/5; ends at the end of the month)

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!: ATG with stencils; optional twist of hello/winter (I used the coordinating stencils in this set to color in the stamped image as well as a grid stencil with the shimmer relief paste) (2/3; ends 2/1/25)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (3/4; ends 2/6/25)

Art Impressions Blog: Monochromatic Challenge #395 Week #1: Monochromatic (1/2; ends 1/29/25)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends 1/24/25)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (1/3; ends 2/1/25)

Inspiration Station The orange leaves inspired my choice of orange for the card I made. (1/8; ends at the end of the mont)

AECP: Celebration Stencil Techniques class (instead of embossing paste through a stencil, I used shimmer relief paste for my homework.)