Trendy Bendy Birthday Card

My youngest son turns 24 this week, so I wanted to make him a special card. I decided to use the colors from Altenew's monthly Inspiration Challenge, so I watercolored some watercolor cardstock using Altenew's Dark Cyan watercolor tube from their Palette Perfection Artists' Watercolor Tube bundle. After the cardstock had dried, I trimmed 2 pieces to fit my "Trendy Bendy" card and embossed them both with Altenew's 3D Mighty Waves embossing folder. I added some of Altenew's Lagoon ink to the raised parts of the panels to help the waves stand out more. 

I trimmed all the pieces for the card and adhered the 2 embossed blue panels to the 2 dark brown panels. Then I scored them in the center and bent the bottom panel as a valley fold and the top panel as a mountain fold. I added the narrow brown strip on the bottom of the card after scoring it on both sides and gluing the scored sections to the card base. 

For the focal point, I die cut the pieces for the boat using Altenew's Wooden Rowboat layering die set. I assembled all the pieces and glued them together. I added foam tape to the back of the boat and attached it to the center panel. Then I bent the panel to help score the boat so it bends with the panel. 

I stamped the "Happy birthday" sentiment in brown ink using a stamp from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Bewitching Rose project kit. I adhered it to the narrow strip in the front of the card to finish the card. My whole family loves canoeing and kayaking, so I think my youngest son will enjoy the card. 

Here's a look at the new Petal Palette Altenew released on February 19. It's really lovely! I was blessed to be a guest designer for the Petal Palette, and I received the Petal Palette, the Palette Perfection Artists' Watercolor Tube Bundle, the New Your Cityscape Gouache Bundle, and the Mixed Media Palette Knife Set from Altenew as part of my Guest Designer box. Thanks so much, Altenew! 

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 

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Challenges I'm entering:

 February Challenge | Textured backgrounds & sweet greetings: Ends the end of the month

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

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #100: ATG with a fun fold (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (2/4; ends 3/10/25)

613 Avenue Create: ATG (5/8; ends at the end of the month)

A Place To Start: ATG or Things in the Sky (5/8; ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG or option of burgundy, pink, and sage green (5/6; ends at the end of the month)

The Male Room: Monochromatic (ends 3/4/25)

Crafty Catz: ATG with option of use a die (4/5; ends 2/20/25)

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

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors (5/5; ends at the end of the month)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles: ATG (3/4; ends 2/27/25)

Can You Handle The Pressure?: ATG with an embossing folder with an optional twist of "F" (2/3; ends 2/19/25)

The Creative Crafters: ATG (1/3; ends 3/15/25)

Let's Craft and Create: ATG with option of pink and/or red (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Creative Crafting Uncles: Embossing folders (1/3; ends 3/15/25)

Creatalicious Challenges: ATG with option of green (1/3; ends 3/15/25)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Craft Rocket Challenges: Happy birthday (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

AECP Homework for For the Guys class