Blooming Delight Shaped Guest Designer Card for HQFSCAT

I was recently a winner on the Hearts Quest For Shaped Cards and Tags blog, and Becca Sadler kindly invited me to be a Guest Designer on the blog for the June challenge. I love to make shaped cards, so this challenge is perfect for me! If you also enjoy making shaped cards and tags, please join the fun here: Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags

For my card, I made a shaped card base using Altenew's Build-A-Garden: Blooming Delight set. I scored and folded a piece of white cardstock to die cut for the card base and then die cut another piece of white cardstock to fit on top of the card base. 

I stamped the Blooming Delight floral onto the white cardstock using embossing ink and then used Altenew's Crystal Clear Embossing Powder to heat emboss the image. I then used the coordinating stencil to ink blend the image using Altenew's Bubblegum Dreams and Whispering Woodlands Fresh Dye Inks and Citrus Burst, Fresh Lemon, Sunkissed, and Orange Cream Crisp Dye Inks. I added trios of Altenew's Zesty Lemon-Lime, Bubblegum Dreams, and Whispering Woodlands Enamel Dots to finish the front of the card. 

For the inside of the card, I stamped "Sending you God's blessings" from Altenew's Blessings stamp set onto a small rectangle of pink cardstock using pink ink and popped it up on Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape. 

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 

Inside of the card:

Close up of the sentiment:

The card can be landscape orientation, too. I would just have to change the orientation of the sentiment inside the card:

One final look:

AECP Homework for Impressive Heat Embossing: Lesson 3: heat embossing an image using clear embossing powder and then ink blending over for a resist effect

Challenges I'm entering: 

A Cut Above: ATG with a die cut (I used the coordinating die for this floral stamp) (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of recycle it (1/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of for the guys (1/8; ends at the end of the month)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (1/3; ends 6/14/25)

Stamping Sensations: Furry Friends or ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

We Love Stamping: Nature or ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the  month)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles: ATG (1/4; ends at the end of the month)

fourseasons: ATG summer (ends at the end of the month)

The Creative Crafters: ATG (1/3; ends 6/8/25)

The Crafting Challenge: ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Sparkles Monthly Challenges: ATG (1/3; ends 6/14/25)

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors (1/5; ends at the end of the month)

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

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited entries; ends 6/12/25)

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

Christmas BINGO Challenges: Letter I: 1 layer card, green, stamped image, ink blending (through a stencil) (1/8; ends 6/15/25)

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG (5/5; ends 6/4/25) Happy birthday, Allsorts!

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (1/4; ends 7/2/25)

Crafty Catz: ATG (3/5; ends at the end of the month)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (3/3; ends 6/14/25)

Cut It Up: ATG (1/3; ends 6/9/25)

As You Like It Challenge: Favorite type of embossing and why: I love how heat embossing looks with ink blending! It adds a lovely shine, and I love how it resists the ink when ink blending over it. (1/3; ends 6/11/25)

Cardz 4 Galz: Floral Frenzy (1/3; ends 6/11/25)

Krafty Chicks Challenge: ATG (1/3; ends 6/4/25)

little red wagon: Friendship (ends 6/3/25) Featured 6/4/25