Floral Radiance Encouragement Card

I recently purchased Altenew's Floral Radiance stencil set and thought I would combine it with the color palette for this month's challenge over on the Altenew blog. I love how it turned out! 

I started by ink blending the following Altenew inks through the stencil set: Sunkissed, Orange Cream, Autumn Blaze, Firebrick, Fresh Leaf, Reindeer Moss. Then I trimmed the panel to fit an A2 card base I trimmed and scored using a light tan cardstock.

For the flower, I die cut Altenew's Craft-A-Flower: Cistus out of colored cardstock and added a bit of ink blending to the petals and leaves with the inks I had used for the background.

For the sentiment, I used a press plate from Altenew's Beautiful Butterfly Press Plates set and ink blended a bit of Sunkissed ink over it after die cutting the sentiment with the coordinating die. 

I used foam tape and Art Glitter glue to adhere my flower, leaves, and sentiment to the front of the card. To finish the card, I added 3 enamel dots from Altenew's Whispering Woodland Enamel Dot Collection. 

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: 

June 2025 Inspiration Challenge | Hope and Inspiration Card 

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

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!: ATG with stencils; optional theme of summertime fun (1/3; ends 6/30/35)

Allsorts challenge blog: What makes you happy or ATG (Flowers definitely make me happy! And so does ink blending and die cutting!😁) (2/5; ends 6/20/25)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Fur, feathers, flowers (2/5; ends 6/18/25)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (2/5 for the week; 5/10 for the challenge; ends 6/18/25)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of recycle it (5/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of for the guys (5/8; 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)

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

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday: ATG (4/6; ends at the end of July)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with optional twist of embossing (4/6; ends at the end of the month)

Craft Rocket Challenges: No design paper (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

Crafty Catz: ATG with option: Use hot colors (1/5; ends 6/27/25)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends 6/27/25)

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Garden Party No. 4 - Anything In or From a Garden: Anything in or from a garden (1/5; ends 7/9/25)

Art Impressions Blog: Blossoms & Blooms Challenge #405 Week #2: Blossoms and Blooms (2/2; ends 6/18/25)

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Inspiring creativity 8-ways each week: diagonal from bottom left: ink blending, free, die cuts (1/3; ends 6/19/25)

As You Like It Challenge: To add a sentiment or not and why: I love to add sentiments to my cards because they add another level of personalization and often have an encouraging/uplifting message (1/3; ends 6/26/25)