Monochromatic Floral Radiance Thanks Card

My aunt loves flowers and the color pink, so I thought I would combine the two in this thank you card. She was so kind to arrange a family gathering for my extended family last weekend, and I wanted to make her a special card as my way of thanking her.

This is a 5 by 7 card because Altenew's Mega Thanks die is truly, well, mega! 😂I wanted some room on the card for a few die cut flowers, so I chose a larger size card. After creating the 5 by 7 card base out of white cardstock, I trimmed a piece of cardstock I had cleaned off my pink blending brushes on to be the front panel. The pink ink was too pretty to waste and made a great background to stencil Altenew's Floral Radiance stencil on. I used inks from Altenew's Bubblegum Dreams ink collection to ink blend the flowers and leaves through the stencil. I moved the stencil over to add the design to the right side of the panel as the stencil is a 6 by 6 stencil set. 

Once the panel was stenciled, I die cut the word "thanks" in such a way as to leave room for the flowers. I then used the die cut to cut 2 layers of fun foam to give the word some dimension and help it stand out a bit despite being the same color as the background. I was careful to save all the little pieces from the letters when I die cut it out of the stenciled panel so I could add those back in. Altenew's Perfect Picker tool came in handy for that process!

The die cut flowers and leaves are from Altenew's Garden Picks layering die set, and I used more cardstock I had rubbed off my blending brushes on to clean them. Then I added a bit more ink blending to some of the layers and die cut the bottom layers of all the flowers from pink fun foam for dimension. I adhered all the layers of the flowers and leaves and arranged them on the card panel where I wanted them before adhering them with Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape and Art Glitter glue. 

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Challenges I'm entering:

Creations in Pink Challenge: ATG with mainly pink (1/3; ends 7/12/25)

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

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (1/6; ends 7/12/25)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge: monochrome (1/5; ends 6/16/25)

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!: ATG with stencils; optional theme of summertime fun (2/3; 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!😁) (3/5; ends 6/20/25)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Fur, feathers, flowers (3/5; ends 6/18/25)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (3/5 for the week; 6/10 for the challenge; ends 6/18/25)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of recycle it (6/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of for the guys (6/8; 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 (5/6; ends at the end of July)

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

Crafty Catz: ATG with option: Use hot colors (2/5; ends 6/27/25)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (2/3; 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 (2/5; ends 7/9/25)

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Inspiring creativity 8-ways each week: diagonal from bottom left: ink blending, free, die cuts (2/3; 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 (2/3; ends 6/26/25)

Word Power: ATG with words as the focus (1/3; ends at the end of the month)