Today I'm sharing a card I made during Altenew Educator Traci Starkweather's recent class. She chose a deep, rich color palette for these saffron flowers and their leaves.
To start the card, I trimmed watercolor paper to create a 5 1/2 by 5 1/2 inch card base following Traci's instructions. Then I trimmed a piece of watercolor paper to 5 1/4 by 5 1/4 inch and created a background using the following Altenew inks: Magenta, Razzleberry, Jazzberry, Deep Iris, Andromeda, Ultraviolet, Azurite, Sapphire, and Jet Black. I layered them onto the watercolor paper saving the black for the last layer. Then I splattered the panel with the following 3 colors from Altenew's Metallic Watercolor 14 Pan Set: Amethyst, Topaz, and Sterling Silver. I set the panel aside to dry.
While the background was drying, I ink blended the saffron flowers and leaves following Traci's instructions. We blended multiple colors on the petals, leaving the outside edges white so the petal would pop against the dark background.
After I had all the pieces ink blended, I assembled the flowers and arranged the leaves behind them. Then I adhered everything down using liquid glue for the bottom layer and Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape for the flower on the left side.
To finish the card, I stamped "happy birthday" using a stamp from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Bewitching Rose set and added that to the panel using foam tape as well.
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Challenges I'm entering:
The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with optional twist of 4-legged friends (5/6; ends at the end of the month)
Word Art Wednesday: ATG (3/5 for the week; 3/10 for the challenge; ends 8/27/25)
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)
DL.ART : DL.ART August 2025 linky challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)
A Place To Start: ATG with option of Summer Things (6/8; ends at the end of the month)
613 Avenue Create: ATG with twist of Summer Fun (6/8; ends at the end of the month)
Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Garden Party: Anything in or From a Garden (2/5; ends 9/8/25)
Cardz 4 Galz: Create a Scene (3/3; ends 8/20/25)
Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (2/4; ends 8/26/25)
Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG with optional twist of Happy Birthday (unlimited entries; ends 9/12/25)
Ally's Angels: ATG (1/5; ends 9/12/25)
Crafter's Cafe: ATG with option of using pattern paper (unlimited entries; ends 9/12/25)
Creatalicious Challenges: ATG with option of lots of bling/glitter (1/3; ends 9/12/25)
Creative Crafting Uncles: ATG (1/3; ends 9/12/25)
The Creative Crafters: ATG (1/3; ends 9/8/25)
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends 9/5/25)
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