My oldest daughter's anniversary is coming up soon, and I thought I would use Altenew's Flourishing Bouquet stamp set to create her card. What's brilliant about this stamp set is that the large floral stamp in the set is big enough to create 4 A2 card panels. I simply put a sheet of 8 1/2 by 11 cardstock in my Stampwheel 2.0 (the side is removable so I can fit a full sheet of cardstock in it), stamp the image (in this case, I stamped it using VersaMark embossing ink and then added white embossing powder over the image and heat set it), and then use the coordinating stencils over the entire image. I used only two colors of ink for my ink blending: Mauve from Altenew's Dried Petals ink collection and Fresh Leaf from Altenew's Whispering Woodland collection. I've included a photo of the entire panel before I trimmed it into 4 A2-sized panels so you can see how big it really is.
I trimmed the panel down slightly to 4 1/8 by 5 3/8 so I could add it to a top-folding green card base after stamping "happy anniversary" (from the same Flourishing Bouquet set) using Mauve ink. I stamped the sentiment 3 times so it would show up well. Then I added a few of the hearts from Altenew's Cherry Blossom enamel dots set in 3 shades of pink to finish the card.
If you're interested in doing some crafty shopping at Altenew, I'd be so grateful if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link. I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Altenew carries many wonderful extra-large stamp sets like the one I used here if you'd like to create something similar. Just be advised that the 8 by 11 anniversary stamp sets will not fit in the MISTI or other smaller stamping platforms. They are ideal for the Stampwheel 2.0.
Here's a look at the stamped and stenciled design before I cut it into 4 A2 panels:
Challenges I'm entering:
Allsorts challenge blog: In the Garden (2/3; ends 4/24/26) I'm entering the card in the challenge since I need to choose only one of the projects
Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog: Favorite Color: Pink is a great color for florals! (2/3; ends 4/24/26)
613 Avenue Create: ATG with twist of April showers (4/8; ends at the end of the month)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (2/3; ends 5/3/26)
We Love Stamping: Spring or ATG with stamping (3/3; ends at the end of the month)
Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited; 5/12/26)
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (2/6; ends 5/12/26)
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited; ends at the end of the month)
Word Art Wednesday: ATG (2/5 for the week; 2/10 for the challenge; ends 4/29/26)
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (2/3; ends 4/10/26)
Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Garden Party: Anything in or from a garden (3/5; ends 5/11/26)
Ellibelle's Corner: I spy with my little eye: Spring Flowers or Showers (4/10; ends 5/17/26)
A Place To Start: ATG with option of ombré (3/8; ends at the end of the month)
fourseasons: ATG spring (unlimited; ends at the end of the month)
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: Watercolor and/or Spring + a sentiment (3/5; ends at the end of the month)
Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!: ATG with stencils (I used stencils to color the floral stamps) (3/3; ends at the end of the month)
Inspiration Station: The season (spring) and pink and greens of the flowers in the vase inspired my card (2/8; ends at the end of the month)
I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog:
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;
The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.
--Numbers 6: 22-26




Fantastic card and great use of soft colors!!
ReplyDeleteI love it!!!!
Thanks for stopping by A Place To Start !
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Thanks so much, Betta!
DeleteAbsolutely beautiful, fabulous stamps and such lovely soft dreamy colours. Thank you for joining in at sweet Stampin'
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Thank you so much, Chris!
DeleteCarrie, this is such a lovely card! I love the soft colors and yet it still makes such a bold statement. Your daughter will love it for sure. Congratulations to them! And thanks for sharing this with us at Word Art Wednesday!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for all your sweet comments, Barb!
DeleteBeautiful anniversary card, such a pretty design. Thank you for joining in the Allsorts Challenge using the In the Garden option.
ReplyDeleteLiz xx