Pitcher Vase of Coneflowers for Altenew August Release

I'm delighted to be a Guest Designer for Altenew's August 2026 release, and this card features the new Craft-A-Flower: Coneflower die set from the release. Each month, Altenew releases a new Craft-A-Flower die set featuring their keyhole system that makes assembling the die cuts a breeze. This set creates 5 different flowers along with stems and leaves. I had so much fun with this set!

For this card, I created a white A2 card base and then trimmed a panel of watercolor paper I had watercolored with Altenew's Lagoon Gouache from their Strolling Through New York Artists' Gouache set to 4 1/8 by 5 3/8. I embossed the panel using the embossing folder from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Painterly Perfection project kit to give it some good texture. I added Altenew's double-sided adhesive sheets in the new 4 1/4 by 5 1/2-inch size to the back of the watercolored and embossed panel and trimmed off the excess adhesive before adhering the panel to the card base. 

Next, I die cut the flowers out of some watercolor paper I had sprayed and splattered with yellow inks. I die cut the leaves and stems out of white cardstock and ink blended them with inks from Altenew's Whispering Woodland ink collection. I die cut the flower centers out of rose gold cardstock. I assembled the flowers and then decided how I wanted to display them. I thought they would look pretty in a pink pitcher vase, so I die cut one of the pitcher vases from Altenew's Pitcher Vases Complete Bundle and embossed the pitcher with the coordinating embossing folder. I used watercolor paper I had ink smooshed with pink inks for the pitcher. 

I arranged the flowers and stems in the pitcher vase and taped them down to the back of the pitcher so they would stay where I wanted them. I decided where I wanted the leaves and adhered them directly to the Lagoon panel. Then I popped up the vase and flowers using Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape. 

For the sentiment, I stamped "sending hugs" from Altenew's Build-A-Garden: Softly Sketched Blooms set onto white cardstock and trimmed it to fit where I wanted it on the card front. I added a layer of the same rose gold cardstock I used for the flower centers behind the sentiment and adhered the layers together. Then I added more of Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape to the back of the sentiment strip and adhered it to the card front. 

To finish the card, I added a few Bubblegum Dreams Enamel Dots near the sentiment. 

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 craft products and has a great weekly sales section if you are looking for bargain prices to grow your Altenew collection. Altenew products used on my card: Coneflower CAF-Pitcher Vases Complete Bundle-Softly Sketched Blooms BAG-Painterly Perfection CYL-Whispering Woodland FDI-Bubblegum Dreams Enamel Dots-Strolling Through New York Artists' Gouache Lagoon-4 1/4 by 5 1/2 Double-Sided Adhesive Sheets 

Challenges I'm entering:

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (5/5 for the week; 5/10 for the challenge; ends 8/19/26)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of fun folds (6/6; ends at the end of the month)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of no rectangles (5/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG (5/8; ends at the end of the month)

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors (4/5; ends at the end of the month)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (6/6; ends 8/12/26)

Allsorts challenge blog: Colors of Summer or ATG (1/5; ends 8/14/26)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (1/4; ends 9/3/26)

Can You Handle The Pressure?: ATG with an embossing folder with option of "Tie it Up" (1/3; ends 8/19/26)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles: ATG (3/4; ends 8/21/26)

Cut It Up: Add a Sentiment (1/3; ends 8/17/26)

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Garden Party: Anything in or from a garden (3/5; ends 8/10/26)

"Just Us Girls" Challenge: Die Week 

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (1/4; ends 8/25/26)

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