Magnolia Ballerina Thank You Card

A crafty friend recently lent me her Magnolia Ballerina bundle by Altenew (stamps, stencils, embossing folder, and dies), and I had fun playing with it. 

For this card, I chose a 6 inch square card base to avoid having to trim away any of this beautiful floral focal point. I used embossing ink and white embossing powder to heat emboss the stamped image and then ink blended Altenew's Highland Flora and Whispering Woodland dye ink collections along with Altenew's Lemonade Stand ink for the flower centers. 

After ink blending the stamped image, I die cut it and set it aside. For the background, I stamped the image from the set using more Lemonade Stand ink on an ink smooshed background. I stamped it a few times to make the tone-on-tone image stand out more. Then I added some stenciled elements using Altenew's Paper Echoes stencil and more Lemonade Stand ink. I adhered the ink smooshed, stamped, and stenciled panel to a dark purple panel and then adhered that to a 6 by 6 light purple card base. 

For the sentiment, I die cut the words "thank you" and their shadows using the same papers I used for the card base and dark purple layer of the card. I die cut several layers for the shadow and stacked them together to give the sentiment some dimension. 

To finish the card, I added the floral focal point with Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape and adhered the sentiment below it. Then I added a few small purple gems to the top right and bottom left of the card as embellishments. 

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. 

 Challenges I'm entering: 

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 1/10 for the challenge; ends 11/25/26)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (5/5; ends 11/12/26)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of Sentimental Star (4/8; ends at the end of the month)

Allsorts challenge blog: Moodboard or ATG (4/5; ends 11/19/26) 

A Place To Start: ATG with the option of Easel Card (4/8; ends at the end of the month)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (ends 11/12/26)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Thanks/Thanksgiving (1/5; ends 11/18/26)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Thanks/Thanksgiving (1/5; ends 11/16/26)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of fall or Christmas (2/6; ends at the end of the month)

Addicted to Stamps and More!: Die cuts and/or Stencils (I used both) (1/3; ends 11/24/26)

No more challenges. 

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