91st Billowing Peonies Card

It's a special celebration for my Mother's 91st birthday on Sunday. So the grand lady deserves a very special card. I used the bigger stamp from the Altenew Billowing Peonies stamp set and used colours from the April Inspiration challenge. The size of the card is A6. I have used vellum for the sentiment and clear 3M mounting tape to secure it. I'm happy with the way it looks, although it was quite hard to peel off the release tape! 

BTW, I was so excited that my January Inspiration card was selected as one of the winners!
Blogged here, announced on IG.

Thank you for dropping by!

Materials
Stamp/Stencil - Altenew Billowing Peonies
Inks - Altenew Coral Red, Olove, Pool, Blush and Orange Cream
Card - Neenah and Kaisercraft
Others - Altenew EP Platinum, Distress Sprays, Altenew Iridescent spray

Challenge
Altenew Inspiration Challenge

Altenew January Inspiration Challenge

Since it was a public holiday in Australia on Monday (a long weekend), I've had time to make a few cards whist I have the stampset out from participating in Michelle's workshop on Saturday. I used the Altenew Inspiration January Challenge for the colour choice, blending red and purple to get the same colours in the photo. Whilst I was at it, I decided to do one with just shades of purples (my MIL's favourite colour!)

Materials
Altenew Billowing Peonies, Sentiments and inks

Challenge
Altenew January Inspiration Challenge

AECP Workshop with Handmade by Michelle

I would like to thank Michelle Lupton (Handmade by Michelle) for inspiring to make some rainbow cards for her Altenew Educator Certification Program. I used a different stampset as I have recently made a huge purchase during Christmas. I have cards that I made on her workshop below. It was fun joining in online and craft along! It was a lot of fun! I have also made variations of the card which I will share in the next post.

Details

Stamp/Stencil - Altenew Billowing Peonies

Watercolour - Altenew

Inks - Altenew 

Card - Canson Montval Aquarelle, Neenah Solar White, Vellum

Others - Altenew White EP, Ranger Platinum EP, Altenew Waffled Diamonds 3D Embossing folder

Challenge
Seize the Birthday - Rainbow of Colors

CASE me a Christmas Card 2025 Blog Hop

 I'm most excited to join this year's CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) me a Christmas Card with my crafty friend Michelle Lupton and friends. The format this year is slightly different to previous years as anyone can join in by making a Christmas card inspired by any card made by designers participating in the hop. This year, I was inspired by this card from Emily Midgett - Sixth Street Sundries. 

I don't have a dark brown card stock and decided to use a green card stock instead. I was inspired by the bright colours against the dark background and decided to use some old dies in my stash - some of these may no longer be available as I've had a them for quite a number of years. They get to feature every now and then! It was easy to put together as I'm really into simple cards that are easy to mass produce during this busy time of the year! Thank you so much for dropping by, please hop along to Emily's card on the blog hop! 

I'm adding this card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Clean and Simple

Materials used:

Dies - Wreath and bow from Winnie and Walter, Sentiment from Simon Says Stamp, Square die from Lil'Inker designs

Others - enamel dots from Simon Says Stamp

Emily's card is below:

Case me a Christmas Card 2024 with Michelle Lupton

It's been a long hiatus since my last post! So excited to be joining Michelle Lupton again with her Case me A Christmas Card series. Michelle is the queen of alcohol inks and I wanted to do a Christmas themed design and I picked this card that she blogged in September this year (image below). I experimented with two types of paper and decided to use the Yupo paper as that produced the most brilliant colours. Here is Michelle's CASE for my one of my cards! Thanks for stopping by!

Materials used:
Stamp - Simon Says Stamp
Die - Birch Press Radiant Ornament A
Inks - Ranger Alcohol inks, Altenew EP
Paper - Yupo card

Billowing Peonies

A quick post with another card I made with the Billowing Peonies Set. I just love the size of this stamp!

Challenges:
 Altenew June Inspiration Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Materials used:
Stamps: Altenew Billowing Peonies, Painted Greetings
Stencil: Altenew Billowing Peonies
Inks: Altenew, Distress Sprays, Perfect Pearls

Billowing Peonies

When I saw this new Altenew set, it was hard to resist the temptation to 'Add to Cart'! When the set arrived, I fell in love with how beautiful the whole bundle was! I spent a whole rainy Saturday to stamp and colour these beautiful peonies. The first card was based on the current Altenew June Inspiration Challenge. I had a lot of fun lining up the stencils, but not too difficult to do. One of these is off to a very special friend who is not too well at moment, hope she likes it! I'm also linking this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Bright and Cheerful. Thanks for dropping by!

Materials used:
Stamps: Altenew Billowing Peonies, Get Well Soon
Stencil: Altenew Billowing Peonies
Inks: Altenew, Distress Sprays, Perfect Pearls