September Inspiration Challenge

Playing along in Altenew's September Inspiration Challenge with the colors of fall! These greens and reds were inspired by fall apples ripening on the tree. 

The reds are a combination of Ruby Red from Altenew and Coral Reef & Lipstick from Gina K to give it an orange/red tone. Along with the leaves, I gave some of the small blooms a fall green brown. They remind me of some of my hydrangeas turning fall colors. 

Brown Moonstone Shimmer Relief Paste applied through one stencil layer of the Softly Sketched Blooms set gives shine to the flower centers and parts of the leaves. This brown tone is great for fall cards. 

Supplies:

Altenew Softly Sketched Blooms Build A Garden set, Inks (ruby red, almond butter, milk chocolate, moss, olive), Brown Moonstone Shimmer Relief Paste, Tea Party enamel dots. 

Gina K Designs inks: coral reef, lipstick

 Other Challenges Entered:

Classic Design Challenge autumn colors

Stencil Fun Layering stencils used to color floral image

Lenten Rose Inspiration

                                    

These gorgeous hellebores, or Lenten Roses,  were the inspiration for this month's Altenew Inspiration Challenge host Agnieszka Malyszek. I personally planted these flowers last year and was it was so fun to see these super early bloomers open up when it was still so cold outside! I planted more for this spring, or late February. I love these colors and found perfectly matching ink colors with Altenew's Fresh Dye Ink in Grapevine, Olive, and Sea Forest. I threw in a little of the super dark Redwood shade too. 

Layering Stencils

To create this card, I used the super easy Majestic Roses layering stencils from Altenew. This stencil is part of the Stencil Art subscription program, released every other month. I used Grapevine ink for all 4 layers of the rose petals. When they were dry I decided to deepen the contrast on the last layer and added some Redwood ink. The leaves are mainly inked in Olive with the stems, highlights and background leaves in the more brownish green tone of Sea Forest. 

Third Generation Stamping

For the background I used a "thanks" stamp I received from Altenew as a customer appreciation gift. I wanted the words to match the roses but didn't want it as dark. To get a lighter version of the same Grapevine ink, I just loaded the stamp and stamped off twice on a piece of sticky note paper I had lying on my desk. When I stamped close to the roses, I used pieces of paper to cover the image. Yes, I need to buy masking paper, but it did work! 

Finishing It Off

When I was ready to add my sentiment, I wanted to match the Grapevine ink color but didn't have the exact shade of cardstock. I just inked some cardstock that was close in color to make it a little darker, then cut out the sentiment. I love this fine script die cut! I used vellum to back it so the color of the rose could shine through. A strip of cardstock on the left and enamel dots completed the card. 

                                           

Supplies:

Altenew Majestic Roses layering stencils, Blooming Thanks stamp set, Warm & Cozy Sentiments die set, Red Cosmos Enamel Dots, Fresh Dye Inks in Redwood, Grapevine, Olive, Sea Forest.

Challenges I'm Entering: 

Altenew January Inspiration Challenge  photo inspiration for colors of hellebore flower

Ellibelle's Garden Party #11 Anything from a garden 

Little Red Wagon Anything Goes with something new- My new product is the layering stencil from the January release.