I started off by creating the colored vellum for the flowers. I applied rubbing alcohol first on a vellum and dropped Raspberry, Flamingo, Shell Pink and Salmon alcohol inks on it before the alcohol was dry. I did it so that I have some areas brighter than others. After the vellum was dry I die cut the peonies using the dies from Build-A-Flower: Peony Blossom set. I cut the biggest flower from brighter area and the small ones from darker pink area of the vellum. I then stamped the layering stamp which shows the folds of the petals in Worn Lipstick DOX on the peonies. I cut the Leafy Wreath and some leaves from Peony Blossom set from a silver cardstock. I stamped the layer of the leaves in a silver ink. I cut the stamen also from the same silver cardstock.
To create the striped background I blended Pink Diamond and Pinkalicious over Watercolor Stripes stencil making it in ombre, softening towards the center of the panel. I then started assembling my card. I foam mounted the Leafy Wreath on the pink striped background and arranged the flower petals and leaves as shown in the picture. I formed the flower petals to give them more natural look and added a iridescent rhinestone on each flower center. The sentiment is from Painted Greetings. I stamped it on the same silver cardstock in StazOn black ink and added it onto the card.
My second card is a one layer card.
I created a peony in multiple layers by masking and stamping the second layer stamp of the flowers on a watercolor paper. I stamped the smallest one in Rubellite, the next bigger one in Pinkalicious and the largest flower in Pink Diamond from Cherry Blossom Mini Cube set after masking the previous stamped flower. I then stamped the leaves in Mountain Mist (solid stamp) and Volcano Lake (second layer) from Sea Shore Mini Cube set.
I then watercolored the image. I added light watercolor wash in the background in pink and teal. I then added details to the image using Prismacolor colored pencils. I splattered pink watercolor and white opaque ink on the panel and added white stamen on the flower using white Pico Embellisher. The sentiment is from Painted Greetings. I stamped it in Jet Black ink and clear heat embossed it. To finish off I added some iridescent sequins.
I will also randomly choose a winner from comments left on this post by Friday, 02/16/18 at 11:59pm EST, who will win a $20 gift certificate to Altenew online store. The winner will be announced on this post on Saturday, 02/17/18.
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Hope you enjoyed looking my cards! Build-A-Flower: Peony Blossom is another beautiful Build-A-Flower set by Altenew!
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TaeEun
