Welcome to a fun blog hop! A new flower stamp has been released by Altenew for their Build-A-Flower collection. It’s the Japanese Mum and it’s gorgeous! It’s a layering stamp set but you can create flowers without using all the layers, or just stamp the outline and color it with your favorite medium. In the video, I demonstrate a few ways to use the stamp set for different results.
We celebrate with an inspirational blog hop and lots of giveaways.
- You should have arrived here from the Altenew Card Blog.
- Your next stop is my super talented friend Virginia Lu.
art journal project – A Year in Flowers
Instead of sharing a card using this stamp I am sharing an art journal page today. Remember if you are a cardmaker you already have everything you need to create lovely pages! This is a page for my “A year in flowers” project. I want to create an alphabet book all the way from A to Z, with flowers on every page. So here is my page for the letter J (Japanese Mum)
video tutorial
You can enjoy the video below or at my YouTube channel
close-up photos
The flowers were really easy to create by using the stamp set. I used my Altenew watercolor brushes to add color and I went with 3 different color combinations for variation in my bouquet.
I created a quick background with my new distress oxide sprays in no time and I added I little bit of stenciling just for some visual texture. I made sure that my background is subtle as I wanted the flowers to be the focal point.
For the vase I used some Gilded Ombre Washi Tape ( ALTN | SSS | SBC ). I covered a piece of paper and then use my scissors to cut it out and make it look like a vase. I love the golden detail on this washi tape and I did add golden splashes and a gold J to bring everything together. The letter was cut out by using the Classic Alphabet Die Set ( ALTN | SSS | SBC ). I love that font and I will be using this alphabet through out the whole art journal book.
supplies
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giveaway
There are many ways to win prizes in this blog hop:
- Leave me a comment below for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate. The winner will be announced on my winners page on 2/6/2019
- Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please read more on Altenew Card Blog
- There are more giveaways on every stop of the hop
next stop
Your next stop is my super talented friend Virginia Lu.
Happy hopping!
Beautiful card! Such a lovely design with the vase and flower arrangement!
This is such a beautiful flower with some lovely sentiments as well. Another BAF beauty! Love the project inspiration too!
Your journal page is just beautiful. I wish I could color or paint like you do. You really brought that flower to life.
You are really inspiring!
Fabulous flower
Love this journal idea! What fun!! Thank you for sharing.
How to come up with such a creativity? Love the art you create.
Great video. Thanks for all the beautiful examples. Your mums are amazing! And, you are going to have an amazing journal.
Thank you for sharing this awesome journal project Vicky! I love to see artists like yourself use the Altenew products in various different ways. The colors look so nice with the washi tape! Just beautiful.
I am enjoying your Year in Flowers art journal entries. I loved the hyacinths, and now I’m falling for the Japanese Mums. Thanks for sharing the tips about making your own vase, too.
Altenew has so many fantastic floral stamps- and when you create with them, it makes me want to add them to my collection because you showcase them so effectively with your wonderful ideas.
Thank you for the inspiration! I can’t wait to utilize all of my flower stamps.
This is beautiful. I think this would be a good way to do a poetry journal as well.
This is such a beautiful book you are building, I am definitely inspired! I will try these out myself using whatever flowers I have too. Thanks Vicky!