Welcome everyone! It’s time for a new Builder-A-Flower with Altenew and this month is the beautiful Begonia! This is a monthly subscription plan for our Build-A-Flower set. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in our monthly BAF releases and will receive a set each month – at a specially discounted price! ($35.00 →$29.99)
I have two cards to share with you featuring this new set.
For my first card, I stamped my images in some shades of blue using Aqualicious, Dew Drops and Teal Cave. The leaves are stamped with Firefly, Grass Fields, and Shadow Creek inks. Then I used the coordinating die to cut out my images.
For my background, I ink blended Vanilla Cream ink onto white card stock using the Layered Kaleidoscope A stencil. To add a little interest to the card, I squished down some Aqualicious ink onto my craft mat, spritzed with Iridescent Spray and after mixing together, I flicked it onto my stenciled background with a paint brush.
Once the panel was dry, I stamped my sentiment onto the card front with Black Ink.
I trimmed my stenciled panel down to 3 3/4″ x 5″ and added to a white card base. I added my florals to the card front with a tape runner except for the flower in the foremost front in which I added with foam squares.
For my next card, I went a little more bold with the colors. I kept the flower colors itself soft by stamping the Begonia in Crimson, Rouge and Blush and the leaves in Firefly, Grassy Fields and Shadow Creek. Then used the coordinating die to die cut them out with my Spellbinders Platinum machine.
For the background, I ink blended the Bubble Wrap stencil onto a piece of Cherry card stock using Velvet ink and a blending brush.
I heat embossed a sentiment by stamping it in Embossing ink onto Pitch Black card stock. Then sprinkled with Silver embossing powder and heat set with my heat tool. (I always prep my card stock first by using an anti-static tool).
I then attached my images and sentiment to the card front with a tape runner and foam squares.
I hope you enjoyed today’s inspiration!
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So pretty, Mindy! These large flowers work so well with the patterns in the stenciled background!
So pretty, Mindy! These large flowers work so well with the patterns of the stenciled backgrounds!
That blue is beautiful! Amazing creations!
Love love love how you used stencil backgrounds to show off the flowers.
OMG….the shading on the begonia and leaves is awesome. Thanks so much!
Really Gorgeous cards!!!
Beautifully crafted card designs!
I like the addition of the stenciling to work as a background.
I love the polkadot background with the pink flowers.
Love your beautiful stenciled backgrounds with these gorgeous begonias.
What a gorgeous design!! LOVE the use of the cover plate in the background!!
I love the subtlety of the stencilled background and blue splatters on your first card. The softness of the red blooms contrasts nicely with the bold red dots. Both cards are lovely.
Great begonias and backgrounds. The colors are wonderful.
What a gorgeous BAF set! Love it! Thanks for the inspiration Mindy, your cards are lovely; my favorite is the one with the cover plate die cut in the background, it adds lots of dimension without overwhelming the design.
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Gorgeous, Mindy…your color palette is exquisite and you make look like I could just pick the begonias off the cards! Beautiful backgrounds too…
Beautiful cards! I love these new blooms!
Your backgrounds are gorgeous! Great cards. Thank you.
Lovely cards Mindy!
Gorgeous cards! I love how you grounded your floral clusters with amazing yet subtle backgrounds.
Wow. These cards are stunning. Love the bright colors, especially the blue. Love the backgrounds.
Love both of your cards! My favorite is the second one in my favorite color!
These are awesome and beautifully colored.
BEAUTIFUL card, stunning colours, in love with this set thanks for sharing ❤️
Eclectic and beautiful cards!
Beautiful cards! I especially like the first one with the kaleidoscope background.
I love the colors you used!
Beautiful cards and great backgrounds too!
Gorgeous cards. Love the color combos you’ve chosen.
Gorgeous cards. Love your coloring and the backgrounds
These are really beautiful! I particularly like the way the flowers seem to float above your beautiful backgrounds.
Those flowers are beautiful. I love the color combinations you picked.
I love your colour choices, especially that blue!
These are both such beautiful cards! I love the colors you used for the flowers, and the backgrounds are really fun. 🙂
Both cards are lovely!
Both of your cards are beautiful!
The cards are so pretty. The more I see of your inspirations, the more I want the stamp and die set. Oh no!
These are awesome and amazing! Love the stencilled backgrounds!
These are absolutely stunning!! Thank you so much for sharing your creations and inspiring the rest of us!
Awesome job on all your cards they are adorable!
Your different color combos are nice. Great work!
Love the effect of the big bold begonias on top of the background patterns
Your cards are gorgeous. I love that begonia. The colors are beautiful and I love the stenciled backgrounds.
awesome cards
Memorable and unique cards. Thank you for the inspiration.
Your build-a-flower cards are sooooo beautiful. I live the color pallets!
Love your cards…the colors and the backgrounds are perfect together. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.
I really love the blue one. SO vivid