Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush Release Blog Hop + Giveaway (Total of $200 prizes)

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Hey everyone! It’s the 7th of the month, which means it’s time for the May 2022 Craft-a-Flower reveal (ALT)! I’m so excited to join Altenew for the brand new Craft-a-Flower: Butterfly Bush Release (ALT) and Blog Hop! Thanks so much to Cheryl Espie for relaying you over to my blog.

If you want to relive the amazing project ideas from the team of designers for this release, head back over to the Altenew Card Blog or keep reading to find the complete blog list. Don’t miss the wonderful giveaway opportunities as well–more on that down below!

May 2022 Craft-a-Flower: Butterfly Bush

May 2022 Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush

Craft-a-Flower: Butterfly Bush Layering Guide

Dimensional and Dynamic Layering Blooms

I modeled my Butterfly Bush after other cultivars of Buddleia davidii. I found many of the lavender/lilac colored panicles online and wanted to bring that color palette onto my card. The floral dies are sure to make a statement on any card front. I made sure to use that to my advantage with Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush and pack a lot of color onto the die cut layers.

I used a mix of three different Altenew color families to make the inflorescence.

• Tranquility Mini Ink Cube Set
• Rose Petal Mini Ink Cube Set
• Sugarplums Mini Ink Cube Set

Quick tip: I do not glue down each layer completely. I apply a strong enamel based glue to the center of the die cut and curl up the edges of the layer. This gives me more realistic cast shadows when viewing the card face-on. This also gave me a fuller bloom since the petals actually come toward you. I like to use a heavier weight cardstock (110lb) to preserve the finer cuts of cardstock to ensure safe mailing.

How To Make This Die Cut Card

1. Deboss a white cardstock panel using Dotted Scales Debossing Cover Die.
2. Ink blend gradients on heavy weight 110lb smooth white cardstock. I used the inks listed below:
   1. Tranquility Mini Ink Cube Set
   2. Rose Petal Mini Ink Cube Set
   3. Sugarplums Mini Ink Cube Set
3. Ink blend the gradients with a Large Ink Blending Tool. Mix color families in the ‘light’ and ‘dark’ values for interesting floral variation.
4. Cut and glue small squares of Caramel Toffee cardstock from Summer Afternoon Gradient Cardstock to fill in the centers of each flower.
5. Use the Set D Altenew Artist Markers to color in the branch die.
6. Make gradients of the Green Valley Mini Ink Cube Set to color the leaf layers.
7. Arrange and add dimension with Instant Dimension Foam Tape.
8. Add splatters with Pure White and Jet Black Ink Spray.

Supplies You Need to Make This Card

Craft-a-Flower: Butterfly Bush Altenew	Dotted Scales Debossing Cover Die Altenew	Tranquility Mini Cube Set Altenew	Rose Petal Mini Cube Set Altenew
Sugarplums Mini Ink Cube Set Altenew	Ink Blending Tool (Large) Altenew	Gradient Cardstock Set – Summer Afternoon Altenew	Altenew Artist Markers Set D Altenew
Green Valley Mini Cube Set Altenew	Instant Dimension Foam Tape Altenew	Jet Black Ink Spray Altenew	Pure White Ink Spray Altenew

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How to Enter the Giveaway

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 04/13/2022 for a chance to win.

Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/15/2022.

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