Hello and welcome! Every month, I look forward to Altenew’s Craft-A-Flower Subscription Release and this Open Peony may be my new favorite! This card is beautiful but it actually came together very quickly. My inspiration was a photograph of a Coral Charm Peony.
Ink Blending on Floral Die Cuts
I started by die cutting the floral elements from pale pink cardstock and then I ink blended Altenew’s Crisp Dye Inks on each piece. I concentrated the color around the edges. For layers #1 and #2, I used Coral Berry. Layer #3 was Coral Berry + Orange Cream. With layer #1, I added just a bit of ink and I used a heavier hand as I progressed to the top layers. Layer #4 (around the flower center) was Cotton Candy and Layer # 5 (top layer) was Crimson. I ink blended the last overlay that would go around the edges, but decided I liked the Peony without them.
For the leaves, I started with a medium green cardstock and then ink blended Mountain Pine Crisp Dye Ink around the edges. For the flower center I started with yellow cardstock and then added Warm Sunshine and Espresso ink blending.
The Peony is so beautiful that I kept the background simple. The sentiment is from Paint-A-Flower Clematis and I added three New Day Enamel Dots.
Altenew has five wonderful monthly subscription kits that you can see HERE.
Giveaway Prizes
$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 08/18/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 08/20/2022.
Blog Hop Order
Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.
Karen Brown You Are Here!
I really enjoyed making this card and I know I will be pulling this kit out in the future.
Kenny's Cards 
Aah! I may have murmured aloud when I saw this☺️ Beautifully done! Thank you for the inspiration.
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Beautiful card!
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Gorgeous! The colors are so bright and beautiful.
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Your shading looks really pretty. Very well done
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LOVE this craft-a-flower! Great in pink!
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Your peony is so delicately shaded. Thank you.
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
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So beautiful!
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That flower is amazing–so gorgeous!
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Beautiful card. I love the colors are so bright and bold.
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Truly gorgeous! Love everything about this card too, especially inking.
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Gorgeous peony!
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Beautiful
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Your card is simply beautiful. Your ink blending is so flawless and smooth. I love it.
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I love the way you ink blended the petals- so pretty!
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Love this beautiful flower! Great colors!
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That peony is GLOWING!
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Beautiful! Love the open peony and your card is so bright and cheery. Love the dark green leaves to contrast the flower.
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Beautiful card! Love the colors.
Thanks for sharing.
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So pretty. I like the ink blending.
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Your CAF card is gorgeous! Such beautiful inked and textured petals! A perfect card with a great sentiment.
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