Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush Release Blog Hop + Giveaway (Total of $200 prizes)
Hi crafty friends!
You may have found yourself here from the very talented Jenny Colacicco
I love the Craft-A-Flower series by Altenew. Truly! I enjoy creating with die cuts as I like dimension and die cutting makes dimension fun. This month's CAF release is the Butterfly Bush, and its a beauty!
Butterfly Bush
The Butterfly Bush, also known as Summer Lilac is a fast growing , perennial shrub with masses of flowers-long spike trusses-that bloom from summer to Autumn. While low maintenance, butterfly bushes do need to be pruned in early spring. They enjoy full sun.
Giveaway Prizes
$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 by 05/13/2022 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 05/15/2022.
Let's Look at My Design
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When I create something with a brand new stamp and/or die set, I don't immediately go for the colours shown on the illustration. Not sure why...? This month though, For this beautiful Butterfly Bush, I chose purple/lilac hues as advertised. I just loved the colours so much with this floral that I resisted the change :)
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I layered up two of the Butterfly Bush sets, the back one being lighter in colour, to help compliment the darker version at the front. Where are the green leaves I hear you ask...nowhere! Haha, I went with pink and grey as these colours also compliment the purple hues.
Sympathy/support cards can be a challenge to get just right. Florals are a natural go to for me and I felt there was something serene about this Craft-A-Flower Die which is why I added the sentiment 'Praying For You'.
I am really looking froward to seeing what colours the other designers have done, so I will be hopping along with you guys to find out!
Craft-a-Flower Monthly Subscription:
Did you know that the Craft-A-Flower has a Monthly Subscription Plan?
When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in Altenew's monthly Craft-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month - at a specially discounted price! ($35.99 →$29.99)
I hope you have enjoyed visiting me today. You are welcome to stop by anytime for further inspiration or, you can visit my Instagram @cherylespiecreates where I try to post designs 3-5 a week.
Why not continue with the blog hop and get some inspiration and see what the other talented designers have created?
Your next stop on the hop is the amazing Jaycee Gaspar This guy does incredible florals, so his design will be magnificent, of that I am sure!
Take care, see you soon!
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Inkin' Chickie
Nice design share. I like the color combination.
This is so pretty in purple and pink.
Sue D
Beautiful card (& thanks for the info on the actual flower)
love the pretty pink butterfly!
gorgeous cards!!