Hello friends!
It's an exciting Monday as Altenew is releasing the monthly Build-a-Flower.
This set includes 12 stamp images and 1 coordinating die.
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"Bright white with sweet fragrance, Gardenias are often chosen for wedding bouquets. These flowers are associated with several meanings including purity, love and refinement. It has some deep floral meanings. It actually says "You are lovely" and it is even a symbol of a secret love. Build-a Flower Gardenia is a must-love for your stamp collection!
Since gardenia is white, I didn't want to leave it as white/uncolored. I took out my Sakura Metallic Jelly Roll pen and added some shading with each petal.
I also applied some Wink of Stella (Green) to the stamped green leaves. As you can probably tell that I "cemented" all 3 pieces by using the matching dies. This works great as a large piece...
I am calling this "Seamless Die-cutting". The sentiment was embossed in Antique Silver.
Since gardenia is white, I didn't want to leave it as white/uncolored. I took out my Sakura Metallic Jelly Roll pen and added some shading with each petal.
I also applied some Wink of Stella (Green) to the stamped green leaves. As you can probably tell that I "cemented" all 3 pieces by using the matching dies. This works great as a large piece...
I am calling this "Seamless Die-cutting". The sentiment was embossed in Antique Silver.
I hope that you like this "white" interpretation of Gardenia. For the tiny dots details, I used
We R Memory Keepers Heat Wave Pen
We R Memory Keepers Heat Wave Pen
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL--> be sure to leave ME a comment in this blog post. ONE winner will receive $20 gift certificate to Altenew Store! I will be announcing the winner on Nov. 18th right here in this blog.
You can purchase Build-a-Flower Gardenia here.
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47 comments:
Very pretty card.
Such a beautiful and pretty card! Lovely!! Thanks for sharing with us :)
Love the stamp set and the card created.
So beautiful and elegant. I had a Gardenia plant many years ago and it bloomed. This set would make gardenias all year long and such gorgeous cards would be created!
Brilliant use of your jelly roll pen...the bloom looks incredible. Love your foil dots, as well.
Elegant card! Love the beautiful gardenia flower and the effect of the jelly roll pen!
Beautifully done as always Virginia. I love the lovely soft tones and the glitter touches. It is a perfect "white" gardenia.
Lovely card! This is a beautiful stamp and I love the use of the jelly roll pen, a perfect accent!
Gorgeous card. I love the colors and textures. The gardenia stamps are beautiful.
Lovely subtle shading in the new BAF Gardenia!
What a beautiful card! So elegant, love the color choices too.
Oh this is so stunning & delicate, I want to reach out to touch it & smell it, its fantastic. I would be beyond proud if I could make something as amazing as this card x
Oh I just love this Gardenia flower, and your card is such a clean and beautiful piece of art! Thanks for the inspiration!
Gorgeous sparkling white gardenia card, I love that the flower takes center stage on a card.
Stunning gardenia, Virginia - just love all the shimmer!!
Such a beautiful card Virginia! I love the idea of shading with Sakura pens.
That is one beautiful card! I love the sparkle you added with the gel pen!
Love all that glittery goodness on the petals, really pretty!!!
beautiful card, Virginia - love all the silvery goodness!
Yes, Virginia, when it's a white flower - one must choose another color to accent the "whiteness". I love what you've done with this Gardenia stamp!
I just cannot figure out where you have used the half-tone stencil?
Mary - blukazam@yahoo.com
beautiful! love the glittery touches!
Beautiful card - love the subtle colors.
What a perfect way to add color to a white gardenia. I think it is the purest white color there is and have always loved the wonderful scent. Had to leave 2 huge gardenia plants when we moved from Florida last year and I miss them.
It's lovely, the petal shadowing really makes a difference.
Amazing Virginia. I love the glittery way you shaded the white flower. I can almost smell the fragrance!
Ow wow, how gorgeous is this!! The colors you chose are wonderful and I love the sentiment. This is so incredibly elegant Virginia!!
I like your white and sparkly gardenia. It's a lovely card.
Nice use of the pen to color the flower. Great idea.
this is a beautiful card...I love all the sparkle on the flower! Awesome :)
You have done a beautiful job with this lovely flower!. I love your colorization of it! TFS!
A beautiful card Virginia. I love the use of the pen to add another element to the white flowers. Did you stamp a grey underneath first?
Thanks, everyone, for your kind comments!
Mary: I am glad that you noticed that I did not exactly use the Halftone Stencil as is. I actually did one tiny dot at a time in a random manner. The various size of circles in Halftone Stencil is perfect for random dots. Hope this answers your question!
Helen, I did use the lightest grey (from Rock Collection) to stamp the "white" Gardenia. You are so sharp and observant!
I love how you basically left the gardenia white. I love them and this is just stunning. Thank you for sharing such a lovely version of the new release!!!!
Aww! Very Very pretty card, dear Virginia! It looks as though the flower is embroidered! :) Loved this card, thank you much for inspiring
Beautiful card...loved it... totally a different floral card...
What a lovely, incredible creation with subtle shimmer and sparkle! I love the gardenia done in those beautiful colors and tones and the embossing looks just perfect too!
So very pretty!!
Gorgeous gardenia card. I like how you shaded the white flower and the silver embossing.
I think this is just stunning and really does the gorgeous Gardenia justice. It is my favorite flower, for it's heavenly fragrance.
This is a fantastic card ! Such a great idea to use your Sakura gelly pens !
A beautiful card to feature a beautiful new set! Love the clean sweetness of your card!
stunning card - thanks for sharing:)
I love how you colored the flowers. The sparkle is wonderful.
Your card is beautiful. Love this new set.
I think this might be my favorite special release floral so far. Gorgeous!
Beautiful card! I love the soft color!
This card is absolutely stunning! I love the soft greys of the flower!
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