Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in Total Prizes!)

Hello there, and welcome to the Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush Release Blog Hop!

It's Michelle here, and today I am sharing how you can add layers to projects in a clean and simple way. Before we get started, let's take a look at the newest addition to our Craft-A-Flower collection!

Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush Layering Die Set

Ready to create a delightful nature scene? This set of nine dies will help you create the most adorable butterfly bush plant, complete with two dainty butterflies. The images are easy to layer up and would make a charming addition to your projects.

Project Inspiration: Adding Layers in a Clean and Simple Way

I started off my card by die-cutting the Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush Layering Die Set from Gradient Cardstock. I used Andromeda, Deep Iris and Wisteria from the New Purple set for the flower itself. I then used all three colors from the Green Meadows set for the leaves, and Mocha from Coffee Break set for the stem.

They were layered up and adhered together using 2 in 1 Precision Glue. This layering die set is so easy to layer up and creates a big impact really quickly! I love it!

Next,I die cut the butterfly from Buttercream cardstock in the Summer Afternoon Gradient Cardstock Set and then also from Vellum Translucent Paper. I wanted to add a layer to the butterfly so that it looked like the wings were open. I added ink blending to the cardstock piece with Golden Sunset Crisp Dye Inks and a Mini Blending Brush.

The vellum layer was then added on top, adding a small amount of glue to its body only. This little step added so much dimension to the card!

To bring the card together, I added splatters to a card panel using Jet Black Ink Spray. The panel was adhered to an A2 white card base with Glue Tape. I added the leaves on top, followed by the stem. I added it so that it was hanging off the bottom of the card and trimmed off the excess with scissors.

The Butterfly Bush flower was adhered on top with Glue Tape, followed by the butterfly.

I stamped the sentiment from Sentiment Strips 3 Stamp Set onto white cardstock with Obsidian Pigment Ink. It was cut out using the Terrific Tags Die Set and added to the card with Instant Dimension Foam Tape.

TIP! Add a black cardstock layer behind for some added interest.

Although the card is very layered, I still think it looks clean and simple in design. I hope I have given you some inspiration on using the new Craft-A-Flower Butterfly Bush Layering Die Set. You can watch the full process video below or on YouTube. Wishing you a wonderful day!

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 list below 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.

Blog Hop List

Here's a list of all the amazing designers joining the blog hop. Make sure to leave them lots of love and comment on each stop for more chances of winning our giveaway prizes! 

Altenew Card Blog

Jenny Colacicco

Cheryl Espie

Jaycee Gaspar

LauraJane

Terri Koszler

Nenette S. Madero

Virginia Lu

Carol Hintermeier

Nathalie DeSousa

Angela Brennan

Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.

Rosie Neustaedter

Ann Taylor

Laurie Patterson 

Sande Woodson

Amy Hill 

Linda Westfall

Natasha Davies

Susan Stagno

Daniel Diaz

Eva Bussom

Hussena Calcuttawala

Nandini Karmarkar

Nichol Spohr

Preeti Chandran

SathyaKala Sankaran

Susan Busada

~Supplies Used~

Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush… [ ALTN ] Sentiment Strips 3 Stamp Set [ ALTN ] Terrific Tags Die Set [ ALTN ] Obsidian Pigment Ink [ ALTN ] Jet Black Ink Spray [ ALTN ] Golden Sunset Crisp Dye Ink Mini Cube… [ ALTN ] Mini Blending Brush Set [ ALTN ] Gradient Cardstock Set – New Purple [ ALTN ] Gradient Cardstock Set – Coffee Break [ ALTN ] Gradient Cardstock Set – Green Meadows [ ALTN ] Gradient Cardstock Set – Summer… [ ALTN ] Vellum Translucent Paper (25 sheets/set) [ ALTN ] Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock… [ ALTN ] 2 in 1 Precision Glue Pen [ ALTN ] 3 Pack Glue Tape [ ALTN ] Instant Dimension Foam Tape [ ALTN ] Crafter's Essential Micro-Tip Tweezers [ ALTN ] Satin Masking Tape [ ALTN ] My Sweet Petunia MISTI – Mini [ ALTN ]