Join us for our March Inspiration Challenge!

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have the pleasure of hosting the March 2021 Inspiration Challenge! To start us off, I have a photo that I took of some bead strands that I purchased. (I like to make jewelry in my spare time – a pipe dream these days, haha!)

I thought the colors were super springy and cheerful, and I've created a card to help inspire your own projects!

I wanted to create a graceful floral swag down the front of my card front (mimicking the flow of the bead strands in the inspiration photo) featuring pretty pink flowers with mint foliage on a bright, intense blue background-not quite navy, but not quite sky blue. I didn't have that color in my cardstock stash, so I decided to create a custom cardstock background! In order to create the vivid blue background, I put my Azurite ink pad directly to an A2 panel of white cardstock and allowed the ink to saturate the entire panel.

Next, I used Cherry Blossom inks with the Bride to Be stamps and dies, as well as some foliage using Minty Mint, Sweet Leaf, and Just Green inks to stamp my bouquet. I kept my bouquet simple, color-wise, sticking to bubblegum pinks and minty greens to mimic the inspiration photo. I arranged most of them in a large bouquet on my card front, leaving some foliage off to the side, then picked them up using Press'n'Seal and added foam adhesive on the back. I adhered the foam-backed bouquet to the Azurite card front, then filled in any blank spots with the remaining foliage using liquid adhesive for lots of dimension.

Finally, I die cut a bright white “hugs” from the Simple Greetings Die Set three times, adhering them together to create a dimensional die-cut greeting. I adhered the greeting to the floral card front, nestling the letters into an open area on the card front. The last touch was a few gems for some sparkle!

Well, that's all for me today. Thanks so much for reading, and have a marvelous day!

• Altenew products should be the focus, but other companies’ products can be used.
• Make sure to use our challenge image above in your blog post.
• Include a link back to the ALTENEW INSPIRATION CHALLENGE POST.
• When uploading your project, make sure you link your entry post, not your entire blog.
• You may enter as many times as you wish!
• Challenge ends on March 31st, 2021, at 11:55 PM EDT.

After the challenge ends, FOUR WINNERS will be selected. Each will receive a $30 gift certificate to spend at www.altenew.com.

Winners will be announced on 4/17/2021.

WAIT – there’s more!

If you use #AltenewChallenge when you share your challenge entry on social media, you are instantly entered into a raffle to win a $15 gift certificate to our online store!

Feel free to use the banner above and let everyone know that you are participating in our Inspiration Challenge!

Please click on the blue button below to link your challenge entries. We cannot wait to see where this month’s inspiration takes you!

Good luck, and happy crafting!