Hello!
This month we are revisiting the UK for our inspiration.
As I mentioned last month, Altenew team was in the UK this past June. One of the places we visited was the Windsor Castle. We walked the grounds and took a tour of the State Apartments. It was quite grand!
The picture on the left shows intricate gold work on the ceiling of the Grand Reception Room. The picture on the top right shows a small part of the crimson wall from the Queen's Drawing Room. The picture on the bottom right is from the Grand Staircase (flipped horizontally).
I made a couple of cards based on the gold and crimson combination which is not only prominent in this collage, but could be seen in many of the rooms in the State Apartments.
In this card I embossed the Persian Motifs in gold, then colored the inside with Copic markers (RV04, RV09). I covered the rest of the images with glue using a glue pen and sprinkled fine gold glitter on top. The sentiment is from Sentiments & Quotes which was stamped on a piece of white card stock and glued behind a gold frame (coming soon to our Antique Trim collection!).
In my second card, I used Lacy Scrolls, and stamped using Distress ink Picked Raspberry. I stamped on watercolor paper, and blended the stamped images with a wet paint brush. To finish the card, I used the Fenstone decorative element and a sentiment using DYMO label maker. I also stamped on the edge of my card base to give the look of continuation.
Play Along:
Make a card, a tag, a layout or any other project based on the inspiration photo above. You may use either the colors, the composition, the elements, the texture or any combination to create your project.
Rules:
- Make a new project for each challenge and post it by 11:59 pm EDT October 20.
- Use at least one Altenew stamp
- Link back to Altenew September Challenge in your post
- When uploading your project, make sure to link to your entry post, not your entire blog
- You may enter as many times as you wish!
Prizes:
After the challenge closes, Four winners will be selected, and one random winner will be drawn. Each will receive a $30 store credit at www.altenew.com. Winners will be announced within a week after the challenge closes.
Please link your challenge entries below. We can not wait to see where this month’s inspiration takes you!

18 comments
WOW stunning!
Absolutely gorgeous cards! The ceiling of the Grand Reception Room is stunning!
Wow!! Stunning!! Love love love the inspiration pic! The cards are very beautiful!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
Beautiful samples!!!
Thank you for sharing the pictures of your inspiration. Sounds like you had a marvelous trip. The water color scroll is a beautiful card and the glitter and bold coloring on the flowers is gorgeous. Very well done!
Elegant!
Your cards are so beautiful Tasnim, perfect take on the inspiration!
So inspiring!
Oh my I am so gald to see pics in the email I might have missed this. The cards are stunning. I just love the pink and gold. I am going to have to play with these colors. But alas is will hair to wait until tomorrow.
What exquisite cards – well and truly!
I have been to Windsor Castle too, and had a great time looking around and walking through the little town.
Simply Beautiful!
Pink and gold. Now you’re talking!!!!!
Such an interesting inspiration! And great cards, so beautiful!
Wow!! Love the card with the glitter on it. Oh, and yes, the castle is beautiful too.
Could you remove entry #40? I have a double. Thanks!
Love the GOLD!
Beautiful inspiration pictures and amazing translation to cards, as always!
Thank you for the reminder… I thought there were just a video challenge this month, just saw this challenge a few days ago.
Gorgeous cards! The deadline was 20th but the Linkup is still open.