Hello, and welcome to the Altenew October 2015 Blog Hop! If you came from the Altenew’s blog, you are right on track! For today’s card my inspiration came from Korean 2D animation video named Cherry Blossom Elephant in forest, and here is what I came up with:
Shape stamping is one of my favorite techniques, and I knew exactly what I wanted to make when I saw the elephant die from the Baby Zoo die set. This time I tried a bit different by using a die cut itself as a stamped background instead of drawing a shape on a card base.
I filled it in with small multi -step images from Vintage Flowers. Here are the inks I used for my flowers: Blue(Sea Glass, Ocean Waves, Dusk), Purple(Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris.) I also stamped the leaf(Coral: Peach Perfect) from Lacy Scrolls to complement my elephant.
After stamping three layers of large flower image from Vintage Flowers, I added ink splatters using Heidi Swapp Color Shine Coral. Then I stamped the sentiment from Birthday Greetings.
I’m sharing a video tutorial showing you how I made my card. You can watch the tutorial here or in HD on YouTube. If you like this video, please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my YouTube channel to see more videos from me.
Giveaways: There are two ways to win!
- To celebrate this release, Altenew will draw three winners who will each receive a $30 gift certificate to their online store. Please leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Friday, October 9 11:59pm EST for a chance to win.
- And there is more! I have a gift certificates to give away for one winner: $30 gift certificate to Altenew. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel and leave me a comment by Friday, October 9 11:59pm EST. I will announce the winner in this post on Monday, October 12. Good luck!
I really love the color combo I chose. Don’t you love the crisp colors? They look even more beautiful in real life! Hope you loved the card and got some inspiration.
It is now time to head on over to the Nicole’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. Thanks so much for stopping by today. Happy hopping!
Giveaway Winner (Edited)
Congratulations, Conil! Please contact Altenew at winner@altenew.com with the subject line ‘October 2015 blog hop winner from May’ to claim your prize.
Kelly Millett
Awesome. Love how you decorated the elephant xx
Oct . 03 . 2015kristinasartcorner
I follow your blog..Thanks for the Amazing blog hop and inspiration.The flowers on the elephant is super cool idea!Thanks for the chance to win!
Oct . 02 . 2015Carla Hundley
Beautiful and unique
Oct . 02 . 2015design! Great job.
Carla from Utah
Pirkkis
So cute elephant card ❤
Oct . 02 . 2015Sandy R
Love the elephants!
Oct . 02 . 2015Vinita Jain
How creative and striking one! Love that cute Elephant, an innovative idea! Totally in love with this sweet creation!
Oct . 02 . 2015Melissa Friedrich
Love your super cute card, thanks for sharing this great technique!
Oct . 02 . 2015Amante del Papel
Your card is so sweet, so cute , I love how you create the backgroun in the die! amazing!
Oct . 02 . 2015Jan Castle
Great color scheme….like the unexpected use of the elephant!!!
Oct . 02 . 2015Paper Hugs,
Jan
Sandy Small
Love the colors used in the elephant! So cute yet elegant!
Oct . 02 . 2015Nicki
Cute card. Love the colorful elephant.
Oct . 02 . 2015Angelique V.
Oh, wow, May! Love this! Both creative and beautiful!!
Oct . 02 . 2015Maggie B
Hi May ~ Your creativity here is absolutely aMAYzing (had to get that in!!!). I love the way you used the elephant die and filled it with the delicate, colorful flowers. So very lovely. Well done.
Oct . 02 . 2015Diane
Absolutely AMAZING, LOVE this card!!!!
Oct . 02 . 2015natgodfrey
Adorable card i love the elephant!
Oct . 02 . 2015mrst7
I would NEVER have thought of using flowers on the elephant. It looks so great!
Oct . 02 . 2015Sarah Seals
I love your card, May! Those are my favorite colors!! Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
Oct . 02 . 2015Ellen S
This card is absolutely adorable! And thank you for a new technique to try!
Oct . 02 . 2015Amy A.
Absolutely beautiful – love the florals and color combo
Oct . 02 . 2015kimberlyrae
Stunning!
Oct . 02 . 2015Denise Bryant
Amazing card! Love what you did with the fabulous elephant shape! Lovely colors and designs! I subscribed to your YouTube!
Oct . 02 . 2015Margarita Navarro-Rivera
Awesome card! Love the color colors!
Oct . 02 . 2015Gloria Lee
Hello May!
Oct . 02 . 2015Your flower elephant is just fantastic!
I love the design and color!!!
I love your video tutorial too!
It is amazing viedo. Thank you for sharing great tutorial!!!
Robin Buchholz
What a pretty card! I love the soft colors and the way you stamped the pattern on the elephant, thanks for sharing. I subscribed to your YouTube channel.
Oct . 02 . 2015Rose J
Your card is so lovely! The colours are absolutely gorgeous & the design is very sweet.
Oct . 02 . 2015