It’s February which means it is time for another Flower Challenge! This month the challenge is to use leaves with our floral image.
We also have a Guest Designer this month, Galina Filippenko. Check out her beautiful card and blog here.
Here is my card this month.
I love using this Crown Bloom set from Altenew with the big bold leaves and thought it would be perfect for this month’s challenge.
I started by die cutting the flowers and leaves on a blank sheet of Neenah cardstock. I then used this as a guide when layering my images so that I could stamp multiple leaves at once without changing the placement of my stamp in my MISTI. For the layered flower I used Pinkalicious, and Rubellita and the Ocean Waves and Dusk. For leaves I used Valcano Lake and Lagoon.
Once the image was dry, I decided to use some tips from Kathy Racoosin’s Online Coloring Class and add a little more depth to my images with colored pencils. I also added a little white gel pen to the center of the flower.
Once I was happy with the look, I die cut a seperate piece of white cardstock with the Altenew Doodled Dots and arranged the leaves and flowers. I propped up the flower to give it a little more dimension.
I used the sentiment from the Focus On You set and white heat embossed it. I finished the card with some sequins. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to visit the other beautiful cards from our Design Team members as well as play along with us this month!
Supplies
*Listed below are the products I used and contain affiliate links when possible at no cost to you. Thank you for your support! All products were personally purchased.
 Altenew – Crown Bloom Shop at: EH | SC | Alt |
 Altenew – Focus On You Shop at: EH | SC | Alt |
 Altenew – Crown Bloom Shop at: EH | SC | Alt |
 Altenew – Doodled Dots Shop at: SC | Alt |
 Neenah Cardstock – Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb Shop at: EH |
 Pretty Pink Posh – Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix Shop at: EH |
 WOW Embossing – Bright White Ultra Fine Shop at: EH | AZ | WOW |
 Gina K Connect Glue Shop at: EH |
 Hunkydory – 3-D Foam Tape Shop at: TP |
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 Ranger Ink – Glossy Accents – Clear Dimensional Embellishment Shop at: EH | SC | AZ |
 Altenew – Cherry Blossom Shop at: EH |Alt |
 Altenew Dye Ink Cubes – Cool Summer Shop at: EH |Alt |
 Altenew Dye Ink Cubes – Sea Shore Shop at: EH |Alt |
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 Tsukineko – VersaMark Ink Pad Shop at: EH | SC | AZ |
 Faber Castell Polychromos Color Pencil Set – Tin of 120 Shop at: Blk | AZ |
 Ek Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: EH |
 Hero Arts – Wagner – HT400 Precision Heat Tool Shop at: SC | AZ |
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 MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: EH | SC | AZ | Alt |
 Sizzix – Big Shot Machine Shop at: EH | SC | Blk | AZ |
 Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Glass Media Mat Shop at: EH | SC | AZ |
Strangely Creative 
beautiful…the die cut bkg adds a lot of interest to your lovely flowers.
x Karen
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The pencil coloring adds so much more depth, Ericka! Your card is gorgeous! I love the Crown Bloom set too!
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Thanks TaeEun!
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Another gorgeous card from you again Ericka, love it. Such pretty flowers and leaves and love the bright colours of course too 😉 hugs Viv xx
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Wow, amazing colours, stunning card.
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