Altenew Inspiration Challenge September 2025

Therese had such a beautiful inspiration photo and card for the Altenew Inspiration Challenge that I just had to play along.  

Altenew Hanging Plants seemed like a good choice for the colors.  Everything was cut from colored cardstock, shaded with Altenew inks and arranged on their Masonry Wall embossing folder.  The hugs sentiment is included in the set and it fit right in among the vines. 

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Krafty Chicks #785, Peace on Earth #95 and NBUS #78

I was playing around with a new die set and some Honey Bee paper I bought to use with it when I realized the paper matched some Honey Bee dies that I had never used.  I hear others talk about Mount NBUS but I'm usually pretty good about using my new products.  Not in this case.  I'm glad the paper inspired me to play with Honey Bee's Mini Holiday Florals. 

The flower was cut from white and shaded with Lost Shadow DI. I added a gold center and placed it over one of the flowers on the DSP .  The branches are cut from dark brown with dark green leaves and berries added.  The sentiment is from PFS.    

I'm sending my card to Krafty Chicks - Christmas, Peace on Earth which is always Christmas but I didn't use the mood board colors, and NBUS because all the dies and the patterned paper are new.

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The Flower Challenge #106 - Reminder

There is still time to make a card for The Flower Challenge based on the sketch below.

I love the Peony die from Honey Bee and cut it from a soft washed paper pad from Altenew.  A circle was cut from the corner of some Concord and 9th Cranberry before embossing it with SB's Leafy folder.  The sentiment is from The Ton.  

Now it's your turn.  The Design Team has reminder cards for inspiration over on the blog.

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Freshly Made Sketches #703

I don't have my dome dies with me so I had to get creative with my card for Freshly Made Sketches.  Karren said we don't have to use an arch frame so I went with an oval.  

It's the Stylish Ovals from Spellbinders and I used two to make a frame from dark brown, then layered it on SB Acorn cardstock that was embossed with Altenew's Organic Linen.  The flowers are SSS Icelandic Poppy die cuts that Bonnie sent me in my birthday card. She knows how much I love those dies.  Thanks again, Bonnie. They are colored with Altenew Pastel Sunrise and Canyon Clay ink.  I also inked a scrap and stamped the Hero Arts sentiment in dark brown. 

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Just Us Girls #792 - Word Week

Carol Mc is the host for Word Week at Just Us Girls and has chosen this:

There are so many ways you can go with this word but I chose to use Pitcher-esque from The Greetery as my container. 

After stamping and cutting the pitcher, I filled it with flowers from Simon Hurley's Floral Stems and placed it on an embossed background using Altenew's Window Slats folder.  

What will you use for a container?  For inspiration, check out what the Design Team and our guest Jaydee have made.  

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Time Out #297 - Inspired By

It's time for another Inspired By challenge at Time Out.

My favorite season is Fall/Autumn and I bet you can guess why. 

Yes, it's all the beautiful colors in the leaves - before they fall and you have to rake them, that is. 😁 I played with Distress Oxides in Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Cracking Campfire, Candied Apple, Rusty Hinge Rustic Wilderness and Aged Mahogany on a panel of mixed media paper until I was happy with how it looked and then cut it with Honey Bee Trees.   I used Broken China and Lucky Clover for the background.  The sentiment is from HB's Sweater Weather on a leftover piece of the inked panel.

So what is your favorite season and how are you going to show us on a card?  There is plenty of inspiration from the Design Team so check them out and enter a card in our gallery.  Our sponsor is Waffle Flower and they are offering a $25 store credit to the winner of the challenge. 

 

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