Pastel Floral Card | Altenew Inked Flora

June 18, 2020 Sidelle Menon 16 Comments

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all doing well!

I have always been in awe of pastel flowers as they look so subtle yet elegant. However, I have been equally scared of trying them out as it can tend to look a bit plain. When I saw the current challenge at Color Throwdown and If You Give A Crafter A Cookie, I decided to give it a go!

The card features just three colors - pink, aqua, and gold. First, I stamped the flowers and leaves by Altenew's Inked Flora set (Favourite flower stamp set) and heat embossed it in gold. I colored the embossed images in Worn Lipstick and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Inks by Tim Holtz.

I took a lot of time to figure out the background for the card. I tried a lot of styles but settled on these gold diagonal stripes which I drew with my gold marker. For the sentiment, I heat embossed it in gold, cut it into a banner, and added a strip of gold glitter paper around the edges.

I tried a few placements and settled on this one. I finished off the card by gluing everything down and drawing a gold border around the edges to get everything together. I really loved how elegant the card looks!

Entering this card for the following challenges:

1) Color Throwdown #598

2) Word Art Wednesday Weeks #444 - #445 - Anything Goes

3) All Sorts Challenge - Embossing, wet or dry

4) If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge #144 (Inspired by the white, aqua blue, pink colors of the cookie icing. Used the golden color from the golden cookie base as a base for the card)

5) PENNY'S CHALLENGE #473

6) Daisy Chain Challenge #42 - Flowers

7) June Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #76

8) Lets Craft and Create Challenge #160 - AG

9) Crafty Friends Ch 137 - Anything Goes

16 comments:

Cheryl W.18 June 2020 at 20:41
Your card is just beautiful. I love the elegance of the gold stripes, gold heat-embossed flowers and gold outline. This layout is fabulous with those big, luscious flowers. Thanks so much for joining in on our latest challenge at Let's Craft and Cre ate. Cheryl W, DT
brenda19 June 2020 at 00:03
What a very elegant floral card, many thanks for joining in with our 'Embossing' theme at Allsorts challenge.

B x
Tracy19 June 2020 at 00:37
Thanks for joining Allsorts challenge with this entry, good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x
TracyM #677321 June 2020 at 02:51
BEAUTIFUL card!
LOVE your flowers and golden accents, so elegant together!
Thank you for joining us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges and good luck with your entry :)
Diana Soling22 June 2020 at 07:41
You did amazing! I don't think you have anything to be afraid of. Thanks for joining us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge!
crafty-stamper23 June 2020 at 12:49
Beautiful card and embossed flowers.Thank you for joining us at Daisy Chain
Carol DT x
Carole J25 June 2020 at 14:09
Your floral card is beautiful and elegant. The gold adds a touch of opulence to the pretty pastel flowers. A most beautiful design.
Thank you for sharing your project with us at the Crafts Galore Encore “Anything Goes” June Challenge. Good Luck and hope to see you again soon!
Carole x DT Craftilicious Creations
Deanne Saunders11 July 2020 at 15:04
Beautiful!!! Thank-you so much for participating in our IF YOU GIVE A CRAFTER A COOKIE... challenge. Hope to see your beautiful creations in our next challenge!! Have a happy crafty day!!! So sorry this is late, but with everything going on, I’m just getting around to doing this.
Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper