Altenew All About Layering 1

Its the beginning of Peony season here in Saskatchewan and if you drive the rural areas many of the abandoned farms will have Peony bushes growing. The beautiful pinks, whites, and reds just brighten up the prairie scenery this time of year. For my first card I had to use a Peony stamp set because its not only one of my favorite flowers but it invokes some fond childhood memories playing in my Baba's backyard. She had the biggest peony bushes with white and pale pink colored blooms. The bushes were so big you could play hide and seek in between them but you had to be careful of the bees because they were fond of them as well. When I was browsing my local craft store Creative Haven YXE I came across the bud and bloom set and right away I knew that this was going to be the set I would use for my first layering class.

Let's talk about the layering class because if you are thinking about trying out their stamps this is a great way to gain the knowledge on how to stamp them properly. Also Altenew not only offer the free layering classes but have layering guides for all the stamp sets that either come with the set or can be downloaded off their site. I will include a link to Altenew so you can check out the classes available and where to get the downloads.
Here is the bud and bloom one:

So lets start the card. I began by getting out an 81/2 by 11 sheet of Simon Says white cardstock and I decided to use the whole sheet to randomly stamp the bud all over the paper. I decided to start with the bud leaves and I used the first layer all over the sheet and then moved on to the next layers until it was completed. Here is how it looked with just the leaves:

Here it is with the buds stamped

To stamp the images I used the Altenew mini cubes that come with coordinating colors to help with layering. There are four in a set which goes from light to dark. For the leaves I used frayed leaf, forest glades, and evergreen. The buds were stamped with pink diamond, pinkalicious, rubellite, and raffleberry.

 I decided to use a Close to My Heart premade card base that is 41/4 by 51/2. I wanted a bit more color so I cut Simon Says Fuchsia Cardstock to a 41/4 by 51/2 and I adhered that to the card base with Tombow Liquid glue. I then took the stamped cardstock and cut it to 33/4 by 5 and I used foam adhesive to attach it to the card base. I felt the card needed something else and I love to splatter so I got my Vicki Boutin watercolor crayons out and I splattered black and hot pink all over the card. I also added some pink Nuvo drops randomly on the card and for the sentiment I used the MFT captions die (hello). It was cut out of CTMH black cardstock three times and I glued it together for dimension and popped it up on the card with foam tape.

Here is another card I made using more of the background:

Here are the links to the products I have used.

Altenew

Simon Says Stamp

Close to My Heart

Creative Haven YXE