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Card Design for Altenew’s August Inspiration Challenge: Coral, Peach and Brown

Floral Slimline Card for the August 2022 Inspiration Challenge at Altenew -- Stamps and Inks by Altenew. Card Design Is by Amy Solovay.

Floral Slimline Card for the August 2022 Inspiration Challenge at Altenew — Stamps and Inks by Altenew. Card Design Is by Amy Solovay.

The lovely people over at Altenew typically host an Inspiration Challenge each month. I entered the challenge in August 2022, and you can see the challenge image posted below. Looking at that image, you can see the colors that challenge participants were invited to use:

Color Challenge Image from the Inspiration Challenge at the Altenew Website

Color Challenge Image from the Inspiration Challenge at the Altenew Website

Isn’t this color combination just spectacular? I LOVE IT! I was super inspired to make projects using these colors, but it has been so rainy and dreary here on our little mountaintop that I was only able to get photos of one of the projects I made. It’s a slimline card featuring florals from Altenew’s Simple Flowers Add-On stamp set.

Close-Up Photo of the Floral Slimline Thank You Card Design by Amy Solovay; Stamps and Inks by Altenew

Close-Up Photo of the Floral Slimline Thank You Card Design by Amy Solovay; Stamps and Inks by Altenew

I also used Altenew inks to stamp the flowers and the greenery; I used Frosty Pink, Coral Berry and Ruby Red to stamp the flower petals and Frayed Leaf paired with Forest Glades to stamp the leaves and stems.


I fussy-cut the botanical elements using Fiskars Paper Edgers in the Mini Scallop design.


The “Thank You” sentiment is from an older Altenew stamp set called “Painted Rose” that is no longer available for sale. I stamped the “thank” in Walnut Stain Distress ink and the “You” using Altenew’s Coral Berry Crisp Dye Ink. I stamped both of these words together onto cardstock that I lightly inked with Rose Gold Delicata ink; then I traced around it using a circle stencil; then I fussy-cut it out using scalloped decorative scissors by EK Success. I colored in the scalloped edge of the circle using a brown brush marker.

Close-Up Detail Photo of the Floral Slimline Thank You Card by Amy Solovay -- Stamps and Inks by Altenew

Close-Up Detail Photo of the Floral Slimline Thank You Card by Amy Solovay — Stamps and Inks by Altenew

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DIY Greeting Card With Pink Vases and a Flower Design

Handmade Slimline Greeting Card Featuring Vases of Flowers. Stamps and Supplies Are by Pinkfresh Studio.

Handmade Slimline Greeting Card Featuring Vases of Flowers. Stamps and Supplies Are by Pinkfresh Studio.

The lovely folks over at Pinkfresh Studio are hosting a challenge with the theme of “beautiful backgrounds”. They don’t care how we create our backgrounds as long as something lovely is in the background. For the card you see pictured here, I chose a background of patterned paper featuring flowers arranged in simple but beautiful vases. On top of that I layered a scalloped heart design — and on top of that I layered a hand-stamped, hand-colored floral image that I stamped using stamps from the “Brighter Days” stamp set by Pinkfresh Studio.

Supplies Needed to Make This DIY Greeting Card With Pink Vases and a Flower Design

I had a hard time photographing this; the photo I took doesn’t really do a good job of showing off the shimmery metallic scalloped edge of the heart. It’s a lot prettier in person.

Thanks for dropping by and checking out my latest craft project! I appreciate your interest.

This page was last updated on 10-10-2022.