It’s time for the next Build-A-Flower release from Altenew and this one is a Crocus. We are hopping along to celebrate the release so you should have arrived here from VICKY’s amazing Blog!
Yes, it’s another fab stamp layering set and today I decided to create my own Crocus lost in a field of leaves.
I love the idea to highlight just one of the flower images and I also popped up some of the leaves to add some dimension.
The sentiment is from the Signature Words Die set and is adhered directly onto the card front.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at YouTube.
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Prizes:
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog for a chance to win.
We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 6/9/2019.
Now Let’s Hop
Altenew Card Blog
Vicky Papaioannou
>>>>>>>Therese Calvird<<<<<<<
Nathalie DeSousa
Virginia Lu
Svitlana Shayevich
Laurie Willison
Ilina Crouse
Jess Francisco
Ashlea Cornell
Patricia Roebuck
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Maryam Perez
Jaycee Gaspar
Amber Rain Davis
Kelly Griglione
Teri Wilson
Seeka
Emily Midgett
From here you are hopping along to NATHALIE’s fabulous Blog! I’ve linked all of the products that I used below or you can head to Altenew. Thanks for your visit today, Hugs
Other Supplies: Prismacolor Pencils – Black / Burnt Ochre / Limepeel / Apple Green.
 Classic Crest Solar White 110lb ALT |
Classic Crest Solar White 80lb ALT |
 BAF Crocus ALT |
 Signature Words ALT | SSS |
 Dew Drops ALT | SSS | EH |
 Aqualicious ALT | SSS | EH |
 Teal Cave ALT | SSS | EH |
 Galactic Stream ALT | SSS | EH |
 Grass Field ALT | SSS | EH |
 Shadow Creek ALT | SSS | EH |
 Limeade ALT | SSS | EH |
 Lime ALT | SSS | EH |
 Fresh Leaf ALT | SSS | EH |
 Sweet Dreams ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Green Valley ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Spring Bouquet ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Prismacolor Pencils SSS | EH |
 Tweezers SSS | EH |
 Spring Scissors SSS | EH |
 Scissors SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Mini Blossom ALT | SSS | AUZ |
 Bigshot SSS | EH |
 Gemini Junior SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Bone Folder EH |
 Mini Score Board SSS | AUZ | EH |
 MISTI ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Mini MISTI ALT | SSS | EH |
 Acrylic Blocks ALT |
 Precision Tip SSS | EH |
 Multi Medium Matte SSS | EH |
 Scor Tape 1/4 SSS | EH |
 Foam Squares small SSS | EH |
 Foam Squares SSS | EH |
 Painters Tape SSS | EH |
 Glue Tape ALT | SSS |
Therese, I love this lone bloom… and just look at these leaves! They are often what draws me in to a floral set! Off to watch… xx
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No matter what you do…..
It will be beautiful. You are truly blessed. I, personally, liked the darker on better. Can you do one using the ORNATE FOLIAGE stamp set. You are the best. Say hi to your birds from Texas.
Love the simplicity of this card. I really like the softer outline rather than the black outline we normally see. Beautiful card.
So pretty! I wish Crocus really did come in turquoise blue!
A really lovely page to represent crocus!
Beautiful card as always, Therese! A really unique way to approach a floral stamp set, very effective!
Your card is beautiful, Therese! I cannot wait to watch the video. It’s such a lovely design!
This card is gorgeous and love the colors!
Lovely and sweet
Beautiful card! Whenever our crocuses pop up in the yard, I always feel like Spring is just around the corner 🙂
Beautiful card. How clever to “focus on the crocus” by using just one crocus to catch the eye!
I liked the darker one it seemed to pop more to me. I do like the lighter one but prefer the darker one for some reason.
So simple, but stunning. A lovely new BAF set. I so enjoy your videos and calm voice. I did miss you.
I love your clean and modern take on the crocus stamp! Love your colors and card.
I love crocus and this is beautiful. I like the lighter colored one with this design!
Love the card. The Prismacolor highlights helped but I like the contrast and zing that the darker crocus gave. Not that it’s not terrific anyway but . . . you asked!
Beautiful, I love just one crocus peeking up out of all the leaves.
Lovely card and stamp set! I love your color choices, Therese, and the way you shaded the flower with a colored pencil!
We live in MA in the USA and in the western part of the state in Tyringham there’s a B&B we stayed at in late May. The front yard hadn’t been mowed but there was a sign “Shhhh, crocus sleeping”. The owner, a woman in her 70s told us as a newlywed, she and her hubby helped plant the whole front lawn with crocus. She blamed her bad knees on that! lol Wonderful place at the foot of the Berkshire Mountains.
Beautiful card!! Love Focus on the Crocus!! While I liked the colors of both flowers, my personal favorite was the darker. Shazam!!
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Building your card on a white background really made the greens and blues stand out. Beautiful!
Love this flower set. Altenew has the most beautiful floral stamps sets. Always look forward to crocus each spring. Nice card.
Love your card. The idea of using just the one flower worked beautifully. And I love that you used differen5 shades of green in your leaves
The aqua flower looks gorgeous against the green leaves and white background
This is just so much fun.
Very pretty card! I really like the one flower on the card- it gives the card a lot of interest! Another beautiful flower from Altenew!
I love the color you chose for the flower. This stamp set looks pretty straight forward to use as well. It’s going on my wishlist!
What a cool idea to use just one of the crocus blooms, Therese! Love this card so much.
Beautiful card! Thank you so much for the video! You make it look so easy!
That’s a beautiful shade of crocus and I like the lighter version with the addition of Prismacolor shading. So pretty!
Sweet card design. I like the colors.
Just love the single crocus. The lighter one is so soft and peaceful. Just wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely gorgeous!
Beautiful
Therese I always enjoy seeing your make your cards & you have a lovely calm voice. I think your CAS style is perfect for this sweet flower that sprouts to life & promises spring is coming after a long winter. Thanks!
Love the colors in this card well done
This is one of my favorite colors so I love it as well as the white on white Hello!
The teal makes this pop!
Love watching you create, your cards are so lovely! This lonely bloom has a hug impact in the leaves! Altenew knows how to do flowers!
Very real. Sometimes more leaves and a single pop of color is exactly what you see.
love the cleanness and crispness of this card, beautiful
Very nice card. I love all flowers!
Lovely simple but elegant card!
That made a lovely card.
Welcome back from your vacation, Therese. You don’t have to change anything on your card. It’s lovely and full of dimentions which I simply love. Thank you for your inspiration.
This is so pretty! 🙂
Your card is stunning.
So pretty with just one bloom!
I love your CAS design! Great colors!
Such a pretty card. Nice to see the experts also have mishaps, great to see how you can work around it.
Such a lovely cas style card Therese. You did make it look ‘simple’ . Beautiful colours and i liked the darker one but the soft one blends in perfectly with the variegated leaves also.
So simple and beautiful!
So simple yet so beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
So simple yet so effective – beautiful!
Lovely, and the white on white sentiment suits the card perfectly.
Therese, this is such a lovely card. Like the way you added dimension by using leaves stamped directly on the card and then added die cut leaves. As for the crocus coloring, I like them both, but I think the darker third inking is more dramatic. tfs
Love the single flower with the leaves.
Love it 🙂 both color combos are nice 🙂
Such a pretty card. I liked both of the flowers.
I love your single flower card, so pretty! I like both the light and dark color of the flowers. I think they both would work nicely!
Beautiful card, and thanks for reminding us novices about the “Rule of Thirds,” it was very effective on this card. I do like the darker flower too, but I think it would have required darker leaves.
Such lovely cards.
I love your “happy accident” where you added a die cut crocus! I liked the lighter colors, but do think the added touch with pencils was perfect
Lovely card! The crocus flower is so pretty!
Pretty card. I like the lighter flower better. Was great seeing your boo boo and you pulling through.
What a talent! Thanks the colours are a bit different and lovely.
Beautiful card and I like the lighter color better. It makes the card look very cool and springy. Wonderful design!!
Therese, I love the abundance of leaves and the single Crocus! The subtle sentiment really allows the Crocus to shine. Great job!
Love your Crocus card. It’s beautiful!
Love your card but I like the darker Crocus.
Beautiful bloom lost in the leaves. I love that you layered the leaves and there was only one bloom.
so pretty – love the colors you used
Such a lovely card and beautiful stamp set. I love the colors you chose for such a gorgeous card.
Lovely creation, I love how the single crocus catches your eye and epitomizes spring!
The teal color you chose for the crocus was the first thing I noticed about your card – it was lovely. I think using the pencils to add shadows was the way to go. Excellent card. Thanks for sharing.
Oh so pretty.
Your card is gorgeous. I think I prefer the lighter crocus over the darker one, but either one would work beautifully. I especially love that these crosuses can be stamped with so many colors. I recently ordered some Altenew ink cubes in the teal hues and this would be a perfect stamp set to use them with.
The use of one flower makes a bold statement. So pretty. Reminds me of my mother’s day flower from my daughter. Tfs
Great card. I like the various shades of green, and like how you corrected a mistake with the crocus coloring. So nice to keep creating!
Therese, I love the color of your crocus! It is a fantastic card!
Very pretty card!
Such a pretty card Therese. I love both colours and your composition.
Well done, as always!
T x
Love the greens with your blue crocus! Lovely card.
Lovely card. I really love the colors. So pretty
Sweet using the leaves across the border with only one bloom to show interest!! Great work!
Just beautiful Therese – love the colours
More holiday for you! ;0) You are so funny! Love your work.
Gorgeous Therese. Your crocus looks amazing.
Fabulous CAS card!! Simply beautiful! <3
What a lovely card, Therese!
Love all the different greens you used for the leaves, which make the blues in the crocus really pop here! Great card. Can’t wait to get my Crocus BAF in my mailbox! Thanks for the inspiration, Therese!
Love that you used one flower as a focal point with all the leaves around it. Very beautiful.
Love the colours you used, very fresh and bright. This is a gorgeous release!
So pretty! Love the subtle sentiment to.
just luv this look! you can always pull it off
Very beautiful card and lovely color choices. This crocus set is amazing. Looks so great in many colors.
lovely card and the dimension of flower looks good.
Cealn, fresh and so pretty, Therese … the sense of depth from the layered up leaves is brilliant! Hugs, Anita 🙂
Oops, you know I meant clean!! A:)
I just love the ‘off the edge’ design, such a pretty card 🙂
Beautiful flower. Great card ideas.