How are you inspired? For me, there are so many different ways, but today I chose one of my faves…. But first, did you know that we are hopping along to celebrate the new Build-A-Flower: Begonia from Altenew and so you should have arrived here from the NICOLE’s amazing Blog!
Today I found my inpiration at Pinterest (seriously, it’s a wonderland for creators!) and in particular this pic HERE (which I am definitely going to use again but with the letters next time). I keep a group of pics together and when I want ‘help’ whether it be design or colour, this is where I often head to.
……..Where do you go for inspiration?????
My peekaboo sentiment was made using the Caps Bold Alphabet Dies and some Dark Gray Cardstock.
I simply added a heat embossed sentiment from the Hello and Hugs Stamp Set.
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 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog or the 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 2/09/2020.
Let’s Hop!
Altenew Card Blog
Jen Schow
LauraJane
Nathalie DeSousa
Vicky Papaioannou
Maryam Perez
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Laurie Willison
Mindy Eggen
Virginia Lu
Nicole Watt
Therese Calvird————-> you are here
Kelly Griglione
From here you are hopping along to KELLY’s fabulous Blog! I’ve linked all of the products that I used below or you can head to Altenew. Thanks for your lovely visit here today, Hugs
Other Supplies:
Affiliate links are used
 Classic Crest Solar White 110lb ALT | Classic Crest Solar White 80lb ALT |  Dark Gray ALT |  Foam SSS | EH |
 BAF Begonia ALT |  Hello and Hugs ALT | SSS | AUZ |  Caps Bold Alphabet Die ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |  Obsidian ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Embossing Ink ALT | SSS | EH |  Sea Glass ALT | SSS | EH |  Ocean Waves ALT | SSS | EH |  Cool Summer Night ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Pure White ALT | SSS | EH |  Pinkfresh – Jewels Mix SSS | AUZ | EH |  Powder Tool SSS | EH |  WOW Heat Tool SSS | AUZ | OTH | 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 | AUZ | EH |
 Tape 1/8 SSS | EH |  Scor Tape 1/4 SSS | EH |  Glue Tape ALT | SSS | AUZ |
Need I say it? well, I will … you HAD ME at grey! But I spy a bloom that I won’t be able to resist!! LOve your inspiration, Therese – what a great find that was!
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Hi Michele, I can’t remember exactly where I found this wonderful inspiration photo at Pinterest but I thought it may have been via you…. but it must have been somewhere down the rabbit hole of Pinterest lol. Hugs Tx
Knew this one was yours in the thumbnails, Therese … and it’s simply beautiful in those gorgeous blue hues with that cool, crisp, grey peekaboo sentiment!
Cute idea…must get some grey cardstock…thanks
Simply fantastic. How fun and easy that seemed. I am definitely inspired by the simple idea. Love it!!
I absolutely love your creations!!
Love the color combination of blues with the gray!
Glad to know I’m not the only one who dies cuts “wonky” and has to fix the panel! 🙂
This is gorgeous, Therese! Love the color combo!
As always, such a beautiful card! Love the begonia stamp set.
Thanks so much for sharing.
Your card designs and style are so distinctive, I feel quite proud of myself for recognizing them. 😛 This is BEAUTIFUL and what an elegant colour pairing.
I love your card!!! That beautiful background peeking out is Awesome!!!
Such gorgeous colors and a fabulous design!
I love the way you used the begonias and a background for your peekaboo sentiment, very creative.
I…umm…sometimes have to straighten up a panel and recognized what you were doing! Thanks for sharing so we can feel better about it when we mess up! Pinterest is a good place to get inspiration when my mojo is napping. Sometimes just one little feature on a card will spark an idea. This begonia set is really nice and I love your peek-a-boo card and the colors!
Such an interesting layout with the beautiful blooms peeking through the text block.
What a clever idea. I love it! Thank you for the inspiration.
Stunning color combo, and fabulous design Therese! Love the floral background peeking through the bold die cut sentiment! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love your card! I have the large alphabet and I would like to make a similar card. Thanks for the inspiration!
Absolutely lovely and I love how you just go with the flow!
Love the way you created this card!
I am a big fan of your art and I always enjoy watching your videos on YouTube. I loved this card – great inspiration!
Beautiful and wonderfully creative card design. Gorgeous!
really effective technique! Love this card. I prefer using the outline for the contrast and skipping the base layer as you did (with nowhere need the same results, of course). This is a beauty!
I love EVERYTHING about this card! So awesome!
Love how used this as a background . What a pretty design!
Love this card and the colors you chose. Great technique!
I think the image peeking around the sides looks great. Using just a few layers of stamping looks lovely too.
What a really really cool card!
A lovely card! I’m waiting for my hello and hugs stamp & die set to arrive. I already have the bold caps dies, so I’ll definitely have to use your card as inspiration to make a version of my own.
Gorgeous card. Love the colors.
Simply stunning, love it!! Thanks for sharing
I absolutely love your creations! Thank you for being part of my inspiration.
Great video and tip on how to adjust. It’s those off angle days that’ll get ya.
Another gorgeous card! Thanks for leaving in the oops and showing how you over come!! Very helpful
Simply stunning Therese. Gorgeous floral background and those die cut letters are magnifico! Love it.
Great show casing. Love the subtle bloom behind the bold sentiment panel.
Inspiration – love pinterest! CASing always for me!! If I am really stuck I might google. More often than not I recreate something I have made before – probably a little lazy, but hey if it works why not? I have a few goto sketch/layouts I prefer. I like challenges but the last year or so I have hardly participated they are always great as a starting point/motivator.
I agree, I used to find so much inspiration in the challenges and what a fun way to challenge myself too, being able to create something with what I have according to the challenge’s rules. And I am like you, I do not have enough time to join those, but love to look on from the sidelines. Crafty hugs, Tx
I love how your card turned out! Thanks for sharing your Pinterest inspiration too. I love the colors you chose.
Beautiful card I also love to see a pinterest inspiration but you are the one who I am inspired by and love the Altenew stamps.. aNNie https://thejourneyisthestarthere.blogspot.com/
wow that floral background is gorgeous.. Love how you did the sentiment..
Gorgeous blue begonias background, love the gray die cut panel overlay! Thanks for another awesome video tutorial.
Very cool way to add the gray panel with the letters die-cut away. love it!
Beautiful as always. Love the color scheme.
Ingenious! What a creative take on this new stamps it and how to use it.
Love how you can see the background inside the letters. Love the blue and gray. Beautiful card
Sensational card! Thank you for sharing the technique in a video.
Beautiful. I love the negative alphabet lettering, and the beautiful pattern behind it! Also, have to say I love how you stage all your cards. I really like the marble background. It is so classy and doesn’t ever take away from the card. Beautiful staging. Is that from a counter top?
Hi Annette, my ‘marble’ background is actually 12″ design paper from Kaisercraft, a much much cheaper and lighter option than marble lol. I do have a few different ones but this is my fave and pretty much seems to suit everything. thank you so very much for your lovely visit here today, Crafty hugs, Therese
I love this gorgeous design!!
I love how you created such a great background for any card sentiment. Thanks for the inspiration.
Oh wow, this is really cool!
Great idea to use the begonia’s as a back ground and love the look of those new letters…Fabulous card.You rock Therese
I really like how you created this lovely card!
What an interesting idea!
Super card!
I love the way you used these stamps to create such a beautiful background for the rest of your card. This is really very beautiful.
Amazing card. I love the background effect.
Beautiful card, I like how you’re inspired to make this.!
Very unique design. I like how you tweek things to make them just right.
Really neat card. I really like the dark gray card stock you used with the sea glass and other blues.
Love the color combo and the use of the bold lettering negative space!!!
Very cool technique with the background begonias peeking through the die cut, loving it
Gorgeous card. Your begonia background is amazing.
awesome card
Your example is my favorite. Quite unexpected. Thank you.
Beautiful peek-a-boo card with the build-a-flower set. I can’t wait to give that a try!
What a great idea! Every blog hop provides me with new ideas on how to make cards and use my supplies. TFS your talent and creativity with us.
Really nice. 🙂 thanks for sharing
Such an awesome idea with the die and making the flowers a GORGEOUS background!
Beautiful begonia background with the peekaboo sentiment.
So beautiful! I love the blue in the background! And the grey overlay is a wonderful idea!
I already watched the video, really love your design, as always thanks for the amazing inspiration!
This flower is the loveliest one I’ve ever seen! The card is beautiful!!
I just LOVE this card! The peekaboo sentiment and the modern take on the florals is so pretty and just stunning.
Such a fantastic design!
I love this card. I would buy this card in a store in a hot minute.
What a brilliant sentiment idea. So beautiful.
This is beautiful! Love the lettering overlay on the flowers!
Great idea and pretty background flowers. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card, Therese! I love the negative space sentiment – it works perfectly for the begonias!
Great design, Therese! I love the soft blue flowers in the background!
Love your card with the light blue begonias in the background and the statement wording on the front. Tfs x
Stunning, bold, graphic card design – I love that bold sentiment panel and the light begonias look so pretty behind it!
Beautiful!
The dark grey with the blue begonia make an original color palette, just striking!
Hi Therese 🙂 I love the creative twist…using it as a background… you used to showcase the versatility of this BAF: Begonia!!! What a lovely background it makes too! Thanks for inspiring me 🙂
Such clever concept design, that pattern background works perfectly too, Excellent card indeed. X
absolutely stunning!
you always make such wonderful cards
What a great way to use the cap dies! Love this card.
Beautiful card! I love how easy this set is to line up and the flowers look lovely with just a few of the layers. Thanks for sharing.
This is so awesome!! Great idea; I love the flower of the patterns showing through. Definitely pinning this for inspiration for later!
Love the begonias for your background! Beautiful card!
inspiring!