January 2022 Altenew Inspiration Challenge

 

How did I come to the near end of the month without playing along

at Altenew's January 2022 Inspiration Challenge?

I've remedied that today!  Hope they like it - I couldn't resist these gorgeous

colors when all I can see around me is the glare of white snow!

Our hostess, Reiko, shared this wonderful photo she took as our inspiration.  I thought of the wonderful Altenew Sunflower Daisies right away...

A sweet birthday sentiment from Fresh Freesia - one of my oldest [2015], 

most often used Altenew sets!

I love the font - this time I stamped it in Moss ink instead of my usual black.

One of the small branches of leaves was stamped randomly on my 

panel, then I embossed it using Altenew's Geo Steps.

Here are the inks used today...

Off I go to get this into their gallery before it's too late!

Thanks for stopping by!

=] Michele

Altenew's Pair a Flower Contest

I'm not sure this will qualify for Altenew's Pair a Flower Contest - perhaps because the 'real' bloom is no longer available for a pose!  Instead, I will share the photograph my husband took, which was my inspiration.  It is in black-and-white. Well what does a girl have to lose?  I'm starting with a closeup of my card!  That debossed panel was a stinker to capture in a photo!

You can see where my inspiration came from,

and my attempt at bringing this lovely photo to paper!

Here is my card with a 'stand in' for the gallery photo - 

taken in black and white, of course:

and finally, my card...

The star of my design is the lovely Sunflower Daisy - stamp & die bundle - stamped in a few of my favorite colors, of course those would be shades of grey!

The black card was cut using Altenew's Rounded Rectangles, and then

debossed with their Dotted Swirls die.  The very last items I should mention are the stem, and sentiment ... both borrowed from their Exotic Tulips set.  

That's it for today, thanks so much for dropping by.  I've had the pleasure of hosting a cousin for a few days.  Tracy is another crafter - we've found so many shared genes - she was kind enough to bring some of the wonderful die sets she has gotten recently from a few of her favorites from HSN.  However, you will have to wait until Halloween to see them - it's killing me not to share!

=]  Michele