Altenew's May 2022 Blog Inspiration Challenge

Pinks, yellows and greens are the colors of the Altenew Blog Inspiration and it was quite easy to design a challenge card using the Altenew Sweet Pea Paint-a-Flower stamp.

For the pink card panel, I used a Spellbinders embossing folder of the month for May 2022 and used a cube of a Hero Arts Pink to color the panel. I used a Brutus Monroe stencil and dry embossed it onto a yellow A2 panel then colored in the stencil in Squeezed Lemonade. Then I cut out the smaller frame using a Gina Marie die and added a scalloped border in yellow and attached it to the pink panel.

After stamping the Sweet Pea stamp using Ink on Three no line ink cube to stamp it. I colored in the stamp using several shades of Ohuhu Art Markers in RP1, RV070, RV080 and R110 for the petals and Lemon Yellow Zig Clean Color marker for the lower portion of the petals and G440 and G120 for the leaves and stem. Finally, I added a Pinkfresh foiled sticker for the sentiment and splatters in Memento Rose Red.

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