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AlteNew Inspiration Challenge | October 2022





I haven't entered a monthly challenge in a long time and was inspired by the October 2022 Inspiration Challenge | Birthday Card with a Bold Background from Altenew! I definitely went outside my comfort zone with some of the card elements and watercoloring but love how it turned out! 

The inspiration photo is below: 

                                            

I used darker shades of pink, a lighter gray and brought in some (okay,  A LOT of) gold to tie it all together!

The foundation of my BOLD background was the Celebrate Today stampset by Altenew. I stamped it various times and did some "messy" watercoloring. I love the free, unstructured look as opposed to the alcohol marker look I am so used to. I attached all the florals and greenery on a striped foil panel and used the celebrate good times sentiment from the stampset! 







 

Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on Instagram for more cards, reels and crafty fun!

Jill



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  1. LynOctober 23, 2022 at 3:22 PM

    This is beautiful I love your gold background really nice

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