Get ready to be inspired! Our June 2025 Inspiration Challenge has officially begun, and we're diving into the stunning world of earth tones. This month, we're thrilled to have the incredibly talented Samantha Pfrimmer leading the way with her gorgeous handmade card!

June 2025 Inspiration Challenge 

Each month, a member of the Altenew Design Team (or guest designer) selects a photo that they have taken and then uses that as inspiration for a project. We want to share the fun, of course, and so we invite YOU to use your own creativity to make a project inspired by this month's photo. Let's hear it from Samantha!

Hello Altenew family. Samantha Pfrimmer here from sammistamps.com so excited to kick off the June Inspiration Challenge! This photo is from my backyard and features some of our beautiful tulips we planted last year.

Hope and Inspiration Card

Sometimes life brings challenge, and we need a little reminder that hope can guide is through tough times.  Hope is theme for this card which features the gorgeous Craft-A-Flower: Japanese Anemone Layering Die Set.

To start, I die-cut all of my flower elements from white cardstock, with the exception of the flower centers, which I cut from gold glitter cardstock.   Next, I used the Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Ink collection to ink-blend all of my petals making sure the darkest colors were focused on the center to show shadow and depth.  For my leaves, I used the Forest Trail Fresh Dye Ink collection to create a muted green to contrast with the fiery petals.

Once all of my elements were colored, I assembled each flower using the layering guide, making sure to curl the petals with my pick-up tool first for added dimension.  Next, it was time to go make the background.

I chose a sand-colored cardstock for my background panel to match with the Inspiration color palette. To add interest, I gold heat-embossed a few leaves from Build-A-Flower: Laelia Layering Stamp Set and also added some gold splatter using my Metallic Watercolor 14 Pan Set.

After I adhered all of the blooms onto my card, I stamped and die-cut my sentiment using the Craft-Your-Life Project Kit: Blossoms of Encouragement set.  I then decided I needed one more element to finish everything off, a butterfly.  Using my Craft-Your-Life Project Kit: Butterfly Garden set, I created one little butterfly using the greens from the Whispering Woodland Fresh Dye Ink collection.

Now it is your turn to make something wonderful.  I can’t wait to see how you all use the Inspiration!

Have a great day!

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Play Along with Our Inspiration Challenge 

• Altenew products should be the focus, but other companies' products can be used.
• Make sure to use our challenge image above in your blog post.
• Include a link back to the ALTENEW INSPIRATION CHALLENGE POST.
• When uploading your project, make sure you link your entry post, not your entire blog.
• If you don't have a blog, feel free to upload your entries to the Crafter's Gallery and get the link to your photo.
• You may enter the challenge as many times as you wish!
• The challenge ends on June 30th, 2025, at 11:55 pm EDT.

FREE Coloring Pages!Nothing from Altenew in your crafting stash? Not a problem!

Introducing our FREE Coloring Pages, a collection of printable coloring sheets that you can use for the Inspiration Challenge. Color them with your favorite medium or combine them with other designs in your stash—the creative possibilities are endless! Get more designs here.