Welcome to Day 1 of the Flourishes July Reveal Week! We are simply giddy about introducing our first of FOUR new stamp sets this month, Dahlias. Set as though they are fresh clipped from the garden, these breathtaking Dahlias would be a prize on any card or creation. Illustrated by Marcella Hawley, this 4 by 6" set features two gorgeous main images plus five all occasion sentiments, perfect for all kinds of creations.
Here's the Challenge for today: Our "Seeing Clearly" challenge this week is to use Acetate anywhere in your project or card (FTTC228). That's right, it's time to dust off those clear pieces of "paper" and create something fun and unique! Here's what I did...
Aren't these Dahlias blooms beautiful? I had so much fun playing with our Clear Cardstock and their gorgeous blooms. I started with one of our Silhouette cut files that will be available for this set at the release and cut out the shape on our Flourishes Classic White card stock, then stamping the image with Memento Tuxedo Black. I stamped a second dahlia and used that to pop up the center blooms. Then popped all of that up on the clear cardstock with a Flourishes Perfectly Pierced Victorian Oval in Color Made Easy Emerald Coast behind the clear cardstock. I love how it gives the card a feeling of floating dimension.
For pretty accents I added some pink seam binding, iridescent string and the sentiment on one of our Tailor Made Classic Tags dies.
And here is what the inside of the card looks like.
So, jump on into the challenge today and use your clear acetate elements to make something lovely! AND...how about another way to win...
You need to find out who today's Mystery Blogger is! Hidden among the Design Team is one Designer who has this set to give away. Comment on that blog and you could win today's beautiful Dahlias stamp set!
- Allison Cope
- Broni Holcombe
- Cheryl Lea
- Christine Okken (you are here)
- Cindy Lawrence
- Deborah Anton
- Heather Jensen
- Jenny Gropp
- Judy Rozema
- Julie Koerber
- Katie Sims
- Makiko Jones
- Silke Ledlow
- Stacy Morgan
- Tosha Leyendekker
- Margaret Gilmer, our July guest designer
Oooo Christine - brilliant combination of lavender and yellow for your dahlias! Beautiful card!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Love your colouring. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYour card is stunning! I love dahlias and these are colored beautifully! I love how you used the clear card stock! :)
ReplyDeleteI just love this stamp set and it is so pretty with the two colours that you have used.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, this set is gorgeous and your coloring is perfect for this.
ReplyDeletethis is very colourful and gorgeous card Christine.
ReplyDeletegreetings karin
What beautiful colors! So perfect for these flowers! Love the card!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a stunning card! Love the colors you used on the flowers, so pretty!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love the pretty colors that you used!!! They add so much depth and beauty to your card!!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty Christine! Love the colouring and the layers. What a beautiful new stamp set!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done, Christine! Love Dahlia's!
ReplyDeleteThe pink on the edges give the dalhias a lot of interest. Very pretty.
ReplyDeleteBright, colorful and very pretty!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card!Love the stamp set,Great coloring!!!
ReplyDeleteOH MY CHRISTINE!!!!!!!!! IF this doesn't put one in a SUMMER MOOD, NOTHING WOULD!!!!!! IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) LOOOOOOOVE THE COLORS YOU'VE CHOSEN & YOUR COLORING!!!!!! I too like the FLOATING AFFECT!!!!!!!:)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, gorgeous, and gorgeous, your colors are stunning. Mary L Schreiber
ReplyDeleteWhat beautifully colored Dahlias! I love the pink and yellow combination. The clear CS card base looks amazing. :)
ReplyDeleteSo springy and pretty Christine. I like the way you colored the Dahlias and oh that clear cardstock is awesome.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous coloring ! Popping the images on the acetate is very effective. Great job.
ReplyDeletevery pretty and a great way to do a clear card!!
ReplyDeleteOMGosh, Christine...This is SO beautiful! I love the two-toned, dimensional dahlia (orange/yellow and pink are one of my fav color combos), and putting it against the dark teal really makes it POP! Hope you have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeletevery unique colouring. lovely!
ReplyDeleteVery lovely card! Nice work on the flowers.
ReplyDeletePretty card! Lovely color combo of papers & coloring.
ReplyDeleteYou always have the most gorgeous color combinations on your cards and your colored images.....love the way you incorporated the acetate into your beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteLove this set! Your card is simply gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteSharon c I love the colors in your dahlias.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love the colors you used on the flowers! Popping up the center bloom added great dimension! Perfect pink bow! TFS
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card!Great coloring!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love your bright and beautiful card...amazing coloring!
ReplyDeleteSandie L
oh wow! Love these colors, papers and stamps too! And I forgot to mention your awesome coloring!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI usually stay away from acetate on many cards, but I think I may be giving it a whirl again. Love what you did here. And what unusual colors for the dahlia.
ReplyDeleteThe clear cs adds so much! Beautifully designed and beautifully colored!
ReplyDeleteVery nice color choices - I love pink and yellow together! Tfs!
ReplyDeleteWow! Your dahlias are stunning!!!! Love the dimension and how you placed the flowers on the acetate layer.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning colouring. I love the dimension too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful - love the way you colored the flowers!!
ReplyDeleteLove how you colored these dahlias!
ReplyDeleteG-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!! Love how you colored this image with the different tones!!!
ReplyDeletewonderful colour and love how you used the accetate.
ReplyDeleteOh, how perfect are those dahlias! I love how you can see the pink peeking through the greenery of the buds!
ReplyDeleteTotally lovin' the vibrant yellow and pink dahlias! Gorgeous Christine!
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