Timeless Tuesday ~ Seeing Clearly with Dahlias!

Welcome to Day 1 of the Flourishes July Reveal Week!  Yeehaw!  Are you as excited as I am about seeing what Flourishes has to offer this month?!  We are simply giddy about introducing our first of FOUR new stamp sets this month.  Don't forget, you'll have many instances to WIN some of our new stamp sets for your very own! And this, our first new stamp set....

...are 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.

AND...here's one way to win this gorgeous new stamp set for your collection...

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!

Now...on to our challenge...

Deborah is our lovely hostess this week.  And her 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!

I started off by creating a tri-fold card base using Flourishes Classic White Cardstock and our Clear Cover Cardstock for the two outer wings of the card.

Then I cut 3 of the Taylor-Made Classic Keyhole Die shapes, again using Classic White Cardstock and then I airbrushed them with some shades of pink Copics.

Then I stamped the gorgeous large dahlia image from the new Dahlias stamp set twice using Memento "Tuxedo Black" ink and began to colour them.  I coloured only the larger of the blooms on one image and fussy cut them out. I coloured all the greenery on the other stamped image plus I coloured the blooms with a base pink colour, just in case you can see under my fussy cut 3D blooms once assembled.

To colour my dahlias, I used the following Copic Collections:

R000, RV23/25/29, YG21/23/25/45, Y13.

 

 

Then I placed my layered dahlia blooms on the front of my card, adding some pretty Metallic Silver String and a fun Sparklet.

On the second, inner flap I chose to stamp the top of the dahlia bouquet from the new Dahlias stamp set using Memento "Rose Bud" ink and this wonderful sentiment...

 

And finally on the inside of my card, I stamped a birthday greeting.  The top of the greeting is from the Dahlias stamp set and I finished it off with the "Happy Birthday to you" from the Sentimental Favorites stamp collection...

Today we have both our Flourishes Finest Design Team AND our Friends of Flourishes Team sharing their "Seeing Clearly" inspirations with you!  Take a moment and leave some love on all of our designers' blogs for your chance to win this gorgeous new stamp set.

• Allison Cope  -- you are here!
  
• Broni Holcombe
• Cheryl Lea
• Christine Okken
• 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

Have fun!  Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win this beautiful new stamp set for your very own.

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Dahlias, Sentimental Favorites)
cardstock: Flourishes
patterned papers: Echo Park
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Copic
string: Flourishes
edge punch: Fiskars
gems: Flourishes