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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Orange Dahlias

Greetings to my guests - Thank you for calling by.
It is a soggy summer in my corn of the Antipodes, and today I have been chased indoors from the garden by the rain, so I have chosen this cheerful card to share.


I used the Dotted Dahlias image by Nina B Designs for the focal point, stamping the large one three times and cutting two smaller layers.


They were painted with twinkling H2O s and mounted with foam between the layers to give dimension, and a pearl finished the centers of all three blooms.


The card base was orange card stock, with a green pattern designer paper layer. I made sure the palest corner was where I was going to stamp the quote from Spurgeon.


I finished the card by stamping a Dahlia bud and the sentiment inside.

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Thanks for visiting - may your day be blessed

19 comments:

Lovely Linda said...

This is stunning Maxine- your colours are perfect and the layering works so well! Gorgeous inside and out! {{{hugs}}}

Becky said...

My goodness, these flowers are gorgeous Maxine. Beautiful colors.

Shirley-Anne said...

Hi Maxine
Perfect colour combinations , beautiful card . Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday
Shirley-Anne

Shannon White said...

Goodness is this ever PRETTY! 8-) Love your Beautiful layered flower and what Wonderful colors you chose too! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Stamps R Us! 8-)

Scrappy Scatty said...

What a lovely card
thank you for joining us at Lexi's Creations this fortnight
Love Jan
xx

Wies said...

Beautiful card on the outside and inside. Love the flowers and the quote.
I saw your card on Make It Monday. Thanks for sharing.
Wies

Amy Johnson said...

wow! This is fabulous! What a great card! Love the sentiment and layers of flowers!

Dawn T said...

lovely card Maxine.

Unknown said...

This is absolutely beautiful Maxine! I love everything, but especially the flower and how you mounted the layers and the quote. Just beautiful.
Alicia xx

Sassy Scrapper said...

WOW Look at those Amazing flowers they are gorgeous. Fabulous job.
Hugs Bonnie

Jo said...

Gosh, this is stunning! so much detail and work has gone into it.thanks for joining with us at Lexi's this time and good luck!
Jo x

Beccas Pysselparadis said...

Beautiful card! :) Thanks for joining us at The Crazy Challenge hugs Rebecca

Anonymous said...

These Dahlias are lovely! Love how the thin border strip matches the flowers. The sentiments are lovely too! Creation really helps us to see what kind of a person God must be.
Love Pearl x

Anonymous said...

Oops, got so carried away looking at your lovely card forgot to mention I saw it at MIM.
Love Pearl x

Kary said...

Hi Maxine! The dahlias look so beautiful!! I was hoping to get this set but it's sold out..;)

Melisa Waldorf said...

Gorgeous!

Laura Kirste Campbell said...

Oo, beautiful, Maxine!

Donna Ellis said...

The brilliance in your flowers is amazing - so much detail work. Absolutely beautiful backround with the soft coloring not detracting from the flowers. The text is very pretty - both the sentiment and the fonts. Thanks for sharing your inspiring card!

Lin said...

Just gorgeous! I love your flowers, so beautifully coloured in and perfect for the design. The sentiment is spot on too.


Thank you for joining us at Lexi's Creations.

Lin xx