
Welcome to another day of inspiration, this time featuring the beautiful Dahlia Background stamp. This large floral is so pretty and very versatile! It could be colored with various mediums, simply stamped or stamped and embossed. It is stunning!

The Dahlia Background is the star of this card! I love this gorgeous illustration and the detail it adds to my card. I stamped it with embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder onto a kraft A2 card panel. Next, using the A2 rectangles, I diecut a frame out of white cardstock. Several flowers were cut using the Fine Floral die and a few different colors of cardstock. I adhered those to the corners of the frame. I did pop up the red flower using thin adhesive squares. To complete the card, I stamped the sentiment from the EZ Strips Everyday stamp and die set, in Simon Says Stamp Punch ink. This set gave me lots of sentiments all ready to add to lots of cards. (Such a time saver!!)

I loved this stamp so much, I created another card featuring it!

This time, I stamped the Dahlia Background stamp onto watercolor paper. Using Tim Holtz’s watercolor pencils, I watercolored the dahlias. Watercoloring is very relaxing and I don’t attempt it enough. Since I wanted the dahlias to be focus, I decided to make center step card. I used this die to create the card base and cut the image panels. The little banner is also a die from this die set. The sentiment is again from the EZ Strips Everyday stamp and die set. It fit nicely on the bottom of the card panel.

Isn’t this fun? And it folds flat to fit into a standard A2 envelope. I love how this turned out.
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I enjoyed both of your cards. While I have stamped in white on kraft cardstock, I never thought to frame it and add some flowers to the corners. Thanks for this creative spin.
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Thank you so much for your feedback. I’m so glad you liked it!
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Awesome fun fold! so beautiful!
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Thanks so much!
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Beautiful cards! That dahlia stamp is great, and I appreciate seeing it used two different ways. TFS :-)
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Thank you so much! I appreciate the feedback.
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Lovely set of cards!
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Thank you so much!
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youre so talented. Beautiful cards
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Thank you so much for your kind comment!
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I like how you shared two different ways to use the same background stamp. Very cool.
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Thanks! I wanted to show that it truly is a versatile background.
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Wonderful floral cards…love the congrats card with the frame and background stamping.
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These turned out so beautifully! I really love the effect of the white heat embossing on the kraft cardstock~
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One stamp, two totally different designs!! Love them both!! (I really want to learn how to make that Fancy Fold card!! )
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Thank you so much. I actually used a die from Dare2BArtzy – Center Step die. Simon Says Stamp carries it. It is super easy and fun to make!
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your cards are lovely.
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Thank you!!
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Both cards are really beautiful!
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Thanks so much!!
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Lovely cards, love the center step!
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Thank you!
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YOWZA! Such perfect embossing! These are gorgeous!!!
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Thank you. This stamp is soooo pretty!
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Wonderful cards! Pretty! I especially like your second card. Incredible colors.
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Thank you so much!!
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