Muse Challenge #219 - Delicious Dahlia

Hi there

It's new challenge time over at Muse and I'm delighted that it's my turn to be your designer this week.  I hope my card will give you some inspiration to play along this week and I'm looking forward to seeing your interpretations of it.

Hopefully there are a few elements you can take from my design; the colours, the bold blooms, the layout, embossed image, masking and faded out stencilling,


I wanted to make another card using the Delicious Dahlia set I used recently, but I wanted it to look completely different.  My previous make where I embossed the image in a pearl embossing powder on a pastel card base you can find here.  And this is how dramatic it looks stamped in black...

So, I began on a panel of white cardstock and stamped the image in black.  This was then embossed with a clear embossing powder.  I made a couple of masks for the flower heads and then blended through a scribble design stencil in coral ink, fading it out from dark to light.  I embossed the stamped sentiment in white on some coral cardstock and adhered the strip to the panel, before then adhering the panel to the base using fun foam.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Honey Doo Crafts - Delicious Dahlia; Clearly Besotted - Message Me
• Ink: VersaMark; Versafine - Onyx Black; Distress Ink - Abandoned Coral
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Clear Gloss and Opaque Bright White
• Stencil: The Crafters Workshop - Mini Webbing

Challenge entries:

Penny Black & More - June Challenge - Anything Goes

The Flower Challenge - Challenge #9 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #244 - Clean and Simple

Time Out - Challenge #84 Inspired by Words - 'Flowers and Friends make Life a Garden'

Thanks so much for dropping by, and I hope you can find time during the next week to play along at Muse :)