Delightful Dahlias

 

I had some wonderful time for stamping this weekend, and finally took some time to ink up the Delightful Dahlia Additions stamp set from Papertrey Ink.  I’ve had this set for quite awhile, having always admired how beautiful these flower look when they’re stamped, so I finally made time to play this weekend.

The first card is for my beautiful Aunt Arlene, who is also my Godmother.  She took a bad fall a week ago while at the grocery store, and has had a painful week.  She thankfully had some surgery to repair a fracture in her vertebrae and is doing much better, and is now in a rehab facility to gain back some strength.  I hope this card will brighten her day…

I stamped my dahlias on Smooth White card stock from My Favorite Things, and used Wild Wisteria hybrid ink, Grape Jelly hybrid ink, and Lavender Fields hybrid ink, along with Jellybean Green hybrid ink for the leaves.  I then masked the flowers and leaves and used my Copic airbrush to do the background with BG000 and BG10 Copic markers.  The sentiment is from LJD Grand Greetings from My Favorite Things and was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I sponged the edges with some Antique Linen distress ink, and applied some clear dewdrops.

This second card is for a lady from my church, who was recently diagnosed with cancer.  She’s a stamper too, so I know she’s going to love these dahlias…

For this card, I again stamped on Smooth White card stock from MFT, and used Cotton Candy hybrid ink, Ripe Raspberry hybrid ink, and Pure Plum hybrid ink, along with Jellybean Green hybrid ink for the leaves.  I airbrushed again, and stamped this sentiment from Verses Rubber Stamps with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  On this one I embellished with some sequins.

I hope you’ve had as nice a weekend as I’ve had!  Thank you for visiting my blog today!