Hello, friends!
It's time to share another exciting Altenew Craft-A-Flower with you.
We are celebrating this month's Craft-A-Flower Dahlia with a blog hop!
We are celebrating this month's Craft-A-Flower Dahlia with a blog hop!
If you arrive from the blog of Jaycee Gaspar, you are in the right place.
If not, come and join the fun hop for ideas and inspiration.
As you may know, Dahlia is such a widely popular flowers and comes in many colors.
In order to capture the vibrancy and rich colors, I used "Direct Ink to Paper" approach.
What I was little, I used love RED! I don't think I've used red enough in my card designs. Perhaps as I get old, I am shying away form bold colors and prefer to use less bright and muted tones.
Well, that is going to change...at least in today's post. I took out the red inks and shades and directly inked them on paper.
Once I have created 3-4 shades of colors, I put the Dahlia together and this was it!
I also took the same approach to the leaves. Since the flowers and leave took up nearly the entire space. I need to use something to ground and balance the image. String Art Die provided the solution.
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set. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in our monthly Craft-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month - at a specially discounted price! ($35.99 →$29.99)
Prizes: to celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog for a chance to win.
AND Altenew will draw a winner to receive a $15 Altenew Gift Certificate from the comments left on each designer's blog on the blog hop list (including mine!)! The winner will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on July 14th, 2020.
Your next stop is the blog of Lilith Eeckels
76 comments:
Beautiful card.
Love the vibrancy of these colors. Really highlights the flower.
Ooh, Virginia...I love RED, too. Beautiful card with that bold Dahlia!
your ink blending colors are wonderful. Thanks for sharing and Red was the perfect color this Dahlia !
Beautiful card, Virginia. I love the classic red and green combo. It always looks so amazing!
This Dahlia is so beautiful in so many colors. Great design.
I'm glad you went back to the reds. Lovely.
Gorgeous card! I love the dark red.
You really showed the versatility of this die! Love the red!!!!
Pretty colors and dimension! Love the way the dahlia turned out in red! So pretty!
Gorgeous card using this gorgeous flower.
Wow - those Red's are gorgeous. They even look like they sparkle.
Absolute perfection! The dahlia is gorgeous and your color palette and card design is so creatively inspiring!
Lovely
Such a bold, beautiful card! This set is awesome.
Your choice of red is just perfection on this!
Virginia - beautiful card! I'm not usually into reds but on this flower it is gorgeous. I love your design with the black string art. Thanks!
I love the use of the strong art die. Your card is fabulous...My wish list just got bigger :)
KimMJ
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This is so pretty!! I am loving the red color. Your string art is fabulous!!
I Like the bold red colors used. I see now how the string die works. That will go on my wish list. Very different and many ideas working with it. Nice, Nice.
FABULOUSO...so glad you used that red. This flower looks like it came right out of your garden.
Beautiful card Virginia,as always x
You're card is so pretty. It makes me so happy inside!
Your red layers are beautiful, as are the green leaves. The frame you created with stitching is very fun as well. Thanks for highlighting those dies!
Beautiful! Very vibrant and I love the design!
Beautiful card Virginia! Love your reds! TFS!
This is so beautiful! Love your choice of reds! :)
This is beautiful and I do love the red!
It makes the flower pop!
Beautiful card. The red really pops!
Beautiful die and GORGEOUS IN RED!
Love your red and green card!! The red looks so lovely with the large dahlia bloom. The string art die was the perfect choice for surrounding your lovely flower.
Beautiful, love the red. While the flower is large, it doesn't overwhelm the card.
Love this cheerful bloom! The colors are very pretty, thanks for the inspiration Virginia!
Love how the colors are perfect for each other!
Beautiful card! I love the colors.
Your cards are always beautiful! Love the colors!
I'm the same with my colours. I'm a bit shy with the bold ones, as I seem to stick to softer tones. Love the red! Beautiful card.
Virginia, I just love your bold color choices. Yes, use red more, you do it well.
I sometimes have a hard time with adding reds but this is really pretty!
What a gorgeous card
and love the stamp.
Carla from Utah
This looks fabulous in the bold reds! Great choice!
stunning Virginia. Your flower is amazing.
This is so pretty. Love it.
I really love the red floral...the different shades really make it pop.
Virginia,
I love your red flower and how it looks as if there are drops of water on the petals.
I love that you took a risk with the bold red color. It turned out beautifully! Inspiring me to give it a try...
Very pretty card! I love the deep vibrant reds! This new flower is huge and beautiful. I definitely have to add it to my collection especially after seeing your card. Thanks so much for doing these blogs. I look so forward to them!
Amazing colors you used on these beautiful dies!
I LOVE RED! The colours you layered together are gorgeous Virginia! Reds & blues have always been my favourites. I've gone to more muted tones as well as I've gotten older, but why? The layering in this set really do the dahlia justice.
Love your use of color on this card. Lovely!
I love your color choices. They are beautiful
Beautiful card! I love the big dahlia and your choice of colours!
I also love red flowers and love your red dahlia card. It is very beautiful.
Great colors. There are SO MANY dahlia types, you can pick hundreds of combos. This is so pretty.
Beautiful card. Thank you for sharing
Beautiful card! Love the colors...
Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful Virginia! Love the bold red! Way to break out of your usual colors and be bold!
That is the definition of bold and beautiful! The dimension of the dahlia bloom die really pops with the color combination!
Ooh! Gorgeous card! Lovely use of color!
Love the bold red dahlia, so beautiful and the delicate frame is an elegant touch.
You never get too old for bright
colors. Love the red. The
shading is great. thanks for
sharing.
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What a gorgeous color combination!
Beautiful card -- I love that red dahlia. Never shy away from bold colors. I'm 72 years old and the brighter the better!
Beautiful card! Love the red Dahlia & the string art! Gorgeous die!
Nice color combination. I like the use of the frame around the flower.
Love the shades of color.
Gorgeous card! I love the colors. :)
I love this bold red look!! It’s gorgeous!!
Nice card.
This is the card that stood out to me on the altenew's release page and I had to see who designed it. I love your bold red colours! I think you should do it more often! Your colouring really brings out different shades, and I love the outline around the bloom. Simple design but packs a big punch. My kind of card!
Beautiful card! Ink on paper is a great way to get gradients for the layers.
Oooh, fab flower and I love the drawn frame - really makes this card pop!
Beautiful flower, and I LOVE LOVE the black thin border! Eye-catching!
Gorgeous!! Love the colors you used!
Yes indeed Virginia :) No need to shy away from that red! It's gorgeous!!! Thanks for inspiring me :)
wow, beautiful dahlia bloom!
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