Shana Gaff
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Dahlia Fold

There is a great challenge going on at Technique Time Tuesday to make a project using the Dahlia Fold.  They have a great video with full instructions so make sure you check it out!   I chose to use Cherry Cobbler and Lucky Limeade for the color challenge at Dynamic Duos.  They are celebrating their one year anniversary and you can pick any of their previous color combinations this week. I dug through my Designer Series Paper and found some great paper from the Festival of Prints DSP Paper Stack that I wanted to use and it fit with DD#22.
While looking through my DSP, I discovered that it is very difficult to find any that only uses two colors!  Most of my DSP has one color on one side and 3 or more colors on the other side! 
 
I could not resist using the large swirl from Everything Eleanor for vines for my flower. I have a lot of trouble with this one particular stamp falling off of the block when I go to stamp it, even though I put a layer of  Tombow Multi glue on it! What I do instead is ink up the stamp without the block, place it where I want it on my cardstock and THEN put the block on top of the stamp and press down. This has saved me a lot of messed up cardstock from the stamp falling off of the block,which used to happen all of the time before I discovered this trick.  Hopefully that tip will save you some wasted cardstock too!
 
Stamp Sets: Curly Cute, Everything Eleanor
Cardstock: Very Vanilla
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade
Tools: 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Scallop Circle Punch
Accessories: Summer Smooches Fabric Brad, Festival of Prints DSP Paper Stack


15 comments:

  1. Very Pretty Shana! I need to try this myself!!

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  2. GREAT TIP!!!! My stamp always falls off too! :) I'll be sure to try that out!

    Love the card, textures, & color combo! It's fabulous! Your Dahlia Fold Flower has some great pops of color with the swirls & polka dots! Thanks for joining us at TTT! :)

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  3. Very fresh looking card with a beautiful Dahlia fold on it. Thank you for joining us at Technique Time Tuesday. Pop over and join in our Blog Hop, we've got candy.

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  4. Very nice looking Dahlia Fold! Pretty how you added the swirls in the background! Thanks for playing Dynamic Duos this week!

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  5. oh, this is beautiful. I love how you created the flower and partially embossed the card itself. thanks for joining us at Dynamic Duos this week

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  6. LOVE the use of that swirl stamp! This is absolutely stunning! GORGEOUS colors and fabulous patterned paper, too! Thanks for joining us at TTT! :)

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  7. Amazing card and so beautiful! Love your technique, it really makes for one fabulous card.

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  8. This paper worked so well! I think that's the secret - choosing the right paper. The swirl fits in so well too. Thanks for playing along with us at TTT

    Louise xx

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  9. This is beautiful! I love the embossing and green swirls-the perfect backdrop to your Dahlia flower! Thank you so much for joining us at Technique Time Tuesday! Is it ok to put your card on our Facebook page? :)

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  10. This is really amazingly beautiful! I love the embossing and stamping behind the flower! Your flower looks awesome too! Great choice of papers and embellishing. Well Done.
    Thanks for sharing with us at Technique Time Tuesday this month! Blessings, Adrienne DT

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  11. This is a beautiful card. Live your colour scheme and everything.

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  12. Beautiful card Shana, love the papers and the stamping. Thank you so much for joining us at TTTC for the dahlia fold challenge! We really appreciate the fact that you have taken the time to 'play' along with us and hope to see you again Karen P Technique Time Tuesday Crew http://stampinginpink.blogspot.com/

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  13. Your card is beautiful Shana! I love the embossing in the background, it really adds to this. Thank you so much for joining in my challenge at Technique Time Tuesday! I hope you come back and play again soon.
    Hugs, Tracey (DT)

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  14. Your card is beautiful Shana! I love the embossing of the background; it really adds to it. Thank you so much for joining in my challenge at Technique Time Tuesday! I hope you come back and play again soon.
    Hugs, Tracey (DT)

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