Dahlias or Mums?? A sympathy card

 Sale-a-bration is drawing to a close, and today I picked up the Delicate Dahlia stamp set and looked at it with different eyes.  I had just purchased a couple of Chrysanthemum plants for my front porch and was struck by the resemblance between the Dahlia flower and the Mum flowe.

So, why can't the Dahlia be a Mum flower? It's amazing how a flower looks differently when you give it a different name.  My Dahlia flowers were now  Mums. They were stamped  on a Slimline card.

The base of the card is Early Espresso layered with Cajun Craze/  The top piece of Basic White upon which the stamping will be done.

Instead of two step stamping, I decided not to use the detail stamp.  The dots stamps were done using Early Espresso ink and a stamp from the Merriest Moments stamp set.

The flowers were stamped around the outside edge of the art piece using the inks indicated below.  The dots were made using Early Espresso ink.

Near the bottom I add a strip of Cajun Craze matted with Early Espresso.  On top of that I add a piece of Bumblebee ribbon which I also made into a bow.

On a separate piece of Basic White card stock I stamp a small flower in Blackberry bliss and a leaf in Mossy Meadow. These images were fussy cut and added to the strip with a dimensional.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

I seem to be on a glitter craze these days so of course I added a lot of glitter to this project.

Dimensions:  

• Early Espresso - card base - 9 by 7" scored at 3 1/2" on the short end.
• Cajun Craze - 8 3/4 by 3 1/4"
• Basic White - 8 1/4 by 3"  Art piece
• Cajun Craze 1 1/4 by 3" - center strip
• Early Espresso 1 by 3" - add to Cajun Craze for center strip
• Basic White 1 by 2" for sentiment
• 3/8" Bumblebee ribbon 15"
• Extra piece of Basic White to stamp flower and leaf to fussy cut 

Stamp:  Delicate Dahlias, Merriest Moments

Inks:  Early Espresso, Bumblebee, Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow

Accessories

• 3/8" Bumblebee ribbon
• glitter (Nuvo)
• Dimensionals

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Delicate Dahlia, Merriest Moments

Inks:  Early Espresso, Bumblebee, Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze

Papers:  Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Basic White

Accessories:  3/8" Bumblebee ribbon, Dimensionals, glitter