My love for gardening goes well beyond waves of colorful blooms!! Natural in wild flower meadows, coneflowers are also my favorite in landscaping & gardens.
Thanks to hybridization, coneflowers are available in a vast array of colors and are one of the longest lasting blooms in the world of perennial flowers.
Coneflowers attract pollinators and birds; I love watching butterflies & bees flutter about on these large blooms during summer. I keep these standing during the winter for both interest and as a food source for many birds!
Versatile & highly regarded, I would love to see a National Day for these colorful beauties!!
Coneflowers Leaves are duoprinting, flowers, stems, butterfly are stamped & watercolored, bees are heat embossed on vellum. Sentiment stamped on DP, with die cut frame. Faux ribbon is gold embossed lace pattern on CS, thin gold ribbon adhered on top, card base is Kraft paper.
Thanks for looking!
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Registered: June 27, 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 25246
Sat, Aug 26, 2017 @ 12:24 AM
Love your card...so many delightful elements from the duoprinting leaves to the lovely colored coneflowers, the little insects, and the soft blue sky. LOVELY card!
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Jaw dropped! Wow, this is really stunning! All the time that went into creating this masterpiece! I love the texture-look on the leaves. The one popped up flower and hovering butterfly is fabulous and the bees, oh my!
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46766
Sat, Aug 26, 2017 @ 7:11 AM
Love the coneflowers! Love the little creatures gathering pollen on their little legs and nectar on their tongues! This is so pretty! Thanks for playing!
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 90113
Sat, Aug 26, 2017 @ 7:14 AM
I love cone flowers. The house we just bought the homeowners had some planted that come up every year and they are amazing. Super stunning cone flowers on your card and love the national cone flower day idea!
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28836
Sat, Aug 26, 2017 @ 7:35 AM
This is beautiful!! I love your 3-D flowers how clever and beautiful!!
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82296
Sat, Aug 26, 2017 @ 10:36 AM
Beautiful! Love the dimension!
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