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Night Blooming Cereus 2008
 
© &copy Deanna Broking

Night Blooming Cereus 2008

DeaBrok

By DeaBrok

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This is the first layout I have done since "Mischief Week". For some reason today I felt inspired. These flowers are so very lovely. Every year I take way too many photos of them.

 

Book, Paper, Tag - Chronicles by Brandy Murry

Frame - Lifted Photos Weathered by Melissa Renfro

Layer Styles - Antique Paper 5101 and Gold 5101 by Durin Eberhart

Action - Photos That Pop 1801 by Mandy Steward

Fonts - Bradley Hand and Engravers MT

 

Note about the flowers (added later) - this type of Night Blooming Cereus is also called "Deer Horn Cactus", "Queen of the Night", and "Queen of the Desert". This is a rare cactus because they are frequently cut down by people who don't know what they are and because they are largely "invisible". Unless this cactus is in bloom it truly looks like a dead stick. All of the cacti in an area will usually bloom on the same night around the Summer Solstice - one night, once a year. (This year they bloomed very early.) The blooms start opening just before sunset. They are in full bloom from midnight until just after sunrise. By about 8:00 am the flowers are closing up and the flower stalks are wilting.

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Brandy M

Oooo Dea...I love this! What a great way to show off these rare flowers..I don't think I have ever seen anything like them..thanks so much for sharing them with us!

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av8orchk

This is a lovely layout!

The flowers are so pretty, and the way you've used the Chronicles collection to highlight them is ingenious!

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catinkeri

What amazing flowers! And so beautiful. I love the way you've done your LO, to me it's as if I've just glanced at a desk and everything is sitting there to be seen! Not sure if that was the effect, but I like the effect, whatever it is! Well done!

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trekmom

I really enjoyed seeing this. your layout is fantastic. I think the way you made it look like we are looking down on a desk is really quite clever. It's gorgeous and so are those flowers.

Val.

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AnnBK

Gorgeous layout! Such warm, rich colors. I just love flower photos....one will right next to this one in a few minutes!

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lorac

Just love this layout and what a fabulous story. I'll have to be on the lookout for these cacti in the future. I love cacti and have a small cactus display on my balcony. I just love when they bloom. Great photos that you took and I love your adding the book into the layout.

 

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Silly

The flowers are beautiful and interesting - they plant doesn't look as though it could produce something so pretty. I love your LO too, the elements and neutral palette really draw the eye to the photos.

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