Dynamic Duos #22

Well this is it - my final post as September Guest Designer for Dynamic Duo's. I've sure enjoyed my stint - all the ladies on the Design Team are so warm and friendly, not to mention creative!

The colour challenge this week is Cherry Cobbler and another colour of choice ...

So I chose KRAFT! I love the way red goes with kraft.

I had this beautiful piece of red textured - almost glossy - card stock so I cut out the Victorian label  and punched out 3 butterflies.  I also punched the same butterflies out of kraft card stock and kraft printed paper. The butterflies were layered together with foam tape then I added brown bling.

The tabbed label is was cut from patterned kraft, with the edges inked in red. I wanted to mat it, so I cut a slightly larger rectangle from a different patterned kraft and punched two 1" circles. These were layered together, edges inked and then attached. The

I am sending this card to Sue for her October mailing** so I wanted to do something a little different with the inside. I made a sort of pop out, with a butterfly cut out.

The little red flag is stamped with the words ... you've got mail.  Fitting!

** If you are new to my blog, my friend Sue lives in a city a couple of hours away from me. The first of every month we pop something in the mail to each other.

Supplies:
Butterfly punches, embossing folder, tabbed label die - Stampin' Up
Butterfly die - Spellbinders
Word stamp - Papertrey Ink
Victorian Label - Tim Holtz, Sizzix.
Kraft card stock - Michaels
Kraft printed paper - Michaels
Bling - Michaels.


Be sure to stop by and see all the creative way the Dynamic Duo Design Team has used Cherry Cobbler (red).

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog

Allisa Chilton

Allyson Andersen (GD)

Anne Marie Hile

Anika Lerche

Karen Aicken (GD) -- that's me!

Kim Singdahlsen

Lesley Croghan

Lisa Elton

Michelle Bala (GD)

Melissa Chipperfield

Paige Grabau

Sue Joyce

Thanks for stopping by today!

Embossed Pear Note Card

I have a simple card to share today, using a sheet of patterned crumpled tissue from my stash.  I matted it with burgundy card stock, which was trimmed with deckle scissors. The edges were touched with a gold metallic marker to dress it up a bit.

I gold embossed the pear and words, then added a little colour to the pear with chalks.

This is an A2 card, that I have already sent on it's way!

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Merry Monday #34 Cards

As I mentioned earlier this week, I really liked the Merry Monday sketch at Lesley's "Always Playing With Paper" blog...

... and these cards are the 2nd time I used it! That's 3 quick cards from one sketch ... gotta love it.

The embellishments were cut from one of the patterned paper sheets in the stack - there is a whole 12 x 12" sheet of different images!  On these two, the red words and children image are foiled, which makes them catch the light. I added 3 flat self adhesive sticker gems to this first card.

Because the embellishments are just paper, I cut a slightly smaller piece of scrap card stock and attached it to the back of the paper. That gave the piece substance needed to pop it up with foam tape.  On the card above I used crochet cotton in place of the ribbon on the sketch, and the card below uses button twine.

 

For both cards, I nicked the sides with a tiny circle punch to give the threads a rounded 'notch' to nestle into.  This last card has a strip of patterned paper attached below the image which gives the twine better focus yet stays true to the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
A2 Card Base - white card stock from Staples
Patterned paper - K&Co
Crochet Cotton
Button Twine - Papertrey Ink
Foam Tape
Flat sticker 'gems' - Stampendous

Fancy Card for Dynamic Duos

I couldn't help myself. I was so crazy about the colour combo for this weeks Dynamic Duo challenge I had to make another card.

I went FANCY - or at least fancier than I usually do.  ;-)   I was inspired by this package of crochet flowers that I had in my stash - they matched the colour challenge perfectly.

Confession time. I ordered this label die BY MISTAKE. I have the Tim Holtz label die, which is very similar - and I intended to order the snowflake die when I placed my Stampin' Up order last month. But when my box arrived, I saw that I had in fact ordered the label and NOT the snowflake. Sigh. Since I have it though, I am determined to USE it and use it lots.

I cut the fancy label twice, once from white card stock and once from Always Avacado. The green one was cut down the center then attached on either side of the white one (after the white was embossed with an embossing folder)  with just a sliver showing on the sides. This way of matting a die is a great way to get more mileage out of your dies!

The swirly vine die was one of my purchases from the Rubber Stamp Show in Mesa last March - so it was fun to use it on this card. It has such nice detail and I'm always happy when I can use the butterfly stamp and punch set from Stampin' Up.

Somehow the card still needed something, so I added some pale green gems

I used a 5 x 6.5" card base for this one, and I'm putting in my stash for a special occasion -- maybe Mother's Day? With a sentiment flag on the front for an anniversary or wedding?

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Card for Merry Monday 34

Sometimes a simple sketch is the most appealing, and that is certainly the case with the latest sketch for the Merry Monday Challenge. I got three cards made last night, using variations of this sketch!

I die cut the label from red Bazzil, and since I felt it has a Victorian look, I used a K&Co 3-d sticker as the embellishment. It also has that 'old time' feel.

I added a strip of striped paper and button twine, then stamped the Merry Christmas and added 2 tiny gems.

 

The sticker has glitter and a gem to give the card that Christmas SPARKLE I seem to crave.

Supplies:
White A2 card base - Office Depot white card stock

Red card stock - Bazzill

Patterned paper - K&Co

3-d Sticker - K&Co

Label die - Tim Holtz, Sizzix

Bling - from my stash, Michaels

Word stamp - Papertrey Ink

Foam tape.

I will share the other two sketch cards another time. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Coloured Leaves Thanksgiving Card

I have another Thanksgiving card to share today, that went into my parents card order:

The leaf was stamped with brown ink and coloured with Copic markers. I punched it out with a circle punch, backed it with a punched scalloped circle and mounted it over the patterned papers with foam tape.

A simple card, but it works well for Thanksgiving!

Supplies:
Punches and stamps - Stampin' Up.
A2 white card base
Patterned paper from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Dynamic Duo's Challenge #21 Cards

It's time for another colour challenge at the Dynamic Duo Blog! I think the monochromatic challenges are my favourite - although I did branch out with this one by incorporating several neutrals. Here is the challenge:

Because we can also use neutrals, I wanted to use this fabulous wreath die from Memory Box cut from brown card stock. I ran the Tim Holtz fall cluster die through my Big Shot three times. Once with Always Artichoke, once with Pear Pizzaz (because I don't have Certainly Celery) and once with kraft.  Then I added some of each colour to the bottom of the wreath.

I liked the look so much, I made three almost identical cards!

These cards started out as 5 x 6.5" cards and I was going to stamp a large word image below the wreath panel. But I decided I wanted them as square cards so cut them down to 5" square. I have all the Thanksgiving cards I will need for this year, so these will be going into my box for Thanksgiving 2013.  Haha - hope I find them, since I still have not located my Halloween stickers in my studio. They must be in a safe place too.

I used an embossing folder called "Give A Hoot" for the texture, the silk ribbon is from PTI and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up. The first card has lots of pale green bling on it while the card below has none.

The final card has just a sprinkling of bling around the leaves.

I have used my  few Thanksgiving verse stamps so many times over the years that I think it's time for a new one. I will have to keep my eyes open, as verse stamps are hard to come by.

Be sure to check out the wonderful submissions from the Dynamic Duo Design Team, as well as the other two Guest Designers for September!

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog

Allisa Chilton

Allyson Andersen (GD)

Anne Marie Hile

Anika Lerche

Karen Aicken (GD)   That's me!!

Kim Singdahlsen

Lesley Croghan

Lisa Elton

Michelle Bala (GD)

Melissa Chipperfield

Paige Grabau
Sue Joyce