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Saturday, July 28, 2012

DD#13 - "Brown" Ribbon Birthday

Hello and Happy Saturday to you! After a short hiatus, I am SO excited to be back with the Dynamic Duos Design Team. I have really missed these fabulous gals! This week we are focusing on the monochromatic duo of Early Espresso and Crumb Cake. This is an awesome color combo! When I got to creating, I was really inspired to use the combo for a masculine-themed card. I don't know about you, but I never seem to have enough "guy cards" on hand. 
For my layout, I was also inspired by this week's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. The lovely and talented Cindy Hall created this sketch and I was fortunate enough to finally meet her "in-person" at Convention last week. Hooray! :) Scroll down for some fun photos from Convention, that I just posted last night. 
I received the Blue Ribbon stamp set in my latest SU order this week and was excited to ink it up. This ended up being more of a BROWN ribbon card, though. The stamp coordinates with 2- 3/8" Scallop punch, the 1- 3/8" Circle punch and the 1- 3/4" Circle punch so I just inked and popped up all of the layers. I added some ribbon (which is sadly retired, but the only ribbon I have in Early Espresso) to the cut out "tails" for a textured touch. The large punched scallop was run through the Paper Crimper for some added texture, too. All of the supplies are listed below. 
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you will have a chance to play along with us this week at Dynamic Duos. Please stop by and check out what the rest of the Design Team have created for inspiration: 

The Dynamic Duos Design Team:
Allisa Chilton
Anne Marie Hile
Anika Lerche
Bronwyn Eastley
Kim Singdahlsen
Lesley Croghan
Lisa Elton
Melissa Chipperfield
Paige Grabau
Sue Joyce
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Stampin' Up! Supply List
Stamps: Blue Ribbon
Paper: Festival of Prints DSP Paper Stack (Holiday Mini catty), Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso card stock
Ink: Versa-Mark and Early Espresso Classic ink
Punches: Scallop Border punch, 1- 3/8" Circle punch, 1- 3/4" Circle punch and 2- 3/8" Scallop Circle punch
Accessories: Early Espresso Quilted ribbon (ret.), Chevron Embossing Folder, Naturals Designer Buttons, Paper Crimper, Early Espresso Embossing Powder, Silver brads, Stampin' Dimensionals and Basic Pearls
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21 comments:

  1. Maria@Crafty Cre8tionsJuly 28, 2012 at 6:33 AM

    Wow - awesome masculine card!! Love the houndstooth and the fabulous sentiment with tails!!!

    Have a great weekend!!

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  2. Kim SJuly 28, 2012 at 6:48 AM

    Wonderful texture and patterns and still so perfect for a guy!

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  3. Tui NathanJuly 28, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    Wow ... stunning Anne Marie ... love the colours and love the texture - a super fabulous man-card!

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  4. Lisa EltonJuly 28, 2012 at 9:15 AM

    A perfect masculine card Anne Marie, great textures and patterns!

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  5. Linda CallahanJuly 28, 2012 at 12:56 PM

    Great card - love the brown! And all of your wonderful details are delightful as always! Heard you guys had a great time at convention!

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  6. jimlynnJuly 28, 2012 at 1:54 PM

    Love it!!! So pretty in those browns!
    Lynn

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  7. Bronwyn EastleyJuly 28, 2012 at 5:22 PM

    Very manly indeed! Love the combination of stamps, DSP and ribbon.

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  8. Jen TimkoJuly 28, 2012 at 9:56 PM

    Oooh, Ann Marie! I hadn't seen this color set. Wow, how pretty! Love all the details in this monochromatic look. Glad to see you this week at FMS!

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  9. Susan JoyceJuly 29, 2012 at 2:42 AM

    Fantastic card Anne, love all the different layers you used for the main image and the Chevron embossing folder.

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  10. ImkeJuly 29, 2012 at 2:57 AM

    Wonderful color combi and your layout is fabulous. I think it´s perfect for a man ! The embossed background looks great and i like how you´ve made the bow.

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  11. paigeJuly 29, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    What a classy masculine card! The patterns and textures are a perfect pairing.

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  12. CaroleJuly 29, 2012 at 4:17 PM

    So very well done. Manly man card.
    Your card stands out in the thumbnails.
    http://carolescreativecritters.blogspot.com/2012/07/cas-ual-fridays-take-two.html

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  13. Cindy HallJuly 29, 2012 at 4:59 PM

    Wow, Anne Marie! This is a great card. As always, I love all the attention to every last detail. Stunning. So glad we finally got to meet! Hugs!

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  14. MargaretJuly 29, 2012 at 7:08 PM

    Your brown ribbon card is fabulous! Love the ribbon you used on the card (I still have a bit of that left too) and this stamp set is on my wish list! Wonderful creation!

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  15. Jen SannesJuly 30, 2012 at 7:13 AM

    What a fantastic masculine card - you really worked those neutral colors! Thanks for playing along with this week's sketch!

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  16. Ann SchachJuly 30, 2012 at 11:04 AM

    A fabulous masculine card! The pearl is the perfect touch ;) Thanks for sharing your "anne-tastic" card at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  17. Jen MitchellJuly 30, 2012 at 6:24 PM

    This is one fantastic masculine card! I love all the texture and I'd forgotten how nice that ribbon was!

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  18. Tracey McNeelyJuly 31, 2012 at 9:24 PM

    A really gorgeous card Anne Marie.

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  19. MikkiJuly 31, 2012 at 10:09 PM

    Anne Marie, what a terrific masculine card this is. Love the details and color choices with your layers. Congrats on your winning card. It's gorgeous!!

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  20. terryanndiackAugust 1, 2012 at 7:02 PM

    Absolutely stunning...glad you won. I had to stop by your blog so see for myself how great this card is.

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  21. Wendy CoffmanAugust 1, 2012 at 9:52 PM

    This is an amazing card - love the hounds-tooth!

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Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!
Have a great day! :)
Anne Marie