Delicate Doilies for Dynamic Duos #100

Hello there! This is truly a bittersweet post for me. This week marks the 100th challenge at Dynamic Duos. After much thought and consideration by Lesley and myself, this is also the final challenge for the Dynamic Duos blog. I will truly miss this challenge and the amazing designers I have had the opportunity to work with. I have met some wonderful friends through this challenge and have been extremely proud to have had the opportunity to work with some very talented stampers. I hope you will join us this week with our final color combo! 

For my card, I decided to use one of my favorite stamp sets, which will be retiring soon: Delicate Doilies. The sentiment comes from the Lacy and Lovely set. For the layout, I was inspired by the awesome sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.

I thought it would be fun to color in the doily image with markers and I really like how the colors came together. The pearls add an elegant touch. I framed the image with some Silver Foil Paper which I think really makes the image pop a little more. I like how this card came out and I hope you do too. 

Here is a quick photo of the inside of the card: 

I hope you will stop by and check out the challenge over at Dynamic Duos. The challenge will close at Noon (PST) on Thursday May 1st, 2014. This week also marks the end of the 6-month term of the Design Team. Please stop by and say hello to them. Such an amazingly talented group of stampers. I can't thank them enough for all of their hard work over the past 6-months. Ladies, you ROCK! :) 

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog

Anne Marie Hile

Annette Elliott

Angel Johns

Caroline Bredeson

Cindy Brumbaugh

Holly Endress

JoAnn Burnham

Julie Gearinger

Michelle Bala

Sarah Fleming

Tenia Nelson

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Lacy and Lovely Thank You

Hello there stampers! It's Saturday and time for another new color challenge over at Dynamic Duos. As it is the fourth week of the month we are focusing on monochromatic colors and this week, it's all about the purple hues. Wisteria Wonder and Concord Crush make a pretty SWEET pair, don't they? I loved working with these colors, as "the purples" are not colors I regularly gravitate towards. 

I decided to use another stamp set I received at SU Convention called Lacy & Lovely for my card. This is such a fun set and is really versatile, as well. Also, the font used for the sentiments in this set is FABULOUS!! I got my inspiration for my card layout from this week's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, designed by the always awesome Jen Mitchell . Any sketch that has a repeated element (in an odd number) ALWAYS gets my mojo workin' and this is certainly no exception. SO much fun! 

I guess it is pretty obvious that I had a CIRCLE-theme going on for this one. I found some (ret.) Concord Crush polka dot paper in my stash, added some different textures and a few pops of bling and there you have it. I am pretty happy about how this one came out and as an added bonus, it is easily able to be popped in the mail without a TON of additional postage. Love that! All of the supplies I used are listed at the end of the post.

Please stop by and check out this week's challenge over at Dynamic Duos! The lovely ladies I am on the Design Team with have created some awesome projects for inspiration, too. The challenge closes at Noon (PDT) on Thursday, August 30, 2012. We would love to have you share your "purple-tastic" creations with us!  

The Dynamic Duos Design Team:

Allisa Chilton

Anne Marie Hile

Anika Lerche

Kim Singdahlsen

Lesley Croghan

Lisa Elton

Melissa Chipperfield

Paige Grabau

Sue Joyce

Have a HAPPY day today! :) 

Stampin' Up! Supply List

Stamps: Lacy & Lovely

Paper: Concord Crush DSP (ret. hostess), Concord Crush, Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White card stock

Ink: Concord Crush Classic ink

Punches: 1" Circle Punch and 1- 1/4" Square Punch (for the banner "tails")

Accessories: Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Adorning Accents Embossing Folders, Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies, Basic Rhinestones and Stampin' Dimensionals