Quint-Essential Flower for Dynamic Duos #15

Hi stamping friends! Well, I finally made it into my stamp room this week! Whoa! It is still a bit of a challenge to move around on my feet a week after surgery. I am finding I have been seeping a LOT with the pain meds and keeping my tootsies elevated in bed. I had my follow-up with the Dr. on Friday morning and got to see the mystery under those bandages. Yeah, it was pretty gross! One more week until the stitches come out...hopefully. 

But you didn't come here to hear about my yucky feet, did you? Ha! It's Saturday and that means it is time for another fun challenge at Dynamic Duos! This week we are focusing on the soft and subtle colors of Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink. 

I found a new sketch challenge blog this week called Try Stampin' on Tuesday. Not only do they have some fun sketches, the design team is awesome and full of wonderful inspiration. Check them out, if you haven't already. 

For some reason, I had it stuck in my head that I wanted to use the Quint-Essential Flower stamp with these colors, so I went with it. I love how that stamp pairs with so many different punches. I added some embossing and colored some pink rhinestones to dress things up a bit. All of the supplies are listed at the end of the post. I kind of struggled with this card, but was happy to get it completed after this long week. :) 

Sorry the colors in my photos are a bit wonky. As I was trying to snap these photos Friday, it was sunny on one side of the house and THIS was rolling in on the other side:

Yikes, right? Would you believe that we didn't get a drop of rain from those skies. Well, if you lived in Texas, you would believe it...that's our crazy weather for you! Just a LOT of wind and (thank goodness) a brief temperature drop. 

I hope you enjoyed today's card! Please stop by and visit the Dynamic Duos blog to check out what the rest of the lovely ladies on the Design Team have created for inspiration this week. We sure hope you will join us and play along. The challenge closes Friday, August 17th at Noon (PDT)

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

Thanks for stopping by! I have some BLOG CANDY to give away now through Sunday August 12th. CLICK HERE for more info! 

Have a great day, 



Stampin' Up! Supply List 
Stamps: Quint-Essential Flower and Itty Bitty Banners
Paper: Subtles DSP Paper Stack, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake and Whisper White card stock
Ink: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake Classic ink
Punches: 2- 3/8" Scallop Circle, 1- 3/4" Scallop Circle, 1" Circle, 3/4" Circle and 1/2" Circle
Accessories: Stripes Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Finishing Touches Edgelits Die, Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write Marker, Basic Rhinestones, Heat tool, Certainly Celery 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (ret.) and Stampin' Dimensionals

Lots of Layers for Paper Players #101

Hey there! It's Sunday and that means it is time for another challenge at the Paper Players! This week, Lesley is our hostess with this awesome sketch. This is a cool design...I had fun with it. I hope you will play along, too.


The color combo came straight from the SU! Color Coach. If the Color Coach says it's a good match, then it is. It's like the "Godfather" of crafting tools. Haha! I actually attempted to use as many new products as I could on this card. It's kind of ridiculous.I love a card with lots of layers and his one is chock full of them! 

I am absolutely loving the new In-Colors...especially Summer Starfruit, which I wasn't so sure about, at first. The main image was punched (...and punched...and punched) from the Quint-Essential Flower image. I love stamps that coordinate with punches and this one happens to match up with 5 punches. Pretty fabulous, right? I also used a cool new tool called the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, to add those paper-pierced elements around the circle, This is seriously an awesome tool...it has templates to punch around a variety of shapes. That has to be one of my favorite items from the new catty, for sure! The complete supply list is featured at the end of this post.

I realized after I put this card together that I added the sentiment to the opposite side of the sketch. Ack!! 

The inside of the card was dressed up with some plain card stock and a little DSP to add a personalized note. Instead of sharing that boring photo, I thought I would share a shot of my sweet Maine Coon kitty, Benjamin Maxwell. He likes to "supervise" me when I am in my craft room. Here he is on resting on the storage bins under the window, in my craft room. He's a BIG ol' mess! (Rita, I made him pose just for you!)  

Be sure to visit the rest of the DT to see what they created for the challenge this week over at the Paper Players. Please join us! The challenge closes on Friday, June 29th at Noon. Hope to see you there! :) 

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile 

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Lesley Croghan

Nance Leedy

      Also, please  welcome our wonderful Guest Designer:

 Vicki Burdick! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Stampin' Up! Supply List: 
Stamps: Quint-Essential Flower and Tiny Tags
Ink; Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit and Basic Gray Classic ink
Paper: In Colors DSP Paper Pad, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Basic Gray and Whisper White card stock. 
Punches: Scallop Trim Border punch, 2- 3/8" Scallop Circle, 1- 3/4" Circle punch, 1" Circle punch, 3/4" Circle punch, 1/2" CIrcle punch and Jewelry Tag punch 
Accessories: Chevron Embossing folder, Fancy Folds Embossing folder, 5/8" Whisper White Organza Ribbon,  Stampin' Dimensionals, Chevron Embossing folder, Square Lattice Embossing folder, Finishing Touches Edgelits Die, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Stampin' Dimensionals and Basic Rhinestones
Non-SU Accessories: circle die cuts