Smile for Dynamic Duos!

Dynamic Duos always manages to challenge me with colours I don't normally use and, except for Christmas, I don't use Gumball Green very often. I had to smile because the Design Team chose Gumball Green (Does anyone else always end up typing "Bumball Green"?) for this week's challenge, but thankfully let us pick the second half of the Duo.

I checked the Colour Coach, which is normally very useful, but the colour trios suggested were all way too much for me.  Then, as I perused my stock of DSP, Modern Medley caught my eye!  Yes! Black and Gumball Green would work perfectly, and Very Vanilla as a neutral, because it's the background colour in all the Modern Medley designs.  Here's how it turned out, and it made me Smile!

• I love the bold font and the awesome medallion in the Happy Day Stamp Set!  It was perfect for this challenge because it takes up the empty space on the card, but it's so simple and clean-looking.
• I used up lots of Modern Medley scraps for the banners.  I die cut them using the two smallest Banners Framelits.  I added them to the front panel before adhering it to the card base.  Here's why. The large flags were all the same length, as were the small flags, but I wanted them different lengths.  I wasn't sure how I wanted them arranged until I played with it a bit, so I didn't have any idea how much to cut off each one.  Instead I arranged them until I was satisfied with how it looked, then I adhered them to the panel and trimmed the ends even with the edge of the panel. Easy peasy!

I'm so glad I challenged myself with this colour.  Next up:  Rich Razzleberry or Rose Red!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!

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Christmas Cascade

Halloween was very non-eventful here.  We live on a busy street, with a steep driveway and lots of stairs, which I'm sure is very daunting for the would-be trick or treater!  I didn't even get to enjoy my two little grandsons on their first Halloween, as they live so far away. 

But I got to see their costumes on Skype.  What would we do without Skype?  They were irritated to indifferent to wearing a costume this year.  I'm sure next year will be a different story!  Here they are:  Parker as Harry Potter and Kesten as a little fox!



























Adorable, aren't they?

I have a card for you today!  Wonders!  It's a design I've planned for my Technique Night in November, where the theme is Fancy Folds.  This is one that I came across in my searches called a Waterfall Fold.

 

The way it works is that you pull down on the tab with the ribbon and the small panels with the snowflakes and ornaments on them fold up one by one and disappear down behind the tab.  Here's a couple of shots in action:

                                                                          

 

If you want to know more about the technique and how to make this card and two other fancy fold cards, then you've got to attend my Technique Night class this month.  You have two options:  Wednesday, November 7 or Thursday, November 8, both at my house at 7:00 pm.  You can register here for Wednesday or here for Thursday.

 

Stamps:  Ornament Keepsakes (w128048; c128051); Snowflake Soiree (w127922; c127925), Snow Swirled (w111690; c127799); Teeny Tiny Wishes (w115370; c127802)

Paper: Gumball Green (126840) and Very Vanilla (101650) cardstock; Snow Festival DSP (126908)

Ink: Classic Stampin' Pad in Cherry Cobbler (126966), Baja Breeze (126960) and Gumball Green (126861)

Accessories:   3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon in Gumball Green (126848); 3/8" Brights Glimmer Brads (121006)

Tools:  Curly Label Punch (119851); generic hole punch; Word Window Punch (119857); Modern Label Punch (119849). Paper Piercing Tool (126189); Stampin' Pierce Mat (126199); Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)

 

 

Snow Festival DSP

 

Snow Swirled

Snow Flake Soiree





Ornament Keepsakes