Say "Hello" to Dynamic Duos #93

Good morning, crafty friends.

This week, it is soft & subtle time, over at the Dynamic Duos:

While I find this one of the harder themes in DD's monthly line-up, this time I had a bunch of ideas in mind and they came together beautifully (I think!).

First off is the card design, which I CASE'd from The Stamps of Life website. They recently launched a die set of cute little flowers and I wanted to try the idea of little blossoms cut from vellum. I found some pink vellum at Michael's and hand-coloured plain vellum to get a sandy shade.

Second is the dimensional greeting. I am a big fan of Jennifer McGuire, and love her tutorials. Cutting the sentiment multiple times from card-stock and layering them really was "quick and easy to do," as she likes to say. While I used a die, my blogging friend Hansi has had success doing the same thing with images from an electronic cutter (which gives INFINITE possibilities!).

Third idea was to use PEARLS somehow, a recent theme from Simon Says Stamp blog. Here I used opalescent pigment ink to colour my "hello" and also tinted some pearls with alcohol markers.

Okay, enough about me and my card; time to check out the projects by my talented team-mates at the Dynamic Duos.

Anne Marie Hile

Annette Elliott

Angel Johns

Cindy Brumbaugh

Holly Endress

JoAnn Burnham

Julie Gearinger

Michelle Bala

Sarah Fleming 

Tenia Nelson

Hope you'll be inspired to join us and play along this week!

Happy crafting,

Caroline

Supplies:

Cardstock in Champagne, Blush and White Daisy (CTMH)

Vellum: pink, plain (Michael's); dotted (Paper Wishes)

Pearlescent ink: Dew Drop Brilliance by Tsukineko in Pearl Beige

Dies: Ornate label framelits (The Stamps of Life); "hello" (The Crafter's Workshop.com); assorted flower dies by Sizzix and Cuttlebug/Provocraft.

Corner-rounder

Copic Markers

Pearls