Dynamic Duos #44

It's black tie week at Dynamic Duos... so this week we are featuring So Saffron and Basic Black with a dessert option of using ribbon on your project!  I've been wanting to use this particular sentiment for a while, and thought it would be great on a black/white/colour card.  I'm not a huge bling person, but the silhouette image & the quote lent themselves nicely to me using CTMH's new black glitter paper.  I used plain black cardstock as well, and I really like how the matte paper looks with the glitter paper (it shows up a little better in person).  I'm even counting the strip of rhinestones as 'ribbon' for this challenge!

We would love to have you join us this week, we ask that you use just our two colours (and you can add neutrals if needed) - if you don't have the exact colours, just use something similar.  Check out all the fab ideas from the design team over at the Dynamic Duos blog, or you can see them listed on my sidebar.

Patterned paper is Bella; Cardstock is White Daisy, Black and Black glitter paper; Stamp sets are Be Yourself & Scrapbook Statements - Women; Ink is Black - all Close To My Heart; Spellbinders dies; Rhinestones, Fabricland.

Inspired By Challenge #4

Second post for today!  Scroll down to see my Mojo card.
Laurel picked a glam invitation as this week's Inspired By inspiration... so I kept it fairly literal and used a glam stamp that I've had for a little while.  I love the Creme Brulee & Grey Flannel together:

Here was our inspiration:

Cardstock is Creme Brulee, Grey Flannel & Colonial White; Stamp sets are Be Yourself & Argyle Backgrounds; Inks are Black & Creme Brulee; Sparkles - all CTMH.

More teacher cards

Two more teacher cards... I really am having a blast doing girly designs, and I haven't had a chance to use this stamp set much, so I'm glad to do so.  For the first one, I smudged a little hollyhock chalk over the stamped image to give it a bit of a halo effect.  The second is a simple design, but the paper is so pretty, that it didn't need much!  All of the cards in the set are 6 1/2" x 5":

Patterned paper is Basic Grey, Urban Prairie collection; All other supplies are CTMH: Stamp set is Be Yourself; Cardstock is Black and White Daisy; Inks are Baby Pink, Hollyhock & Black; Martha Stewart punch.

Prima Flowers; Martha Stewart punch; Patterned papers are Basic Grey, Urban Prairie collection; Stamp set is Gracious Greetings, Brad and ribbon are Connection Club from CTMH.

One of a Kind

"One of a Kind" was one of my favourite stamp sets from the spring catalogue - it's the set that was featured in the cover layout.  You can tell that I like this Piggy Tales paper... I'll be sad when it's all gone!  I love stitching on cards, and like how the intentionally "messy" stitching worked out on this one:

Patterned paper is Piggy Tales; All other product is CTMH: stamp sets - One of a Kind, Argyle Background; cardstock - Crystal Blue, Chocolate; Ink - Crystal Blue, Chocolate, Bamboo; Buttons - Basic collection.

For the last couple of weeks, I've been working on a set of cards as a Teacher's gift.  My daughter requested that they be 'girly' - so it's been a blast coming up with a bunch of cards that are a bit prettier than my normal style.  I'll post them as I finish them, but here's the first:

Patterned paper is Basic Grey, Urban Prairie collection;  All other product is CTMH: stamp sets are Be Yourself, Cherish the Moment; Cardstock is Hollyhock, Blush, White Daisy; Inks are Black, Blush; Ribbon and brad are Juniper;  Martha Stewart punch.