Dynamic Duos Challenge & Others

I just came across The Dynamic Duos Challenge blog through another blog that I follow (and I can't remember who's blog it was through) and was immediately excited with the challenge and the blog. So here I am entering a card for the first time for the Dyamic Duos Challenge 9 with the colours, Crumb Cake (I'm using Kraft), a neutral (I'm using white), and a colour of our own choice. I decided upon burgandy, or a red-violet if you choose to call it so.

Iwould also like to enter this card for the embossing challenge with Papercraft Star, and the no designer paper, also with Papercraft Star,  in celebration of beginning their third year! 

I'm also using some new stamps that arrived just a week or so before leaving for Calgary. Excitement is always there when you use something new for the first time, especially when you've been wishing for it for so long! Here is my design.

I'm a little disapointed that I adhered the burgandy strip on the left a little crooked. But these things happen and no card is perfect. I LOVE Flourishes and was so excited to use my new Flourishes Medallion Motif stamp. I stamped it with Versa Mark and heat embossed it with clear on the kraft cardstock, and with white on the burgandy cardstock. I love "fussy" cutting as my class participants call it. I used to call it detail cutting, but have adopted the new label.

The metal embellishment was find at one of the Calgary Michael's. I never came across them here in Victoria, but I haven't been there for a while and it could be something new. But my friend and I where so excited about all the new metal embellishments we found. This one goes so very well with the Medallion Motif and I just added a KaiserCraft Latte Pearl Brad in the center. And of course, as my blog followers and students of my classes know, I just love using Liquid Pearls, so this card had to have them too. I used Platinum Pearl for this card.

Here are some close-ups for more card details.

I think next, I'll try colouring this beautiful stamp. Thank you so much for stopping by to have a peek at my entry, and happy crafting to you all.

TOOLS & SUPPLIES 

Stamps: Flourishes Medallion Motif 
Ink: VersaMark
Clear & White Embossing Powder, Platinum Pearl Liquid Pearls, KaiserCraft Latte Pearl Brad, Momenta Metal Embellishments (Michael's), Ribbon (Michaels's)