This week at Dynamic Duos we are celebrating our one year anniversary!! To mark this auspicious occasion, we are inviting you to make a card using any past Dynamic Duo colour combination.
For my card I was inspired by the challenge set in week 33 of Dynamic Duos.....Gold & Black with a music theme!
I also saw this challenge at CASology which was all about HEXAGONS!!...so I thought I would give it a go.
Hexagons are VERY in at the moment in the world of craft/blogland so I thought it would be cool to make some of my own hexagonal buttons as embellishments. I made the hexagonal buttons by embossing my paper with the Stampin' Up! Honeycomb Embossing Folder and cutting out about 7 of each design. I then stuck them all together, sanded the edges a bit, punched two holes in each with my Crop-a-dile and then applied Crystal Effects to make them glossy. I left them to dry overnight (VERY important) and then I decorated 4 with bakers twine and the fifth with a gold brad. I didn't come up with this idea....I saw a this cute video a while ago from the wonderful Heather Summers, and our Impressions magazine (for Stampin' Up! demos) also featured a tutorial on it a while ago. The buttons are very fun to do....they are not hard at all.......give it a go!
I left the rest of the card completely bare and stamped a single simple sentiment from Fabulous Phrases.
So PLEASE join in this week and help us celebrate one whole year of joyful creativity.....check out our fabulous Design Team and get inspired....
Hexagons are VERY in at the moment in the world of craft/blogland so I thought it would be cool to make some of my own hexagonal buttons as embellishments. I made the hexagonal buttons by embossing my paper with the Stampin' Up! Honeycomb Embossing Folder and cutting out about 7 of each design. I then stuck them all together, sanded the edges a bit, punched two holes in each with my Crop-a-dile and then applied Crystal Effects to make them glossy. I left them to dry overnight (VERY important) and then I decorated 4 with bakers twine and the fifth with a gold brad. I didn't come up with this idea....I saw a this cute video a while ago from the wonderful Heather Summers, and our Impressions magazine (for Stampin' Up! demos) also featured a tutorial on it a while ago. The buttons are very fun to do....they are not hard at all.......give it a go!
I left the rest of the card completely bare and stamped a single simple sentiment from Fabulous Phrases.
So PLEASE join in this week and help us celebrate one whole year of joyful creativity.....check out our fabulous Design Team and get inspired....
Cheers
Alison xxx
Stamps - Fabulous Phrases
Ink - Basic Black
Cardstock - Whisper White Textured CS (retired), First Edition Specialty DSP,
Basic Black DSP, Gold CS,
Love Letter DSP (black & vanilla polka dots), misc music print paper.
Accessories - Gold Brad, White Bakers Twine
Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stamp-a-majig, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Crop-a-dile, SNAIL, Crystal Effects, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Paper Snips
Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stamp-a-majig, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Crop-a-dile, SNAIL, Crystal Effects, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Paper Snips
