Dynamic Duos #4, Creative Card Crew Challenge #11, City Crafters Challenge Week 110, Pals Paper Arts #135, & Our Creative Corner

Hello friends - hope you are having a wonderful long Memorial Day weekend.  It was only 38 degrees here today with rain and wind - brrr... My husband laughed at me because I pulled out my gloves again today to do my errands.  I don't know what he thinks is so funny, I don't usually  put away my gloves until July in Montana ;o)

I was delighted to be able to combine five challenges for my card today:

Dynamic Duos #4 - Monochromatic Colors 

Creative Card Crew  Challenge #11 - Dimension

City Crafters Week #110 - A Rose is A Rose

Our Creative Corner - A Shabby Chic Theme
Pals Paper Arts #135 - A Sketch Challenge

The sketch for my card is based on the Pals Paper Arts sketch, and the monochromatic color combo  of Bashful Blue and Marina Mist was chosen by the design team at Dynamic Duos.  I absolutely LOVE those two colors together! My first thought was a baby card - but to be honest I did so many of those the past month that I am already wondering who I am going to give those to - I don't know that many people who are planning to have babies right now  :o).  Then I remembered that we have a niece getting married next month and I need a wedding card for that wonderful occassion. 

Shabby Chic is a card type I don't typically do very much of - but I really admire it, so I had to give it a try.  My shabby chic card has distressed and inked edges with lots of dimension provided by layers,  dry embossing, scrunchy flowers, ribbon and lots and lots of pearls.  I think I might have even gone a little crazy with the pearls - but I just couldn't seem to stop myself - LOL.  I started with a bashful blue tafetta ribbon and then sponged on some Marina Mist ink to age it a little and provide some variation in the coloring (as if it had faded over time).  My little flowers and rose were punched with 3 different punches, scrunched like crazy and then layered. Here's another photo that shows the flowers and the depth of the card a little better:

And here is the sketch from PPA and color combos from DD that I used as well:

Supplies (all from Stampin Up!) and other details:  Cardstock - Bashful Blue, Marina Mist and Very Vanilla.  Ink - Marina Mist. DSP - Marina Mist from the Designer Series Patterned Paper Stack (subtles collection). Stamps - Love & Laughter (dress) and Petite Pairs (sentiment). Ribbon - 3/8" tafetta ribbon is Bashful Blue but inked up with Marina Mist.  Textured Embossing folders - Perfect Polka Dots and Vintage Wallpaper.  Punches used: Boho Blossoms, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Triple flower punch (retired), Small Oval (retired) and Large Oval.  Lots of basic pearls in 3 different sizes from the package.