I have to admit I had a really difficult time with this week’s Dynamic Duos color challenge.  All I could think about was how much my mom has always disliked seeing red and purple together, even though this challenge calls for a kind of purpley red.  It’s taken me almost right up to the deadline for linking my card, but I finally came through with something.

I didn’t want to do anything really flowery. I originally thought I was going to go with something geometric, maybe using hexagons since they’re pretty trendy right now.  But in the end I decided to rework a design I’d originally come up with back in 2006.  I just changed up the colors.  The sand-colored cardstock is textured, and the holes are punched out of it so that the light purple piece shows through.  In retrospect, a sentiment with a bolder font would have shown up better against its background, but I think this will still be good enough to include in my next shipment to Operation Write Home.  I just need to add a light-colored liner inside the card so handwriting will show up in it better.

All supplies except the hole punch are from Stampin’ Up.
Stamps: Fun With Shapes, So Happy For You, Paisley
Cardstock: Raspberry Ripple, Wisteria Wonder, Sahara Sand textured, Whisper White
Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Wisteria Wonder
Other: hole punch (Creative Memories)