The Paper Players #359: A Sketch from Laurie

Hello Paper Player friends!  It's another Funday (aka Sunday) over at The Paper Players and Laurie has come up with an awesome sketch:

As you can tell, I took a little creative license and flipped the sketch 180.  I just thought the spider web looked better at the top for the rounded element:

Halloween is my second favorite holiday to make cards for friends and family (Christmas being #1). The DSP background was layered over a black card base and shimmered up with shimmer spray. The Tim Holtz spider web was die cut out of white glitter cardstock. The spooky spider (Memory Box) was die cut from black glitter cardstock and popped up on a lime green die cut circle (MFT) so he would really show up and scare someone!  Lastly, I added the 'eek' sentiment (Memory Box) that was die cut from the same lime green cardstock and glued on top of the black glitter cardstock banner.

This is such a versatile sketch - I just love it!  We hope you'll play along this week and don't forget to visit the talented DT members' blogs to leave some love:

The Paper Players Design Team

• Claire
• Joanne 
• Jaydee
• Laurie
• LeAnne
• Nance
• Sandy
• Deanne
• Jan

And just a few rules:

1. Create a new paper project.
2. Upload your project to your blog with a link back to The Paper Players.
3. Provide a direct link to your blog post for your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than FOUR challenges (including ours).
5. HAVE FUN! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Have a wonderful week!  

  

Cards in Envy: Penny for your Thoughts

Welcome CIE friends!  It's time for another creative challenge over at Cards in Envy and this time we're looking for thought bubbles, speech bubbles, word bubbles, etc. on your cards.

These adorable giraffes from MFT were stamped, die cut, and colored up with Copics.  I also used the punny sentiment from the same stamp set.  The clouds (also MFT) were stenciled in and the giraffes are standing in clumps of die cut grass from Memory Box.  

Come play with us!  Keep your cards flat enough for mailing and share your "thoughts" with us!

Thanks for stopping by ~ Have a great week 😎

The Paper Players #358: CAS - Color an Image

Hello friends, happy Sunday, and welcome to another fun challenge over at The Paper Players hosted by the creative Joanne:

I'm sure you've seen these adorable seagulls from MFT all over blogland and I finally colored up a couple of them with Copics for this card.  They are far cuter than the ones that fly over my house, dropping empty clam shells and "bombing" my deck which must be rinsed off almost daily!  The background swipes, also from MFT, were shined up with Nuvo Glitter Gloss, and I added a couple of friends in the sky and beach grass (Rubbernecker).

We sure hope you'll play along this week and get coloring!  For some great inspiration, please visit the other DT's blogs and leave them some love:

The Paper Players Design Team

• Claire Broadwater
• Joanne James 
• Jaydee
• Laurie Schmidt
• LeAnne Pugliese
• Nance Leedy
• Sandy Mathis 
• Deanne K
• Jan Clothier

And just a few rules:

1. Create a new paper project.
2. Upload your project to your blog with a link back to The Paper Players.
3. Provide a direct link to your blog post for your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than FOUR challenges (including ours).
5. HAVE FUN! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Have a wonderful week!  

Aloha!

Hello there!  A pretty quick card today for a couple of challenges:

Shopping our Stash #316 - Chillaxin' and Relaxin'

Words 2 Craft By #44 - Vacation

For me, one of the best places to relax is on a boat and the best vacations ever have been in Hawaii. This card came together using MFT's You Float My Boat stamps and die, Little B's Monogram alphabet dies, and The Stamps of Life wave from flipflops2stamp.  All inks are from Catherine Pooler on a SU Whisper White card base.

Thanks for lookin' and I hope you have a wonderful weekend 😎

Rain & Crafty Time!

 Hi there!  We actually had rain this morning!  It had been 55 days and, you may think I'm crazy but it was kind of nice to get a little break :)  My little break also included some crafty time and I made a couple of cards for two of my favorite challenges.

The first card is for CASology's with a cue of Safari.

It was a chance to use Hero Art's Layering Brave Lion stamp again, pairing it with a great sentiment from Ellen Hutson's Courage stamp set.

The second card is for the current Freshly Made Sketches Challenge celebrating #300! Congratulations, FMS!!

And what better way to celebrate than with a yummy birthday card:

Lawn Fawn's Perfectly Plaid DSP, pink vellum, and Mama Elephant's Creative Cuts helped build the background for The Stamps of Life "donuts2stamp" sentiment and die cut.  The pink frosting is covered with Nuvo glitter drops for sprinkles and then I went a little crazy with MFT's shimmer spray but I like how sparkly it turned out...you can never have too much shimmer :)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic week!

The Paper Players #357: Sandy's Color Challenge

Happy Sunday and welcome back for another Paper Players Challenge!  This week is our Color Challenge week and Sandy has picked a trio of colors that are absolutely beautiful together:

I'm usually not much of a flower girl in my cardmaking.  But, when I saw this gorgeous color combo, I knew that's what I wanted to do:

I started with the "vase" which is actually a very old clay pot die from Spellbinders.  I stamped it with Indigo Blu's Crackleglaze background stamp, inked up the edges, and added a Stamps of Life tiny tag with white satin twine. 

The flowers are from SU's Bunch of Blossoms stamp set, which I stamped off once for the first layer and then stamped full strength for the second layer.  The petals were punched out with the coordinating punch and I built the flowers on die cut circles.  Memory Box leaf dies and enamel dots completed the bouquet.

Before filling the vase, I splattered some ink and sponged a shadow base.  The flowers were popped up with foam tape and the stitched rectangle was mounted on a Bermuda Bay card base.

We hope you'll play along and can't wait to see your colorful projects.  For awesome inspiration, please visit the DT's blogs and leave them some love :)

The Paper Players Design Team

• Claire Broadwater
• Joanne James 
• Jaydee
• Laurie Schmidt
• LeAnne Pugliese
• Nance Leedy
• Sandy Mathis 
• Deanne K
• Jan Clothier

And just a few rules:

1. Create a new paper project.
2. Upload your project to your blog with a link back to The Paper Players.
3. Provide a direct link to your blog post for your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than FOUR challenges (including ours).
5. HAVE FUN! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Have a wonderful week!  

Cards in Envy: Bug Me!

Hello CIE friends!  It's the first Monday of August and time for another fun Cards in Envy Challenge!  This time we are looking for bugs on your cards.  Any occasion is fine - just make sure your card is flat enough to fit in an envy and has some kind of insect image on it.

These buzzing, happy little bees from The Stamps of Life were colored with Prismacolor pencils and their wings shined up with Wink of Stella.  The sentiment was a combination of two sets, one from Neat & Tangled and the other from Paper Smooches.  Lastly, I added accents with Nuvo drops and Stickles before layering and mounting on a Hero Arts black notecard.

We hope you'll get "buggy" and come play with us!  Thanks so much for stopping by ~ Have a buzzworthy day!

The Paper Players #356: Theme Challenge

Welcome back for another fun challenge over at The Paper Players!  This week is our Theme Challenge hosted by super talented Nance:

Are you ready to enjoy the great outdoors?  Here's my card:

This "Heron" die from Die-Versions reminds me of a lake inland that has a beautiful view of the Olympics and the many herons that I see every day enjoying the great outdoors (and lots of fish!). The background was inked up with Distress Oxide inks and a sentiment from Stampin' Up's Bunch of Blossoms was heat embossed with Ranger fine detail white EP. The DCWV card base must be at least 5 years old from a box of blank cards I picked up at Michaels with a coupon, of course.  I liked how the blue chevrons matched the background and the cardstock is 110# before they went to the lighter weight stuff :)


So, head to your craft room and show us how you enjoy the great outdoors!  Don't forget to check out the fun inspiration from the DT too!  Thanks for stopping by 😎

The Paper Players Design Team

• Claire Broadwater
• Joanne James 
• Jaydee
• Laurie Schmidt
• LeAnne Pugliese
• Nance Leedy
• Sandy Mathis 
• Deanne K
• Jan Clothier

And just a few rules:

1. Create a new paper project.
2. Upload your project to your blog with a link back to The Paper Players.
3. Provide a direct link to your blog post for your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than FOUR challenges (including ours).
5. HAVE FUN! 

Dropping You a Lime

Hi there!  It's very hot here today and a perfect time to play along with the latest CASology challenge:

Anything cold and juicy sounds good to me right now...like a lime rickey?

I used the "Orange You Sweet" set from Concord & 9th.  Rather than an orange, I went with Catherine Pooler's Lime Rickey and Garden Party ink for a juicy lime.  The sentiment is also from the same set.  I did sparkle up the lime slice with Nuvo's Gloss Glitter but, you know, just doesn't photograph well :(

I did want to say congrats to CASology for their 5 year anniversary celebration last week which, unfortunately, I had to miss.    It's an awesome challenge with jaw-dropping inspiration that I truly enjoy playing in every chance I get.

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you're having a good week!  Cheers!