The Paper Players #391: A Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge from Joanne

Woohoo!  It's the fifth Sunday of the month over at The Paper Players Challenge and that means it's Tic-Tac-Toe time!

Since I struggle a bit with grown-up "guy" cards, I went with the middle row across for my DT card:  Birthday, Ribbon, Masculine.  This birthday card will be going to my brother, a true car buff.

  

First, sorry...foil is a bit difficult for me to photograph.  I was doing some spring cleaning in The Dog House and found some Dazzles that I bought ages ago at a local craft show.  I placed the car Dazzle on watercolor paper, fussy cut, and watercolored the image.  The Dazzle sentiment was placed on a watercolor paper scrap and mounted on a gold foil die cut oval over a rust colored ribbon scrap.  The DSP is from a 6x6 paper pack by Prima.  Notice the gears in the lower left corner?  

Have fun picking a row (or all of them) and check out the other DT members' blogs for inspiring ideas!

The Paper Players Design Team

• Claire
• Joanne 
• Jaydee
• Laurie
• LeAnne
• Nance
• Sandy
• Elizabeth 
• 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).

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your week!

Sow Good!

Hi there!  It was a beautiful day today and I'm itchin' to go on my annual plant buying spree with my garden buddy!  I put this card together for her and I'm linking up to Words 2 Craft By April/May Challenge: The Promise of April.  The inspiring quote for the challenge is:

No Winter lasts forever, no Spring skips its turn. 

April is a promise that May is bound to keep, and we know it. 

~ Hal Borland

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

MFT DSP

Ellen Hutson "Plant Lady" stamps & Dies

Copic Markers

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy planting!  

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #044

Hi There!  I'm playing along over at the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge:

I made this card while playing with my SU "Lots of Happy" refill kit.  You can see another one (my DT card) over at The Paper Players current sketch challenge. 

I was happy to see that this card works for the top row, across:  Stripes, Thank You, Add Dimension (Impress sentiment cut 3 times).

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a great week!

You've Got This!

Hello!  A quick card today for a great sketch from Narelle over at Freshly Made Sketches #333:

My DGS is going for his first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.  I know he's going to do great!  Here's the products I used:

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

DSP scrap (from Halloween papers)

MFT Shooting Star die

MFT Stars Above sentiment

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players #390: Sketch Challenge from Jaydee

Hi Paper Players Friends!  It's Sunday and time for a new challenge.  This week, the awesome Jaydee is hosting a Sketch Challenge that is so versatile...my favorite kind!  Take a look!

I fell in love with the "Lots of Happy" card kit from Stampin' Up but screwed up when ordering.  I ended up with the refill kit but it had all the fun elements I liked, just not the stamp set.  I have quite a few stamps that worked just fine so it ended up being a happy mistake after all.  The gold embossed sentiment is from Gina K.'s wreath builder kit which fit perfectly for this card.  I colored the flower elements with Zig Clean Color Markers and an aqua brush and added gold leaf die cuts from SU Petals and More.  I like how it turned out!

We can wait to see what you come up with using this fab sketch.  Check out the rest of the Design Team's beauties:

The Paper Players Design Team

• Claire
• Joanne 
• Jaydee
• Laurie
• LeAnne
• Nance
• Sandy
• Elizabeth 
• 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 visiting and I hope you have a great week!

Cards in Envy Challenge: It's Birthday Party Time!

Welcome back, CIE friends!  It's the 3rd Monday of the month and time for a new challenge.  This one is called "It's Birthday Party Time" and, you guessed it, we're looking for birthday cards that are flat enough to fit comfortably in an envy.  Easy, right?  And we always can use more birthday cards!

Concord & 9th Flower Turnabout Stamp

Catherine Pooler Inks

Mama Elephant Scalloped Rectangle Die

Concord & 9th Banners & Blooms Sentiment

Concord & 9th Ribbon Banner Die

Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight & Whisper White Cardstock

This Challenge will run for three weeks and close on May 6th.  Lots of time to come play with us!  Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players #389: A CAS Challenge from Sandy

Hi friends!  Welcome back for a new magical challenge over at The Paper Players:

Our fab hostess, Sandy, is looking for anything magical on your Clean and Simple project this week. 

On a black card base, I used Wow Gold Glitter embossing powder to heat emboss my sentiment from Neat & Tangled.  I die cut my 'Thoughtful Faerie' from Poppy Stamps out of white cardstock and again out of gold glitter cardstock so I could inlay shimmer on her wings. To finish it off, I added a thin strip of black & white cardstock along the left edge and some shiny white metallic star sequins from SU.

Check out the magical inspiration from the Design Team and come play with us! 

The Paper Players Design Team

• Claire
• Joanne 
• Jaydee
• Laurie
• LeAnne
• Nance
• Sandy
• Elizabeth 
• 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!

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #043

Hi there!  I'm so excited to be a Guest Designer for the newest challenge over at Tic Tac Toe!  I've really enjoyed playing this challenge and I'm very honored that the talented Design Team asked me to join them this week.

Here's the board:

I went with the bottom row across: Square, Die Cut, & Dots.

I used a couple of different stencils.  The blueberry layer was stenciled with VersaMark and SSS Circle Dots and the white square with Distress Ink and an all over dot stencil.  The SU dragonfly was watercolored, die cut, and layered over another vellum die cut.  The heat embossed sentiment is from the same Dragonfly Dreams stamp set.  Finally, I shined up the wings with Nuvo Glitter Gloss which are very sparkly IRL!

Thanks so much to the DT for the invite and thank YOU for stopping by.  Now, head over to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge for the details and play along!  

The Paper Players #388: A Color Challenge from LeAnne

Welcome back, Paper Players!  Our fab hostess this week is LeAnne and she has come up with a beautiful Color Challenge:

The photo inspired me to go with a floral theme for my 5 x 5 square card!

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

MFT Eggplant & SU Tranquil Tide Cardstock

Gina K. Wreath Builder Bundle (love this!)

MFT Wisteria & Eggplant Ink; Memento Cottage Ivy Ink

Nuvo Drops for accents

Please go check out the other team members' blogs for more colorful inspiration:

The Paper Players Design Team

• Claire
• Joanne 
• Jaydee
• Laurie
• LeAnne
• Nance
• Sandy
• Elizabeth 
• 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).

Thanks for stopping by ~ Come play with us!

I'd also like to link this card up to the current Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge (bottom row, across):

Bon Voyage

Yippee!  I found some time to play today in a couple of challenges:

CASology Week 294

Shopping Our Stash #348 - Black, White & One other color (yellow)

A card for a friend starting a new adventure in search of SUNNIER days!

Neenah Solar White

MFT Sun Ray Stencil

Catherine Pooler Stamps & Dies (Bon Voyage)

Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade

VersaFine Onyx Black

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

Hugs,

Annie