The Paper Players #448: Joanne's Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Yay for a 5th week over at The Paper Players!  It means its a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge which I think are so much fun!

I went with the diagonal for this card: Die-cut, Yellow, & Florals.

The 'Mondo Sakura' (Ellen Hutson) was gold heat embossed and watercolored with Zig Clean Color markers.  The deckled rectangle (Honey Bee) was misted with yellow Distress Ink and layered on a Mango (Memory Box) card base. Some gold glittery leaves (Catherine Pooler Die) were added under the popped up Sakura floral cluster.  The card was finished off with a popped up gold heat embossed banner sentiment (Concord & 9th). I really like gold embossing...should do it more often!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you and yours have a fun (and SAFE) 4th of July!

Hugs,

Annie 

Distressed Weekend

Hi there! I played with Distress inks this past weekend making backgrounds and also created a few cards to play along with some of my favorite challenges. There are three cards so I'll keep the descriptions short 😉 

The first card is for CASology #346:

The cue is "Ring" and I thought of Life Rings. Down at the beach, a lot of neighbors use them for outside decor but we all know how important they are!

The life ring was created with MFT's Donut die, masked off, and blended with DI Carved Pumpkin. I added the hemp rope and popped it up over a masked MFT Wave background. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's 'Float My Boat' stamp set. 

The second card was for Seize the Birthday's latest Anything Goes challenge with the Topping of "Cover the Card". 

I used a number of blue/green Distress Ink Cubes DTP (direct to paper) and swiped my background on Neenah Solar White cardstock.

Then I added Tim Holtz' Wildflower Stem die cuts in white cardstock and a heat embossed birthday sentiment from The Stamps of Life.  The card base is SU's Shaded Spruce cardstock.

My last card was for The Paper Players #447 - A Sketch Challenge from Jaydee.  I like this sketch...very clean!

More distressing on this one! The Mermaid Tail (Ellen Hutson) was embossed and blended. I added some Pixie Dust for sparkle - I wish the pic showed that.  The distressed blue cardstock layer was clear heat embossed with the same 'Bubbles' background stamp (Hero Arts) as the card base. I die cut some grass (Memory Box) and popped up the tail.  The heat embossed sentiment is from the same Mermaid Tail stamp set. 

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

Hugs,

Annie 

The Paper Players #446: A CAS Challenge from Claire

Hi there! Summer is just a day away and Claire's CAS challenge over at The Paper Players is a perfect way to celebrate:

I immediately had to go with lemonade for my summer beverage. Truth be told I pretty much can drink this all year round! Plain or with strawberries, raspberries, or blackberries or maybe even an Arnold Palmer? All sound good to me!

First I stamped, watercolored (with Zigs) and die cut lemons and blossoms from Ellen Hutson's 'Squeeze the Day' for a juicy cluster. The sentiment from Stamps of Life was masked off and stamped with VersaFine Clair 'Nocturne' and 'Cheerful' inks on the Neenah Solar White card base. Fun challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Summer!

Hugs,

Annie

  

The Paper Players #438: A CAS Challenge from Anne Marie

I thought 'what fun' when I saw the CAS Challenge from Anne Marie over at The Paper Players this week! 

I haven't paper pieced in forever and was more than happy to try this challenge out.  I'm not a great fussy cutter anymore so that probably has something to do with it!  I know it's why I picked these cute boots to stamp...easy to fussy cut 😄

Stamps of Life 'boots4rain' stamp set

Great Impressions sentiment stamp

MFT DSP

MFT Inks

Nuvo Glitter Gloss (for the puddle)

I love me some cute boots and living down at the beach, I traded in high heels for some pretty wild ones!  I hope you have a great week and thanks for stopping by.

Freshly Made Sketches #383 & Seize the Birthday #163

Happy Monday! I made a couple of cards yesterday during more April showers. I used the latest sketch from Jen over at Freshly Made Sketches as a jumping off point for the first card. I think I just made the posting deadline by a hair!

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

SU Tropical Escape DSP

Catherine Pooler's Toucan Do It Stamps & Dies

MFT Wonky Oval and Stitched Strips

Catherine Pooler inks, Copics, Nuvo Glitter Gloss

The second card is a birthday card for a dear friend that I'll be linking up to Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes:

MFT Musical Background Stamp

MFT DSP

MFT Turntable dies and sentiments

Thanks for stopping by ~ Have a great week!  Now, I need to finish those Easter cards!

Hugs,

Annie

Freshly Made Sketches #381: Sketch by Lee Ann

Hello! I received some Distress Oxide Spray Inks for my birthday and really wanted to get inky and play.  I'm playing along with FMS #381 this week ~ it's such a great sketch to feature backgrounds, big sentiments or patterned paper!

I created a few backgrounds with my sprays and decided to use this one, adding some Perfect Pearls for shine.  The dandelion die cut in navy cardstock is from Sizzix' Wildflower Stems and the great sentiment from Picket Fence Studios' Dandelion Wishes stamp set.  I finished it off with some glittery washi tape.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!

The Paper Players #408: Theme Challenge from Joanne

Hello, Paper Players! It's the first Sunday in September and Joanne is hosting a fun challenge theme for you:  Lunch Box Love Notes! 

I'll admit I was pretty excited when I saw this theme.  School is starting here next week and my grandson will be starting 3rd grade.  I've made lots and lots of lunch box notes for him since he started kindergarten for his parents to tuck away in his lunch box. He loves them and I love making them!

This batch of notes was made with scrap cardstock and Lawn Fawn's Woodland Critter Huggers die set.  The back of the notes used sentiments from MFT's 'Packed with Positivity' and SSS 'Lunch Box Notes.'  I tucked glittery red stars in their arms and added some googly eyes for grins.

Check out the other DT members' for super cute ideas:

• Claire
• Joanne 
• Jaydee
• Anne Marie
• Laurie
• LeAnne
• 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!

We hope you'll play along and spread a little love! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #405: A Color Challenge from LeAnne

Hello Paper Players!  The lovely LeAnne is hosting our Color Challenge this week and it's a beauty (and one of my all time favorite color combos)!

Those colors always remind me of beautiful sunsets.  Today I went with a pretty simple emboss resist to make the colors the star of the show. I used Distress Oxide inks in matching colors to blend the background after I had heat embossed the sentiment from Catherine Pooler called 'Fearless Pursuit' and the leaves from Hero Arts' 'Delicate Leaf Clusters' stamp sets.  When the Distress Oxides had dried, I used Distress Micro Glaze to seal in the color and added some Pretty Pink Posh clear drops for accent. 

For some unique colorful inspiration, please visit the DT's blogs...you won't be disappointed!

• 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!

Enjoy your week and hopefully you'll find some crafty time to play along! Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs, Annie