The Paper Players #462: Joanne's Theme Challenge

Hi Friends! Joanne's Grateful/Thankful Challenge over at The Paper Players this week meant it was time to take a break from Halloween cards and play in the leaves! 

I had my mind on raking leaves when I made this one.  I spent a few hours doing that this weekend and then...Monday came, the rains came, and boy did the wind show up too.  It didn't look like I had cleaned up anything!  Oh well, I know these leaves aren't going to blow away:

I don't usually do too many scene cards but the tractor and trailer were screaming at me for one.  I randomly blended a sky, added a grassy hill, and a die cut tree (Lawn Fawn) from woodgrain cardstock.  The little leaves were also part of the Lawn Fawn set that I die cut out of scrap cardstock to fill the trailer.  I just love this tractor and trailer from Catherine Pooler's latest Christmas release (Christmas Tree Farm stamps & dies). I inked them up with CP inks and also used colored pencils for some of the details. The sentiment dies are from MFT and the sentiment is a very old wood-mounted one. 

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

Hugs,
Annie

The Paper Players #458: A Color Challenge from Ann

Hi Friends!  When I saw the new color challenge over at The Paper Players this week, I immediately thought of Fall like many others did.  Great colors to ink up those leaf stamps with!

I tried to match the colors the best I could and added a little gold embossing for my 'neutral.'

Gina K. Sandy Beach Cardstock

Stampin' Up Very Vanilla Cardstock

Concord & 9th Give Thanks Stamps (sentiment)

Ellen Hutson Rustic Botanicals Stamps and Dies (leaves)

Ranger Very Fine Gold EP

Stampin' Up Cajun Craze ink

Catherine Pooler Peppermint Scrub & Day Dream ink

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you're enjoying the last few weeks of summer 😎

The Paper Players #409: A Color Challenge from Anne Marie

Gosh, we had so many cute lunchbox love notes last week and thanks to everyone who played along! This week over at The Paper Players it's our Color Challenge hosted by Anne Marie and she has come up with such a pretty color combo!

I thought these colors would make such an awesome plaid with Fall coming.

After I had stamped the plaid background (Concord & 9th) with Blackberry Bliss, Mint Macaron, and Crumb Cake, I die cut the sweater with MFT's Comfy Sweater dies. The sweater was popped up on a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock that was embossed with Ellen Hutson's Stitches Cover Plate.  The sentiment from MFT's Cozy Greetings was heat embossed with white EP on the Blackberry Bliss card base.  I think this could even be a fun Christmas card!

Check out the gorgeous projects from the rest of the DT ~ they're amazing!

• 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 can't wait to see what you come up with using Anne Marie's colors this week! 

Hugs,

Annie

Merry Merry Merry

Happy Monday!  I had some rainy crafty time this weekend but almost forgot to post!  The first card was for the latest Tic Tac Toe Challenge:

I went with the diagonal - stripes, ribbon, and layers.  I used Freshly Made Sketches #311 as a jumping off point (but was too late to enter...story of my life!):

Check!  Another Christmas card for the pile!  I stamped the Peppermint Twist background (Catherine Pooler) in Rockin' Red ink, layered on a sweet image from Pink Cat Studios colored with Prismacolor pencils, and added a sentiment (The Stamps of Life) tag with a snippet of gingham ribbon. 

The second card is for the Live Love Cards membership challenge featuring LEAVES.  It also fits for the new Cards in Envy Challenge that started today where the sentiment or words are the focal point.  Come play with us!

The background was stamped with Catherine Pooler's Counting Blessings stamp set and inks.  The sentiment was white heat embossed on one of MFT's tag builder dies.  May Arts green twine was the final touch.

I hope you have a fantastic week and thanks so much for stopping by!

The Paper Players #365: A Color Challenge from Joanne

Welcome back for another fun challenge over at The Paper Players!  This week, the very creative Joanne has come up with a wonderful color challenge featuring some fall-tastic colors:

I didn't have the 'exact' SU colors but attempted to match them as best I could with Gina K. inks for a Thanksgiving card:

On a Neenah Solar White card base, I stamped the falling leaves from Catherine Pooler's Leaf Motif stamp set for the background.  The tag was assembled using Simon Says Stamp tag dies and tied off with SU linen thread.  The leaf die cuts and sentiment are also part of Catherine Pooler's SOA collection.

 We can't wait to see what beautiful projects you come up with!  For some fantastic color inspiration, please check out the other team members' blogs:

The Paper Players Design Team

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

I'd also like to link up this card and play along over at Shopping Our Stash:  #323  - Give Thanks.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Cards in Envy: Blowing in the Wind

Happy Fall and welcome back to another fun Cards in Envy challenge!  To kick off Autumn, we're celebrating leaves ~ like all the ones that are blowing around in the wind in my backyard.  I really need to find that rake but first, here's my card:

My maple leaves are from a very old rubber stamp set.  I think it was Fiskars but can't be sure.  I colored the stamp with 3 different colors of Zig Clean Color Markers, spritzed with water, and stamped on ivory cardstock from Gina K.  I also used FineTec Metallic Watercolors and Nuvo Golden Sunset Glitter Drops to splatter the background.  The sentiment is from Impression Obsession, stamped on a stitched sentiment strip (MFT).  The sentiment strip was wrapped with some metallic gold thread and popped up.

We hope you'll embrace those falling leaves and join in the fun over at CIE.  Make sure your card is not too lumpy or bumpy and will fit comfortably in an envy and, most of all, have fun! 

The Paper Players #364: Theme Challenge from Sandy

Hello Paper Players and welcome back for another fun challenge!  This week, Super Star Sandy has come up with an Autumn Floral theme for us to play with:

I made a card base from embossed woodgrain cardstock (Ellen Hutson) and then swiped some Memento Desert Sand ink on the front to give it a bit of a worn look.  The wreath is wrapped postal twine with some gold metallic thread woven in.  The foliage was die cut (Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves & Memory Box Chloe Stem) from metallic copper cardstock.  The flowers were paper stickers from Martha Stewart that I colored with Copic markers and dotted the centers with Nuvo Golden Sunset Glitter Drops. The sentiment from Sunny Studio's Autumn Greetings was stamped on kraft and heat embossed with Ranger gold EP.  To finish it off, I sprinkled some Pretty Pink Posh metallic gold confetti around the wreath. 

For more inspiration, please check out the beautiful Autumn creations from the rest of the DT and leave them some love:

The Paper Players Design Team

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

We can't wait to see what you link up!  Have a great week and hopefully you'll have some crafty time to play along!

Happy Fall!

Happy first day of Fall!  It's sunny, a little breezy, the leaves are falling, and I had some time to make a card this morning.  A good day.  I really liked the current Freshly Made Sketch by Jen.  It looks great no matter which way you flip it!

A little disclaimer:  Too much coffee, no breakfast, and layering stamps do not mix well for me but I did my best!

Here's what I used for this card:
Cardstock - PaperZone Gold Fleck
DSP - Doodlebug Designs (sorry...the paper pad cover with the name is missing)
Stamps - Sunny Studio Pretty Pumpkins; Catherine Pooler SOA Leaf Motifs (sentiment)
Dies - My Favorite Things, Sunny Studio
Inks - Catherine Pooler Inks, VersaFine Sepia
Other - Clear EP

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful Fall weekend!

The Paper Players #362: LeAnne's Clean & Simple Challenge

It's time for another fun challenge from The Paper Players!  This week, the lovely LeAnne is hosting a Clean & Simple challenge with a Harvest theme just in time for Fall:

I started by embossing a stitched rectangle die onto the Memory Box notecard for a bit of a frame.  The DSP came from the overflowing scrap bin.  The sentiment image is an old digi stamp I've had for quite a while from "From the Heart Stamps."  It was colored with Prismacolor pencils and then brushed with some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  I finished it off with a little May Arts twine.  And that's it...clean and simple!

For some fall-tastic inspiration, check out the talented DT's blogs:

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 ~ I hope you have a great week!