Cool Birthday

Hello again! A card today for the latest Seize the Birthday Challenge with a "RAINBOW" topping:

I used Sunny Studio's 'Perfect Popsicles" and Catherine Pooler's inks to create a "cool" birthday card:

They look good enough to eat, don't they?! Hope you're having a great summer and thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Annie

The Paper Players #432: Claire's Color Challenge

Who doesn't love a rainbow! I'm playing along over at The Paper Players this week where the lovely Claire has a rainbow color challenge:

I was recently playing with my alcohol inks and made a bunch of rainbow colored backgrounds. Jennifer McGuire had published a YouTube video a little while back so I gave her technique a try and ended up with 10 backgrounds!  If you give it a try, be careful...it's addictive!

I used one of the rainbow backgrounds to die cut the MFT Stripes Cover-Up and also die cut some white cardstock so I could inlay the white strips into the rainbow frame/cover-up.

I then added the WOW die cut and embossed sentiment (MFT) and finished it off with SU Clear Glitter Epoxy Shapes. I kept it pretty simple so the rainbow was the star of the show!

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

Blow Out The Candles!

It's been weeks since I've been able to play in any of my favorite challenges.  Summer has been crazy busy with fantastic weather but yesterday it rained, and rained, and rained. So, I played the entire day with ink and paper!  Best therapy ever!

My card was inspired by two challenges, The Card Concept and Seize the Birthday:

Inspired by bright rainbow stripes

Anything Goes with Die Cuts or Punches Topping

And here's my card:

I used MFT's 'Make a Wish' stamps and dies for this bright birthday card. I die cut the candles three times, twice out of solid rainbow colored cardstock and the third layer out of MFT's Tiny Hearts DSP. The flames were die cut and colored with Copics and Wink of Stella. I was pretty proud of myself for stamping the sentiment FIRST before layering all of those candles on the card base!  I know you know what I mean! LOL!

Have a great week and thanks much for stopping by!

Cards in Envy: No Patterned Paper

Hi CIE friends!  Let's make our own designer paper and play along with Cards in Envy's newest challenge using NO patterned paper (solid cardstock is ok).  Break out your stamps, stencils, sprays, watercolors, distress inks, or whatever you have and create your own unique patterned paper for your card...just make sure the card is not too lumpy or bumpy for an envy.

The background on this card was created with an Echo Park balloon stencil and a rainbow of Distress Inks and Perfect Pearls.  They are very shimmery IRL!  The white heat embossed sentiment is from Catherine Pooler.

We can't wait to see what you come up with!  Thanks so much for visiting today!  

The Paper Players #385: Nance's CAS Challenge

Hello Paper Players!  I hope you had fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day yesterday!  I didn't find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow BUT we do have rainbows kicking off a CAS (Clean & Simple) Challenge hosted by our wonderful Nance today:

Since the theme is Clean And Simple this week, I kept to one main focal point, very minimal layers (1) and embellishments (0) and lots of open ("white") space.  I stamped the row of presents from Concord & 9th's Birthday Stacks and colored them in rainbow colors with Copics.  I then grounded the Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday border die cut over the presents. The white stitched rectangle (MFT) was mounted on a white card base. That's it...CAS and done!

Don't forget to check out the other DT members' blogs for a rainbow of 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).
5. HAVE FUN!

Thanks for playing along and making this blog challenge so much fun to be a part of.  I hope you have an awesome week and thank you for visiting!  Hugs, Annie