The Paper Players #470: A Theme Challenge from Laurie

Hello friends! It feels like forever since I've been able to play and post so today was a great day! I'm playing along over at The Paper Players with a fun theme challenge Laurie:

I made this card using an older stamp set and dies from The Stamps of Life.  I've always loved "building" this snowman and the size is great for an A2 card!

She's actually a snow-woman with her pink scarf, gloves and hat. The 'accessories' are covered with sparkly Nuvo Glitter Gloss and the nose super shiny with Glossy Accents.  The heat embossed sentiment is from MFT and the background DSP from DCWV.  

Thanks for stopping by and your kind comments!

Hugs,
Annie

The Paper Players #466: Theme Challenge from Anne Marie

Hi Friends! Today I'm playing along over at The Paper Players where it is a great Theme Challenge called "Into the Woods."

I must share my inspiration for this one!  Down on the coast, November is the month of the "Rut." That's when the boys (Bucks) seriously look for their girlfriends (Does) so we can have adorable little fawns running and playing around in the Spring.  As I was looking out my window, a beautiful 5-point Buck chased an unwilling Doe into the woods...thus this card:

It ended up being quite the mash-up of products. The trees were stenciled using TCW's 'Aspen Trees' and Hickory Smoke Distress Ink.  The studly Buck is a die cut from Savvy Stamps (Deer Head) and the scarf was die cut from Catherine Pooler's 'Build a Snowman' dies and colored with Copics.  The sentiment (which I thought was perfect because of what's happening in the woods :) is from Ellen Hutson.  The stitched ovals are Gina K. and the stitched rectangles are MFT.  Whew! See what I mean...a total mash-up!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a great week - I know the Bucks are!

Hugs,
Annie

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 #449: Theme Challenge from Laurie

Wheeee! It's a Water Sports theme over at The Paper Players this week. 

A few years ago (actually quite a few), one of my favorite water sports was inner tubing. As I got older, I just enjoyed sitting in one...like my little dolphin friend below:

The background was masked off, blended with Distress Oxide inks, and splattered with water.  I used Distress Glaze to brighten up the colors after adding water.  The darling dolphin from Avery Elle's 'Peek-A-Boo Summer Pals' stamp set and dies was simply colored with Copics and popped up.  I did add Glossy Accents and Nuvo Glitter Gloss to the inner tube for some sparkle and shine. 

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you're having some water fun this summer 😎 

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #444: Ann's Theme Challenge

Hi friends! I made a card this morning to play along over at The Paper Players:

The summer vacation theme is a fun one. Although I really don't have any vacation plans right now, when you live at the beach it's almost like a vacation every day!

The flamingos are having a splash party at the beach and it looks like one of my birdbaths right now with at least 5 robins in it!  I inked the birds with Distress Ink and lightly misted with water before stamping. I also masked the card base and stamped the brush stroke background stamp in coral ink.  The sentiment was white heat embossed and layered over a DSP scrap. Here are the supplies I used: 

Rubbernecker Stamps' Splash Party

Distress Inks for watercoloring

Hero Arts Sentiment

Hero Arts Background Stamp - Brush strokes

Honey Bee Deckle Edge Dies

Neenah Solar White cardstock

Distress Watercolor Paper

Bazzill Licorice cardstock

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #427: Joanne's Theme Challenge

I love making Valentines and Joanne's theme challenge over at The Paper Players was perfect for me this week!

The hardest part about making this card was using SU's Painted Love DSP.  I just love the colors and designs of that paper!  I've just been saving it (or hoarding it) but it was time to cut into it and share the joy! 

The coral and pink stamped and die cut hearts are from My Favorite Things and popped up over some gold metallic washi from Heidi Swapp. The stitched and scalloped rectangle die cuts are oldies from Sugar Pea Designs.

Thanks for visiting today and I hope you have a love-filled Valentines Day next week!

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #400: CELEBRATION!

Hello Friends!  We are thrilled to be celebrating The Paper Players 400th Challenge!  Can you believe it?! Because of Paper Players like you, this challenge blog has been going strong and we'd like to thank you by throwing a little party!

Our theme is CELEBRATION and my step card with Stampin Up's Party Pandas and My Favorite Things' Big Birthday Balloons is ready to celebrate.  Are you??  As the Avery Elle sentiment says, "LET THE FUN BEGIN!" 

There are prizes galore (and I mean A LOT OF PRIZES).  Our challenge will run for two weeks because one week is just not long enough for this party! You can enter up to two projects during the two weeks.  All prize winners will be selected by Random.org. And, of course, we will still have a Celebration Headliner and Designer Picks too! 

A very special THANK YOU to our wonderfully generous prize sponsors (in alphabetical order):

1. Altenew- $30 gift card
2. Atenew Academy - $20 gift card  (compliments of Jaydee)
3. Avery Elle- $20 store credit
4. Butterfly Reflections- Breathe Rainbows Stamp Set (US only)
5. CAS-ual Fridays- $25 store credit
6. Cheery Lynn- $20 gift card  
7. Cheery Lynn- $20 gift card (compliments of Laurie)
8. Concord & 9th- $25 gift card
9. Craftin Desert Divas- $10 store cedit
10. Dies R Us- $15 gift card
11. Ellen Hutson-  $20 gift card (compliments of Annie) 
12. Ellen Hutson- $20 gift card  (compliments of Elizabeth)
13. Happy Little Stampers- $20 store credit
14. Heffy Doodle- Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)
15. Heffy Doodle- Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)
16. Heffy Doodle- Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)
17. Heffy Doodle- Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)
18. Lawn Fawn- $25 gift card
19. My Favorite Things- $25 store credit
20. Neat & Tangled- $15 store credit 
21. Newton's Nook- $20 store credit
22. Pink & Main- $20 store credit
23. Power Poppy- $10 store credit
24. Stampendous- $20 reward cards (US only)
25. Stampendous- $20 reward card (US only)
26. Stampendous- $20 reward card (US only)
27. STAMPlorations- $20 gift certificate
28. Stampin' Up!- $20 gift certificate (compliments of Nance - US only)
29. Stampin' Up!- $20 gift certificate (compliments of LeAnne - US only)
30. Stampin' Up!- $20 gift certificate (compliments of Claire - US only)
31. Stampin' Up!- $20 gift certificate (compliments of Joanne - UK only)
32. Stampin' Up!- $20 gift certificate (compliments of Jan - NZ only)
33. Technique Tuesday- $20 gift card
34. The Foiled Fox- $25 store credit
35. Trinity Stamps- Let it Grow and Lady Liberty Stamp Sets
36. Tutti Designs- $15 gift card
37. Uniko- any in-stock stamp set of the winner's choice
38. Verve Stamps- stamp & accessory bundle (compliments of Sandy -US only)
39. Verve Stamps- stamp & accessory bundle (compliments of Sandy - US only)
40. Waffle Flower- $15 gift card

Challenge Rules:

1. Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
2. For this challenge only - please do not submit more than two cards.  This gives more people the opportunity to be prize winners :-)
3. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us. 
4. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
5. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours.
6. Please be considerate of our requests; entries that do not follow any of these rules will be deleted without notification and will not be eligible for our prizes.

For some happy inspiration, visit our talented DT members' blogs and our Very Special Guest Designers, Anne Marie Hile and Ann Schach, who have returned for the celebration!

• Claire
• Joanne
• Jaydee
• Laurie
• LeAnne
• Nance
• Sandy
• Annie - You are here
• Jan
• Elizabeth
• Anne Marie Hile, Emeritus Designer
• Ann Schach, Emeritus Designer

Please join our celebration for the 400th challenge and play along!  LET THE FUN BEGIN!!

The Paper Players #396: A Theme Challenge from Joanne

Hi there and welcome back for another Paper Players Challenge hosted by our own Crafty Owl, Joanne!  

Animal Antics - how fun is this!  I have a number of animal stamps (mostly puppies as you would imagine), but I've had this soaring cow with a balloon for quite a while and it is still one of my faves. The sentiment always makes me smile!

  

Paper Zone Bright Yellow Note Card (A6)

My Favorite Things DSP

Great Impressions Stamps (Image & Sentiment)

Gina K. Stitched Oval Dies

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, WOW Clear Embossing Powder, Zig Clean Color Markers

All of the DT's projects will make you smile!  Check out their animal antics:

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).

I'd also like to link this card up to Seize the Birthday with a Patterned Paper Topping:

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy your week!  Hugs, Annie

The Paper Players #392: A Theme Challenge from Nance

It's a Tea Party over at The Paper Players this week!  Our lovely hostess, Nance, is looking for Tea-themed projects this week:

Aren't those tea cups beautiful? I'll admit that when I saw the theme this week, I said 'Uh oh" to myself.  I have quite a few coffee stamps but I couldn't recall anything with tea!  I started digging and found one stamp set from Darcie (at least 7 years old) and one tea cup die from Memory Box (probably just as old).  Isn't it great to find things you've never used before?!  I had so much fun, I made two cards.  The second one was to use up the pretty scraps from the Authentique 6x6 paper pad I used on the first:

Check out the DT Members' blogs for some TEA-riffic 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 for our Tea Party and come play with us!  Have a great week!