The Paper Players #384: Joanne's Color Challenge

Welcome back, Paper Players!  Spring really sprung last week!  There were so many beautiful entries and it made us all long for warmer and sunnier days.  Our wonderful hostess this week for the Color Challenge is Joanne and she wants us all to think Pink:

For me, it was perfect timing. A friend had asked me to make invites for her DIL's baby shower in April and the big reveal told us it was going to be a girl.  It was also a little bit of a first for me, making multiples of the same card which I usually do not do very often!  Once I figured out the "assembly line" technique, it was a lot of fun!

I had leftover DSP after the 30 invitations, so I made banners, raindrops for the shower "cloud," candy wrappers, water bottle wrappers, and baby rattles too!  To keep the construction a bit easier, I used the darling Ella the Elephant digi image from Pink Gem Designs and a pretty simple layout.

Please check out the other team members' blogs for some awesome "pinkness:"

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 today and I hope you have a wonderful week of crafting!  Daylight Savings Time starts here today.  Although we lose an hour, that extra hour of daylight and Vitamin D at the end of the day just makes me happy!

Thank You Home Depot!

Happy Friday!  It was cold today but the sun was out and it's lookin' good for the weekend too.  I spent some time in "The Dog House" this morning hoping to play with some challenges and make an anniversary card for my son and DIL.  Their wedding was beautiful and GREEN!  Perfect for a March wedding and a few of the challenges out there this week.

I'd like to play along with:

Tic Tac Toe #38 (On Diagonal: Green, Sparkle, Happy)

The Card Concept #88 (Monochromatic Green)

And here's my card:

Special thanks to Home Depot for the Green Paint Sample Swatch that I used as the background 😊  I heat embossed the sentiment (Stamps of Life) in Ranger Gold EP on the swatch.  I die cut the Memory Box Blushing Bouquet and used a Ranger Embossing Pen on the flower centers so I could heat emboss them in gold also.  I added sparkly gold metallic thread on the bouquet and layered onto a Neenah Solar White card base.  I added sparkly gold glitter cardstock strips along each side to finish it off.  

I always make the kids a green anniversary card.  You only have to see one of my favorite pics from their wedding to know why!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend and if you are looking for more GREEN fun, the Cards in Envy Challenge is still going strong.  Come play!

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #37

Happy Monday! Today I'm playing along with Tic Tac Toe Challenge #37.  I've missed the last couple and really wanted to make the deadline this time!

I went with Floral, Gold or Silver, & Sequins on the diagonal:

This card was fun to make and could have gone several different ways.  I used PTI's Mighty Bloom Die and die cut the white layer.  Then I used Distress Oxides (Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, & Wild Honey on the second layer.  I also made a mask so I could use VersaMark on random petals and heat emboss with Ranger Gold EP.  After layering the negative die cut over the distressed piece, I mounted it on an Avery Elle Raspberry card base.  I popped up the gold embossed sentiment from a Ranger Letter It! stamp set and added some gold sequins.

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

Cards in Envy: Green Things

Hi CIE friends!  It's the first Monday in March and time for a new challenge over at Cards in Envy.  Our theme this time is Green Things.  Create any size card, any occasion, with lots of green as your main color.  Just make sure it's not too lumpy or bumpy and will fit comfortably in an envy 😊  

For my DT card, I went with a group of green monsters for a card for my DGS:

I just love these little monsters from My Favorite Things!  I used various green inks from Catherine Pooler and the MFT coordinating dies to cut them out.  The sky was stenciled with MFT's cloud stencil and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  The sentiment (also from MFT) was white heat embossed on a black cardstock scrap.  I added a glossy red heart and some details with a white gel pen to finish the card.  

We hope you'll play along and show us your green!  The challenge will end on Sunday, March 18th.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  

CASology #289: Fit

Hello!  A quick card for the CASology Challenge:

When I thought of FIT for the cue, my mind went to clothes.  And if you're an Easter Bunny, I guess it goes to tails??

This stamp set (Taylored Expressions "If Bunnies Could Talk") made me laugh out loud in the craft store this weekend, so of course, I had to get it!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great week!

The Paper Players #383: A Theme Challenge from Jaydee

Welcome back, Paper Players!  It's March and Spring is coming!  Our talented Jaydee has the perfect theme to get you in the mood too!

At first I thought about just flowers but then my mind quickly went to Easter too - another fun holiday I love making cards for!

The cute bunny peeking out of the flower basket is a digi from Dee Dee's Digis that I found on my computer but don't ever remember using it.  I colored it first with Tombow Markers and then added shading with Prismacolor Pencils.  My poor eyes have a little bit of trouble with teeny tiny areas to color, so pencils with sharp points help me out there.  The card base was embossed with a Cuttlebug plaid embossing folder and the DSP was in my scrap bin.  The sentiment on the front is from The Stamps of Life.  ✓Check - one Easter card done!

For some wonderful springtime inspiration, check out the DT's blogs:

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 today ~ Have a wonderful week!

SIL Birthday Wishes

When I saw the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, I knew I wanted to use it for my SIL's birthday card!

Last weekend, I played around with my new Concord & 9th Dahlia Turnabout Stamp and die and made several in various colors.  I used Catherine Pooler inks, die cut one section, and layered it over very sparkly copper glitter cardstock.  I popped up the Altenew birthday sentiment after heat embossing with copper EP.  I really wanted the Dahlia to be the star of the show and this sketch is perfect. I decided to not add anything else to keep it really clean (which is my SIL's style) although I kept wanting to sprinkle sequins!  

Thanks for stopping by!  Off to the Post Office or she'll never get this in time! 😊