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Today's card is a Father's Day card inspired by two challenges. Freshly Made Sketches #588 has a fun sketch perfect for showing off some patterned paper. Festive Friday Challenge 0135 provided many elements to play with. The elements I picked were blue, brads, masculine, vehicle and die cuts.

Night of Navy card base and All That die cuts

White cardstock layer 4 4 1/16" by 5 5/16"

3 15/16" by 5 3/16" Well Suited DSP (ret) cut diagonally to make 2 triangles

He's All That stamp set on white cardstock with Night of Navy ink cut with All That dies

silver brads

Inside white panel stamped with He's All That stamp set with Night of Navy ink

Be sure to check out the other entries in this fun challenge.

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PPC643

Good Morning,

Today is Sunday and that means it is time for a new challenge over at The Paper Players. I hope you all will make a project of your own and join us in this challenge. I made a birthday card for anyone that is a fan of beer, I know planty. I used the colors from a favorite patterned paper to determine which inks and cardstock to use. 

Cajun Craze card base

He's the Man DSP(ret) 4" by 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" by 5" and 3 1/8" by 1 1/4"

Brewed for You Stamp Sentiment and mug of beer stamped with Early Espresso and Crushed Curry inks 

Brewed dies cut beer mug and  the hops and leaves from Crushed Curry

Stylish Shapes dies for sentiment and Sahara Sand(ret) circle

Classic Matte Dots colored with Cajun Craze Blend

Ann is bringing us a timely Theme challenge this week. Create a masculine card. Your card could be used for any occassion. It could be made elaborate with your favorite embellishments or kept as simple as you like. What will you create for this challenge?

The design team has created some creative projects to inspire you. Stop by our challenge page to see what we made. Drop us a comment while you are there.

I hope you join us at The Paper Players this week. We would love to see what you create for this Theme challenge. You can enter your project from now until noon PST on Friday, June 9, 2023. See all the rules and requirements on the challenge page.

Be sure to stop by and say hello to The Paper Players Design Team: 

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile 

Ann Schach

Suzy Hinton

Fran Wing

Tara Carpenter

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!  

Inspire.Create.Challenge #144

 Hello Everyone,

Today starts a new challenge with Inspire.Create.Challenges. Challenge #144 is a Color Challenge. There  is a twist to this color challenge, you get to pick the colors. So pick your favorite three color combination and have fun. 

Our new challenges launch every other Sunday at 10:00 a.m. GMT and continue for ten days. This challenge ends at 10:00 p.m. GMT on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. The Inspire.Create Team have created some great projects to inspire you. So click on the link below to head over to the challenge blog and check them out.

How do you pick just one favorite color combination? With all the new Stampin' Up colors, I keep finding new favorites. For my card, I pulled out a color combo inspired by some DSP. I am intriqued by the much aligned Wild Wheat. Personally, I really like the color.

Moody Mauve card base

4" by 4 1/2" white cardstock embossed with Timeworn Type folder

4" by 3" Wild Wheat Fresh as a Daisy DSP

3 1/2" square Fresh as a Daisy DSP

Stylish Shapes dies circle

Cheerful Daisies stamp daisy and leaves with Moody Mauve, Bubble Bath and Wild wheat inks cut with coordinating dies

Wild Wheat foliage die-cut

Sweet Sorbet Metallic Woven Ribbon

Classic Matte dots colord with Moody Mauve 

I hope my card inspired you to join in this Sketch Challenge and make a card of your own. This challenge runs until 10:00 p.m. GMT on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. See the blog post for all the rules and guidelines.

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Beautiful Balloons

The card I made today was inspired by Creative Colour Challenges #91. The colors provided were Parakeet Party, Orchid Oasis and Melon Mambo. With these bright colors I decided to go with a fun celebration card.

Melon Mambo card base

3 1/2" by 5" Orchid Oasis Flowers and More DSP (ret)

3 3/8" by 4 7/8" Parakeet Party Butterfly Kisses DSP (ret)

Beautiful Balloons dies medium balloons cut from Parakeet Party, Orchid Oasis and Melon Mambo

Beautiful Balloons stamp set large confetti balloon heat embossed with gold embossing powder 

Sentiment stamped with Orchid Oasis cut with Stylish Shapes dies

Parakeet Party Bakers Twine

Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins

Be sure to check out the other entries in this fun challenge.

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Lovely Lily Pad

Hello All, 

For today's card, I combined some great new colors with a stamp set from a few years back. Retro Rubber Challenge #207 this time is "Anything Goes". This gave me a chance to play with a color combination I've been liking. Berry Burst and Bubble Bath look really good together, so I took a cue from some patterned paper and added Wild Wheat to these pinks. The stamp set I picked was from Sale-A-Bration 2020, Lovely Lily Pad, along with coordinating dies.

Berry Burst card base

4" by 5 1/4" Bubble Bath cardstock

3 3/4" by 5" Wild Wheat Fresh as a Daisy DSP

3 5/8" by 4 7/8" white cardstock splattered with Berry Burst, Bubble Bath and Wild Wheat inks and stamped sentiment from Charming Sentiments with Wild Wheat 

Bubble Bath cardstock cut with die

Lily Pads and leaves atamped on DSP with Wild Wheat ink and cut with dies

Flowers heat embossed with white onto water color paper Painted with Berry Burst and Bubble Bath inks then cut with dies

Sweet Sorbet Metallic Woven Ribbon

Share What You Love Artisan Pearls(ret)

Be sure to check out the other entries in this fun challenge.

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PP642 and Zany Zoo

 Good Morning,

Today is Sunday and that means it is time for a new challenge over at The Paper Players. I hope you all will make a project of your own and join us in this challenge. I made a birthday card for a special little girl who is turning two. The theme of her party is dogs. I was so happy to see the little dog on the Zoo Crew DSP. I used the colors from the DSP and added some fringe made with the Beautiful Balloons dies.

Pumpkin Pie card base and 2 1/8" by 5 1/8" panel

Pool Party 4 1/16" by 5 5/16" layer 

2" by 5" strip of black Zoo Crew DSP colored with pool party, pumpkin pie, lemon lime twist, lemon lolly, and petal pink blends

4 1/16" 7/8" strip of Pumpkin Pie Enjoy the Journey(ret) and Lemon Lime Twist Bright and Beautiful DSP cut with fringe die from Beautiful Balloons

Dog image cut with Stylish Shapes dies from Zoo Crew DSP

Sentiment from Zany Zoo stamp set cut with Stylish Shapes dies

Glossy Dots Assortment-Pool Party

LeAnne is bringing us a great sketch challenge this week. This is a very versatile sketch. This sketch can be used for any occassion. It could be made fancy with your favorite embellishments or kept as simple as you like. What will you create for this challenge?

The design team has created some creative projects to inspire you. Stop by our challenge page to see what we made. Drop us a comment while you are there.

I hope you join us at The Paper Players this week. We would love to see what you create for this Sketch challenge. You can enter your project from now until noon PST on Friday, June 2, 2023. See all the rules and requirements on the challenge page.

Be sure to stop by and say hello to The Paper Players Design Team: 

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile 

Ann Schach

Suzy Hinton

Fran Wing

Tara Carpenter

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!  

PP641 and Growth Takes Time

Good Morning,

Today is Sunday and that means it is time for a new challenge over at The Paper Players. I hope you all will make a project of your own and join us in this challenge. I picked an Online Exclusive stamp set, a new color and a die-cut sentiment. Here's a sneak peak of my card. My card was inspired by the about to bloom Magnolia tree in my backyard.

Joanne is bringing us a Clean and Simple (CAS) challenge this week. She is asking us to "Use One of Something". So pick a single image and create a clean and simple project. Remember to keep it simple, use few embellishments and show a lot of white space.What will you create for this challenge?

The design team has created some creative projects to inspire you. Stop by our challenge page to see what we made. Drop us a comment while you are there.

Cut a 4" by 5 1/4" piece of Moody Mauve cardstock. Using the score board, score 5 lines 1/8" apart across the card starting 1 1/4" from the bottom. Adhere this layer onto a thick white card base. 

Stamp the tree image from Growth Takes Time with Peppled Path ink onto a white rectangle cut with the Scalloped Contour dies. Use Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow and Moody Mauve blends to color the image.

The sentiment was cut from Gold Foil Sheets using the Well Written dies (ret).

I hope you join us at The Paper Players this week. We would love to see what you create for this Clean and Simple challenge. You can enter your project from now until noon PST on Friday, May 26, 2023. See all the rules and requirements on the challenge page.

Be sure to stop by and say hello to The Paper Players Design Team: 

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile 

Ann Schach

Suzy Hinton

Fran Wing

Tara Carpenter

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!