PP#651 and Brewed for You

Hello Everyone, This week over at The Paper Players Jaydee has a fun Tic Tac Toe challenge. I went with the bottom row of blue, masculine and slimline. I pulled out some great patterned paper and a stamp and die set for my card. I hope you join us for this great challenge. I combined this challenge with Festive Friday Challenge #0139. They are celebrating International Beer Day. The elements I picked from their inspiration list were brown, gold, beer and masculine.

3 3/4" by 8 1/2" slimline card base

3 5/8" by 8 3/8" Brushed Metallic gold cardstock (ret) Die cuts from Brewed dies and Something Fancy dies

3 1/2" by 8 1/4" Delightfully Eclectic DSP

5 3/4" by 1" Pecan Pie cardstock embossed with Timber 3D folder

Brewed for You glasses stamped with black, Cinnamon Cider (ret) Crushed Curry, and Bumble Bee (ret) inks cut with Brewed dies

Sentiment stamped with black ink cut with Something Fancy Dies

The Paper Players design team have made some creative projects to inspire you. Stop by the challenge page to check them out.

I hope you join us at The Paper Players this week. We would love to see what you create for this Challenge. You can enter your project from now until noon PST on Friday, August 4, 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

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Inspire.Create.Challenge #148

  Hello Everyone,

Today starts a new challenge with Inspire.Create.Challenges. Challenge #148 is a Color Challenge. The colors are Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon and Lemon Lolly. These are all great colors and I thought they would be perfect for a floral card.

New challenges launch every other Sunday at 10:00 a.m. GMT and continue for ten days. This challenge ends at 12:00 midnight UK time on Wednesday, August 9, 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.

For my card, I pulled out some fun patterned paper and a sweet floral stamps set and some sparkling ribbon. 

I hope my card inspired you to join in this Theme Challenge and make a card of your own. This challenge runs until 12:00 midnight UK time on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. See the blog post for all the rules and guidelines.

The sketch of my card came from Freshly Made Challenge #596. This sketch required the bottom of the card to be left clean.

Lost Lagoon card base

4" by 5 1/4" Blackberry Bliss cardstock

3 7/8" by 5 1/8" white cardstock

3 13/16" by 2 1/2" Bright and Beautiful DSP

5/8" strip of Lost Lagoon cut with Darling Details dies Glittered Organdy Ribbon colored with Blackberry Bliss dark blend

Darling Details Flower and Sentiment stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink

Lost Lagoon and Lemon Lolly cut flowers and leaves

Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels

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Fresh Freesia Flowers

SUOnly Challenge #331 Your Favorite Color Combination lets you pick the colors to use. I picked Fresh Freesia, Calypso Coral and Lost Lagoon. Just Add Ink #633 Just Choose Two let you pick from flowers, gingham and splatters. I went with all three, with just a sprinkle of splatters.

Lost Lagoon card base

3 5/8" by 5 1/8" Fresh Freesia Pansy Petals DSP (ret) cut with Darling Details dies layered onto a 3 1/2" by 5" piece of white cardstock Stamped with Darling Detail sentiment with Lost Lagoon ink Splatters from Color and Contour stamp sey with Calypso Coral ink

Paper Florist dies cut from Fresh Freesia, Lost Lagoon and Calypso Coral cardstock Freesia flowers colored with Fresh Freesia blends

Iridescent Rhinestone Bsic Jewels

Be sure to check out the other entries in these fun challenges.

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Do You Wanna Build a Snowman

As we head into August, I bet many of us could use some cooler temperatures right now. I have a second snowman card this week, This one was made for two bi-weekly challenges. Retro Rubber Challenge #211 had a Tic Tac Toe board to play from. I played the left column of your choice, embossing and ribbon or twine. The stamps were from the 2019 Holiday Catalog CAS Colours and Sketches #516 provided a fun sketch. 

Thick White card base

4" by 5 1/2" whie cardstock Using torn paper as a template blend Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy Stamp snowflakes from Snowman Season stamp set (ret) and emboss with white powder

Stamp the sentment on the card front with Night of Navy ink

Stamp the snowman on white cardstock cut with the third largest Layering Circles die (die) Color with Boho Blue and Pumpkin Pie Add some Wink of Stella Layer onto Boho Blue scalloped circle

Night of Navy (ret) bow

Adhesive Backed Snowflakes (ret)

Be sure to check out the other entries in these fun challenges.

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Traveling Pals

For today's card, I pulled together three challenges. The Male Room #176, Case-ing Tuesday #417 and TGIF Challenges #430

Lemon Lime Twist card base

4" by 3 1/4" Zoo Crew DSP and cut out images Zany Zoo dies

Stylish Shapes second largest square to make a 3 1/2" by 2 3/8" rectangle blended background with Lemon Lime Twist and Azure Afternoon

Azure Afternoon, Smokey Slate, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Wild Wheat and light Black blends

Classic Matte Dots

Stylish Shapes Banner white embossing powder on Azure Afternoon cardstock

Be sure to check out the other entries in these fun challenges.

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Birthday Birdie

Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge #662 and As You See It #303 provided the inspiration for today's card. Lou gave a great sketch that really helped me focus the Bright and Basic color scheme.

Poppy Parade card base

5 5/16" by 4 1/16" Crumb Cake cardstock

5 3/16" by 3 15/16" Flowering Fields DSP (ret)

3" by 3 15/16" Vanilla cardstock stamped with Bird's Eye View branch and twigs with Early Espresso ink coloreed with Crumb Cake blends

Bird and More leaves stamped on Vanilla colored with Crumb Cake, Gray Granite and Tahitian Tide Glasses stamped with Poppy Parade and heat embossed with clear embossing powder

Sentiment from Zany Zoo cut with Stylish Shapes dies

Crumb Cake Baker's Twine

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Christmas in July

Today's card combines a color challenge and a monthly sketch challenge. Hand Stamped Sentiments #418 required Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green and Poppy Parade. The sketch came from Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Challenge #35.

Thick white card base

5 1/2" by 4 1/4" Coastal Cabana Let it Snow Specialty DSP (ret)

1" by 2 1/2" Poppy Parade with two rounded corners 

3 1/4" by 2 1/2" white cardstock stamped with snow banks from Snowman Magic stamp set (ret) with Coastal Cabana

Stamped images stamped with Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade and black inks cut with Snowman dies (ret)

Snowman dies (ret) trees cut from Granny Apple Green cardstock 

Adhesive Backed Snowflates (ret)

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PP650 and Paper Florist Dies

Hello Everyone, This week over at The Paper Players Joanne has a fun sketch challenge. This is a very versatile challenge that can be used for any occassion. You can dress it up or keep it simple. I pulled out some pretty patterned paper and an adorable die set for my card. I hope you join us for this great sketch challenge. I went to Creative Colours Challenges #98 for my color scheme. The fabulous colors are Lost Lagoon, Bubble Bath and Night of Navy.

Night of Navy card base

3 1/2" by 4 3/4" Bubble Bath cardstock embossed with Timeworn Type folder

3 3/8" by 4 1/4" Lost Lagoon Hello Irresistible DSP

Paper Florist Dies cut from Bubble Bath, Lost Lagoon and white cardstock

Darling Details sentiment stamped with Night of Navy ink cut with Stylish Shapes dies

Night of Navy Bordered Ribbon

Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels

  

The Paper Players design team have made some creative projects to inspire you. Stop by the challenge page to check them out.

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, July 28, 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

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Bird's Eye View

Today's card is again a combination of two great challenges. Colour INKspiration #147 has an interesting colour combo. The colors are Vanilla, Copper Clay, Pool Party and Lost Lagoon. Amy provided a versatiile sketch for Freshly Made Sketches #595.

Lost Lagoon card base

3 1/8" by 5 1/8" Copper Clay cardstock

3" by 5" Pool Party Design a Daydream Host DSP (ret)

Stylish Shapes vanilla circle Basics 3D embossing folder

Bird's Eye View stamped on Vanilla cardstock with Copper Clay ink embossed with clear powder colored with Pool Party and Lost Lagoon inks

Charming Sentiments stamped on Lost Lagoon cardstock with Copper Clay ink embossed with clear powder cut with Sentiment Silhouettes dies

Copper Clay In-Color dots

I started this card with a Pool Party card base. The dark sentiment made me switch to a Lost Lagoon card base. I think it looks better.

Be sure to check out the other entries in these fun challenges.

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Color and Contour

TGIF Challenge #429 had a great sketch this week and Sunday Stamps Challenge #313 - Summer Days provided a fun color combination. I brought these two challenges together for my card.

Azure Afternoon card base

Bright and Beautiful DSP 4 1/8" by 1"

Scalloped Contours dies cut white rectangle

Color and Contour stamped with Granny Apple Green, Azure Afternoon, Daffodil Delight from white cardstock that was colored with inks and blending brushes, cut with dies and leaves fussy-cut

Styllish Shapes die cut white circle, embossed with Cane Weave embossing folder

Sentiment stamped with Granny Apple Green, fussy-cut

Glossy Dots Assortment

White Baker's Twine

Be sure to check out the other entries in these fun challenges.

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Butterfly Kisses

For my card today, I pulled out some favorite patterned paper from a couple years back. When I saw the inspiration photo for Inspired By Placements #246, I immediately thought of the Butterfly Kisses DSP. I combined this challenge with Tic Tac Toe Challenge #217. Roseanne created a fun board that included birthday, ribbons and insects.

Thick White card base

4" by 5 1/4" Fresh Freesia cardstock embossed with Cane Weave embossing folder

3 5/8" square Butterfly Kisses DSP (ret)

Stylish Shapes smallest square cut from DSP

Stylish Shape circle cut from Vellum

DSP Butterfly fussy-cut

Something Fancy sentiment stamped with Calypso Coral

Fresh Freesia Open-Weave Ribbon

Be sure to check out the other entries in these fun challenges.

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Daisy Lantern

Today's card was made for Festive Friday Challenge #0138. There challenge was designed to commemorate World Conservation Day which is July 28. The elememts I used for my card were copper. stencil, embossing paste, foliage, thank you sentiment and vellum

Copper Clay card base

4" by 5 1/4" Pretty Peacock cardstock

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

Stylish Shapes circle cut from white card base Pretty Peacock colored embossing paste with  Adorning Designs Decorative Masks (ret)

Cheerful Daisies Bundle stamped with Moody Mauve, Copper Clay and Lost Lagoon cut with dies

Lighting the way stamped with Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon, cut with dies

Lighting the Way lantern and Cheerful Daisies foliage cut from copper metallic and vellum cardstock Light stamped with Daffodil Delight 

Charming Details sentiment stamper with Copper Clay ing cut with dies

2023-25 In-color Dots

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Christmas in July

Just Add Ink #661 has an inspiration challenge. Their inspiration is a beautiful wreath. I took this opportunity to make a Christmas card. The sketch from CASEing Tuesday #416 provided a perfect layout.

Pear Pizazz card base

4" by 5 1/4" whit cardstock embossed with Basic 3D embossing folder

3" by 4 1/2" piece of 'Tis the Season DSP (ret)

Gingerbread and Peppermint Memories and More cards (ret) cut to 2 5/8" by 4"

Wondrous Wreath Stamp set (ret) stamped woth Pear Pizazz, Gerden Green and Real Red inks

Wonderful Wreath Framelits dies (ret)

Sentiment from an old Paper Pumpkin stamped with Real Red ink

One strand of the Silver Threaded Twine made a bow

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PP649 and Taco Fiesta

 Hello All! Today is the start of a new week and that means it it time for a new challenge from The Paper Players. I am using the Taco Fiesta stamp set a fun embossing folder.

Thick White card base

5 1/2" by 3 13/16" Design a Daydream DSP (ret)

5 1/2" by 3 5/8" whie cardstock embossed with dotted Basics 3D Embossing Folder

Taco Fiesta images stamped with black ink onto white cardstock, colored with Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade, and 300 Stampin Blends, Fussy-cut

Taco Fiesta sentiment stamped with black ink onto white cardstock cut with Stylish Shapes dies

Classic Matte Dots colored with Poppy Parade dark blend

Anne Marie has a Clean-and-Simple challenge with a foodie theme. Our cards this week have to feature things you can eat. I had a few stamp sets to chose from, I went for a favorite stamp set and a favorite thing to eat.

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 Clean and Simple food challenge. You can enter your project from now until noon PST on Friday, July 21, 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 #147

 Hello Everyone,

Today starts a new challenge with Inspire.Create.Challenges. Challenge #147 is a Theme Challenge. This is a great challenge that could fit many occasions. So make a card for a birthday, to welcome a new baby, a shower gift or a note of encouragement.  

New challenges launch every other Sunday at 10:00 a.m. GMT and continue for ten days. This challenge ends at 12:00 midnight UK time on Wednesday, July 26, 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.

For my card, I pulled out some lovely patterned paper in pinks and greens, a sweet new set of dies and a fun double bow. 

Old Olive card base

5 1/4" by 4" and 5 1/4" by 1 1/8" pieces of Delightfully Eclectic DSP

Colour and Contours sentimeny stamped with Old Olive inl on a 5 1/4" by 7/8" white cardstock

Layering Circle dies (ret) cut from Old Olive and White cardstock, embossed with Hatch Basic 3D Embossing Folder

Paper Florist dies cut from Old Olive and Bubble Bath cardstock

White Baker's Twine double bow

I hope my card inspired you to join in this Theme Challenge and make a card of your own. This challenge runs until 12:00 midnight UK time on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. See the blog post for all the rules and guidelines.

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Darling Details

Today's card was inspired by a color challenge and a theme challenge. Hip to be Square is the theme from SU Only Challenge #330. Pretty Peacock, Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo are the colors provided by Creative Colour Challenges #97.

Be sure to check out the other entries in these fun challenges.

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