Paper Florist Wedding Card

A few weeks back my card was picked as a favorite and I was given the opportunity to be a guest designer for CAS on Friday. Their theme this week is Weddings. CAS on Friday Challenge #267

Thick White card base

4 1/8" by 5 3/8" Hello Irresistible DSP

4" by 5 1/4" white cardstock stamped with Something Fancy stamp set with black ink

Paper Florist dies cut from White cardstock and Hello Irresistible DSP

Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels

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Paper Pumpkin Stamps

My card today was inspired by two fun challenges. The sketch that included banners, came from Sunday Stamps #318.  Wild Wheat, Soft Sea Foam and Boho Blue are the three colors from Creative Colour # 108. For the images and sentiment on my card I used the current Paper Pumpkin, With Love and Gratitude.

Wild Wheat card base

3 7/8" by 5 1/8" Very Vanilla cardstock stamped with Paper Pumpkin With Love and Gratitude stamps using Soft Sea Foam and Ringed With Nature dots with second generation Wild Wheat layered onto 4 1/8" by 5 3/8" Boho Blue cardstock

4" piece Natural Ribbon

1" by 3 3/8" Wild Wheat cardstock embossed with Time Worn Type folder

2 7/16" Layering Circle die (ret)

Pumpkin images stamped with Soft Sea Foam, Boho Blue and Wild Wheat inks onto Very Vanilla cardstock fussy cut

Sentiment stamped with Wild Wheat ink onto 1/2" strip of Very Vanilla cardstock

2023-25 In Color Dots

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Autumn Leaves

My card today combines two challenges. TGIF Challenge #439 is a sketch challenge this week. This sketch was a great way to show off some of the beautiful scenes of the All About Autumn DSP. The Male Room #178 asked for leaves in their current challenge, naturally I went with the oak leaves in the Fruitful Blessing stamp set.

Copper Clay card base

5 5/16" by 4 1/16" Crushed Curry cardstock

5 3/16" by 3 15/16" All About Autumn DSP

1 1/2" by 3 15/16" Crumb Cake cardstock embossed with Timber 3D folder

Fruitful Blessings images stamped with black ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock colored with colored with Pecan Pie, Pretty Peacock and Wild Wheat Blends cut with Fruitful Blessings dies

Fruitful Blessings sentiment stamped on 3/4" Crumb Cake cardstock with black ink flagged end

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Sunshine

This round of CAS on Friday Challenge #266 the theme is Sunshine. After a week of rain, I could use some sun. This one had me working to keep it CAS. The card I am sharing is my second attempt. My first had roosters and patterned paper involved.

 Thick White card base

4" by 5 1/4" white cardstock stamped with Something Fancy sentiment using black ink Rays of Light stamped with Daffodil Delight after masking off

Glossy Dots Assortment

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Falling for Acorns

Hey All,

My card today was inspired by two weekly challenges. Tic Tac Toe Challenge #227 provided some great elements to work with. I went with the right column of elements of twine, embossing and Patterned paper. Inspired by #256 Acorns provided the Theme as well as the sketch.

Early Espresso card base

4 1/16" by 5 5/16" All About Autumn DSP

3 1/8" by 4 1/4" Crumb Cake cardstock embossed with Timber 3D folder layered onto 3 1/4" by 4 3/8" Early Espresso cardstock

Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder acorn dies cut from All About Autumn DSP

Ringed with Nature sentiment stamped with Early Espresso ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock fussy cut

Crumb Cake Baker's Twine

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Celebrate World Card Making Day

I have a card today that was inspired by a unique challenge blog. Festive Friday Challenge #0143 is celebrating World Card Making Day. The elements I picked for my card include Bright Colors, Layers and Art/Craft Equipment. 

I made a bay window card using the following supplies.

Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist and Flirty Flamingo cardstock

Zoo Crew and Merry Bold and Bright DSP

Charming Sentiments stamp set

Stylish Shapes and Layering Circles (ret) dies

Crumb Cake and light Flirty Flamingo blends

White Embossing Powder

Ribbon Duo Pack

Stamps-n-Lingers recently made a great video on YouTube for creating this card. That is where I got the measurements.

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PP #659 and Ringed with Nature

Hello Everyone, This week over at The Paper Players Anne Marie has a great sketch challenge. This is a very versatile challenge that can be used for any occasion. You can dress it up or keep it simple. I pulled a favorite stamp set and dies for my card. I hope you join us for this terrific sketch challenge. The colors for my card came from Colour INKspiration #151.

Very Vanilla card base

4" by 5" Very Vanilla cardstock embossed with Three Rings Hybrid folder cut into 4" by 3 15/16" strips each layered onto a 4 1/16" by 1" strips of Very Vanilla cardstock 

Pecan Pie cardstock embossed and cut with Tree Ring Hybrid embossing folder and dies Ink edges with Pecan Pie ink

Ringed with Nature stamp set images stamped onto Very Vanilla cardstock with Boho Blue, Balmy Blue and Petal Pink inks fussy-cut

Ringed with Nature sentiment stamped with Pecan Pie ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock fussy-cut

Adhesive Backed Solid Gems

Linen Thread bow

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, September 30, 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

Inspire.Create.Challenge #152

Hello Everyone,

Today starts a new challenge with Inspire.Create.Challenges. Challenge #152 is a Color Challenge. The colors are Cherry Cobbler, Pretty Peacock and Crushed Curry. I pulled out a new flower bundle for my card. How do these colors inspire you?  ever it is, use them to make a card of your own.

Our new challenges launch every other Sunday at 10:00 a.m. GMT and continue for ten days. This challenge ends at 12:00 midnight GMT September 7, 2023. The Inspire.Create Team have created some great projects to inspire you. So click on the link below to head on over to the challenge blog and check them out.

For my card, I let the colors of the guide me.  These bright colors were a bit too bold for the card I had in mind, so all of the stamped images were second generation (stamped off). I also pulled out some old DSP from when Pretty Peacock was an In-Color.

Thick White card base

4" by 2 1/2" 2019-21 In Color DSP torn on a diagonal to 4" by 1 3/4"

Textured Floral images second generation stamped with Cherry Cobbler, Pretty Peacock and Crushed Curry inks onto white cardstock Crushed Curry ink onto vellum cut with coordinating Textured Floral dies

Charming Sentiment heat embossed in white on Pretty Peacock cardstock

White Bakers Twine bow

I hope my card inspired you to join in this Color Challenge and make a card of your own. This challenge runs until 12:00 midnight GMT October 4, 2023. See the blog post for all the rules and guidelines.

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Square Daisy Card

I have a card today that combines a weekly sketch challenge with a monthly color challenge. SU! Colour Challenge for September included the colors Melon Mambo, Blueberry Bushel and Flirty Flamingo. Freshly Made Sketches #604 presented a fun sketch by Cécile.

4 1/4" square card base

4 1/16" square Blueberry Bushel cardstock

3 15/16" square white cardstock Cheerful Daisies sentiment stamped with Blueberry Bushel ink Sealed with Love stamp set (ret) swoop stamped second generation with Melon Mambo ink

Cheerful Daisies dies cut from Melon Mambo, Blueberry Bushel and Flirty Flamingo cardstock

Glossy Dots Assortment

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Meadow Silhouette

Today's card was inspired by two challenges. Creative Colour Challenges #107 provided Night of Navy, Wild Wheat and Fresh Freesia to work with. Stampin' Up! Only Challenge #335 featured silhouettes.

Night of Navy card base

4" by 5 1/4 Fresh Freesia cardstock

3 3/8" by 4 5/8" Wild Wheat cardstock

3 3/16" by 4 7/16" white cardstock blended with Night of Navy, Wild Wheat and Fresh Freesia inks splattered with water

Meadow dies cut from black cardstock backed with Adhesive Sheets

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Twofer

I have two cards to share today! TGIF Challenge #438 is a What Would You Do challenge this week. The task was to make 1 Card 2 Ways. I pulled out some new products and made two holiday cards using the same fun-fold template. Credit to Rose Colman for this fun-fold card.

Halloween Card:

Black card base 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" scored on the long side at 3", 6" and 7"

5 1/4" by 1 1/4" Cajun Craze cardstock

5 1/4" by 2 3/4" Them Bones DSP

3 1/8" by 6" Basic Gray cardstock scored on the long side at 1 3/4"

2 7/8" by 4" Them Bones DSP

Black and White Gingham Ribbon

Glow in the Dark Bats

Christmas Card:

Real Red card base 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" scored on the long side at 3", 6" and 7"

5 1/4" by 1 1/4" Old Olive cardstock

5 1/4" by 2 3/4" Beary Christmas DSP

3 1/4" by 6" Old Olive cardstock scored on the long side at 1 3/4"

2 7/8" by 4" Basic White cardstock embossed with Snowflake Sky 3D folder

Festive and Fun images stamped with black ink on White cardstock colored with Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Real Red, Black, Flirty Flamingo, 200 and 300 Blends fussy cut

Festive and Fun sentiment stamped with black ink onto 1/2" strip white cardstock

Real Red and Gold Dotted Ribbon

Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins

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Turning Over an Old Leaf?

For my card today, I pulled out some old products and mixed in some new. Inspired by Challenges #255 has a leaf theme along with a sketch. I took elements from their inspiration photo and mixed it up with another favorite challenge. Retro Rubber Challenge #215 has a fall challenge this round. I love when I get a chance to use some old favorites. The stamp sets I used are from 2014 and 2021.

Copper Clay card base

4" by 5 1/4" printed vellum (ret) Gorgeous Leaves stamp set (ret) heat embossed with gold

3 1/2" by 3 3/4" Fresh as a Daisy DSP Stamped with For All Things (ret) sentiment in Pebbled Path ink

craft leaf (ret) Timeworn Type embossed

print vellum cut with Intricate Leaves dies (ret)

2023-25 In Color Dots

Linen Thread

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Hasty Hobby

Today's card was created for As You See It Challenge #307: Hasty Hobbies. This time they had a Speed Stamping twist My time was 6:54. The saving grace for this one was not having to color because of fabulous DSP. I had a slight panic when my glue was not cooperating. Luckily, I had glue dots close by.  

Lemon Lolly card base

4" by 5 1/4" Lemon Lolly cardstock blended with Lemon Lolly ink Splattered with water and black ink Charming Sentiments sentiment stamped with black ink

Zany Zoo dies image cut from Zoo Crew DSP and flowers from Lemon Lolly cardstock

Adhesive Backed Solid Gems

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Stencil and Owl

I have a card today that was inspired by two weekly challenges. The theme of Just Add Ink #670 is Just Add Animals. Tic Tac Toe Challenge #226 has some fun elements to pick from. I went with a diagonal of stencil, free and foliage.

Copper Clay card base

5 1/16" by 3 13/16" Wild Wheat cardstock

4 7/8" by 3 5/8" Very Vanilla cardstock stenciled with Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks using blending brushes and Copper Clay, Moody Mauve and Wild Wheat inks 

2 5/8" by 3" Very Vanilla cardstock embossed with Woodland embossing folder (ret) layered onto 2 3/4" by 3 1/8" Copper Clay cardstock 

Happier than Happy stamp set (ret) stamped with Moody Mauve, Copper Clay and Pecan Pie inks cut with Happy Forest dies

Fruitful Blessing dies (ret) cut from Wild Wheat cardstock

Biggest Wish sentiment stamped with Copper Clay ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock cut with Stylish Shapes dies

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All About Autumn

Today's card was inspired by a great sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #422. 

Pecan Pie card Base

4 1/16" by 5 5/16" All About Autumn DSP

3-3 1/2" by 1 1/4" All About Autumn DSP

Pecan Pie cut using Stitched Rectangle dies (ret)

Fruitful Blessings stamped with Pecan Pie ink colored with Mossy Meadow and Wild Wheat cut with dies

Fruitful Blessings sentiment stamped with Pecan Pie ink cut with Something Fancy dies

Fruitful Blessings dies cut from Oxidized Copper Specialty DSP

Linen Thread

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PP658 Clean and Simple

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 pulled out a Paper Pumpkin stamp set from a  couple years back.

Thick white card base

Third largest Stitched Rectangle dies (ret) layered onto 3 1/16" by 4 7/16" Night of Navy cardstock

Batter Up Paper Pumpkin May 2021 stamped with Night of Navy and Crumb Cake ink fussy cut 

3/8" strip Hey Sports Fans DSP (ret) layered onto  1/2" strip Real Red cardstock

Resin Stars (ret) 

Claire has a Clean-and-Simple challenge with a Sport theme. The cards this week should feature a sport aspect of some kind. 

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, September 22, 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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Beautiful Balloons

Today's card is again a combination of two challenges. Creative Colour Challenges #106 required Azure Afternoon, Lemon Lolly and Granny Apple Green. The sketch came from Freshly Made Sketches #603. 

Granny Apple Green card base

4" by 5 1/4" Bright and Beautiful DSP

1 1/2" by 4 7/7" Bright and Beautiful DSP layered onto 1 3/8" by 5" Granny Apple Green cardstock 

Beautiful Balloons stamped with Azure Afternoon, Lemon Lolly and Granny Apple Green inks cut with dies

Sweet Songbirds Sentiment stamped with Granny Apple Green ink onto 1/2" strip of white cardstock

Gems from stash

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Beary Cute

Today's card gave me a chance to play with a favorite new holiday stamp set. This bear set was my first pick from the new Stampin' Up! catalog. CASE-ing Tuesday #425 provided a great sketch for my card. Sunday Stamps Challenge #317 provided me with great colors for my card. 

Balmy Blue card base

4 1/4" by 4" Beary Christmas DSP

4 1/4" by 2 1/2" white cardstock embossed with Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder

Beary Cute stamp set tree stamped with black and Mossy Meadow inks onto white cardstock Scarf stamped with Crushed Curry ink fussy-cut

Bear cut with Beary Cute punch from DSP

Crushed Curry star cut with Give it a Whirl dies

Beary Cute sentiment heat embossed in white on Balmy Blue cardstock cut with Something Fancy dies

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