Happy Sunday and welcome to another Paper Players Challenge! This week, Claire is asking us to create a CAS design with a snowy day theme. I'll confess I struggled with keeping my card without many layers, since this snowflake just begs to be layered. In hindsight, I could have used just the one silver glitter snowflake!
This really was a quick and easy card to assemble. Patterned papers are from Doodlebug Design's "Frosty Friends" 6x6 pad. The snowman (Winter Groves by Paper Smooches) was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on X-Press It Blending Card and was colored with Copics. The scarf was paper pieced. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches' "Sentiment Sampler" set and was stamped over a label die by My Favorite Things. The snowflake die is from Stampin' Up.
Be sure to stop by The Paper Players Challenge blog and see what the other talented team members have created. We hope to see you in the gallery!
Another Wednesday means there's a new Color Throwdown Challenge on board! Lisa Henke is hosting this week and has chosen aqua, blue and white as our colors. I love snowflakes, but am needing to build up some masculine birthday cards in my stash. I chose to use the freebie stamp set - Your Beautiful Birthday - that I got with my December order from Papertrey Ink. I loved the "loose" design of these images and it allows for lots of "building" options!
I couldn't find any patterned background paper that matched exactly, so created my own using MFT's Diagonal Stripes BG stamp. I used inks from Reverse Confetti: Island Blue, Iced Aqua, Lead, Sunshine and Tangerine. I love the dark, smoky gray of the Lead ink! Dies included PTI's Tag Sale Quilted Die and MFT's Stitched Rectangle and Stitched Flags STAX die-namics. Some sequins and a glittery brad topped off the finished A2 card.
For more inspiration, you can click on the design team links below:
A full schedule has not allowed me time to play along with the past couple of Mojo Sketch Challenges, but I finally put cleaning tasks aside to play along! I'm really loving Julee's great layout this week and it was perfect to use some of Reverse Confetti's patterned papers from their newly released 6x6" pad called "From Cupid". I added a rectangle panel of Salsa card stock (Reverse Confetti) and grouped 3 patterned heart stamps after stamping them in the three RC ink colors that match the stripes: Salsa, Piggy Bank and Flamingo.
The sentiment is one of five choices in RC's Patterned Hearts stamp set! I love these "skinny" sentiments that can be added without covering up much of the design. I added faux stitching to the horizontal strip using RC's Edge Essentials die. I embellished with some wooden hearts and thought the twine tied it all together...pun intended - lol!
I'm also entering this into Reverse Confetti's Stock Your Stash Challenge (my second entry) where the theme is Love is in the Air.
Part of my recent "full schedule" included some MAJOR reorganization and purging of my bathroom linen closet and now I am working on my tiny craft room. I still have a long way to go with my 'she shed' but am determined to get it organized to where it's more efficient to use! So many friends have shared their inspiration from watching Marie Condo's Tidying Up series on Netflix. I watched two episodes so far and it's amazing to see the transformation in different homes. It really does make you feel better to see a clutter free home!
Hello blog friends! It's time for another Paper Players Challenge and this week Anne Marie has a beautiful color challenge for us: Grapefruit Grove, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight and a color of your choice (I used Lucky Limeade).
I can't seem to get enough of this Love in Bloom stamp set with coordinating die by Papertrey Ink. Since I don't have Grapefruit Grove ink, I subbed Crisp Cantaloupe which is extremely close in the coral family. I used my MISTI so I could stamp each image at least two times plus it allowed me to get proper positioning as I built up the four layers. The gradient honeycomb patterned paper is from the Cottage Living 6x6" pad by Pebbles. I popped the floral heart with foam tape over a Tag Sale Quilted Die by Papertrey Ink and love that it comes with the sentiment banner die as well.
You will want to check out the rest of the design team's beautiful creations HERE. Hope to see you in the gallery!
It's a new month which means there's a new Stock Your Stash Challenge on the Reverse Confetti blog. The card making theme for this month is "LOVE IS IN THE AIR"! I couldn't resist ordering the Patterned Hearts (with dies) stamp set, the diagonal stitched cover plate and the new 6" paper pad with this month's new release.
You can see the new stitched cover plate design in the background which gives a subtle bit of texture to a card. The hearts were die cut and popped with foam tape and the sentiment was stamped twice using a MISTI.
STAMPS: Patterned Hearts (Reverse Confetti).
PAPER: Iced Aqua (RC), White (PTI), True Black (MFT).
INK: Iced Aqua, Coral and Parakeet ink cubes (RC); Versafine Onyx Black.
It's a horribly windy and cold day with the temperature only up to a high of 30 degrees! After getting my family room area rug cleaned by a professional service this morning, I thought I'd "think spring" and get out my Bamboo Rose stamp/die set and enter the following challenges:
Freshly Made Sketches - keep your project clean lined and fresh!
The Card Concept - I used the CAS style.
The House That Stamps Built (Tic-Tac-Toe). I went with the middle vertical column and included diecuts, thank you sentiment and faux stitching on my card.
I white embossed the images with Altenew's Pure White embossing powder on Ranger's watercolor cardstock, then colored them with Zig Clean Color brush markers (3 different shades of pink and 3 shades of green). I inadvertently put the markers away before writing down what I used...oops! I was inspired by the roses and the shades of pink with a wee pop of black in the inspiration photo.
STAMPS: Bamboo Rose and Label Love - both by Altenew.
On a side note...If any of you have access to Netflix, I'd highly recommend the 7 season series of the show "Call the Midwife". My DIL knew how much I enjoyed Downton Abbey and recommended this series to me. In some ways, I enjoy this series even more! The very first episode made a reference to a soap suds enema as "high, hot and a helluva lot" which reminded me of an old Navy surgeon who used to do skin repair surgeries on the spinal cord injured clients I worked with many years ago. To prep them for surgery, he would order 3H enemas (high, hot and a hellava lot!). Of course, we had parameters and the temperature and amount had to be acceptable - lol! Soap suds enemas are a thing of the past now and this series takes you through so many of the medical changes in the late 50's and early 60's. Thanks for listening to me ramble on...hope you are staying warm!
The ladies at Fusion Card Challenge are celebrating 5 years today! Each of us has invited a guest designer and I'm thrilled to share that Broni Holcombe of Splashes of Watercolor graciously agreed to be my guest! I'm a long time fan of Broni's work and am always in awe of her creative eye for design and her fabulous coloring skills! Click on her blog link above to see the gorgeous card she created!
As a special treat, friends at CAS-ual Fridays have offered us a $25 gift code for one randomly drawn entrant in the gallery. Thanks so much, Michele!
Below is my take on both the sketch and the inspiration photo...
This simple design features the delicate Floral and Flutterby dies by Concord and 9th. The process of a butterfly going through all the changes as it matures is truly a miracle which is what led me to my sentiment choice from Sweet 'n Sassy's Everyday Miracles stamp set.
For more inspiration, be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has created..
Barb Ghigliotty,
Jeanne Jachna,
Jen Mitchell,
Karren Johnson,
Linda Callahan,
Lyndal Higgins ,
Michelle Leone,
Michelle Lupton,
Wanda Cullen (you are here). Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you in the Fusion gallery!
