You Are Made Of Wonderful - Paper Players Challenge 280

Hello,

Wow, the last day of January already.

It's Sunday and time for another Paper Players challenge. Jaydee is our hostess this week and she has a fun Tic-Tac-Toe challenge for us.

For challenge #280, I choose to use the left vertical option of flowers, die cuts, yellow. I'm still inking up my new Stampin' Up sets and today I am using the Picture Perfect set from the 2016 Occasions catalog. This set has three separate stamps to make the final image and each stamp is numbered to help with the layering. Easy, and SO MUCH FUN!

I saw a Kleenex purse pack that had a heart shape made from roses on it, and I decided to re-create it for my card today. I started by using some Eclipse masking paper cut to the same size as my front panel, then used my SU Heart Framelit die to cut the heart shape. I put the mask down over my card front and began stamping and layering the roses into the open space.  What made the layering technique very easy is the Misti tool. It's so easy to ensure that the stamps are perfectly aligned. I also fussy cut three rose "masks" to use in the process.

Once I finished stamping the roses, I peeled the mask off and stamped one of the sentiments from the set along the side of the heart. The panel was cut with a Mama Elephant die, layered over a piece of Crushed Curry card stock with fun foam to raise it up. The card base is Whisper White. I kept the embellishments simple, just two groups of clear sequin.

I had so much fun stamping with the Misti, I made a second card. This time I used water color paper and Tim Holtz distress inks, using the exact same process. Here is the second card, and it has a totally different look.

To do the blue color wash over the rest of the card front without getting ink on the yellow roses, I placed the cut out Eclipse heart over the image. Using water and a large paint brush I painted the three blue shades. I used my heat tool to quick dry, then heat embossed the same sentiment with SU Craft black ink and clear EP. The image is cut out with a Die-namics die. Again, just a few embellishments.

I think these cards will go to my mom and sister for their Valentine's Day cards.

Don't forget to stop by the rest of the DT's blogs. They have some really great cards to share.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

Colleen Begley-me

Supplies (both cards)

Stamps: Picture Perfect set by Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Bordering Blue, Hello Honey, water color card stocks

Ink: SU Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Black Archival, Tim Holtz Distress Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass, SU Craft Black

Other: Eclipse masking paper, Misti tool, Mama Elephant All Prettied Up scalloped die, Die-namics Inside and Out Diagonal Stitched rectangle die, Fun Foam, clear sequin, We R Memory Keepers enamel shapes

I'm looking forward to seeing what you create this week. Thanks for coming by,

Colleen

OH, HELLO

Good morning all,

It's Monday and I'm really working, but since I made this card after dinner last night, I though I'd take some time to post it.

I'm playing with my latest goodies from Stampin' Up, specifically the new Sale-A-Bration set called Honeycomb Happiness. I think everyone who sees this sweet lil' chick thinks she's adorable!

I'm using the latest sketch from Pals Paper Arts, #284. This is an SU only card.

The chick is stamped onto SU Shimmery white card stock with SU Archival black ink and water colored with Blushing Bride ink with my aqua painter and Blushing Bride marker. Her beak and feet are colored with a Crisp Cantaloupe marker. I fussy cut the image and used SU dimensionals to attach to the front of the card. I dropped some Crystal Effects over her beak. The ballon is also stamped on Shimmery white, water colored with Hello Honey and Mint Macroon ink and fussy cut. I adhered it using mini glue dots, but only on one side so it looks more like it's floating, and then added a liberal amount of Wink of Stella over the balloon and ribbon.

I kept the inside super simple using another image from the stamp set and a greeting from Endless Birthday Wishes set.

Have a great week everyone and thanks for looking in,
Colleen


Supplies
Stamps: Honeycomb Happiness and Endless Birthday Wishes sets by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU Mint Macroon, Blushing Bride and Shimmery white card stock and Birthday Bouquet DSP and SU paper doily
Ink: SU Archival black, SU Blushing Bride, Hello Honey ink pads, SU Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, Mint Macroon and Crisp Cantaloupe markers
Other: Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, SU sequin, SU Crystal Effects, dimensionals, mini glue dots

Just Because for The Paper Players

Hello,

Welcome to another The Paper Players challenge. This week we are on #279. Nance is our hostess and she has a sketch for us to use. This is right up my alley with the layers and circle element.

I was in the mood to color when I made my card so I pulled out my Hydrangea Bouquet set by Taylored Expressions to work with. Hydrangeas are one of my all time favorite flowers. I love how the tiny individual flowers form into big balls of flowers, and the fact that they come in so many colors from white to deep, deep blue. We do have them out west, but nothing like those that we see every summer when we visit Cape Cod. Of all the colors, I like the green and lighter pink blooms, so that is what I tried to create with my card today.

The image is stamped on X-Press It Blending card stock with Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copics. I fussy cut it out and popped it up with dimensionals onto a Die-namics circle cut from Simple Stories patterned paper. The gingham paper is also Simple Stories and it matched SU Watermelon paper perfectly. The card base is stamped in SU Watermelon ink with the SU Hardwood background stamp. For added contrast I used a TE large scalloped border die and cut some Very Vanilla card stock to layer under the gingham, and then used the vanilla as the large banner element, cut out with a Die-namics banner die. The greeting is stamped on the small banner element, again made using a smaller Die-namics banner die. I finished it with some rather large pink and green rhinestones.

Stop by to see what the other ladies have for you today. Tons of inspiration!

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

Colleen Begley-me

I can't wait to see what you create. Enjoy your Sunday and thanks for stopping by,
Colleen

Here are some hydrangea pictures taken last summer "down the Cape." Check out this wraparound porch with the Adirondack chairs. It is a beautiful home in a neighborhood in Dennis, MA.

Supplies
Stamps: Hydrangea Bouquet set by Taylored Expressions & Hardwood by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU Watermelon and Very Vanilla card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock, Simple Stories patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Watermelon, Copics
Other: Die-namics Pierced Fishtail Flags STAX & Cross-stitched circle dies, TE large Scalloped border die, rhinestones, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Making Spirits Bright

Hello and happy Friday!

We are going to spend the weekend with friends who live about 50 miles away. Not sure what we will be doing, but I know we will have a great time. I'm sure there will be lots of good food and wine involved.

A few nights ago I put together a couple cards for some of the weekly challenges. This week's sketch by Jen B. for the Freshly Made Sketches looked suitably challenging, and fun. It really stumped me at first, but after thinking about it and looking through my stamps, here is what I came up with.

I used the color palette from this week's Color Throwdown challenge, although my pinks are darker than the swatch.

The cocktails are stamped in Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copics. I made masks and stamped the snow flakes from the SU Endless Wishes set in Soft Sky over the masks. The sentiment is on the same stamp as the cocktail so I carefully inked up just the words and stamped the greeting. There is a liberal amount of Wink of Stella clear glitter over the candy canes and the holly berries. It's finished off with some sparkly embellishments. The panel is raised with fun foam on the kraft card.

Supplies

Stamps: Making Spirits Bright and Endless Wishes sets by Stampin' Up

Paper: X-Press It Blending and SU Crumb Cake card stock

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Soft Sky, and Copics

Other: Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, SU clear rhinestones, sequin, fun foam, Fiskars corner punch

Have a fun and relaxing weekend. For those of you in the mid-Atlantic and North East, be safe and stay warm.

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Note Card Set

Hello,

I have a fun mid-week post tonight for you. My craft group is meeting a week from Saturday and I promised a make and take using some new SU goodies from the Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogs. I wanted to come up with something simple for the ladies to make. I decided on a set of very easy note cards using the Flowering Fields Sale-A-Bration set.

The images are stamped onto SU Shimmery White card stock with SU Archival Black ink. They are colored using a aqua painter and Tim Holtz Distress ink pads that I smooshed on an acrylic block and then picked up the color with the aqua painter. The Cottage Greeting sentiments are stamped in SU matching ink to the SU card stock.

Here are some pictures:

Supplies
Stamps: Flowering Fields and Cottage Greetings sets from Stampin' Up
Paper: SU Shimmery White, Summer Sun, Bordering Blue, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant card stock
Ink: SU Archival black, Summer Sun, Wisteria Wonder, Bordering Blue, Elegant Eggplant, Tim Holtz Distress ink pads
Other: Aqua Painter

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

You Warm My Heart

Hello,

It's Sunday and time for our third Paper Players Challenge for 2016. Sandy has a Clean and Simple Valentine challenge for us today.

I made my challenge card and although I liked it, a lot, I questioned if it was truly a CAS card. So, I made another. (Any excuse to stamp, right?)  Here is my second, and more CAS card.

I started with a medium gray card and added a white panel. The sentiment is stamped in SU Archival Black ink. The bunny and heart were stamped on a scrap piece of card stock, colored, cut out and put in place with dimensionals. I added a few embellishments to complete the look. All this white space is not my usual style, but I gave it a shot. I'm thinking I could have used an embossing folder for the background. I'll have to practice some more.

I hope you have a chance to play along with us this week. Make sure to stop by to see what the PP Design Team and my fellow Guest Designers have for you today.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

Colleen Begley-me

If you're interested, here is the first Valentine's card that I made. By my usual designs, it's CAS, but I decided to stretch myself by making the card above.

Supplies
Card One
Stamps: Snow Day set by Lawn Fawn
Paper: TE textured gray card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock
Ink: SU Archival Black, Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Real Red
Other: Baker's Twine, SU heart shaped sequin, Wink Of Stella clear glitter pen, black Stickles, Fiskars corner punch, SU dimensionals

Card Two
Stamps: Love You A Latte set by Lawn Fawn
Paper: SU heavy Whisper White card stock, SU Crumb Cake card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock, Crate Paper patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Chocolate Chip
Other: Die-namics Stitched rectangle die, enamel hearts, the Big Shot, SU dimensionals

Have a great week. Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Happy Birthday

Hello and happy Saturday evening all,

I wanted to play with some of my new SU Sale-a-bration goodies that I received in the mail recently. Looking around for a quick and easy design, I decided that this week's Freshly Made Sketch would work just fine for this new Flowering Fields set. 

I paired the new set with some new DSP from the Occasions Mini catalog. This one will go to add to my Birthday card stash.

 I stamped the image in Memento tuxedo black and did some very quick coloring with Copics. For the image in the upper right corner I thought I'd add a little sparkle with some pink rhinestones.

Supplies

Stamps: Flowering Fields (2016 Sale-A-Bration set) and Endless Birthday Wishes sets by Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Blushing Bride, Mossy Meadow and X-Press It Blending card stock and Birthday Bouquet DSP

Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Copics

Other: Fiskers corner punch, pink rhinestones, dimensionals

Thanks for looking in. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for my Paper Players challenge card.

Colleen

You're Tea-riffic

Hello and happy back to work day (for me that is),

Yesterday, I played along with a new to me challenge and today I'm adding another. I saw the new
Fusion Card Challenge and liked the simple sketch, so I made this card to play along.

I used both the photo inspiration, with the yellow chevron table runner and the pink and yellow flowers and white table, and the sketch.

Supplies
Stamps: Best Pun Ever set by Lawn Fawn
Paper: SU heavy Whisper White and X-Press It Blending card stock, Hello Summer by Echo Park patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Copics
Other: Die-namics Stitched Oval and Pinking Edge Circle dies, enamel dots, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Thanks for looking,
Colleen

You Are So Loved

Hello again,

This is my second post today because I wanted to post this little Valentine's Day tag that I made for the Tag You're It Challenge.

I've not participated in this one before, but I thought I'd give it a try since I always seem to "ooh and aw" over the design team's tags every time I stop by their blogs. For some reason, this little elephant with balloon by Tracey McNeely inspired me to make a tag. I didn't have an elephant stamp that I wanted to use, but this cute bear stamp from Mama Elephant works pretty well. I originally was going to water color the background, but then thought since I was doing Valentine's Day, I'd use the hearts for the background.

Here's Tracy's inspiration tag:

Supplies
Stamps: Woodland Gifts by Mama Elephant and Whole Lotta Hearts by Reverse Confetti
Paper: SU Crumb Cake, Real Red and X-Press It Blending card stocks
Ink: SU Real Red, Memento tuxedo black, Copics
Other: Lawn Fawn heart balloon die, Die-Namics label die, SU tag punch, sequin, the Big Shot, diemnsionals, SU stitched read ribbon

Have a great rest of your weekend. Thanks for stopping in,
Colleen

Birthday Wishes - The Paper Players #277

Hi all,

It's Sunday and time for our second Paper Players challenge for 2016. For challenge #277, Claire has a color challenge for us. It's bright and pretty and will help chase those winter gray days away.

This is my niece's birthday card, whose 23rd birthday was on December 26. She loves bright colors, especially pink so this color combo was the perfect choice for her card.

I started with a Melon Mambo card and it's layered with a Tempting Turquoise panel and a stenciled brick wall in TT. The "sidewalk" is a piece of patterned paper. The image stamp set is from Penny Black called Mimi in Paris. Mimi and her friend are stamped in Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copics. I fussy cut them and popped them on the sidewalk with dimensionals. The sentiment is from the SU set Endless Birthday Wishes.

I hope you have a chance to play along with us this week. Make sure to stop by to see what the PP Design Team and my fellow Guest Designers have for you today.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

Colleen Begley-me

Supplies

Stamps: Mimi in Paris set by Penny Black and Endless Birthday Wishes set by Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Melon Mambo & Tempting Turquoise card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock, 

My Minds Eye Necessities and scrap patterned papers

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics and SU Melon Mambo

Other: My Favorite Things brick wall stencil, Die-namics Pierced Fishtail Flags STAX dies, SU heart punch,

sequin, the Big Shot, dimensionals, white gel pen

Thanks for looking in. Have a fun and relaxing Sunday,

Colleen

Watercolored In The Meadow

Hello,

I hope your Saturday has been nice. I've been at my crafting table catching up on some of my favorite sketch challenges. I was visiting my family in Northern California for a couple weeks and had a great time with my mom. I don't make it up to see her as often as I should, unfortunately.

While I was gone, I had ordered some new goodies from the SU Occasions Mini, so I thought I'd play with them today. One of the sets that I ordered is In The Meadow and I thought that the deer and fawn would look good watercolored. I used the Mojo Monday #429 sketch for my card.

I notice that on many of the recent blog posts for Stamp and supply companies that plaid patterned papers are becoming pretty trendy, so I pulled out some older SU plaid DSP for my background panel on the sketch. I decided to omit the small element on the left of the large circle and opted to go with the enamel dots down the edge. I like the way it turned out. I didn't take a picture of the inside, but I made this card into a Birthday card with the sentiment "Birthday Wishes."

Supplies
Stamps: In the Meadow set by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU Early Expresso, Island Indigo and watercolor card stock and SU Orchard Harvest DSP
Ink: SU Archival Black and Zig water color markers
Other: Aqua-painter brush, Die-namics double stitched circle and square dies, enamel dots, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Be sure to come back tomorrow for my Paper Players post.

Thanks,
Colleen

Happy Birthday 2 You! My First Post As A Guest Designer for The Paper Players

Hello and Happy New Year,

I'm thrilled to be posting my first card as one of the new Guest Designers for The Paper Players. It's such an honor to have been asked by the ladies to join as a Guest Designer for the first half of 2016 and I'm excited to get started.

Joanne kicks off 2016 with a theme challenge, "All About Numbers."

We have been seeing some really pretty layered flower cards on blogs in recent months, and I've been wanting to try making one. While looking through my stamps, I found some from My Favorite Things that I knew would work for this technique.

I started by stamping the flower in the lower left corner first, stamping and masking my way up to the upper right corner. The flowers and leaves are stamped in Memento tuxedo black and colored wth Copics. The sentiments are stamped in SU Archival black ink. I trimmed the panel then raised it with fun foam over a white card with a piece of black and white gingham patterned paper. It's finished with some small flower sequin. I'm pleased with way it turned out, and I mailed it to my friend whose birthday was Christmas Eve.

Here are the links to the other members of the Design Team. You'll find some wonderful inspiration when you stop by.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

Colleen Begley

Supplies

Stamps: Birthday Sentiments, Layered Roses (retired), Label Maker Sentiments sets by My Favorite Things

Paper: X-Press It Blending card stock, SU heavy whisper white card stock, Simple Stories patterned paper

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Archival Black

Other: flower sequin, fun foam, dimensionals

I hope you have a chance to play along with us this week. I'm looking forward to seeing what you create.

Thanks for stopping by,

Colleen

Coffee & Friends Warm the Heart

Hello all,

I hope your Christmas and New Years holidays were relaxing, fun and spent with family and/or friends. I was fortunate to have spent them with my mom, brother, sister, niece and nephews in Northern California. In fact, I'm still at my mom's house for another 5 days or so. We are having a great visit.

Before leaving home, I made several birthday cards for friends and family who all have birthdays Christmas week. My card today I made for my friend Martin, who is a Christmas Day baby. He loves to have a cup of expresso each morning to start his day, so I made this card for him using the Freshly Made Sketch #217.

I stamped the cup with Memento tuxedo black and colored it with Copics. The expresso and sentiment are stamped with SU Soft Suede ink. I fussy cut the cup and used dimensionals to raise it and the sentiment panel up on the rectangle panel.

Supplies
Stamps: Be A Barista set by Reverse Confetti
Paper: SU Crumb Cake card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock, Lawn Fawn patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, Copic Colorless Blender pen, SU Soft Suede
Other: Die-namics Rounded Stitched Rectangle and Pierced Fishtail Flags STAX dies, enamel dots, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Stop by tomorrow for my first post as a Guest Designer for The Paper Players.

Have a good weekend and thanks for looking in,
Colleen