Thanks For Being So Sweet

Hello all,

As I write my post today, I'm filled with much gratitude (and a little sadness) because it's my last post as a Paper Players Guest Designer. My challenge card today is made especially to thank these PRETTY AMAZING LADIES,  LeAnne, Jaydee, Nance, Sandy, Claire, Laurie, Joanne, and and my fellow Guest Designers for 2016, Linda and Hannelie. It's to thank them for the AWESOME time that I've had being included in this wonderful group for the past twelve months. I have enjoyed every week more than I can say! I'd do it again "in a heartbeat" as the saying goes. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, ladies for inviting me to be a part of your fabulousness!

So, onto this week's challenge. Jaydee is our hostess for the final challenge of 2016. Her theme this week is a color challenge. Here you go:

I made a CAS thank you card using the challenge colors and some Avery Elle stamps and dies. The card base is SU Brushed Gold card stock. The top layer is SU Shimmery White card sock. I cut the Avery Elle Sentimental Thanks die from SU Brushed gold paper. Using the same die, I cut it from the Shimmery White panel then pushed the gold die cut in place like a puzzle. I stamped the small macaron cookie and the bow from the AE set, Bonjour, with VersaMark craft and heat embossed with SU silver and gold EP, then cut them out with the corresponding dies. The sentiment is from the same set, heat embossed in silver. I added a small clear gold enamel heart and dot, and a glittery silver enamel dot for embellishments.

For the inside of the card, I typed the names using my Mac computer and printed them onto a piece of Shimmery White card stock in a gold font. I trimmed it down to size then heat embossed the MFT sentiment in silver and added another clear gold heart.

You'll find more silver and gold sweetness here on their blogs:

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

The Paper Players will be on Holiday for a few weeks and start back up in January. While I won't be on the DT next year, please be sure to look for my entries as I will be playing along every chance I can. 

Again, thanks so-so much ladies! I've truly enjoyed being part of this group for the past year! Hugs to you all. To you, and all my blog visitors, have a wonderful Christmas holiday and a very Happy New Year!

As always, thanks for stopping by,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Sentimental and Bonjour sets by Avery Elle, Complementary Greetings by My Favorite Things

Paper: SU Brushed Gold and Shimmery White card stock

Ink: VersaMark Craft

Other: Silver and Gold EP, heat tool, Avery Elle Sentimental and Bonjour dies, the Big Shot, enamel shapes, dimensionals

Oh What Fun!

Hi all,

I hope your weekend is going well. Since it's Sunday, it time for a new Paper Players Challenge. Nance is our hostess and she's continuing with winter/holiday themes with a Snowflake theme this week. I know we are going to see lots of "cool" cards in our gallery for this one. (sorry, I couldn't resist.)

I've been doing lots of water coloring lately and this week is no exception.

Isn't this moose the cutest! I started by stamping the moose on water color paper with black craft ink embossed with clear EP. Using Tim Holtz distress inks and a paint brush, I water colored him using some bright shades. After drying with the heat tool, I cut him out with the corresponding die.

For the top panel, I stamped the snowflakes using white craft ink embossed with white EP. I then smooshed the panel by mixing a few of the bright and light blue shades onto a large acrylic block with water. After it was dried, I cut out the circle using a Die-namics Inside and Out Stitched circle die.

Inside the circle I layered Lawn Fawn Stitched Mountain Border dies over a plain white panel. Both the back panel and mountain panel are dry embossed with TE Falling Snow EF. I dotted the top of each round snowflake with some Diamond Stickles for a frosty look. The snowy mountain tops are cut from some of the left over trimmings of the front snowflake panel.

The sentiment is on a Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle tag and I found a very small wooden snowflake in my stash of embellishments and I added a turquoise rhinestone for more sparkle.

The rest of the scene can be found on the inside of the card:

All of these little critters are having "Snow Much Fun" in their Winter Wonderland. I love how this turned out and I think it will go to one of my nephews for his Christmas card.

You'll find more "cool" cards when you visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs:

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous week!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Snow Much Fun set by Avery Elle

Paper: X-Press It Blending card stock and Fabriano Grans Fina cold pressed water color paper

Ink: SU Craft Black and Memento Brilliance Moonlight White Craft inks, Tim Holtz Distress Mini ink pads, SU Watermelon Wonder ink pad

Other: Avery Elle Snow Much Fun dies, Lawn Fawn Stitched Mountain Border and Stitched Circle Tag dies, Die-namics Inside and Out Stitched Circle die, Taylored Expressions Falling Snow EF, SU White and Clear EP, heat tool, Diamond Stickles, small paint brush, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Ho, Ho, Ho

Good Morning from a very wet and windy Southern California,

Winter has finally arrived to my neck of the woods! After 90 degrees in the beginning of November, we are having a good old fashioned winter storm. The rain and wind hit around 2 pm yesterday and is supposed to continue all day today. We should even get some snow in our San Diego mountains east of the city.

Today is Sunday and time for a new Paper Players Challenge. You all really rocked Claire's CAS Christmas theme last week. It was super hard to pick favorites! This week, our very talented Sandy is our hostess, and she has a sketch for us.

I love sketches with a tilted panel. I know there are some that don't, but I think it really adds some interest, especially when using a patterned paper or "all over" stamping. For this week's card I pulled out one of my all time favorite SU sets called Scensational Season. Using Tim Holtz Distress Mini ink pads, I stamped some of the images from the set onto water color paper. The stamped images come out very blotchy, but if you take a paint brush dipped in water and go over the ink, it smooths out nicely. This is not a quick technique, but very fun to do.

After painting all of the images, I dried the panel with my heat tool then gold embossed the snowflake on the green cups. For the gingerbread people's faces and buttons I used yellow and red dimensional pearl liquid. For the sentiment element, I used the corresponding SU dies to cut out the red cup and steam images. The HO3 stamp is MFT as are the banner and Stitched Rounded Rectangle dies.

The DT has, as usual, some really awesome cards to share. Stop by their blogs to say Hi and have a look.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

I know you'll have fun with Sandy's sketch and I know we'll be seeing some great cards in our gallery again this week.

I've really enjoyed my long Thanksgiving weekend. Both Thursday and Friday were company holidays and I've used the days off to finish up my Christmas cards and my December birthday cards, (I have at least seven birthdays in December to make cards for). This is all because I have one more week of work before my BFF (HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALISON) and I fly to Amsterdam on Dec. 6th. We stay in Amsterdam for four days, then we fly to Germany to go on a Viking Christmas Market cruise on the Danube River for 10 days, ending in Budapest. In addition to this fabulous trip, I'm taking the whole month of December off work! I've never had more than two weeks off at at time in all my years of working. I am so excited about it all!

Have a great week everyone, and as always, thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Scentsational Seasons set by Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Old Olive, Real Red and Gold card stock and Fabriano Grans Fina cold pressed water color paper

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress mini ink pads and VersaMark craft ink pad

Other: Gold EP, Heat tool, SU Scentsational Seasons dies, Die-namics Pierced Fishtail Flag and Stitched Rounded Rectangle dies, Fiskars corner punch, SU Snowflake EF, Dimensional Pearls, the Big Shot, paint brush, foam tape

Let It Snow

Hello,

Welcome to this week's Paper Players post. It's Claire's turn to host and she has a Clean and Simple Christmas challenge for us this week.

I chose to use another uber cute Lawn Fawn set from last year. I love this little alpaca with his warm winter scarf.

Mr alpaca is stamped on X-Press It Blending card stock with Memento tuxedo black, colored with Copics and cut out with the corresponding die. Using the Lawn Fawn Forrest Border die, I cut a panel from SU Handsome Hunter and one from X-Press It Blending card stocks. I stamped Let It Snow from the Lawn Fawn Winter Scripty Sayings set in Handsome Hunter ink, then layered the white over the green on the card base. It was just a little too "clean" for me so I added some SU sequin snowflakes.

Here's the inside:

I just love Lawn Fawn's punny saying stamp sets. You know what else I love, my fellow DT's cards! Here are the links to their blogs. Be sure to stop by.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

We have a short, three day work week this week. I'm SO ready for it too. I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family and friends.

Thanks for looking in today,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Winter Alpaca set by Lawn Fawn

Paper: X-Press It Blending and SU Handsome Hunter card stock

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Handsome Hunter, Real Red and Copics

Other: Lawn Fawn Forrest Border die, SU snowflake sequin, the Big Shot, Dimensionals

Have A Holly Jolly Christmas!

Hey all y'all,

No I'm not from the South, I'm just back from my travels to Nashville for my company's annual North American Meeting where I heard this greeting many times during the week. It's always a good time to see co-workers from across the country this one time each year. We have general sessions that review results of the previous year, changes and goals for the new fiscal year, a full day of training, an awards night and a half day of "team building." I'm happy to say that I came home with two awards, one for my last year's performance and one that our whole team won. Pretty exciting and rewarding stuff!

Our team building exercise this year was super fun and inspiring. We partnered with Operation Stand Down in Nashville and filled backpacks with food to give to veterans for Thanksgiving. Inside each bag we included hand written notes thanking them for their service to our country and other words of encouragement.

Today is Sunday and time for our second November Paper Players challenge. It's Joanne's turn as hostess and she has a fabulous color challenge for us. Perfect for Christmas! Check it out!

When I saw these colors, I immediately thought holly leaves and berries and I remembered my Taylored Expressions Holly cutting plate. I pulled it out and went to work. Here's my card.

I started by cutting a panel of Emerald Envy card stock with the Holly cutting plate then layering it over a card base of Mint Macaron. I stamped Santa and the Christmas Tree with Memento tuxedo black on X-Press It Blending card stock, colored them with Copies and fussy cut them out. The greeting is stamped in Real Red and cut with a banner die. After placing and gluing the images down, I scattered TE red rhinestones around the card (you know I love my embellishments).  I also added some Crystal Stickles to the white part of Santa's cap and around his middle, yellow Stickles over the star at the top of the tree and red over the ornaments.

The inside uses images from the TE Baby It's Cold Outside stamp set, all colored with Copies in the challenge color shades.

Stop by the DT's blogs for more awesome Christmas inspiration.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

As usual, I know the gallery will be filled with super cool cards and projects!

Have a relaxing Sunday afternoon and thanks for stopping by,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps:Christmas Doodles and Baby It's Cold Outside sets by Taylored Expressions

Paper: SU Mint Macaron, Emerald Envy, Real Red card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Real Red, Copics

Other: TE Holly cutting plate, Lawn Fawn large banner die, yellow, red and crystal Stickles, TE red rhinestones, the Big Shot and Dimensionals

Happiness Is a Grateful Heart

Hello all,

I hope your weekend is going very well. It's Sunday and time for our first Paper Players challenge of November. Laurie is our hostess this week with a timely theme challenge. Here you go:

I've been traveling for work for the past several weeks and unfortunately, my stamping time has been very limited. I usually try to have my Paper Players card done early each week, but for this week's card, I was frantically trying to get it stamped, colored, photographed and blogged late yesterday afternoon. Luckily, my idea turned out well, so it all came together pretty quickly. A great sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch helped!

I wanted to do something seasonal, and this sweet little image by Jennifer Nilsson for MFT stamps was the perfect choice. As you all know, I love to color, so I colored her up with my Copics. I found this great seasonal patterned paper to use for the sketch layout and it has an added bonus of having the perfect message for Laurie's theme this week too. The stamped sentiment is from the set and it's stamped with Early Expresso ink.

The inside uses some images from a super old SU set called Autumn Harvest. I layered the squash and pumpkins using the masking technique. The inside greeting is from the MFT set.

The Design Team has some awesome inspiration cards. Stop by and say "Hi."

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

Have fun with Laurie's theme. I know we'll see some great cards again in the gallery. 

I'm off to Nashville Tuesday and back very late Friday night. I hope you all have a fabulous week!

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Happy Harvest set by My Favorite Things and Autumn Harvest set by Stampin' Up (inside images)

Paper: SU Really Rust, Old Olive and Very Vanilla card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock, Apple Cider by Imaginisce patterned paper

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Early Expresso

Other: Dimensionals and enamel shapes

Happy Howlidays

Hello,

Are you ready for a new Paper Players challenge? It's Sunday and LeAnne is our hostess this week with one of my favorite type of challenges. We're playing Tic-Tac-Toe this week with an emphasis on winter and/or holiday cards. Here are the options.

For my card I chose the right side of the grid, Snowflakes, Patterned Paper, Ribbon and made a Christmas card with a new Lawn Fawn Christmas stamp set.

This set is called Happy Howlidays and it features the gang of Dachshunds all dressed up for the holidays. The patterned paper is Lawn Fawn You Warm My Heart Holiday patterned papers. The images are stamped with Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copics then cut out using the corresponding Lawn Cut dies. The snowy hills are Die-namics Stitched Hill dies.

The inside features Santa Paws and a few presents for his friends.

You will find more inspiration when you visit the rest of the DT's blogs here.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

I know you will have fun with LeAnne's Tic-Tac-Toe challenge this week and I'm looking forward to see what you make.

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Stamps: Happy Howlidays set by Lawn Fawn

Paper: X-Press It Blending card stock, SU Whisper White and Real Red card stock, Lawn Fawn You Warm My Heart patterned paper

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Real Red, VersaMark

Other: Lawn Fawn Happy Howlidays dies, Die-namics Stitched Hill, Wonky Stitched Rectangle and Stitched Rectangle dies, Lawn Fawn banner die, SU White EP, heat tool, Wink of Stella, ribbon, red enamel dot, the Big Shot, Dimensionals

A Bushel and a Peck

Hello,

Welcome to this week's Paper Players post. Jaydee is our hostess with an awesome sketch challenge. I know you're going to love it and I know we're going to see some creative cards in our gallery this week.

How about some Lawn Fawn cuteness! I decided I wasn't ready to give up on making Fall themed cards quite yet, so I pulled out Lawn Fawn's Thanks A Bushel set to make a thank you card using this week's sketch.

As you can see, I stayed pretty true to Jaydee's sketch for my layout. The card base is from a pack of already cut and scored cards that are wood grain embossed. (The already cut and scored part is why my card has a side fold instead of the usual top fold.)

The image is stamped with Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copics. The zig-zag circle die is Die-namics and the large banner and the small sentiment banner are Lawn Fawn dies.

The inside images are all from the same set.

You can visit the rest of the Paper Player's here. Super cuteness awaits for you!

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

I hope your week is a good one. I'm off to Portland, OR for a work project for the week. Since my sister lives in Portland, I'm staying over next weekend for family time. I can't wait to see her, my niece and nephew.

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps:Thanks A Bushel set by Lawn Fawn

Paper: LCI Paper (card base), SU Very Vanilla and Garden Green card stock, Pebbles Woodland Forrest patterned papers

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler

Other: Lawn Fawn Stitched Banner and Small Banner dies, Die-namics Zig-zag circle die, large twine, enamel dots, the Big Shot, foam tape

Falling For You

Hello all,

It's the middle Sunday of October and time for another Paper Players Challenge. Nance is our hostess this week with another fun challenge, fitting for the season.

This is a Clean and Simple challenge and I just know we are going to see some awesome cards in our gallery. I can't wait!

My card was inspired by something I saw recently while looking through quilting pictures on Pinterest. Check out this awesome little fall, felt mug rug.

Here's how I turned it into a card for today's challenge:

The leaf and acorn dies, as well as the sentiment stamp are from Taylored Expressions "Falling For You" stamp and die sets. I cut each of the leaves from two different Lawn Fawn Fall plaid patterned papers. I cut three acorns from the same papers and placed them around the Die-namics Wonky Stitched circle. This is the largest circle in the die set. After I was satisfied with the placement, I removed them all so I could stamp the sentiment in the center. I repositioned the leaves and acorns and glued them down. The acorns are popped up with Dimensionals. The card base is the Spellbinders Large Scalloped Circle die cut from SU Bermuda Bay. I tied some tiny bows with SU linen thread and glued them to the leaf clusters for embellishment. It's one of those cards that took hardly any time to do and looks pretty cool (if I do say so myself, LOL).

My photo of the inside isn't very good, but I'll share anyway. The tree and bird are stamps from the same TE set and both are stamped on Lawn Fawn Plaid paper and fussy cut.

Here are the links to the rest of the DT's blogs. They have some awesome cards for your inspiration.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

I'm looking forward to seeing all of your Clean and Simple Leaf cards! 

Thanks for coming by today,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Falling for You set by Taylored Expressions

Paper: SU Bermuda Bay and Confetti White card stock, Lawn Fawn Fall Plaid patterned paper

Ink: SU Bermuda Bay

Other: Spellbinders Large Scalloped circle, Die-namics Wonky Circle and TE Falling For You dies, SU linen thread, the Big Shot, Dimensionals

Spooky and Sweet

Happy Sunday friends,

It's time for another fun Paper Players Challenge. It's Sandy's turn to be our hostess this week and she has a color challenge fitting for the season.

Of course, there are many options with this color combo, but I chose the obvious and made this Halloween card using an older Taylored Expressions set.

This is Moka Tabitha all colored up in the challenge colors using Copics. After coloring the image, I cut it out using a TE die. The other dies are all Die-namics.

The inside image is from another TE set called Fa-BOO-lous! The inside greeting is from the Moka Tabitha set.

Be sure to stop by the rest of the DT's blogs to see their cards this week.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

I'm traveling to Northern California for some family time through Wednesday, then I'm in the Los Angeles area for work Wednesday through Friday evening, so a fairly busy week ahead for me. I hope it's a great one for you.

I'm looking forward to seeing our colorful gallery this week. As always, thanks for looking in!

Happy Stamping,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Moka Tabitha set and Fa-BOO-lous set by Taylored Expressions

Paper: SU Wild Wasabi and Pumpkin Pie card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock, American Crafts "Pumpkin Patch" and Echo Park "Apothecary Emporium" patterned papers

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Pumpkin Pie, and Copics

Other: TE tag die, Die-namics Stitched Frame and Fishtail Flag dies, Michaels sequin bats, black and orange Baker's Twine, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Batty For You

Hello and welcome to a new Paper Player's Challenge. Our first one for October! This week, the very talented Claire is our hostess with a seasonal theme challenge.

Perfect for finishing up your Halloween cards for friends and family. I know well see some spooky and cute cards in our gallery this week.

Since I was traveling for work most of last week, I didn't have a chance to sit down and make my card until yesterday. Unfortunately for me, I seemed to have picked up a "bug" in my travels and with a pounding head and upset stomach, my creativity was running at about 5% of normal, so I needed to find a quick and simple sketch. This week's CAS(E) this Sketch came to my rescue.

Using some older Reverse Confetti sets, I put together this pretty simple card. The card base is SU Basic Gray. I cut the top panel of Very Vanilla with the largest MFT Wonky Stitched die and stamped the bottom line of bats. I cut a Very Vanilla banner using a MFT Pierced Fishtail Flags die and stamped the same bats on it, then I cut another banner from Basic Gray for layering. Using the Mini Misti for placement, I stamped the sentiment in Pumpkin Pie ink. After putting the card together, I thought it needed a little more embellishment, so I added the large bat in the upper right corner and the two black pearls in the lower right corner. 

The inside is super simple as well.

Here are the links to the rest of the DT's blogs. Be sure to stop by to say hi.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James-Off this week

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester-Off this week

Have fun with Clair's theme. I'm looking forward to seeing all of your spooky treats.

Thanks for stopping in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Spooky Cuties and Spooky Sentiments sets by Reverse Confetti

Paper: SU Basic Gray and Very Vanilla card stock

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Basic Gray and Pumpkin Pie

Other: Die-namics Wonky Stitched and Pierced Fishtail Flag dies, black pearls, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Wishing You a Good Day

Hello crafty friends,

Welcome to a new Paper Players challenge. This week, Joanne is our fabulous hostess with a sketch challenge. You're going to love this fun and versatile sketch. 

I really did have some fun with this and ended up making two cards. One for Fall and another for Christmas. 

This first card uses a new Pure Innocence stamp set which are always so fun to color. For the background, I stamped the leaf stamps randomly on watercolor paper with SU Archival black ink and painted them with Distress ink with my aqua painter. After they dried, I painted between them alternating red and yellow Distress Ink.

For the focal image, I stamped her with Memento on X-Press It Blending card stock and colored her with Copics using Fall colors. I cut her out with the corresponding die and used the Die-namics Circle Spinner Channels and slider elements to make her tumble. So fun! Instead of using a sentiment form the set, I used the MFT Label Maker set to make my own greeting.

And here is my second card using Joann's sketch. For this one, I used a new Avery Elle set called Retro Ornaments. 

I remember decorating the tree with ornaments like these when I was a kid. I think my sister has them now, anyway I hope that's where they are. They were glittered all over. Here, I tried to recreate that with Stickles and Wink of Stella.

The ornaments are stamped with Memento ink onto X-Press It Blending card stock. Using the masking technique, I layered the ornaments and colored them with Copics. I used Diamond, Silver and Gold Stickles on all three and where I didn't use the Stickles, I coated those parts with Wink Of Stella. I let the panel dry over night then assembled the card.

Here are the links to the rest of the DT's blogs. Be sure to stop by to say hi.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese-off this week

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

I know you'll have fun with Joanne's sketch. I'm looking forward to seeing your cards. 

Have a fun and relaxing Sunday and thanks for stopping in today,

Colleen

Supplies

Card 1: 

Stamps: Jumping With Joy and Label Maker sets by My Favorite Things

Paper: Cold press watercolor paper, X-Press It Blending and SU Soft Suede card stock, Pebbles Woodland Forrest patterned paper

Ink: SU Archival black, Memento tuxedo black, Tim Holtz Distress ink, Copics, SU Soft Suede

Other: Die-namics Jumping With Joy, Circle Spinner Channel, Label Maker, and Taylored Expressions Small Scalloped Border dies, Fiskar Corner Rounder punch, MFT Slider Elements, foam tape, aqua painter, the Big Shot

Card 2:

Stamps: Retro Ornaments by Avery Elle

Paper: SU Real Red, SU Gold, X-Press It Blending card stock, American Crafts Be Merry patterned paper

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Real Red

Other: Stickles, Wink Of Stella, Taylored Expressions Curly Border die, 

Have A Happy Thanksgiving

Hello and Happy Sunday,

Welcome to a new The Paper Players challenge. Today, Laurie is our hostess with a fun CAS challenge called "Clean and Simple Taste of Fall". 

So many options, but I recently bought Cutie Pie and Thanks A Bushel sets from Lawn Fawn and I just had to use them. I love this little pie, and doesn't it work well with the apples?! I thought I'd get started on more holiday cards and this set is perfect for Thanksgiving. I know most folks have Pumpkin pie but I'm not a fan of it and mom always made apple for my sister and I at Thanksgiving. Mom is a master pie maker, (seriously, there's no comparison) so I will send this one to her.

While I do have some layers here, it was a super quick and simple card to put together. Maybe because I had designed it in my mind and the finished project came out just as I envisioned it. This card is a small 4x4" note card.

All of the images are stamped in Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copics. They are cut out with the Lawn Fawn coordinating dies. The Spellbinders Scalloped die is cut from SU Cherry Cobbler and Die-namics Stitched square is cut from MFT Brights Plaid in green. The sentiment is from the Cutie Pie set.

Check out the rest of the Design Team's blogs for more awesome inspiration.

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis

Linda Callahan

Hannelie Bester

I know you'll have fun with this challenge and I'm looking forward to seeing the gallery this week.

Have a nice Sunday and thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Cutie Pie and Thanks a Bushel sets by Lawn Fawn

Paper: SU Crumb Cake and Cherry cobbler card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock, My Favorite Things Brights Plaid patterned paper

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics 

Other: Lawn Fawn Cutie Pie and Thanks a Bushel dies, Spellbinders Scalloped Square die, Die-namics Stitched Square die, the Big Shot, dimensionals