Canopy Crafts: a dozen thoughts

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Sunday, April 6, 2014

Three By the Tide {PP190}

Hiya friends! Today LeAnne has a fun challenge over at The Paper Players. LeAnne always rocks the "element of 3"on her cards and today she is challenging us to do the same!

I had an idea in mind and did a little blog surfing for some color inspiration. I can always count on the DT at colourQ for a fabulous color combination and this week's colors were perfect for what I needed:

This week I was among the chaperons on a field trip to Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo and the Florida Aquarium with our daughter's class. I think it was a success for the kids when after nearly 12 hours they said it was "the best field trip EVER"! For me, the best part was watching our daughter's genuine interest in learning about animals, their habitats and appreciating the beauty of the natural world. I made this card to thank her for such a fantastic day:

Onto the River Rock cardstock, I stamped some Gorgeous Grunge splotches in the coordinating ink. The small Whisper White rectangles are 1.75" x 1.5" and stamped randomly with images from By the Sea stamp set in all four challenge colors.

Do you like how the center image features a mama and daughter seahorse?! :-)

I think the inside of the card says it all.....

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team over at The Paper Players. I hope you'll join in the fun before the challenge closes on Friday, April 11th at Noon (PST). Have a great day!

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Supplies used on today's card; click each for more info:

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Sweet Sorbet & a Sketch {PP184}

Hiya friends! It's another week with The Paper Players where Jaydee has an awesome sketch for us:

This is such a great sketch--can be dressed up or down, clean or layered...whatever suits your fancy. For me, I landed somewhere in the middle with my take on it:

I thought the wide expanse of background was perfect to feature some of our gorgeous designer paper. Here, I've used one of my favorite patterns from Sweet Sorbet DSP--a Sale-a-Bration freebie. The colors are so pretty together--Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe and Summer Starfruit--and they really pop on the black background.

I used the Needlepoint embossing folders that hadn't seen the light of day in awhile--I like the texture they add to the Pistachio Pudding and Summer Starfruit banners. I did some tone-on-tone stamping with an image from Petal Parade on the Crisp Cantaloupe banner and finished it all off with a Tea Lace doily and Silver Baker's Twine.

All the images in Petal Parade are so much fun to stamp with--they really lend themselves to layering or collage stamping. Sassy Salutations adds just the right amount of whimsy to the inside. I know that the rest of the Design Team really rocked this sketch, so head on over to the Paper Players and have a look-see. Then come back and join us before the challenge ends on Friday, February 28th at Noon (PST). If you're interested, all the supplies I used for this card are in the table below--with links! Thanks for stopping by today, friends...
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Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

A Flower Shop Sketch {PP151}

Happy Sunday, everyone! It's another week with my friends over at The Paper Players where I am hosting a sketch challenge:

I haven't had much time in my craft room this week so I was delighted for an excuse to break into some more new goodies. This time I used a different flower from the Flower Shop stamp set and the coordinating Pansy Punch as well as some new DSP, Birthday Basics.

The colors in this DSP are so pretty--soft and muted but still fresh and happy. I took my color inspiration from this polka dot pattern pulling out Crisp Cantaloupe, Raspberry Ripple, Bermuda Bay, Gumball Green and a touch of Summer Starfruit. Wow, that's a lot! You can see that I embossed a Bermuda Bay panel with the Tulip Framed embossing folder then layered some DSP and my sentiment label.

It was simple to incorporate the coordinating shades of Crisp Cantaloupe and Raspberry Ripple by inking the flowers in the darker shade (raspberry) and stamping onto lighter cardstock (cantaloupe). The technique adds extra dimension to the flower by giving it a two-step look. More so than if I had stamped on white cardstock.

I liked these colors so much that I made a second card but changed the accent color and the flower color to Raspberry Ripple. I think this one might be more suited to an autumn birthday with the deeper colors. What do you think? Which do you like better?

I left off a sentiment on the inside so I can stamp just the right one when I need it. But, I did have fun adding some more colorful flowers.

And I hope that you will have fun with my sketch this week over at The Paper Players! Be sure to stop by and check out the lovely work of my fellow Design Team members. If you can join the fun, just make sure to do so before the challenge closes on Friday, June 28th at Noon (PDT). Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players Design Team

Supplies
Stamps: Flower Shop; Secret Garden; A Dozen Thoughts
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Raspberry Ripple, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Raspberry Ripple, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla; Birthday Basics DSP
Xtras: Boho Blossoms punch; Pansy punch; Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack; Basic Pearls; Labels Framelits; Summer Starfruit stitched satin ribbon; Secret Garden Framelits

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Bring on the Bling {PP150}

Happy Sunday, friends, and Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there! Today is a very special Father's Day because my husband just arrived home after 4 weeks in South Africa!! Our daughter and I are very glad to have him home. There's been just a little too much estrogen in the house, lol! But, I digress...on to the challenge today. Over at The Paper Players, the always awesome Anne Marie has a bling-tastic Clean-and-Simple challenge for us this week:

I was a little pressed for time so a CAS challenge was just perfect. With my box of goodies from the new catalog, I had a clean and simple card in no time!

This may be a CAS card but it features three new stamp sets! Who ever said CAS had to be easy, right?! First, those snazzy striped banners are courtesy of the Gorgeous Grunge set--one of the first sets from the new catalog to go into my shopping cart. I stamped them in Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate and Pistachio Pudding. The line art flower is just one of the fabulous flowers from the Flower Shop set. Even though I didn't use it here, this set has a matching punch which can be purchased as a bundle with the stamp set for 15% off! The flower was stamped in Midnight Muse and the stem is from Everything Eleanor. Lastly, the sweet little sentiment is a great one from A Dozen Thoughts--another new set that I am sure will see lots of ink in my craft room. Finally, the BLING! Gotta love the Large Rhinestones for your basic pop of dazzle! Just like a classic solitaire diamond, it finishes off the flower perfectly.

And the other wonderful thing about the new catalog isn't even something you buy! It's the pictures themselves. All the background colors in the catalog pictures are named and coordinated to provide color inspiration to your crafting! The color combination for today's card came from pages 30-31 of the catalog--although I substituted Pistachio Pudding for a lighter shade of green. Isn't that great? Color inspiration right from the SU designers and graphic artists! Love it!

I hope you loved today's card too! It's an easy-peasy design that could be mass produced in a variety of colors for multiple occasions. Be sure to pop over to The Paper Players and check out all the other sparkle-icious creations from the rest of the DT. We hope you'll consider joining us before our challenge closes on Friday, June 21st at Noon (PDT).