Fishes by the Tide & a Creative Oops! {PP257}

Hey there, friends!  We've got another great challenge over at The Paper Players--this time from classy and crafty Claire.  She has a gorgeous color combination for us, take a look:

Aren't they pretty together?!  I thought about them for awhile and while my first thought was floral, I pushed myself to come up with something else.  So here's what I made:

I thought the fish in the By the Tide stamp set would look pretty embossed in gold and sponged in the other challenge colors.  Gold is sorta of the metallic equivalent of Crumb Cake, right?!  I started with this week's fabulous sketch over at Mojo Monday.  I layered the base elements with Crumb Cake and Old Olive cardstock and cut a porthole with my circle framelits.

The background was a creative "oops moment" that started with the Watercolor Wash stamp.  After I stamped the Watercolor Wash background, I stamped some Gorgeous Grunge speckles in versamark ink and sprinkled with Gold embossing powder.  Well, I guess the ink was still kind of wet from the background stamp and the embossing powder covered it too.  Being too lazy to re-do it, I just zapped it with the heat tool and I ended up with a gold embossed Watercolor Wash which looks pretty cool--I think.  :-)

The fishies were also embossed in gold and sponged in Old Olive and Bermuda Bay.  Some fussy-cutting, pearls and a little twine were just the finish I needed!

I hope you've enjoyed today's card!  Please pop over and take a look at the amazing creations from the rest of the design team at The Paper Players--you won't be disappointed.  Then, come play along with us before our challenge closes on Friday, August 14th at Noon (PST).  Thanks for stopping by today!

 The Paper Players Design Team 
Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile (on leave) 

Claire Broadwater
 Jaydee

Joanne James
Laurie Schmidt 
LeAnne Pugliese
Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Amy Koenders
Jodi McKinney

Lisa Elton 

 

 

Tribute to By the Seashore {PP244}

Hi there friends.....wishing all the mamas out there--pet mamas too--a very Happy Mother's Day!  This week at The Paper Players, the lovely LeAnne is our hostess with a beautiful color challenge:

Blue, green and natural....happy sigh!  So pretty together and the colors reminded me of the beach, which reminded me that I soon needed a retirement card for a dear friend who....loves the beach!  So, today's card was born:

It was very difficult to get a good photo of the colors.  I guess the light background with fairly light colors did not add up to a bright card...no matter what the light was outside!  I used a base layer of Naturals White because the flecks lend itself to the casual, rustic, beach feel.  A combination of images was used to achieve the seaside look--coral in Pistachio Pudding and a trio of sea life in the challenge colors....how 'bout a close-up?

I stamped each one with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I had a hard time getting the colors to stand out just stamping on white paper with the colored ink.  I thought the white embossing on colored cardstock highlighted the colors better.  For the Lost Lagoon nautilus (?) shell, I cut around the swirl and used a double stack of dimensionals to make the center stand out.

You can also see in this photo that I sponged the edges of the base layer, as well as the shells and starfish with [retired] Champagne Mist shimmer paint.  I still have several bottles of the stuff....I just love the soft color and lustre that it adds.  

I'm going to keep this short and sweet today so you can get on with your day!  Be sure to stop by the rest of the Design Team to see what wonderful ideas they are sharing this week.  We hope you will play along with us before the challenge closes on Friday, May 15th at Noon (PST).  Thanks for stopping by today!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile
Claire Broadwater
 Jaydee
Joanne James
Laurie Schmidt 
LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy
Sandy Mathis 
Debbie Mageed
Karren Johnson
Shannon Jaramillo

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

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!

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.

Catch 'Em by the Tide {PP168}

Hi, everyone!  LeAnne is our hostess this week at The Paper Players for our Clean-and-Simple Challenge and wowzers...has she got a challenge for us!

Clean-and-simple plus masculine!  Many people think that these two are the most difficult types of cards to make but actually I find that CAS goes quite well with masculine.  I generally think that guys don't like a lot of embellishments and layers so keeping it clean usually works out well.  So let's see how I did:

What do you think?  I rather like it!  I'm not sure if it qualifies as "simple" which the fussy-cutting and some grungy stamping but...there is a lot of "white space"!  I was inspired by sketch #263 at Clean and Simple Stamping.  I knew I wanted to make a porthole with the Circle Framelits and the rest of it developed from there.  Off the Grid and Gorgeous Grunge were stamped in Sahara Sand and Soft Sky ink around the Naturals Ivory porthole.  I drew my color inspiration from the swatch of Sweater Weather DSP.

The sea bass (if that's what they are!) were stamped in Chocolate Chip onto Sahara Sand.  i tried them first on Very Vanilla but it was too bright for the muted tones of the DSP and I think they really stand out on the Sahara Sand.  There is a faint stripe of Crushed Curry running through the DSP so the Itty Bitty Banners sentiment was stamped in Chocolate Chip onto Crushed Curry and cut out with the Bitty Banner Framelits and my fantastic Magnetic Platform!  The close-up also shows you how I tied the Linen Thread onto the banner.  Just pierced a hole and threaded it through.  A dimensional kept it in place while I secured the ends on the back.

The Naturals Ivory looked too plain on the inside so I used a piece of Soft Sky and dressed it up with more Off the Grid stamping and another fish!  This card is headed for a male co-worker who loves to get out on his boat and catch a few so I think he will appreciate this one!

I know you'll appreciate what the rest of The Paper Players Design Team has for your inspiration so be sure to check 'em out and leave them some comment love!  I hope you'll join us before our challenge closes on Friday, October 25th at Noon (PDT)--we would love to see you there!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Supplies
Stamps: By the Tide, Off the Grid, Gorgeous Grunge, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky
Paper: Naturals Ivory, Soft Sky, Crushed Curry CS; Sweater Weather DSP
Xtras: Circle Framelits; Bitty Banners Framelits; Linen Thread; Paper Snips

By the Colorful Tide {PP149}

Happy Sunday, friends, and welcome to another week with The Paper Players! This week, the incomparable Ann has brought us a wonderful color challenge:

Aren't these colors pretty together?  All that coral and pools made me think of oceans so I turned to my By the Tide set and got to work.  I sure am glad this set continued into the new catalog so I could use it some more!

The saying goes, the devil is in the details, right?  Well, that was true of this card!  I started with the basic elements: Pool Party base, So Saffron layer die-cut with an Oval Framelit.  Then, I filled in with some smaller elements: stamped the fan coral in Calypso Coral on Naturals White cardstock and added the text stamp from By The Tide to the So Saffron layer.  After I stamped the sentiment from Bring on the Cake to the banner, I needed to pull in some more Early Espresso so I used my retired color spritzer to sprinkle some on the So Saffron cardstock with an Early Espresso stampin' write marker.

A Naturals Designer Button and some Early Espresso Baker's Twine finished off the sentiment.  To adorn my seascape, I stamped the seahorse and shell in Calypso Coral and Pool Party inks and fussy-cut.  Pearls and some Dazzling Diamonds add just the right amount of shimmer and sparkle.

I hope you like today's card for The Paper Players.  Be sure to check out the rest of the design team and their amazing projects.  We would love for you to join us before the challenge closes on Friday, June 14th at Noon (PDT).  Thanks for stopping by today!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Amy O'Neill

Brian King

Jen Nelson

Justin Krieger

Sandy Mathis

Supplies
Stamps: By the Tide; Bring on the Cake; Sanded (retired)
Ink: So Saffron, Pool Party, Calpyso Coral & Early Espresso
Paper: So Saffron, Pool Party, Early Espresso & Naturals White CS
Xtras: Naturals designer buttons; Early Espresso Baker's Twine; Basic Pearls; Dazzling Diamonds; Color Spritzer (retired); Oval Framelits; 1.25" square punch; Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch