Grateful there's You, Mom {PP194}

This week's challenge at The Paper Players is hosted by the ever-fabulous Jaydee..and what a timely challenge it is!  

Good thing too because I still had one very important Mother's Day card to make!  I found this great sketch over at Cardabilities--I'm really liking their sketches--and was totally inspired!

I wanted to use the retiring single stamp, Beautifully Baroque, because it is so elegant and pretty....just like my Mom!  Aww, it's true! She loves all shades of blue so I stamped it in Coastal Cabana on Pool Party cardstock using my Stamp-a-ma-Jig to line up a second image at the bottom.  Next, I layered a piece of Crisp Cantaloupe DSP cut with the Banner Framelits.

A scrunched up Tea Doily was spritzed with some homemade Champagne Shimmer Mist for and layered behind a Chalk Talk tag embossed with white onto Baked Brown Sugar.  I am so sad the Itty Bitty Punch Pack set is retiring.  I love this bitty flower--it always makes the perfect little accent especially with a pearl center!

Be sure to stop by and check out what the rest of the Design Team is sharing today in celebration of Mothers, everywhere!  We hope that you will join us before the challenge closes on Friday, May 9th at Noon (PST).  Thanks for stopping by today, friends!

The Paper Players Design Team
Ann Schach
Anne Marie Hile
Jaydee
LeAnne Pugliese
Nance Leedy
Sandy Mathis

 

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Stippled Blossoms {PP154}

Hello friends and happy Sunday to you!  This week I am delighted to host a color challenge over at The Paper Players.

Cool Bermuda Bay pairs up beautifully with the warm tones of Baked Brown Sugar and Crushed Curry.  I dove into my box of new goodies and came up with this:

Sneak Peek alert!  The background image is stamped in Baked Brown Sugar onto Crushed Curry using a stamp set from the upcoming Seasonal Catalog called Truly Grateful [love!].  The chevron woodgrain pattern looks like parquet flooring and adds a textured look without the bulk.  Isn't it pretty?!

Stippled Blossoms is a new-to-me set that creates gorgeous flowers every time.  The simple two-step stamp technique creates a depth and dimension that makes the flowers and leaves jump off the page.  The solid flower image was inked in Bermuda Bay and stamped off once while the outline image was stamped full-strength Bermuda Bay. I did a little bit of fussy-cutting and added some pearl and Linen Thread accents just because they make me happy.  :-)

The outline flower image makes a lovely background all on it's own.  Here I inked it in Baked Brown Sugar and stamped opposite corners of the background and sentiment panels.  Can you spot the spots?  Yes, I used Gorgeous Grunge, again, this time in Crushed Curry.  The coordinating Chalk Talk stamp set and Framelits gave me a quick way to add the sentiment here.  I simply scored and folded it over the top of the cardstock--a finishing touch that's nicer than a rough edge.

I'm not really sure what I will use this card for so I left it free of an inside sentiment but just had to stamp more of these flowers.  I resisted this stamp set for a long time, thinking it a bit too much like Grandma's couch (you know what I mean!) but it really is gorgeous.  And done up in Bermuda Bay, it's an unexpected twist!

What isn't unexpected, is the fabulous work of my gal pals on the Design Team.  Please check out their gorgeous work on their blogs below.  They're the best team around!  We do hope you'll join us over at The Paper Players before our challenge closes on Friday, July 19th at Noon (PST).  Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Supplies
Stamps: Stippled Blossoms; Chalk Talk; Gorgeous Grunge; Truly Grateful (available 8/1/13)
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Baked Brown Sugar, Crushed Curry
Paper: Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar, Crushed Curry CS
Extras: Linen Thread; Chalk Talk Framelits; Basic Pearls; Distress Tool