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Sunday, July 15, 2018

Climbing Orchids for the Paper Players PP401

Hi friends--WOW what a turnout we had these last two weeks for our 400th challenge over at The Paper Players. Randomly selected winners of all 41 prizes will be announced on Wednesday July 18th - so be sure to check back. In the meantime, our sweet friend Joanne has a lovely color challenge for us this week:

Flowers were all my mind could come up with for these colors so I pulled out one I was so glad to see return in this year's SU catalog...Climbing Orchid:

I have to admit that I haven't purchased many of the new SU colors so I had to make do with what's already in my craft room...Melon Mambo, Wisteria Wonder [retired], and Granny Apple Green [new!]. I think they're a pretty close match. The main panel of Wisteria Wonder DSP was trimmed with a stitched border die from My Favorite Things. I found the little strip of Melon Mambo cardstock in my scrap bag and it was already embossed! I think it's a long ago retired SU folder called Lattice.

The orchids were heat embossed in gold on thick whisper white cardstock and colored using a sponge dauber and Melon Mambo ink. The center piece is stamped in Wisteria Wonder and them and even tinier image is heat embossed in gold. I can't believe there is a die tiny enough to cut out these little centers! The gold stem holding the orchids is cut from Gold Foil paper using the branch die from Seasonal Layers Thinlit dies. I used Granny Apple Green for the leaves and die cut them with the coordinating dies. One thing I did purchase right away from the new catalog are these Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins. There are 5 colors in the pack and 50 of each color--that's a lot of sequins!

There's also a lot of inspiration waiting for you over at The Paper Players! Check it out and come play along before our challenge ends on Friday, July 20th at Noon (PST). Thanks for stopping by today!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

Nance Leedy

Elizabeth Stewart

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Flourishing Phrases of Color PP397

Happy Sunday, friends! Today I am delighted to host this month's color challenge at The Paper Players:

I happened on this combination one day when all three of these ink pads were among those scattered on my craft desk. They looked so pretty sitting there next to each other that I thought it would make a great color challenge combination!

I was smitten with the layout of this card when I saw it in the new annual SU catalog (pg. 18). I'm afraid that this is a pretty close CASE of the card in the catalog. Sometimes, it just feels good to make something without having to think about the layout and overall design. On the Crumb Cake base I stamped an image from Flourishing Phrases in the same color ink.

A die from the coordinating Flourish Thinlits made a delicate little flower and vine in Lemon Lime Twist. The LLT leaves were stamped and fussy-cut, as were the Calypso Coral flowers. I stamped the flowers four times fussy cutting two full flowers and then two smaller ones to layer on top. This stamp set is so easy to cut out with the heavy outlines on the images. Just for fun, I added some adhesive-backed sequins also in LLT.

Some masking of the images to decorate the inside. This is a little over the top for a Thank You card--I tend to keep those simple usually--but this one is going to a very special recipient who made my recent birthday extra special. She deserves an over-the-top card because she is over-the-top wonderful!

Be sure to stop by The Paper Players to see some wonderful creations from our talented design team. I hope you will play along with us before the challenge ends on Friday, June 15th at Noon PST. Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

Nance Leedy

Elizabeth Stewart

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Misty Mountain Top PP388

Hi friends! It's another fun week with my pals at The Paper Players. The lovely LeAnne has a beautiful color combination for us to work with...take a look:

Oh my, that field of lavender is gorgeous isn't it? Beautiful colors and I had the idea that I wanted to make some misty mountains with these colors using the Waterfront stamp set--similar to this card from a couple weeks ago. Whenever I need a kickstart of inspiration I always head to Pinterest and a search for "mountain perspective drawing" yielded this fabulous photo and my idea was born:

It took several tries on scrap paper to get the look of the mountains the way that I wanted--dark in the front and fading out in the distance. This really gives depth to the image without adding any extra layers. This is just one panel of cardstock! The front row of mountains is stamped full-strength in Elegant Eggplant--overlapping the mountain image to make the mountain larger. The second row of mountains is full-strength Wisteria Wonder, again overlapping to make it appear larger. The third row is Wisteria Wonder stamped off once and the final row is stamped off twice. Tranquil Tide stamped off once or twice with another image from Waterfront created the forest floor . The trees were stamped full-strength in Tranquil Tide. Finally, I added soaring birds from the High Tide set and a sentiment from Flourishing Phrases both in Elegant Eggplant. The whole front panel is popped up on a thick Whisper White base.

Thanks for peeking in on my card today...I hope you liked it! Be sure to check out the rest of the loveliness over at The Paper Players. My teammates have outdone themselves with LeAnne's colors this week! Perhaps you'll be inspired to play along with us before the challenge closes on Friday, April 13th at Noon (PST). Have a great week!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

Nance Leedy

Elizabeth Stewart

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Just Be YOU PP384

Hi friends, and welcome to another week with The Paper Players! Our sweet friend across the pond, Joanne, has a lovely color challenge for us this week:

I have to admit, I was a little daunted by this color....PINK! It's not a shade I use very often so I was a little flummoxed until I remembered this awesome set I've only used a couple times...Fabulous Flamingo...and my card was born:

I started with the idea of a row of flamingos--all in the same shade to as a way to demonstrate their conformity. THe last flamingo is strutting her stuff all decked out with all three steps of stamps in this set! The base flamingo is Powder Pink, the second layer--the shading--is what else--Flirty Flamingo, of course! The accent lines are obviously stamped in Black Memento ink.

I didn't want to introduce another color--staying true to the "any shade of pink" challenge--so I used a base of Smoky Slate and stamped a few palm fronds in the same color ink to frame the focal point.

The sentiment had to be just right--something that emphasized the individuality of the recipient--I really wanted to use the die-cut YOU from the SAB Amazing You set. Once that was die-cut in black, I went searching through my stash for just the right companion sentiment. I found it in "Just Be" from the retired Crazy For You stamp set--perfect!

I'm not sure when I will have occasion for this card so I left the inside sentiment free but stamped another flamingo framed with palm fronds. This really is such a cool set--love that shading on the flamingo!

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team inspiration over at The Paper Players. I hope you will be inspired to join us before our challenge closes on Friday, March 16th at Noon (PST). Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

Nance Leedy

Elizabeth Stewart

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Frosty Night Forest PP370

Hi friends and happy Sunday! It's another week with The Paper Players where I have the pleasure of hosting a color challenge:

Oh how I love the simple elegance of white-on-white cards, especially for winter and holiday cards. The most difficult part of using a monochromatic color scheme is to achieve dimension without an additional color. The die cuts in the Carols of Christmas bundle make this a snap!

I knew the tree die in this set would be perfect for this color challenge and you know how I love to play with negative space! Here, I backed the tree and night sky cut outs with some Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper. While still white, the glimmer paper really stands out against the plain white. Adding texture with the Softly Falling embossing folder adds another distinguishing element. Lastly I cut some snowy hills from cardstock Vellum for one more interpretation of "white". It didn't show up in my photo but the edges of the hills are brushed with a Wink of Stella. You may wonder why the sentiment appears to have a drop shadow effect. That's because I stamped it first in Archival Basic Gray and when I didn't like the look of it, I sprinkled on some white embossing powder and heat set. The result is a bit of a shadow which helps make the white sentiment stand out--I like happy accidents!

I used the tree die to cut out a stencil from some plain copy paper. I adhered the trees to the inside with removable adhesive and lightly sponged around the trees with Smoky Slate ink. The sentiment and deer were stamped with Smoky Slate.

I hope you like today's card and feel inspired to play along with us at The Paper Players. Do check out the rest of the fabulous inspiration from my teammates at The Paper Players! Thanks for stopping by...

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

Nance Leedy

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Fabulous Flamingo PP357

There's no other title to give today's post because the flamingo set I used for my card really is, well... fabulous! And, so is the tropical color combination Sandy is hosting for us this week at The Paper Players:

I knew right away that I would ink up the new-to-me Fabulous Flamingo set. I can't live in Florida and not own this set, right?! Advance apologies to Sandy....as I sat down to make my card I discovered that my Pear Pizzazz ink pad has dried up! It's the old-style felt ones and I had no ink refills for it. So, I substituted the current in-color Lemon Lime Twist which pairs equally as well with Bermuda Bay and Calypso Coral. I'm also happy to share today's card with my dear friends on our sister site, Freshly Made Sketches as they celebrate sketch #300! Congratulations, gals that is a huge milestone. You'll notice that I flipped the sketch to better suit the orientation of the flamingo. Here's the awesome sketch and my card:

This card is deceptively simple. Deceptively because although it has only two layers, there are some details that take a bit of explaining. In order to match the sketch, I needed a short and narrow panel for the flamingo. Because the image is wider than I wanted, I stamped him on a piece of thick whisper white cardstock and trimmed the sides leaving just a bit of the image hanging off the edge. To do this, use a rotary cuter and cut down each side just to the image. Then use small scissors to fussy-cut around the edge you want hanging off. This might help:

This image is four stamps! There is the solid base of the bird's body, the shadow which highlights the neck, lower body and legs. These were both stamped in Calypso Coral with the solid body image stamped off once. The line art on the body and legs are two separate stamps. All these stamps give a lot of flexibility with how you want your flamingo to look. TIP: I found the best results stamping the highlight image w/legs FIRST. Using this one first makes sure that your flamingo ends up standing straight and tall instead of leaning forward. That's not such a fabulous look, lol!

Lately, I've been making simple cards with less layers and I didn't want to use another layer of paper under the panel with the flamingo. I decided to mask off an area that would mimic a layer of paper and stamp directly on my card base instead.

That's all for the tricky parts---oh, the Bermuda Bay "enamel dots" aren't really Bermuda Bay. I didn't have any in that color but I did have a aqua colored Sharpie marker which did wonders for changing the color of my enamel dots!

Have to show you a close up of the flamingo as her plumage is bedazzled with Wink of Stella.

And, lastly a peek at the inside with some stamping in the corner. Just shows how pretty these three colors look together. Whew, and that's it! I hope you liked today's card. Be sure to check out the rest of my teammies with their lovely creations at The Paper Players! Also, pop over to Freshly Made Sketches and wish the team there a Happy 300th!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

Nance Leedy

Sunday, July 9, 2017

Climbing Berry Orchids - PP352

Hi friends! I took a short unplanned break while family was in town for my hubby's 50th birthday! I'm back today at The Paper Players with a pretty monochromatic color challenge from lovely LeAnne:

I combined it with the awesome sketch this week at the Global Design Project:

Todays colors seemed like the perfect opportunity to play with my new stamp set, Climbing Orchids. I couldn't wait to get my hands on this set. Not only is there nothing else like it in my collection but it's also photopolymer (love) and has coordinating dies (double love)!

The monochromatic color palette provides the perfect combination of colors for shading--each one slightly darker than the next. I used the lightest shade, Sweet Sugarplum, for the base color of the orchid bloom. Berry Burst was used to stamp the flower petals and Rich Razzleberry shades the tiny centers of the blossoms. Not wanting to bring in another color, I also thought the dark Rich Razzleberry made the perfect stem for the flowers. It's actually a die from another set called, Seasonal Layers Thinlits.

I thought the plain white background set off these colors nicely but it also needed a little something....I washed the card base (Thick Whisper White cardstock) with Wink of Stella and the effect is gorgeous IRL. Difficult to capture in a photo but it gives a soft shimmer to the background and just a little bit of interest. Another tip, the retired gold stripe vellum was attached to a scrap piece of white cardstock and then popped up on dimensionals. Attaching it to the cardstock gives it weight so it doesn't sag when popped up and also hides any adhesive which would otherwise show through the vellum.

Another cool tip....extend the use of your photopolymer stamps by using the solid back of the stamp! For the inside of the card, I needed a solid base of Sweet Sugarplum. I flipped over the stamp and attached it to my clear block with the wrong side facing up. I stamped first in Sweet Sugarplum then, took the stamp off the block and reattached it to the block right-side up. Next, stamped the details of the image in the darker shade of Berry Burst for a full color orchid. Here's a couple photos to illustrate:

Although they started last week, this is my first week playing alongside our two new Guest Designers, Annie & Jan! Along with returning GD, Deanne, I am so happy to be crafting with all of you! Check out all of our team's amazing works over at The Paper Players. Maybe you will be inspired to play along before the challenge closes on Friday, July 14th at Noon (PST). Thanks for visiting!

Edited 7/11/17: So excited that my card was chosen as a #GDPwinner at The Global Design Project--wow! Many thanks to the team for selecting my card. There are always so many gorgeous entries, it's an honor to be selected!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

Nance Leedy

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Vintage Copper Leaves PP312

Hi friends and happy Sunday! Welcome to another week with The Paper Players where the lovely LeAnne has a seasonal and pretty color challenge for us:

The calendar may say September (BTW, how did THAT happen?!) but it's nowhere near fall temperatures here in Florida! So, I was glad for the opportunity to pretend with LeAnne's pretty fall palette.

I knew that I wanted to use my all-time favorite leaf stamp...Vintage Leaves...and I couldn't wait to see them embossed in copper. The delicate detail of the embossing really shows up on the colored leaves.

I stamped the leaves on Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Pear Pizzazz, heat embossed with copper ep and cut them out with the coordinating Leaflit Thinlits. So pretty! I tried the leaves on several different background neutrals and really liked the way they popped on Basic Black [retired] DSP.

A little swirl of new black metallic thread helps pull together the DSP and the sentiment. I think this card will go for a male colleague with an October birthday. MAYBE by then it will feel like fall around here!

Be sure to go check out the rest of the Paper Players Design Team for their awesome inspirations. We hope you will join in the fun before our challenge closes on Friday, September 16 at Noon (PST). Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players Design Team