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Sunday, August 27, 2017

Spooky Cat but really an Owl PP359

Hi all! Lovely Laurie is our hostess this week at The Paper Players for a great sketch challenge:

Isn't that a good sketch?! You'll see from the fabulous inspiration of my teammates that there are lots of ways to interpret it, too. I recently received a box of pre-order goodies from the upcoming SU Holiday Catalog and have a sneak peek for you! I couldn't quite bring myself to start making Christmas cards yet but I could get started on my first favorite fall holiday...

I have to laugh at myself...I don't send many Halloween cards but I sure do like to buy the stamps and make the cards. Can anyone relate?! I especially like a bundled set like Spooky Cat that is bundled with an awesome cat punch. Instead of the cat, today I feature the fabulous owl from this set. He looks more realistic than the more whimsical owls I have in my collection. The base of the card is a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock run through the Big Shot with the Woodland embossing folder. The rising full moon is cut with Circle Framelits from some retired DSP, Going Places.

The "tree" is actually two branch die-cuts from the Seasonal Layers Framelits. Cut from Sahara Sand cardstock and then layered together with the fine tip glue pen. They make the perfect perch for my owl and coordinate nicely with the embossed Woodland trees in the background.

You have to see the owl close-up as he photographs quite dark. He is stamped in Fresh Fig ink on to the same cardstock. I fussy-cut the image and then heat embossed his beak and claws with copper embossing powder. How did I get just those tiny parts to the owl, you ask? Some time ago, SU carried a Versamarker pen. The same ink as a Versamark stamp pad but in a marker form--great for small areas! It's retired from SU but I found it for you on Amazon...you're welcome. :-)

Just one last image for you....this stamp set also has a fun stamp that layers over the owl with a great sentiment. I used the branch stamp from Colorful Seasons in Sahara Sand for the owl to perch on and Fresh Fig for his eyes and sentiment. I also added a sponged Crushed Curry moon and some Fresh Fig "bats" (née seagulls) from the High Tide stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to check out the rest of the team at The Paper Players and play along with us before the challenge closes on Friday, September 1st at Noon (PST).

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

Nance Leedy

Sunday, October 9, 2016

It's a Charlie Brown Halloween PP316

Hi friends, welcome to another week with The Paper Players! Where our sweet friend Sandy has an awesome color challenge for us. Next to sketches, color challenges are my next favorite!

I was trying not to go in a Halloween direction because that was the first thing that came to mind and I wanted to do something different. Well, that different something ended up in the trash bin and I took the easy way out...Halloween!

This sweet little [retired] stamp set, Happy Scenes, always reminds me of a scene from a Charlie Brown episode. Charlie Brown was a staple holiday favorite of my childhood so maybe that's why I like this set so much! The Wild Wasabi cardstock is embossed with the Petal Burst folder and popped up on the Happy Scene image.

The stamp was heat embossed in black and colored with [retired] Blendabilities markers in Wild Wasabi and a Stampin' WRite marker in Pumpkin Pie. I did use the lightest Soft Sky Blendabilities marker to outline the tree and horizon line for emphasis. You can't see it here but I also washed the tree with clear Wink of Stella. I swear I can't make a card without it!

I repeated the scene and coloring on the inside--this time without the heat embossing. Left it blank for a sweet handwritten note! I think my daughter might send this to her bestie who, sadly, moved out of state last year.

My Paper Player besties have some great projects lined up for you with Sandy's colors so be sure and check them out. We hope you will join the fun before our challenge closes on Friday, October 14th at Noon (PST).

The Paper Players Design Team

Sunday, October 2, 2016

A Labeler Halloween PP315

So, you know how some weeks are just crazy? Extra hours at work, people pulling you in all different directions, deadlines looming? Yeah, it was one of those for me. Which is way I cheated a little for Claire's awesome theme challenge this week at The Paper Players:

I cheated because I used the exact same sketch and layout as my cards for Joanne's awesome sketch challenge last week! Ugh, I just couldn't come up with anything new. That said, I do really like how my Halloween version turned out. Take a look:

Like Thanksgiving stamps & accessories, Halloween stamps and goodies stick around in my craft room too. Here, I've used some old DSP with Edgar Allen Poe's verses as well as a retired bat stamp from the set called From the Crypt.

The real star, though, is the gorgeous tree from the Sheltering Tree set. Embossed in silver on black it looks positively spooky! I washed over it with some clear Wink of Stella because a Halloween forest has to sparkle! The Labeler Alphabet stamp was super fun to use on the sentiment. I love the ransom note (i.e. creepy) look of the crooked letters. This is my first time using the fun black/grey Baker's Twine from the holiday catalog--love it! Because I felt guilty for not coming up with a new design, I decided to try out an idea that had been floating in my head since my mom showed me this awesome idea from Pinterest:

I made a candle to go with the card! I bought plain white candles at Dollar Tree and set to decorating them. I cut a 6.5" x 7.25" piece of vellum cardstock. I heat embossed the same tree as well as a gate image from another retired set, Toxic Treats. On the back of the vellum I stamped the retired Dictionary image with Basic Gray archival ink. I used spray adhesive and rolled the vellum onto the candle. Some Glitter Tape around the bottom and some more black/grey Baker's Twine was tied around the top. Easy-peasy!

By this time, I got my crafty groove on so while I had everything out I made three more! I dug deep into my retired collection for these stamps including a contraband (non SU) stamp of some dancing Day of the Dead ladies. Here's a close-up so you can see the background stamping and the detail:

And here's the whole set:

So, I guess I created someting new afterall! Thanks for the fun theme, Claire. I love Halloween and though I don't send many cards, I do love decorating for the holiday so these candles will be put to good use...and will make a good present for a friend or two!

The Paper Players Design Team

Be sure to check out the rest of the inspiration from my friends on The Paper Players design team! We would love see your Halloween projects before our challenge closes on Friday, October 7th at Noon (PST)...thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Halloween Among the Branches {PP265}

I am so excited with Joanne's Theme Challenge this week at The Paper Players:

I love Halloween and I couldn't wait to make some spooky trees with the Among the Branches stamp set:

As much as I love Halloween, I love TREES even more! Combine trees with Halloween and I'm in carad making heave. Naturally, this embossing folder was a must-have item for me. I couldn't wait to brayer some color on the folder and run it through the Big Shot for this colored background look. Love the way the inked background makes the trees pop. The brayered ink also makes for an imperfect look which is just right to create my spooky, foggy night.

I'm going to have to cut this short as I am writing this early and still need to pack for a weekend trip. Please check out the rest of The Paper Players Design Team and their fabulous creations. We hope that you will play along with us before the challenge closes on Friday, October 9th at Noon (PDT). Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater
Jaydee

Joanne James
Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Amy Koenders
Jodi McKinney

Lisa Elton

Anne Marie Hile (on leave)

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Fall Fest in a Box {PP216}

Last week our daughter asked me if this was the first weekend in October. When I said yes she ~~said~~ squealed "Yay, that means we can put up the Halloween decorations!!" Over at at The Paper Players we're putting up the Halloween decorations too with Jaydee's fun theme challenge:

Around here we love Halloween. I love the decorations, the costumes and our new favorite family tradition--decorating the trunk of our car for Trunk or Treat at our daughter's school. I love making the trunk into a special scene for the kids, really going over the top. With that in mind for this challenge, I really wanted to make something special....and I thought the card in a box technique would be perfect. What do you think?

Eeek! Isn't it cute?! I must confess though--between the designer series paper and the stamps with coordinating framelits, this baby came together easy-peasy! There are many tutorials out there but I found this one the easiest to follow. I made the "box" out of Basic Black cardstock and covered it with the adorable candy corn paper from the Motley Monsters DSP.

I've been on a kick with the moons lately and made another one for my box card. This time I added a little shadow effect to the moon with a stamp from Work of Art. The tone-on-tone stamping really makes it look like shadows across the moon doesn't it? A couple "cute" bats from Freaky Friends just add to the fun.

Love the faces that come with the pumpkins in the Fall Fest stamp set. I inked the pumpkins in Tangerine Tango and used a Q-tip to wipe the ink off just the stem then inked the stem with an Old Olive marker. A little Linen Thread bow and Fun Fall framelit leaf dress up these pumpkins nicely.

Lastly, you need a close-up of the ghosts. Did you notice a little extra shine to them? That's because they were embossed on Silver Foil paper! Just that little bit of shine peeking through makes a big difference.

Speaking of making a difference, check out the amazing creations from the rest of the Design Team. We hope you'll be inspired to play along with us before our challenge closes on Friday, October 10th at Noon (PST). Thanks for stopping by today!

The Paper Players Design Team

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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Freaky Friends for the Paper Players {PP215}

As soon as I saw Sandy's fabulous sketch for us at The Paper Players this week, I knew I would be inking up my Freaky Friends set! First, check out her fun sketch:

Now, these little squares can be any shape or element--just so we can see the basic sketch. Here's my take on it:

I had a really hard time photographing the black cardstock. It looks like it has been give a chalkboard treament but I promise, it's just plain black cardstock. Even though I didn't use any on today's card, I took my color palette from the Motley Monsters DSP: Basic Black, Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango and Bermuda Bay--love it! The card is very straight forward just stamped the images on Whisper White and punched with the 1" square punch. The moon was cut with a Circle Framelit and stamped with the line image from (you guessed it!) Gorgeous Grunge. I love the witch in this set--her shoes crack me up! She was embossed in black on Sahara Sand cardstock and, yes, fussy-cut.

Ghoulish Greetings is a great sentiment set from the Holiday Catalog that I've used on the front and inside. Don't these little guys look cute stacked on top of each other?! Almost like they're building a ladder to the candy, lol!

And speaking of candy....be sure to check out the eye candy from the rest of the Paper Players Design Team and consider playing along with us before our challenge ends on Friday, October 3rd at Noon (PST). We would love for you to join us!

The Paper Players Design Team