tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62981845983232537822024-03-05T01:24:06.910-05:00Canopy CraftsNance Leedy, Independent Stampin' Up! demonstratorNance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.comBlogger652125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-13095675477780137862018-08-12T06:00:00.000-04:002018-08-12T06:00:00.774-04:00Cattail Sunset - PP405Hi friends! Today's post is bittersweet, I guess it's a sunset of sorts for me too. I've decided to step back from creating for <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players </a>design team and this is my last post for awhile. Our daughter starts high school tomorrow--how did THAT happen??--and I've become increasingly involved in her school and activities. Also working full-time and trying to carve out family time means that most weeks I have trouble getting into my craft room let alone actually making something! However, I can't completely leave my fabulous gal pals on the team so I will still work behind the scenes as our blog administrator. I hope to participate occasionally but my blog posts will be few and far between. That said....today lovely LeAnne is our hostess this week with a sunshine-y monochromatic <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">color challenge</a>:<br />
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To me, these colors were crying out for a sunset and sunsets make me think of silhouettes! Luckily I just got an order of new-to-me dies from Simon Says Stamp (I blame my teammate <a href="http://www.stampwithsandy.com/2018/07/christmas-silhouettes.html" target="_blank">Sandy</a> for that one!) that included this pretty <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Simon-Says-Stamp-CATTAIL-TRIPTYCH-Wafer-Dies-S510-Spooky-S510?currency=USD" target="_blank">Cattail Triptych</a>. Take a look:<br />
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I used a piece of watercolor paper to create the sunset with ink pads and an Aqua Painter. I've discovered the key, for me, to watercolors is to add layers of color allowing time to dry between each layer. Pumpkin Pie is the base of the sunset, and because I don't yet have Mango Melody, substituted with Crushed Curry and lastly a So Saffron sky. There's probably about three applications of color here which provides intense color and blending between each shade. The triptych was run through the Big Shot on Basic Black cardstock and I used <b>lots</b> of dimensional trimmed <b>verrrrry </b>skinny to attach it to the base. The sentiment is from the Enjoy Life stamp set and reflects my feelings today as I write this post.<br />
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Inside, I used one of the brushstroke images from the Waterfront stamp set to mimic the setting sun. Some silhouette images, also from the Enjoy Life stamp set, complete the look.</div>
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Be sure to check out the fabulous work of my teammates over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>--maybe you will play along with us this week! Stay tuned to <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> for some fun surprises in the coming weeks. Big thanks to all of you who follow me each week and even some who have been with my for years. Knowing y'all are out there has kept me going as long as I have! Until the next time...take care, sweet friends!</div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-48044874658006118842018-07-22T06:00:00.000-04:002018-07-22T06:00:12.072-04:00Die-cut use of Negative Space - PP402Hi friends and welcome to another week with The Paper Players! This week I am pleased as punch to be the hostess for our Clean-and-Simple challenge. I've challenged everyone to use negative space on your card:<br />
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What do I mean by negative space? It means letting the under layer of your card--be it patterned paper, yardstick, etc. to show through either a die-cut or a sponged area. I think this technique is so cool for showing off pretty patterned paper in a different way.<br />
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My card is super, duper clean-and-simple...just some patterned paper covering the card base and a top layer featuring these pretty die-cuts. I covered the whole card front with some pretty [retired] Stampin' Up paper then used a [retired] Butterfly Thinlit to cut out some shapes from the thick whisper white cardstock. I used a small circle die to cut out some random circles and let even more of the pretty paper peek through. The sentiment is from the companion stamp set, Watercolor Wings and will be perfect to send to a friend. </div>
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I hope you've enjoyed my card today...be sure to check out the rest of the loveliness from my teammates over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>. We would be happy for you to join us before the challenge closes o<i>n Friday, July 27th at Noon (PST). </i>Thanks for stopping by!</div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-54592140324497464612018-07-15T05:00:00.000-04:002018-07-15T05:00:09.683-04:00Climbing Orchids for the Paper Players PP401Hi friends--WOW what a turnout we had these last two weeks for our 400th challenge over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>. 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:<br />
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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:</div>
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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.<br />
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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! </div>
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There's also a lot of inspiration waiting for you over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>! Check it out and come play along before our challenge ends on <i>Friday, July 20th at Noon (PST)</i>. Thanks for stopping by today!</div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-12740600504760678842018-07-08T05:30:00.000-04:002018-07-08T08:45:07.625-04:00PP400 - Second Week!Hi again, friends! We're into the second week of our big 400th Celebration over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>. There are tons of prizes that will be given to 41 winners randomly drawn from all the participants. Be sure to enter for a chance to win some amazing prizes. Check out our <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2018/07/pp400-celebration-theme-challenge-with.html" target="_blank">original post </a>for all the rules and details.<br />
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The balloons in our challenge badge are so much fun, that this week they inspired me to dig out any stamps I had featuring balloons. I settled on a retired set, Balloon Adventures and with the awesome sketch at <a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2018/07/case-this-sketch-279.html" target="_blank">CAS(E) This Sketch</a> in hand....here's what I made:</div>
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I let the colors from a retired DSP pack, Cherry on Top, take center stage with my bouquet of festive balloons. Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Cucumber Crush, and Calypso Coral (not in the paper pack but I liked it anyway!) Since the sketch challenge is a clean-and-simple one, I kept the design verrrry simple. Just a piece of balloon string paper for the background and the punched balloons.<br />
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I did add a liberal amount of Wink of Stella to the polka dots and stripes for a little bit of glam. Stop on by <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players </a>to check out all the inspiration from my teammates during this second week of our celebration! I hope you will find time to play along before the challenge closes on <i>Friday, July 13th at Noon (PST)</i>. You don't want to miss out on <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">these prizes</a>!!</div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-1491217294713560902018-07-01T05:00:00.000-04:002018-07-01T05:00:00.149-04:00It's a HUGE Celebration - PP400<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh my gosh, do we have a HUGE party going on at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> this week! It's our FOUR HUNDREDTH challenge--yes, I'm shouting because it's a big deal! I am so proud to work alongside this amazing group of crafters. Week in and week out we laugh, sometimes cry, and craft together. They are kind, caring, and wicked creative and I'm so honored to call them my friends. This week we're even joined by some of our best design team buddies--Ann Schach and Anne Marie Hile--who are back to play with us this week! Big hugs ladies--great to have you with us again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So any good party has to have prizes, right? We've got tons of them--40 prizes to be exact and we will draw winners from our participants with random.org. This is such a big deal that we are running the challenge for TWO WEEKS to give folks lots of time to participate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our theme this week is....what else...<b>Celebrations! </b>Any kind of celebration--birthday, anniversary, retirement, whatever you want.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our challenge badge features balloons but our cards don't have to....just any celebration. My in-laws are celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary next month so that seemed a fitting celebration for the theme:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used the awesome sketch from the gals at <a href="http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Freshly Made Sketches</a> for the layout and played with a new SU set and coordinating thinlits, Serene Garden. I'm also playing with one of the new SU colors, Soft Seafoam which is really lovely. Paired with Smoky Slate and Pink Pirouette, it makes a pretty color combination. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This set has a really cool die that cuts out just part of the stamped image to let a little bit of the under layer peek through. Here I stamped the corner image in Soft Seafoam and layered a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock underneath that had also been stamped. The flowers have a coordinating die too--they were stamped in Basic Gray archival ink and colored with [retired] Stampin' Blends in three shades of Pink Pirouette.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There's some really nice sentiments in the returning set, Beautiful Bouquet. I combined three of them for the inside of this special anniversary card. My in-laws were high school sweethearts and are true role models of "love is in the staying there"...relationship goals!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I mentioned the amazing number of prizes we have for PP400 at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> so check out the full list, in alphabetical order:</span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://altenew.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Altenew</a> - $30 gift card</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Atenew Academy - $20 gift card - compliments of <a href="http://jaydeestamping.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jaydee</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://averyelle.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Avery Elle </a>- $20 store credit</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://butterflyreflectionsink.3dcartstores.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Butterfly Reflections</a> - Breathe Rainbows Stamp Set (US only)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://cas-ualfridaysstamps.com/products" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">CAS-ual Fridays</a> - $25 store credit</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://cheerylynndesigns.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Cheery Lynn</a> - $20 gift card </li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Cheery Lynn - $20 gift card - compliments of <a href="http://stampingupnorthwithlaurie.blogspot.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Laurie</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://concordand9th.com/collections/all" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Concord & 9th </a>- $25 gift card</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://craftindesertdivas.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Craftin Desert Diva's</a> - $10 store cedit</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.diesrus.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dies R Us </a>- $15 gift card</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Ellen Hutson - 20 gift cards - compliments of <a href="https://annieshobby.blogspot.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Annie </a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Ellen Hutson $20 gift card - compliments of <a href="https://www.papersweetness.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Eliz</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.happylittlestampers.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Happy Little Stampers</a> - $20 store credit</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://heffydoodle.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Heffy Doodle </a>- Sticky Friends Stamp Sets (exclusive - not available for purchase)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://heffydoodle.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Heffy Doodle </a>- Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://heffydoodle.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Heffy Doodle </a>- Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://heffydoodle.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Heffy Doodle </a>- Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.lawnfawn.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Lawn Fawn</a> - $25 gift card</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Favorite Things</a> - $25 store credit</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.neatandtangled.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Neat & Tangled</a> - $15 store credit </li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.newtonsnookdesigns.com/shop/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Newton's Nook</a> - $20 store credit</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://pinkandmain.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pink & Main </a>- $20 store credit</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://powerpoppy.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Power Poppy</a> - $10 store credit</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.stampendous.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stampendous</a> - $20 rewards cards (US only)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.stampendous.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stampendous </a>- $20 reward card (US only)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.stampendous.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stampendous</a> - $20 reward card (US only)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://stamplorations.com/about.php" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stamplorations </a>- $20 gift certificate</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Stampin' Up - $20 gift certificates compliments of <a href="http://nanceleedy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Nance</a> (US only)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Stampin' Up! $20 gift certificate - compliments of <a href="http://weeinklings.blogspot.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">LeAnne</a> (US only)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Stampin' Up! $20 gift certificate - compliments of <a href="http://blog.thecraftyowl.co.uk/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Joanne</a> (UK only)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Stampin' Up! $20 gift certificate - compliments of <a href="http://clairecreatescards.blogspot.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Claire</a> (US only)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Stampin' Up $20 gift certificate - compliments of <a href="https://www.thinkingstamping.co.nz/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jan</a> (NZ only)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.techniquetuesday.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Technique Tuesday </a>- $20 gift card</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://foiledfox.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Foiled Fox</a> - $25 store credit</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.trinitystamps.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Trinity Stamps</a> - Let it Grow and Lady Liberty Stamp Sets</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.tuttidesigns.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Tutti Designs</a> - $15 gift card</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.uniko.co.uk/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Uniko</a> - any in-stock stamp set of winner's choice</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Verve Stamps - stamp & accessory bundle - compliments of <a href="http://www.stampwithsandy.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sandy</a> (US only)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Verve Stamps - stamp & accessory bundle - compliments of <a href="http://www.stampwithsandy.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sandy </a>(US only)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://waffleflower.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Waffle Flower</a> - $15 gift card</li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Huge thanks and appreciation to all our sponsors who gave so generously for all these wonderful prizes. I knew the crafting community was generous but this really takes the cake! With a prize list like that, I'm sure you will want to participate...just be sure to link up before our special two week challenge ends on <i>Friday, July 13th at Noon (PST). </i>Don't forget to visit the rest of <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> design team and our special guests for even more inspiration. I'll be back again next Sunday with a second card for our challenge...have a great week, friends!</span></div>
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<a href="http://clairecreatescards.blogspot.com/" style="color: #02b5a0; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Claire Broadwater</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.jaydeestamping.com/" style="color: #02b5a0; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jaydee</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.stampwithsandy.com/" style="color: #02b5a0; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Nance Leedy</a> </span></div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-5653340771836399542018-06-24T05:00:00.000-04:002018-06-24T12:14:54.936-04:00Enjoy Life with a Sketch! PP399 <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How about that for a title? I sure do enjoy crafting life more when I have a great sketch to work with and Laurie's sketch this week at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> is a perfect example:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I couldn't wait to order this set, Enjoy Life, from the new SU annual catalog. My husband is a <strike>crazy</strike> avid cyclist and I knew I would get a lot of use from this set. Laurie's great sketch came at just the right time to make a birthday card for my hubby:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I dug around in my paper stash to find some paper featuring the color Pool Party. Odd, you might say for a guy but it's the closest SU color to the Italian bike company Bianchi's <a href="https://www.bicycling.com/news/a20014309/bianchi-celeste/" target="_blank">celeste green</a> which is my husband's favorite bike. I found this long retired SU DSP, I think it's called Epic Day (?), and I loved the colors with the addition of maps--perfect for my roadie. The cyclist is stamped in Archival Basic Gray ink on Crumb Cake. Love this image--looks just like my husband! He loves to ride on the road but he also likes to mountain bike so I added a little grass to ground the image. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This set has some awesome sentiments and this one is no exception. Wake up, Kick Butt. Repeat. Yep, that sums up my DH's approach to riding. Often cycling close to 200 miles a week! I also couldn't wait to order the stamp set I used in the background--Gallery Grunge. It almost looks like tire treads, doesn't it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A mashup of stamp sets on the inside but for the first time in probably forever, I used colored cardstock for the insert. Somehow white or vanilla seemed to stark and I wanted to use more Celeste Green/Pool Party!</span><br />
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-59597282983941203992018-06-10T12:40:00.003-04:002018-06-10T12:40:46.408-04:00Flourishing Phrases of Color PP397Happy Sunday, friends! Today I am delighted to host this month's color challenge at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>:<br />
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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! </div>
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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 <i>Flourishing Phrases</i> in the same color ink. </div>
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A die from the coordinating <i>Flourish Thinlits</i> 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. <br />
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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 <a href="http://nancylempinen2.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">special recipient</a> who made my recent birthday extra special. She deserves an over-the-top card because she is over-the-top wonderful!</div>
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Be sure to stop by <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> to see some wonderful creations from our talented design team. I hope you will play along with us before the challenge ends on <i>Friday, June 15th at Noon PST</i>. Thanks for stopping by!</div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-91268745734976381552018-06-03T06:00:00.000-04:002018-06-03T06:00:06.953-04:00Hot Diggity, it's a Theme Challenge! PP396<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi everyone, it's a fun theme week over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players </a>where our sweet friend Joanne challenged us to use animals on our projects: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have to say this one was a bit of a struggle for me....I surprisingly don't have many animal stamp sets. Huh, who knew?! Anyway, I dug deep into my stash of retired stamps...see this is why I have trouble getting rid of any of them...and came up with this cutie:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hot Diggity Dog is actually the same of this set and it's so cute! Lots of mix and match heads and bodies so you can create lots of different dogs. I kept this card on the masculine side because I realized it would be perfect for my BIL. He and my SIL adore dogs, have 5 of their own, and he is the director at the county humane society in their area. I think he will love this card! I took my colors from some retired DSP (it's actually Halloween paper!) and played around with Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, More Mustard and Basic Black. I stamped the dog in archival Basic Black and colored his sweater and nose with a More Mustard stampin' write marker. A little Smoky Slate grass, from the High Tide set, helps ground the dog and give him something to "sit" on. </span><br />
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-62179110789035457842018-05-27T06:00:00.000-04:002018-05-27T06:00:09.417-04:00Bravo, Our Shining Star - PP395Hi friends! My sweet pal, LeAnne has an awesome sketch for us this week at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/">The Paper Players</a>...take a look:<br />
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Firstly, I have to apologize for the quality of these photos....I was in a hurry to photograph and schedule this post before leaving for a weekend [birthday!] trip so I had to use indoor lighting with my phone--gah! Anyway, LeAnne's awesome sketch was a perfect chance to use the big script on this retired set called <i>Bravo:</i></div>
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I can't believe it....our daughter graduates from 8th grade on Tuesday! Oh my, I'm getting weepy just thinking about it...but so happy for all the opportunities that await her in high school. So this card is for her...and I didn't worry about retired products or colors or anything, just created with her in mind. Done in colorful pastels, with a little bit of sparkle and personalization, I think she will love it. </div>
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First the sparkle...some shiny silver thread, some Wink of Stella on the "you" and a silver punched star because...well, she's our shining star! </div>
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Here's the personalized part...I used the rotary alphabet stamp to create a repeated sentiment with the acronym of her school and graduation year...MMS 2018. I didn't want the circle to cover up the larger sentiment so I tucked it behind the main panel. A little different than the sketch but I don't think LeAnne will mind that I took a little creative license. ;-)<br />
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The inside features another retired favorite...<i>Word Play</i>...I just love the scale and mixed font of this sentiment so I couldn't let it go. Good thing to because it's perfect for graduation cards! I'm sure I'll dig it out in another 4 years for her high school graduation....YIKES!</div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-36983407854462516002018-05-20T08:50:00.002-04:002018-05-20T08:50:34.333-04:00A Clean and Simple Corner Garden - PP394<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hiya friends, and welcome to another week with <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/">The Paper Players</a>! This week my talented friend, Laurie is our hostess and she's asked us to created a Clean-and-Simple card featuring Blooms:</div>
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I knew right away what I was going to do but the hardest part was figuring out which color to use...<br />
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In the end, I decided that the white embossed blooms looked the prettiest on the dark green. Have you heard about the SU Color Revamp? Every once in awhile, SU refreshes their color palette by letting go of some colors and bringing in new ones. This year, I was thrilled to see the return of several retired favorites, including Mossy Meadow featured on today's card! My card is as simple as can be...just one layer heat embossed with one of my favorite [retired] stamps, <i>Corner Garden</i>. The sentiment is also heat embossed and comes from a current set, <i>Beautiful Bouquet.</i> </div>
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I left room on the inside for a hand-written note but stamped the garden again on Whisper White in Mossy Meadow ink. That's it for me....clean-and-simple! Be sure to check out all the inspiration from the rest of the team at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/">The Paper Players</a>:<br />
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-84564082555326686332018-05-06T05:00:00.000-04:002018-05-06T05:00:12.665-04:00Birthday Tea Party - PP392Hiya friends! I've been away from the blog for a bit as things pick up with volleyball season and end-of-the-school year activities. I am happy to be back, though, and playing hostess with my gal pals at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/">The Paper Players</a> for a Tea Party Theme Challenge. This theme is near and dear to my heart. Every year, our daughter's school hosts "Mother's Day Tea" where the kids put on a talent show and serve their mothers a lovely luncheon. It's the highlight of the school year and I've attended every year since first grade! Our daughter graduates from 8th grade this month so in honor of our last Mother's Day Tea, I'm inviting everyone to play along with our Tea Party!<br />
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All the women in my family, myself included, are tea drinkers so I definitely kept the retired SU set A Nice Cuppa! With the coordinating framelits, it makes for a quick and easy tea inspired card. I also pulled out some beloved [retired] DSP, Birthday Bouquet, and took my color palette from there...Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, and Pool Party. A very simple layout really but I had fun layering on the elements with the mini doilies, glimmer Pool Party ribbon and silver accents. <br />
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On the inside, I masked the teacup stamp so I could stack them on top of each other. With the mask, I also added some outline flowers in the background--these are stamped in Pool Party from the retiring Birthday Blooms set. Boy, am I sad to see that one go! </div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-81498969520395157012018-04-15T06:00:00.000-04:002018-04-15T06:00:49.595-04:00Magical Stardust & Rainbows PP389Hi friends! Welcome to another week with my gal pals at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> where the lovely and talented Sandy has a trendy <b>Clean-and-Simple</b> challenge for us...<b>Magical</b>!<br />
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As a child I loved unicorns....<i>The Last Unicorn</i> was a favorite book of mine but sadly, I only have ONE stamp set featuring these magical creatures--an old retired set called Pony Party. As it looks quite a bit like a My Little Pony type of unicorn, it wasn't really what I had in mind for today's card. So, I turned to the Silhouette Design Store to find a <a href="https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/view-shape/46326" target="_blank">design</a> I could cut on my Cameo...</div>
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...and I did cut it out but found that I liked the negative space better! I used a piece of watercolor paper underneath to color a rainbow with my watercolor pencils starting with <i>Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, </i>and <i>Rich Razzleberry</i>. The white embossed sentiment is from the retired Pony Party set and it is just perfect for my grown-up unicorn. I was tempted to add some embellishments or dry embossing but kept to the clean-and-simple style of today's challenge and only added Wink of Stella around the edge of my cut shape.<br />
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The inside is equally as Clean-and-Simple with a sweet sentiment and some Crushed Curry stars from another retired set, <i>Be the Star</i>. Can you tell I have a difficult time getting rid of my retired sets?! LOL. The sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink set called <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/inside-out-birthday-stamp-set/" target="_blank"><i>Inside & Out: Birthday</i></a>--my <a href="http://nancylempinen2.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mom</a> (a die-hard PTI aficionado) bought this set for me ages ago and, along with PTI's <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/birthday-basics-stamp-set/" target="_blank"><i>Birthday Basics</i></a>, it is one of my go-to sets for inside sentiments. It's hard to beat PTI for sentiments!</div>
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And it's hard to beat my pals at The Paper Players for creativity! Be sure to check out all their fabulousness over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/">The Paper Players</a>....maybe you'll play along with us before our challenge ends on Friday, April 20th at Noon (PST). </div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-84083050712398246252018-04-08T06:00:00.000-04:002018-04-08T06:00:00.203-04:00Misty Mountain Top PP388<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi friends! It's another fun week with my pals at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>. The lovely LeAnne has a beautiful color combination for us to work with...take a look:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">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 <a href="http://nanceleedy.blogspot.com/2018/03/purple-mountain-majesty-for-ctd.html" target="_blank">this card</a> 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 <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/487303622161016753/" target="_blank">this</a> fabulous photo and my idea was born:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">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 <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>. My teammates have outdone themselves with LeAnne's colors this week! <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Perhaps you'll be inspired to play along with us before the challenge closes on </span><i style="color: #222222;">Friday, April 13th at Noon (PST)</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">. Have a great week!</span></span><br />
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-60614240482949943932018-03-25T05:00:00.000-04:002018-03-25T05:00:16.048-04:00Vellum Orchids for a Sketch PP386<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hi there friends! Thanks for stopping by for another week with my teammies at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>. This week, the fabulously Crafty Claire has an awesome sketch challenge for us:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I'm not really sure where the inspiration for this came from except that I wanted to use a stamp set that had not been inked in awhile and I wanted to think a little outside the sketch. Instead of using the circle in the sketch as the focal point for a stamp set, I used it as a landing spot for my focal image. I really like elements that "fall off" the edge--the edge of a die cut or the edge of an image. So here, my Climbing Orchid falls off the edge of the Stitched Shape element.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">There are three orchid pieces to this flower, each one inked in Versamark on cardstock vellum, heat embossed in gold, and cut with the coordinating Thinlits. Usually vellum shows any adhesives but here I was able to hide both glue dots and dimensionals with each layer of the flower. It was only after I glued everything down that I realized I was supposed to have ribbon element around the top of the card front...d'oh! I hope Claire will forgive me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">With a specific placement for a sentiment, the sketch gives us freedom put it anywhere--love that! I had a lot of elements going on here and didn't want to add another element for the sentiment. With that in mind, I did some tone-on-tone stamping with Berry Burst ink on the same color cardstock stitched circle. It's a subtle way to incorporated the sentiment without extra bulk!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Was anybody else excited to see THICK Very Vanilla cardstock in the latest catalog? I was so happy--love it! I didn't need to add an extra panel to the inside because the base is thick enough but with all the layers on the front, it still felt a little whimpy on the inside. So, I cut a 4 x 5.25" panel and inked up my design for the inside. Since I used the Seasonal Layers thinlit to cut the branch on the front of the card, I used this fabulous sentiment from that coordinating Colorful Seasons set on the inside. Such a great sentiment and useful for so many occasions! </span><br />
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<br />Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-70986394111594442082018-03-18T06:00:00.000-04:002018-03-18T06:00:01.364-04:00Sunshine & Rainbows for your Birthday PP385 Hey there friends! Welcome to another week with <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>....coming to you on day three of the Disney Volleyball Showcase in Orlando, Florida. Our daughter's team is 6-0 headed into gold bracket play today, so wish them luck! :-) This week I am tickled pink to be the Clean-and-Simple challenge hostess with a bright and colorful challenge...<br />
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Rainbow!! Anything with a rainbow, rainbow element, or rainbow colors. I went very literal with my take on the challenge: <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Sunshine & Rainbows stamp set and coordinating dies made quick work of this clean-and-simple card. A thick Whisper White card base and a few white die-cuts from the Rainbow Builder Framelits. Once I made a straight cut on the main panel of clouds, it was the perfect place for this sweet sentiment.<br />
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I played around with some cardstock colors to get just the right combination of ROYGBIV. The Rainbow Builder Framelits nest perfectly with each other. Here I used Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo, and Rich Razzleberry. TIP: After cutting place the rainbow arches face down on a piece of Press-n-Seal wrap and then tape them together with your favorite tear tape. You can peel the whole rainbow off the press and seal wrap and position it on your project.<br />
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Here's to wishing you a sunny day from Orlando! Do go check out all the the fabulous inspiration from my teammates at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>.....I hope you're inspired to play along with us before the challenge ends on <i>Friday, March 22nd at Noon (PST)</i>. Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-24550673217456451862018-03-14T00:01:00.000-04:002018-03-14T00:01:12.007-04:00Purple Mountain Majesty for CTD Featured StamperWow, it's a special occasion around here with an extremely rare mid-week post. Certainly special because I am thrilled to be this week's Featured Stamper at <a href="http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Color Throwdown</a>! The gals at Color Throwdown are among our industry's finest and to be selected by them, for this <a href="http://nanceleedy.blogspot.com/2018/03/tulip-time-pp383-ctd482.html" target="_blank">card</a>, is a true honor. Color me humbled!<br />
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With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, the CTD gals are smilin' with Irish eyes this week...take a look at the color palette we got to work with:</div>
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Green and eggplant....hmmmm....I thought about it for awhile and decided to play some more with my beloved Waterfront stamp set and create a "purple mountains majesty" card!</div>
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To create the mountains I used a lighter shade of eggplant--Wisteria Wonder--and stamped in from each side at full strength and after stamping off once. I made a base for the treeline by using just the edge of one of the line stamps in Tranquil Tide ink. The trees were also stamped in Tranquil Tide. I used one of the abstract stamp images to create the grassy meadows beneath the mountains by stamping off twice with Tranquil Tide ink. I have a set of hillside border dies--not sure which company they are from--that I used to create the slightly torn edge. I just held the die on my cardstock and tore off the edge to reveal the sentiment stamped in Elegant Eggplant ink. The flock of birds flying over the mountains are from the High Tide stamp set and are stamped in Elegant Eggplant to coordinate with the sentiment.</div>
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Thank you for stopping by today. Be sure to check out the gorgeous samples at <a href="http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Color Throwdown</a>--these ladies always delight with their creativity! Big thanks to the team for choosing my tulip card and inviting me aboard this week. Enjoy the rest of your week, friends!</div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-28963130817156238072018-03-11T06:00:00.000-04:002018-03-11T06:00:48.636-04:00Just Be YOU PP384Hi friends, and welcome to another week with <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>! Our sweet friend across the pond, Joanne, has a lovely color challenge for us this week:<br />
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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:</div>
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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. </div>
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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.</div>
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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! </div>
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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!</div>
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Be sure to check out the rest of the design team inspiration over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>. I hope you will be inspired to join us before our challenge closes on <i>Friday, March 16th at Noon (PST)</i>. Thanks for stopping by!</div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-6023063344268704552018-03-04T06:00:00.000-05:002018-03-04T06:00:00.281-05:00Tulip Time! PP383 & CTD482Hi friends! The fabulously talented Jaydee is our hostess with the mostess this week at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> and she's got a <b>Theme Challenge</b> that is spot-on for the weather in Florida this week:<br />
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Tulips do not grow here in FL but they were a perennial sign of spring during my childhood in Michigan. I love that our florists and markets here can import tulips from all over so I still get to embrace them even if they aren't native here. They are among my favorite flowers so I they were my go-to for this challenge!</div>
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Despite being a favorite flower of mine, I only have one stamp set featuring tulips. So, I asked my auxiliary stamp coordinator--my mom--for any of her favorites. A true devotee of PTI stamps, she shared the Tulip Time set and coordinating dies and oh how pretty they are! I tried many color combinations and couldn't settle on anything until I saw these gorgeous colors at <a href="http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2018/02/color-throwdown-482.html" target="_blank">The Color Throwdown</a>:</div>
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The Smoky Slate center panel was run through, first, with the <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-wonky-stitched-rectangle-stax" target="_blank">Wonky Stitched Rectangle </a>dies from My Favorite Things. I wanted a little interest and texture on the main panel but not bulk so I used Post-it tape to mask off a border and stamped the Burlap background stamp in the center. The tulips are a three step stamp--the solid base of the flower is Powder Pink followed by Blushing Bride and finally Crumb Cake at the base to match the two-step Crumb Cake stems--whew! That's a lot of stamping!</div>
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Once I got the hang of all those stamped parts, I had fun carrying them to the inside panel. I thought the happy birthday sentiment coordinated well with the "A Time for New Beginnings" sentiment not just for spring but a birthday is always a time for a fresh start, right? And speaking of a fresh start, the azaleas are in full swing here and spring has definitively sprung!</div>
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Isn't that a good one?! I could see so many possibilities with this from heavily layered to clean and detailed....I landed somewhere in the middle with today's card:</div>
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A colleague at work hits a milestone birthday next week so I wanted to make an extra special card for her. She loves flowers so I loaded her up with as many as I could fit on this card! I wanted to keep the focus on the center panel and chose to stamp a panel of mock paper on the bottom layer. For this I used my favorite Birthday Blooms set in a tone-on-tone pattern on the Pool Party base. Next, is a striped layer from some retired paper--Blushing Bride is such a pretty pair to Pool Party isn't it?</div>
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The Number of Years stamp set and coordinating Large Numbers Framelits makes for a fun way to highlight more of this pretty retired DSP by using the negative space left behind from the die-cut. Once I cut out the numbers, I stamped through the shape with the number in Blushing Bride ink. What you can't see in the photo is that I brushed Wink of Stella onto the numbers for some pretty sparkle! The Pool Party ruffled ribbon is long since retired but like some many things in my craft room likes to come out and play. Here it served as a nice base for the Mossy Meadow "amazing" Celebrate You thinlit from the current Sale-a-Bration catalog.</div>
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The Number of Years stamp set has a bunch of great sentiments like the one I used here on the inside. I mean who wouldn't feel better about their 50th birthday after a sentiment like this one, right?! </div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-39953934104195187582018-02-18T06:00:00.000-05:002018-02-18T06:00:29.657-05:00CAS Crazy about Sewing PP381Hiya friends! Welcome to another week with <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> where the lovely LeAnne is hosting a <b>Clean-and-Simple</b> challenge that's <b>sew much fun</b>!<br />
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Sewing was among my first hobbies as a child--my mom is an excellent seamstress and taught me to sew when I was in fifth grade! Although I don't sew as much as I used to, I still love the satisfaction of creating something out of a piece of fabric. So of course, I am a sucker for any sewing related stamp set and couldn't part with the set <i>Sew Suite</i> that retired ages ago. Lucky I didn't because it is perfect for LeAnne's "sew suite" challenge!</div>
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I could see this card completed in my mind's eye and was thrilled that it turned out just as I imagined. That so rarely happens, lol! Anyway, the card base is Crumb Cake and the top Whisper White panel is 3.5" x 5.5". True "random" stamping is so hard for me to do--what with the OCD tendencies, ha--so, of course I used my stamp placement tool to get these sweet little sewing machines just right. I alternated colors of <i>Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist, Calypso Coral </i>(I know it looks red here), and <i>Crumb Cake</i>. The sentiment combines a couple stamp sets--I stamped the "sew" in Early Espresso ink using the <i>Hand Lettered Alphabet</i> photopolymer set while the "thanks" and "much" came from the <i>Crazy About You</i> [retired] set. </div>
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I hope you liked my card today. Be sure to check out all the eye candy from my teammates over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>. I hope you're inspired to join us before the challenge closes on <i>Friday, February 23rd at Noon (PST).</i></div>
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We had a rare weekend off from volleyball this weekend but here's a shot from the previous weekend's tournament in Orlando. Yep, that's our daughter leaping over the backpacks and a teammate on the sidelines to save this pass and assist in a point. They ended up losing the match but they sure played their hearts out. Love their determination--every point matters!</div>
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Thanks for looking in on me...take care, friends!</div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-80336681761536991252018-02-11T07:00:00.000-05:002018-02-11T20:36:54.633-05:00One of these things is not like the other... PP380 & FMS323...and it's pretty obvious! I couldn't help myself and I made two wildly different cards for Laurie's fun color challenge at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> and I couldn't decide which one to feature so, you get two! Laurie's color challenge is a fun one:<br />
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The first thing that probably comes to mind with these colors is Valentines Day....so, of course, me being me, I had to make things difficult on myself and opted for the less obvious choice, flowers!<br />
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The Birthday Blooms set never disappoints whether colored in or left as an outline--both of which I did here. I stamped the image in Black archival ink on hot press watercolor paper (less texture than cold press) and colored the blooms with Real Red and Crumb Cake inks and an aqua painter. </div>
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I stamped the Crumb Cake card base in the same color ink and added just a touch of retired black lace ribbon to the left side. The sentiment is Birthday Basics from Papertrey Ink--love the font! The centers of the flowers were colored with a black marker and the petals were frosted with clear Wink of Stella.</div>
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The second card did turn out to be a Valentine's Day card because I had these sweet little pandas from Mama Elephant sitting on my desk. I saw this week's fabulous sketch at <a href="http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2018/02/freshly-made-sketches-323-sketch-by.html" target="_blank">Freshly Made Sketches</a> and knew right away what I would do with it! I embossed two pieces of Real Red and Crumb Cake cardstock with a retired SU heart embossing folder and then cut between the rows of hearts to make two thin strips. They were cut down to two sizes of varying length and then adhered to a piece of whisper white cardstock. </div>
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I already had these adorable pandas stamped and die-cut and I heat embossed the sentiment from the panda set onto basic black cardstock and trimmed it to size. A little real red glimmer heart and this is all set for Valentine's Day!<br />
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Be sure to check out the rest of the team for even more inspiration with Laurie's fun colors. We hope you are inspired to play along with us at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> before the challenge closes on <i>Friday, February 16th at Noon (PST)</i>. Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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<br />Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-33366194459173419922018-02-04T06:00:00.000-05:002018-02-04T06:00:24.226-05:00Timeless Textures Valentine PP379 <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi friends! Are you all ready for the Super Bowl? We're not huge football fans in this house--give us volleyball or cycling any day--so we probably won't even watch it. LOL. However, I am rootin' for the Eagles just for my Paper Players pal LeAnne! Speaking of <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>, this week the lovely and talented Claire has a fun <b>Theme Challenge</b> for us: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I tried a few things and just wasn't getting anywhere and then I spied a picture of the <a href="https://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=145580" target="_blank">Painted with Love</a> designer paper in the Occasions Catalog. I don't own it--really trying to cut down on my paper buyign--but it is gorgeous! When I saw the paper, something just clicked! So I pulled out my stamp pads, acrylic blocks and some abstract stamp images and made this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made my own designer paper and it was so much fun! I started with some Blushing Bride ink on a small acrylic block stamping it in a loose checkerboard pattern on a piece of Whisper White cardstock. Next I added the abstract swoosh from <a href="https://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=134114" target="_blank">Work of Art</a> in Sweet Sugarplum. Next was an element in Flirty Flamingo from the <a href="https://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=140514" target="_blank">Timeless Textures</a> stamp set. A step back to look at it and it still needed some more layers....so I kept going. I added another image from Timeless Textures in Powder Pink ink and some random tiny splotches, also from Timeless Textures, in Fresh Fig. That seemed pretty good but to really make it special, I added a swirly stamp--you guessed it from Timeless Textures--that I heat embossed in gold. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can better see all the stamped images in this close-up and also see the little bit of gold thread added behind the die-cut sentiment. Love that I was able to fill a whole sheet of cardstock because now I can make at least 4 more card fronts from it! Woohoo! I had a little strip of the my stamped cardstock left over which I used to trim the inside panel of the card. I can't show it to you though because that would give away the name of the recipient! Shhhhhh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Be sure to check out the work of my fabulous teammates at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a> and come join us before the challenge ends on <i>Friday, February 9th at Noon PST. </i>Thanks for stopping by!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Y'all seemed to enjoy last week's photo of our daughter playing volleyball so I thought I would share again...two pix from last weekend's tournament in Tampa:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And this is one of her teammates but I just love the shot and the intensity of Cate's stare--I think I would be intimidated looking at that from across the net!</span></div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-24493662604087625082018-01-28T06:00:00.000-05:002018-01-28T06:00:45.168-05:00Beautiful Bouquet of Thanks - PP378 Hey there peeps! Sorry to have missed you last week. Volleyball season has begun and this family is busy, busy--a tournament last weekend and one this weekend too. It's a time commitment but our daughter loves the sport and we love watching her team play! Anyhooooo, I'm back this week to host our Sketch Challenge over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>...take a look:<br />
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I just recently purchased the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set and matching Framelits--I know, what took me so long, right?! I thought this sketch would be perfect to highlight all the pretty flowers in this set:<br />
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So, this card is a little more simple than my usual style. There's not much beyond the big bouquet but I thought the colors and depth of the bouquet was enough to carry the design. Although from a couple weeks ago, I really liked the colors of the <a href="http://www.global-design-project.com/2018/01/global-design-project-121-colour.html" target="_blank">Global Design Project </a>color challenge #121 so that was my inspiration for the florals. The stems are cut from Lemon Lime Twist cardstock and the flowers are all stamped on thick Whisper White in Bermuda Bay, Peekaboo Peach and Sweet Sugarplum. A Crumb Cake base is a good neutral to balance all those colors and I think it adds a rustic charm that goes well with the wildflower look of the bouquet. Of course, Linen Thread is the perfect finishing touch of rustic charm!</div>
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No time to stamp the inside this week and I'm prepping for another tournament this weekend. The weekend keeps me busy as I've ended up in the role of team photographer. Watching the action through the lens helps keep my mama bear tendencies in check and helps me keep calm--I'm sure all you sports moms, dads, and grandparents can relate! Here's a shot of our daughter at the net from last weekend's tournament in Jacksonville. Proud mama! :-)</div>
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I hope you've enjoyed my card today and feel inspired to play along with my sketch at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>. I'm sure the fabulous work of my <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">teammates</a> will get you even more fired up! Just be sure to play along before the challenge closes on <i>Friday, February 2nd at Noon (PST).</i> Thanks for stopping by!</div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-91638274487157227952018-01-14T05:00:00.000-05:002018-01-14T05:00:07.636-05:00Tranquil Waterfront PP376<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hi friends...oh my our fabulous friend Jaydee has a beautiful color challenge for us this week at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>! Take a look:</div>
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The colors are lovely together and I added a neutral, Crumb Cake, as my "+ any other color". I've been playing around with a new photopolymer set--Waterfront--from the Occasions catalog. As you would expect from the name it creates great waterfront scenes. The stamps are designed to look like watercolor strokes but I enjoyed taking it a step further....<br />
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...and by a step further I mean, actually watercoloring with the stamp set! I stamped each image onto watercolor paper and then used my Aqua Painter to spread the ink around and give it a real watercolor look. Dapper Denim was used on the lake and both Lemon Lime Twist and Tranquil Tide were used to create the shoreline with trees. Crumb Cake is my additional color and I used it to add some mountains to my scene and the Burlap background stamp on the card base.<br />
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I guess I cheated a little by adding a smidge of another color to my setting sun. Lemon Lime Twist was looking a little green for a sunset so I added just an itty bitty bit of Yellow Brusho Crystals to the sun and it's reflection in the water. Just that little bit, I think, helps define it as a setting sun--at least I hope it does!<br />
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Dapper Denim is a lovely dark shade of blue--too dark for the sky. Normally I would grab Soft Sky but since I had to stay within the challenge colors, I needed a way to make Dapper Denim much, much lighter. Easy to do with a clear acrylic block and water! Just add some ink to the block--I used my Aqua Painter but a brush would do--then add as much water as needed to dilute the color. I had a test piece of paper nearby so I could get it just right.<br />
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I didn't want to use another piece of heavy watercolor paper on the inside so I just used the stamps as is on a piece of Whisper White. This is what they look like when not smudged with an Aqua Painter--just as pretty, right?!</div>
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I'll tell you what else is pretty....all the lovely creations from the Design Team over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>! Check 'em out and then play along with us before our challenge closes on <i>Friday, January 19th at Noon (PST)</i>. Thanks for stopping by!</div>
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Nance Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670177225141332460noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298184598323253782.post-55581984921838959322018-01-07T06:00:00.000-05:002018-01-07T06:01:06.053-05:00Punny Valentine, Intended PP375 Hi friends and Happy New Year! We're back at The Paper Players for a new year of challenges with you. This week our fabulous friend, Sandy has dug herself out of the snow to host our first theme challenge and it's a cute one...<br />
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It seems like "punny" stamp sets are everywhere so I think everyone is going to have fun with this one. I dug into my stash of retired stamps for this older hostess set called Pun Intended and it had just what I needed:<br />
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Isn't it cute? Love this old style light bulb and the sentiment is especially cute! I was able to play with a new-to-me product from the SU Spring catalog called Brusho Crystal Colors. These very fine crystals come in a small little bottle that you use like a shaker. The crystals can either be sprinkled on wet or dry watercolor paper. If the paper is dry, then you can spritz them with water. Either way, when mixed with water they spread and react in different ways. <br />
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The really cool part is that they contain a mixture of colors so you'll get little drops of similar colors--you can see some speckles of orange on my "yellow" background. The crystal colors are not matched directly to Stampin Up colors but coordinate well and contain a basic set of yellow, orange, green, blue and red. I've only just begun to experiment with them so I'm sure there is way more to be done with them!<br />
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I used my Mini Misti to stamp the light bulb and sentiment 3 times to get a good solid impression of the ink. Since I used watercolor paper--which is textured--being able to stamp the same image, exactly the same way multiple times is essential. On the background, I used this cute [retired] line of hearts stamp from an even older set called Valentine Defined. Also seemed like that little snippet of black chevron ribbon was really needed in the corner there for some decoration and interest!</div>
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I hope you've enjoyed my card today...be sure to check out the rest of our fabulous Design Team over at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Players.</a> This week we're welcoming a brand-new Guest Designer, Elizabeth and welcoming back Annie and Jan. We're delighted to have all of them with us!</div>
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