Canopy Crafts: my friend

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Hello Poppy! {PP55}

Happy Paper Players Sunday, friends! As you read this I am on a Mommy & Me camp-out with my daughter's Girl Scout troop! Lesley is our Color Challenge hostess with the mostess this week and she has selected a sophisticated and modern color palette:

I will be the first one to say that I am NOT a fan of Poppy Parade but I do LOVE it combined with these colors. Basic Gray, Cumb Cake and Baja Breeze all on one card? Be still my heart! Poppy is just perfect for a little pop of color which is what I do when I'm stumped by a color!

It's a pretty simple design and [I think] doesn't need much explanation but just a few pictures to show you the details.

I stamped Upsy Daisy directly on the Baja Breeze patterned paper and then outlined the flowers with a Baja Breeze marker for added dimension.

The bold and beautiful sentiment from My Friend was inked in Versamark, then Basic Gray ink, sprinkled with clear embossing powder and heat set. Love that shine, beginning to love that set!

The Crumb Cake border was punched with the Scallop Trim border punch and backed with some Poppy Parade circles made with the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. These pint-sized circle sure do pack a poppy punch! ;-)

And so do those sweet little Poppy butterflies from the Beautiful Wings embosslit--so glad that made it to the new catalog! Pop on over for some Paper Player fun and check out the rest of the Design Team inspiration:

The Paper Players Design Team

We hope you can join us this week! Because so many on our design team are headed to the SU Convention, our color challenge will stay open an extra week--until Friday, July 22nd at midnight (PST)! Hope to see you there...thanks for stopping by today!

supplies:

stamps: my friend, upsy daisy, inspired by nature

paper: basic gray, crumb cake, poppy parade CS; subtles designer pattern stack

ink: baja breeze, versamark, basic gray

xtras: scallop trim border punch; itty bitty punch pack; beautiful wings embosslit; crumb cake 3/8" taffeta ribbon; clear embossing powder

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Starburst Wonder {PP54}

Happy Paper Players Sunday, everyone! I hope my US friends are enjoying our long holiday weekend and happy [belated] Canada Day to my friends north of the border! I don't have a 4th of July card to share with you because this week The Paper Players are celebrating with Jaydee's Theme Challenge..."Christmas in July"...how fun!

Since it was 98F degrees here today, I have completely forgotten what Christmas feels like so I decided to go with a non-traditional color palette. I turned to my Color Coach and was drawn to Wisteria Wonder, Cherry Cobbler and Pink Pirouette:

The first time I saw the teardrop and starburst circle image in the new My Friend stamp, it struck me as a very festive holiday look.

So, I embossed a few rows of the teardrops with Silver Stampin' Emboss powder onto Whisper White cardstock. Isn't it pretty?

Then I embossed the starburst image in Cherry Cobbler onto Pink Pirouette cardstock and punched it out with a 1 1/4" circle punch. To emboss in Cherry Cobbler, I first inked the image with Versamark, then again in Cherry Cobbler ink, stamped on my paper, sprinkled with Clear Stampin' Emboss powder and heat set. This is a great technique to emboss in any color! I popped up the circles on a Cherry Cobbler designer paper ornament and added a Baker's Twine bow and a little bit of bling. Isn't that Wisteria Wonder paper on the bottom half beautiful? It's from the Flirtatious Specialty Designer Paper which premiered in the NEW catalog on Friday.

I used another little piece on the inside along with more teardrops and the "inside" sentiment from the Christmas Greetings set--so glad that one made a comeback in the new catalog. The teardrops were colored with a Pink Pirouette Stampin' Write marker.

So, will you join us this week? It's never to early to start on holiday cards! Pop on over to The Paper Players to see what the rest of the design team has to inspire you. This month we are delighted to welcome our July Guest Designer, Tui Nathan...you're going to love her style! Hi, Tui! Alright, if you decide to join us just make sure to load your lovely creation over at The Paper Players by Friday, July 8th at midnight (PST). And here are the rest of our amazing team: