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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Clean-and-Simple Feathers of Thanks {PP222}

Hiya friends! Welcome to another week with The Paper Players where the always-amazing-Ann is our hostess for a "Clean-and-Simple Thank You" challenge :

So close to Thanksgiving, I decided to interpret the challenge with an invitation of thanks:

I started out with a blank piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and had the idea to leave a scored section for the sentiment. First, I stamped all the images from the Four Feathers stamp set in Cajun Craze, Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry and Mossy Meadow. These colors are so pretty together--love the pop of deep purple from the Blackberry Bliss.

I scored a section for the sentiment but decided it needed a little more pizzazz....so I stamped the sentiment on a strip of vanilla and framed it with some Gold Foil paper. Ah, much better. Getting a little bit further and further away from "clean-and-simple", oh well!

I had already stamped the line and spot images from Gorgeous Grunge in Sahara Sand and I loved it but.... with the Gold Foil paper framing the sentiment, I needed to coordinate some gold somewhere so.... I highlighted the speckles by stamping some more in Versamark ink and embossing in gold. Really like the way this looks!

I did say this was an invitation, right? :-) We were lucky enough to receive the Holiday Invitation stamp set at convention and this was the first time I inked it up! I probably would not have purchased it for myself but now that I have it, I love it! This was a pretty quick and easy card to make, in fact I made 5 of them in about an hour! Perfect for a holiday celebration whether on Thanksgiving or during the Thanksgiving weekend.

I hope you will pop over and check out the other designers at The Paper Players. Such a great group we have! If you would like to join in the fun, we would love to see your project in the gallery before the challenge closes on Friday, November 21st at Noon (PST). Thanks for stopping by today, friends!

The Paper Players Design Team

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Seasonally Scattered Pumpkins {PP217}

Hi friends! This week Ann has a lovely seasonal color challenge for us at The Paper Players:

A trio of the newest In Colors and I just couldn't resist using them with the fun Fall Fest pumpkins (again). I can't get enough of these pumpkins...this set and coordinating Framelits is one of the most useful in the current Holiday Catalog!

Convention goers this year received the Seasonally Scattered stamp set and I've used it here to make a lovely background of Mossy Meadow vines.

I thought you might want to see a close-up of the pumpkins....see how they have a light area to them? I inked them in Tangelo Twist and then used a Q-tip to swipe off some ink near the "ribs" on each pumpkin. Then, I took a Hello Honey marker and colored straight down over the lines. It lends a shaded effect that makes the pumpkins look a little more natural, doncha' think?! I added some loops of thread taken from the Burlap Ribbon along with some Mossy Meadow leaves from the Bird Builder punch. Of course, since this is Ann's color challenge I had to use some pearls which I colored with a gold Stampin' Dazzle marker.

I was a little pressed for time on this creation and didn't manage to finish the inside (gasp!) but I thought you might be happy with one more creation using these gorgeous colors:

Unfortunately, I needed a quick sympathy card for a co-worker and when I saw this lovely card, I knew it was just perfect. I used post-it notes to mask off an area of Very Vanilla cardstock (I think it was about 2") and sponged the area with the challenge colors. I stamped the trees with the two lighter colors in the background before removing the mask. This really added to the forest look. After removing the mask, just stamp the trees once in the darkest ink (Mossy Meadow) and you've got a quick and easy card.

I hope you've enjoyed my two-fer cards for Ann's color challenge! Do check out the rest of the fabulous inspiration from the Paper Players Design Team. Come back and play with us before the challenge ends on Friday, October 17th at Noon. Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players Design Team

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Four Feathers of Gratitude {PP213}

Hiya friends! Thank goodness I need to post a card for The Paper Players each Sunday--it forces me to post at least once a week. Yikes, last week was crazy busy as the school year really kicked into gear. Homework, volleyball and other after-school activities have taken over once again! But you don't need to hear all that; you came here for a card! Anne Marie is our fabulous hostess this week with a beautiful color challenge:

Love the pop of Blackberry Bliss with the autumn color palette. I've been itchin' to ink up another new set from the Holiday Catalog. Four Feathers has coordinating Framelits that make cutting out trendy feathers easy-peasey! Take a look-see:

Oh, I had fun coordinating patterns, colors and textures on this one! I started with a sketch in mind and quickly evolved from there. Two patterns from the Color Me Autumn DSP provide the background. While the watercolor look of the Cajun Craze piece is pretty, I thought it needed a bit more interest so I stamped one of the feather images randomly across the main panel. A little bit of coordinating Color Me Autumn Washi Tape held the [retired] Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon in place and added an extra pop of color.

Don't you just love how the feather Framelits cut these images? Look at those notches in the feathers--isn't that great?! I decided they needed a bit more "feathering" and did a little snipping and curling of the edges--holding them together with a fabulous Brushed Gold button!

The For All Things stamp set has some wonderful sentiments--in addition to the great images--and I've used another one on the inside. This would be a great card for Thanksgiving but it would also work well as a Thank You for a special someone. With a change of sentiment, it could work equally as well for a fall birthday or anniversary too! And speaking of Fall, you'll want to pop over to The Paper Players to see what the rest of the Design Team is showing this week. Come back and play with us before the challenge closes on Friday, September 19th at Noon (PST).

The Paper Players Design Team