Paper Players Colour Challenge {PP42}

Happy Sunday everyone!  I love Sundays because it's one more day to sleep in and it's also Paper Players day--hooray!  This week Ann has challenged us with a fresh color combination:

I will be the first to say that I'm not a huge fan of Poppy Parade but this is a challenge, right?  So, I persevered and...well...I used just a little bit!  That's my solution when I'm stumped by a color, LOL!  I started with this fantastic sketch from Create with Connie & Mary:

 to make this:

And, to my surprise the touch of Pure Poppy is my favorite part!  These colors said "retro" to me and I love the retro/vintage feel of the Morning Cup stamp set so I knew this would be my stamp of choice for this week's card.  Not too many details to explain here but I do need to show you the paper piecing up close:

Cute, eh?!  The coffee pot was pieced with the Baja Breeze pattern from Elegant Soiree DSP and the mug uses a So Saffron pattern from the Play Date DSP.  I love how our DSP always has several versions of a one-color pattern that make incorporating a color so easy!  My favorite part just might be that sweet little Pure Poppy puffy heart!  I stamped it onto Pure Poppy cardstock, cut it out, added a dollop of Crystal Effects and sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds while wet.  Puffy glitter heart!  I did add Sahara Sand to my color palette in the steam rising off the mug and a little touch at the bottom to ground the mug and coffee pot.

Well, that's all from me today folks!  We've got a 24-person BBQ to prep so not much time in the craft room or on the blog today.  But, I hope you'll have time to swing on by The Paper Players blog for some DT inspiration.  If you share a project with us, be sure to load it up before midnight (PST) Friday April 15th for a chance at the DT's selections for A Cut Above and Headliner.  We can't wait to see what you make of Ann's colors this week!  Have a good one, my friends!

the goods:

stamps: morning cup, puns from the past, so much [retired]

ink: early espresso, sahara sand

paper: whisper white, so saffron, pure poppy CS; elegant soiree & play date DSP

xtras: baja breeze grosgrain ribbon, designer buttons (neutrals), scallop border punch,

Update: Ribbon Share

WOW, thank you for the enthusiastic response to my first-ever Ribbon Share!  So many of you wanted in on it that I opened a second round but all available spots are now full.  The ribbon will arrive at my house next week and I will need a few days to cut and prep it all.  I will send all share folks an email when it is on it's way to you.

I am planning to do another share next month and would love to hear which SU ribbon interests you the most?  In Color Twill?  Satin?  Seam Binding?  Leave me a comment and let me know!  

Speaking of next month... In May I will celebrate two years of blogging here under the Canopy!  I am so grateful for all of you who stop by for a visit.  Your comments and encouragement brighten my day and stretch the bounds of my creativity each time I sit down at my craft table.  I am amazed at how many wonderful people I have met through this little 'ole blog--crafty folks are the nicest bunch around!  To celebrate all my blogging friends, I've got some blog candy planned in May for all followers.  And I can't let this post go by without giving a shout-out to my 100th follower!!  Yahoo, thank you Chris L. for helping me break the 100 mark!!

OK, I'll see y'all back here on Sunday for a color challenge from The Paper Players!

Ribbon Share!

Hi everyone!  I thought it was about time that I offer up a ribbon share to anyone who loves our 1 1/4" Wide Striped Grosgrain Ribbon as much as I do!  You've seen me use it on many cards including this one as well as here, here and here!  A little bit of this ribbon makes a huge impact and with a total of 11 exclusive Stampin' Up colors, you'll have some to match every occasion!

Here are the deets:

• 1 yard (36") each of all 11 colors
• Total price is $11 for 11 yards--that's $1 a yard!
• It would cost $110.00 to buy all the colors on their own
• That's a savings of $99!
• Shipment within the US and Canada ($1.50)
• All ribbon will be wound around cardboard for wrinkle-free delivery.
• Colors included are:
• Daffodil Delight
• Pumpkin Pie
• Pretty in Pink
• Real Red
• Rich Razzleberry
• Night of Navy
• Marina Mist
• Certainly Celery
• Old Olive
• Early Espresso
• Basic Black

If you want in on this great deal, leave me a comment indicating your interest or send me an email to nleedy@cox.net and I will send you an invoice via PayPal. Thanks, in advance, for your interest!

Blossom Lantern: {PPA87}

If you're looking for my Paper Players recycling card, please click here.

Happy Monday everyone!  Just wanted to pop in and share a card I made over the weekend with my mom.  We were inspired by a card displayed at SU Regional training using punches and a crimper to make a paper lantern.  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get the name of the artist, so if you know please tell me!  When I saw the latest punch art challenge at the Pals Paper Arts, I knew I had to enter this one:

I cut a Very Vanilla circle with my 3" circle die, stamped the spray of Easter Blossoms in Jet Black Stazon and ran it through my paper crimper.  The Basic Black Small Tag punch was tucked under the bottom and a scaled down Word Window punched piece was attached to the top with a loop of hemp twine.  The Word Window punch was too big so I tucked one end back into the punch, from the top, and punched again giving me a shorter window punch.

Of course, I needed to sprinkle a few Basic Rhinestones to the blossoms as well as a row across the top of the lantern. 

 They are soooo pretty IRL!  To the Crumb Cake base, I added some [retired] Urban Oasis and a punched border of Very Vanilla [non-SU].  

The background looked a little plain so I stamped the blossom spray in Crumb Cake and added a sentiment from Bring on the Cake.

I just can't put down those cherry blossoms!  So, the inside got some too along with another sentiment from Bring on the Cake.  Thanks for stopping by today!  Before you go, I would love to know what you think of today's card.  Have a great day, my friends!

supplies:

stamps: easter blossoms, bring on the cake

ink: crumb cake, jet black stazon

paper: crumb cake, basic black, very vanilla CS; urban oasis DSP [retired]

xtras: paper crimer, basic rhinestones, hemp twine, 3" bigz die, fiskars border punch

Recycled Paper Players Challenge: {PP41}

Happy Sunday everyone! Hope you're having a great weekend.  If you're looking for my [Orlando] Regionals Creativity Challenge card, please go here.  

Today is our first April theme challenge at The Paper Players and LeAnne has challenged us to use a recycled or repurposed item on our projects.  

 Clean out your supplies, clean out your stash, look in your recycle bin--find treasures anywhere!  It can be a piece of ribbon from gift box you kept (does anyone else beside me do this?!), a picture from a catalog, or that pretty wrapping paper you just couldn't part with (oh yeah, I do that too!). Can you identify the source of the recycled item on my card?

It's the carton from a 6-pack of beer!  Longboard Lager to be specific:

 

Can you believe how beautiful the artwork is on this carton of beer?!  Wouldn't this make a great "guy card"?!  I took the carton apart, selected the areas I really liked and ran it through the Big Shot with the Circles #2 die.  Look at these beach bums catching some waves:

and I love the palm fronds:

The circles are mounted on More Mustard cardstock with a little added paper piercing around the bottom.  Some baker's twine and a Curly Cute sentiment finished off the front.

...and a little bit of stamping finished off the inside.  There's actually more stamping on the inside than the cover!  The tropical leaves are from the Paradise set stamped in Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler and More Mustard.  Along with a sentiment from Hope Happens and Bring on the Cake.  If you like today's card, you might like this simple masculine card I made a couple years ago for my BIL--it was my first 6-pack card!  You should see how many 6-pack cartons I have piled up now!  My husband will even select beer now based on how cool the packaging would look as a card, lol!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to check out the rest of the design team's inspiration over at The Paper Players.  If you would like to play along, you have until Friday April 8th at midnight (PST) to load up your creation on our blog.  I hope you'll have some fun with this challenge--we can't wait to visit you!