A String Full of Hexagons {PP186}

Hiya friends! The always-amazing-Anne Marie has a fabulously fresh color combination for us this week at The Paper Players:

Isn't it great?!  I was immediately drawn to the bold geometric shapes of the film reels as well as the repeated circle elements.  I've been making lots of flowery and girly cards lately and wanted something a bit more gender neutral.  With all that swirling in my head, here's what developed:

I suppose the glitter dots and silver Baker's Twine tone down the masculine effect but otherwise I think it could be for anyone.  The Smoky Slate main panel was stamped with Off the Grid in the same color ink--this is my go-to stamp for a bit of masculine grunge without adding bulky layers.  As I was playing around with the layout for the hexagons, I thought they needed a vertical element to "ground" them.  I actually saw the sentiment threaded through a hexagon in the SU catalog and from there got the idea to string them onto some twine.

Centering the holes was easy!  I first punched the hole in some DSP with a 3/4" circle punch.  Next, I centered the hexagon punch over the already-punched hole and voila!  The result is a hexagon with a hole in it!  Use this technique whenever you want a punched center of another shape--works like a charm every time.  Again, sticking with the idea that I didn't want anything TOO flashy (like rhinestones) I punched some small circles (with the Cupcake Builder punch) from silver glimmer paper and attached with a small amount of Tombow glue.  Nice and flat for mailing too!

Since I started with the stamped images from Six Sided Sampler but didn't use them on the front, I added them to the inside with a fun pairing of sentiments from Remembering Your Birthday.  That's it for me....I hope you'll remember to pop on over and check out the rest of the Design Team inspiration at The Paper Players.  If you can join in the fun just make sure to do so before the challenge closes on Friday, March 14th at Noon (PST).  Thanks for stopping by today!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

 

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Happy Watercolor Thank U {PP185}

Hiya friends...happy to bring you another week's challenge with The Paper Players.  This week, the always-amazing-Ann has a theme challenge for us:

I am certainly thankful for spring!  We've started to see a taste of it here in north Florida.  Yesterday was blue skies and around 70 degrees and all the azaleas have started to pop in our yard.  DH and I are on spring break from work this week too so even if it was cold I would still be thankful!

I had some fun with the Happy Watercolor stamp set and more Sweet Sorbet designer paper--I can't get enough of it!  You'll notice that I used the Scalloped Tag Topper punch on BOTH ends of the Whisper White paper so I could run the ribbon right through making my own ribbon slide tag!  

The flower image was stamped in Jet Black Stazon for a crisp finish and the watercolor splotch image stamped in Summer Starfruit and Pool Party.  The background doily is a MDS download that I cut on Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock with my e-cutter...what fun!

I love the look of the watercolor splotch stamped across a cardstock panel.  Using all the colors from the front really carries the design through to the inside.  The Lots of Thanks stamp set has some wonderful sentiments that make good companions for outside/inside creating.  I hope you enjoyed my thankful for spring card today!  Be sure to pop over to the rest of the Design Team to see what fabulous creations they have for you.  Then, I hope you'll join us over at The Paper Players before the challenge closes on Friday, March 7th at Noon (PDT)....thanks for stopping by!


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Another Flower Shop Hive

Hiya peeps! Just a card to share with you on a quick mid-week visit.  I needed one for a co-worker's birthday.  She loves flowers and the color yellow so I made another version of this card--isn't it fun when you can CASE yourself?  It makes the creative process so much easier!  Wanna see?

Oh this card makes me happy...and I hope it makes my co-worker happy too!  I thought this pattern from the Wondercolor Wonder DSP was a good match to Crisp Cantaloupe so I stamped the Flower Shop flowers in Tangerine Tango onto Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock.

I stamped the Hardwood background stamp in Crushed Curry onto Daffodil Delight cardstock after running it through the Big Shot with the Hexagon Hive die.  Oh, how I love this die!  To the flowers I added a Crushed  Curry center punched with the Itty Bitty Punch Pack and a pearl. 

Because I used the Naturals Chevron ribbon, I used Crumb Cake as my accent color for the banner, leaves and card base.  It's a good neutral to tone down the bright shades of the other colors.

Because there are many people at work who need to sign this card, I added two panels to the inside and took care to line up the strips of DSP across the bottom.  I used another Flower Shop image on the inside in Crisp Cantaloupe as well as a few from Fabulous Florets in Daffodil Delight.  I hope you've enjoyed looking at this one as much as I enjoyed making it!  All the supplies used are listed below...thanks for stopping by!

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