Sunday, June 13, 2010

Paper Players Inspiration Challenge

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Welcome back to the second Paper Players challenge!  This week Lesley has chosen a beautiful photo as our color inspiration:

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Aren’t those flowers gorgeous?  I found that I don’t have many floral stamps!  I guess I keep thinking that I do, so I don’t buy any more!  Have to remedy that!!  Anyway, I pulled out Fresh Cuts, a stamp that hadn’t seen the light of day for quite a while and used the latest Mojo Monday sketch:

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I realized about halfway through stamping that my panel was a bit large for the sketch, but I was not about to redo it!  So  I made the card a bit larger to fit a larger envelope I had, and to allow the sketch to fit. The main panel is stamped in Bashful Blue craft ink:DSCF8137 and some of the flowers were watercolored in.  I added accents in Old Olive and Pacific Point, as are the background panels of the card itself.  The ribbon loops are layered Bashful Blue taffeta over wide white organdy.  The sentiment is from a SAB set, Whimsical Words; I added a simple birthday sentiment from On Your Birthday on the inside:

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We hope that you’ll play along with the other Paper Players this week!  Check out Lesley’s Always Playing With Paper blog to find out all the details, to see what the other designers have some up with, and to play along yourself!  We’re excited that we had so many responses to the first challenge, and we can’t wait to see even more for this one!

  • Stamps:  Fresh Cuts, On Your Birthday, Whimsical Words
  • Paper:  WW, Pacific Point, Old Olive, Old Olive Textured, Bashful Blue
  • Ink:  Pacific Point, Old Olive, Bashful Blue Craft
  • Acc:  Brads, Taffeta Ribbon, Satin Ribbon, 1 3/4” Circle Punch, Nesties, Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Punch

23 comments:

Carol L said...

These colors look amazing together!! The sentiment you used is my current favorite, and I love the flowers you added there. Your card is just gorgeous!

Kathy Martin said...

LOVELY! :)

Barbara said...

Beautiful, LeAnne! I will never tire of Fresh Cuts. And, congrats on the SCS Featured Stamper gig today!

Karen McAlpine said...

Beautiful use of this stamp. Great color combo too.

Linda L said...

This is beautiful. I like that blue.

Pam Speidel said...

WOW! This is simply GORGEOUS Leanne! Love the color combination and the layout too!

Elise said...

OMG! I love this, darlin'! Those colors are dynamite together! Love how you tackled these challenges and ROCKED that gorgeous card! Yee Haw!

Tammy Hershberger said...

ALL that BLUE is right up your alley! You make it look gorgeous! (If it was me, it'd look like someone spilled a gallon of blue paint!)

Corie said...

This is so incredibly BEAUTIFUL!!! You ROCKED these challenges!!

Queenie Jeannie said...

So lovely!! All the shades of blue and textures - delicious!!!

jaydee said...

LeAnne, fabulous job combining both challenges. You really rocked the colors this week on this gorgeous card.
Hugs
Jaydee

Denise Marzec said...

Ohhhhhhhhh, I love the bright blue....and man, I forgot about my Fresh Cuts set. I love it but haven't used in a long time...I need to! :)

Anonymous said...

Very beautiful card. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Joan
MN

Margaret Moody said...

What a gorgeous card, LeAnne! I love the way you utilized Fresh Cuts for this card, too! I love the stamped background and how you carried the design over inside the card! Great job with the Inspiration Challenge! Thanks for sharing your inspiring card!

Trish in Wisconsin said...

Wonderful card. I like how you colored your ribbon, set your flowers up on dimensional's, and used a double row of scallop edging at the bottom of the card. Aren't these colors just to die for! I am just loving what everyone is making with them. Great job.

Cyber hugs, Trish in Wisconsin

Julee (Vervegirl) said...

This is just gorgeous! Thanks for playing Mojo!

Anonymous said...

WOW! Your card is GORGEOUS!!! Congrats on Mojo Monday!!

Arielle H Gordon said...

WHOA - is that 2 months in a row with the MOJO magic? Not a shocker, with this gorgeous creation!!! CONGRATS!!!

Arielle H Gordon said...

PS - Could you do my MOJO card next month so I can win some free stamps?

Pati said...

Beautiful color combo and use of the stamps. Great use of MOJO layout also, Congrats Winner!

Rachel Chieppa said...

This is an absolutely gorgeous card! Congratulations on winning!

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

Beautiful card, congrats on winning and I love what you did the those colors.

Marisa said...

Beautiful use of the colours and congrats on your win!! Nice to see that great set used :D