Paper Players

Happy Sunday, everyone!  I hope you’re enjoying your holiday weekend!  Today I am the hostess at the Paper Players, and I came up with a sketch that hopefully will spark your creative interest!  I always have lots of little scraps left over from various cards and projects, so I thought it would be fun to make a sketch that would allow you to mix and match those scraps!  Here you go!

For my card, I chose to use some Comfort Café papers to make a “comforting” card….since the colors in these are more fall-like, I haven’t used them for a while!  And because it’s retiring, it seemed a shame to not give it some love….so here we go:

My card base is Summer Starfruit, layered with Very Vanilla and Baja Breeze, on which I have stamped a couple of images from Day of Gratitude, which is also retiring.  I then embossed it with the Woodgrain EF, layered on my pieces, and added a little vellum tag, diecut from the Lots of Tags die set…also retiring.  This was my go-to tag set, I am so sad to not see it return!  I did add a little resin dahlia atop a NEW Very Vintage designer button….isn’t it sweet!!!

And try as I may, Summer Starfruit just doesn’t want to photograph correctly with my camera, so although this looks like some brilliant yellow cardstock, it really is the interior of my Summer Starfruit card!!!

I hope you’ll play along with us at the Paper Players this week and be sure to check out what all the other designers came up with using this fun sketch!! See you there!

Cassidy presented me with all kinds of photo ops the last few days!  This time, she watered my flowers for me (again, sorry for the mis-matched outfit!!!):

She waters like a pro!  And she was determined to get out every last drop! 

IB48, RS36 and DD27

Three challenges, two projects today!  I am so remiss in making 3D items, but I had a nice little jar rattling around in my kitchen so I thought I would make a candleholder with it after seeing this nice cozy inspiration photo from Inspired By:

I just ordered the Autumn Accents dies, so I cut them from Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake, then ran them through the Woodgrain EF and sponged them with CC ink.  I added a tag stamped with an image and sentiment from Days of Gratitude.  A burlap “ribbon” and a Naturals Designer button tied on with linen thread finished it the glass décor. 

I added a couple more leaves on the inside as well as some kraft shreddie and popped in a little battery-operated tea light:

I adhered some stitched ribbon in Early Espresso around the lid and glued on a final leaf.  A quick, fun little gift item!  Edited to add:  This also qualifies for the LESSology challenge 20:  to use something clear!

My next item is a Christmas card using the colors from Dynamic Duos:

and the RetroSketches sketch for this week:

I used some new SU and non-SU goodies as well as some retired ones on my card:

That velveteen ribbon was still on the Clearance Rack, so I snagged a couple of rolls—love it!  And this vintage Christmas sentiment is going to be a new favorite for sure:

Hmmm….I think I should add a little glitter…what do you think?  Thanks for visiting today!

Yesterday I showed you Cassidy playing with her farm animals; today she took them into her bedroom and made them “lay down”!

Nigh-night!

Upline Swap Card

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday!  Today I am attending an upline meeting, and I wanted to show you my swap.  I am a big fan of SIMPLE swaps…..I am too lazy to put tons of layers and intensity into my cards!!!  My theory is that if you are going to show these to your customers, they need to be easily replicated!  So I put the new Merry Mini punch pack to work along with some beautiful sentiments from More Merry Messages in the beautiful In Color, Midnight Muse:

I just love this serene little scene!  You can’t tell from the photo, but the “snowflakes” on the hill are sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds glitter, too!  Sweet and simple!  I hope everyone likes them!

I also am doing a demo on how to make shabby ribbons, so I made this as my 3D gift:

Can you believe that this is a toilet paper roll?  I pinned this from this post on Pinterest!  It’s covered with Fan Fair DP, on which I stamped several vintage images from Postage Due, Creative Elements, Artistic Etchings and Established Elegance in Island Indigo.  I added a shabby bow from Baja Breeze seam binding and some Fabulous Phrases sentiments.  This is what’s inside:

I made another one of these earlier, but had never posted it, so here you go:

A fun way to recycle!!!  Thanks for visiting today!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for the latest Paper Players challenge!

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Well, between torrential rain, thunder, lightning (and don’t forget the earthquake on Tuesday!!!), I did manage to get a little stamping time in this morning while Cassidy took a good nap! This was originally for the Pals Paper Arts challenge today, until I remembered it was supposed to be CAS!  Oops!  I’ll post that one tomorrow! I used the sketch from Create with Connie & Mary:

and broke out my new Spice Cake designer paper:

I had tons of fun with this card!  I cut some wide striped ribbon and made a little fringe; I added some sparkle to my leaves from Day of Gratitude, and added some glimmer brads for a little bit of shimmer:

I just love this color combo, too!  Thanks for visiting today!

Wee Details:

• Stamps:  Day of Gratitude, You’re A Gem
• Paper:  Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Spice Cake and Cajun Craze Patterns DP
• Ink:  Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Chocolate Chip
• Acc:  Wide Striped Ribbon, Corner Rounder, Victoria Lace, Glimmer Brads, Linen Thread, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Dimensionals, Daubers, Small Oval Punch