Paper Players 17 Inspiration Challenge

It’s my turn to host the Paper Players this week, and I chose this photo as my inspiration challenge:

Now, you don’t think I have little baby girls on my mind, do you? Isn’t she a cutie??? So let’s see what you can come up with using this photo as your inspiration! By the way, this comes from zulily---they have some really cute kids’ clothes!

I have a stamping friend who is going through some reconstructive post-breast-cancer surgery, so I thought I would use these colors to make her a card. My first thought was to use the breast cancer ribbon, but I wanted something a little more fun than that! So I went with the little Valentine girl from Greeting Card Kids:

I paper-pieced her dress, and added a little sparkle to her heart:

And I thought the front was a bit too busy for a sentiment, so I added it to the inside:

Hmmmm, I think my punches need “sharpening”!!! Anyhoo, I think this is a fun & funky card---and I hope it will cheer her up! Now why don’t you zoom on over to the Paper Player’s blog, see what the other designers did with this inspiration and play along as well! We’d love to have you!

• Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Greeting Card Kids
• Paper: WW, Basic Black, Regal Rose, Regal Rose Patterns DP
• Ink: Stazon
• Acc: Lots of circle punches, Markers, Dimensionals, Oval Nesties, Satin Ribbon, Dazz Diamonds Glitter

And here’s my little fashionista:

More Halloween

Looking through my samples, I realized I hadn’t posted some of my Halloween cards, so here they are!

These all use Halloween sets from the Holiday mini as well as an assortment of Halloween DP!  The last one uses the Spider Web embossing folder that had been inked with Craft White ink (on the inside portion that is “flat”); a piece of Basic Black cardstock was then inserted and run through my Big Shot…..the only thing that would have made it even cooler was some glitter on that web!  Maybe next time!

I also wanted to share with you the gift that I made my downline, Laura.  She always hosts our WeeInker meetings in her fabulous barn studio and I like to make her something a little special.  I had some black foam core board so I made her a Halloween wall hanging with a few papers and embellishments:

I believe this was about 9” square….I just layered a few different pieces of DP from Wicked Fun Specialty series and a bingo card from Nite Owl; there’s a little owl from Animal Stories sitting on the “s”…..and some Silver Glass Glitter adhered to a piece of Sticky Strip running across the center.

I stamped the bingo card with Sanded to give it more of an eerie effect.  There are glimmer brads in the corners, too!  I adhered a ribbon hanger on the back with Pop-up Glue Dots so that it can be hung on the wall. 

And here are some pix of my own little goblin:

 

She wouldn’t scare anybody!  Thanks for visiting today!

• Stamps:  Fangtastic, Fright Night, Animal Stories, All Holidays, Sanded
• Paper:  Tangerine Tango, Concord Crush, Pumpkin Pie, WW, Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Wicked Fun & Nite Owl DP
• Ink:  Stazon, Craft White
• Acc:  Markers, Nesties, Circle punches, Oval punches, Modern Label punch, Glimmer Brads, Grosgrain Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Silver Glass Glitter, Dimensionals, Blender Pen, Jelly Roll pen, Tag punches, Spider Web EF, Brads

PPA61 To Autumn

I should be getting dinner ready, but I am going to post this QUICKLY!  It’s for Pal’s Paper Arts, here’s the sketch:

and here’s the card:

I used a clear set that I’ve had for ages….nary a name on the package!!  The background words are stamped repeatedly with fall colors—clear stamps are so easy to line up!  I also stamped on some twill—that makes a fun effect—and did some direct-to-paper distressing on my little “sign”!  I was also excited because I just came across the poem (ode) from which this circular sentiment came—it’s called “To Autumn”!  TFL! 

• Stamps:  Clear Autumn set (no name), Curly Cute
• Paper:  Naturals Ivory, Riding Hood Red, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie
• Ink:  Riding Hood Red, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, So Saffron, More Mustard
• Acc:  Nesties, Twill, Diecut, Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers, Distresser 

WeeInker Swaps

On Sunday, I held a WeeInker meeting for some of my downline and sideline members!  We always have fun when we get together!  We did some swapping, so I thought I’d share a few since I don’t have anything new to share right this moment! 

Carol K demonstrated this little cutie made with Heat & Stick powder and cinnamon—a scratch & sniff card!

These two were made by Karin and Barbara---can’t remember which one made which, though—sorry!

And Kathy made this wonderfully-embossed peek-a-boo card!

Shawn made this funny “witch in a dresser” card, cased from Stampin by Genny……what a hoot!

I’ll save the rest for later!!!  Have a blessed day!  Oh, okay, I’ll sneak in a couple pictures of Cassidy from our jaunt to the pumpkin farm yesterday:

Don’t you just hate it when your ears get folded back while in your stroller?   But check out the John Deere outfit! :D

Color Throwdown 111

It’s Wednesday, and that means Color Throwdown!  Broni is our hostess this week, and she has really “thrown down” a challenge for us today!  Check out these:

A couple weeks ago, Broni had a very cool Christmas card that used some bright colors, so in honor of her, I thought I would case her idea!  Here’s my take on the challenge colors:

I used sketch73 from Unscripted Sketches:

along with some Basic Grey Marrakesh paper and an ornament from Tree Trimmings by SU.  Isn’t it cool how the blue BG paper has a little bit of the other two challenge colors in it?  I love that effect! 

The CTD team hopes you’ll play along too!  If you pop over to the CTD blog, you will find all the rules & regs—and even if you don’t have the exact colors, something close will do!  Now here are the other designers and their links—and we want to see what you can do with these colors!

• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Tammy - Stamp Happy
• Barbara - Paper Pursuits
• Danielle – Wild Dragonfly Designs
• Laura --Lil’Inker
• Kristen – Mindless Creativity
• and our Guest Designer for this month, Silke Ledlow – My Life

 

• Stamps:  Tree Trimmings, Vintage Christmas Expressions, CHF
• Paper: River Rock, Melon Mambo, Pacific Point Textured, BG Marrakesh, Naturals White
• Ink: Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, River Rock, Encore Gold
• Acc:  CB Embossing Folder, Nesties, Dimensionals, Bling, SAMJ

Ribbon Girl Challenge

My friend Linda introduced me to The Ribbon Girl blog and their first challenge here! I can’t let a Halloween season go by without at least one creation (probably more) made with my Vintage Halloween set from Crafty Secrets! I had gotten some FUN Halloween ribbons at my local craft store and was itching to use them—what a perfect opportunity!

Isn’t she sweet? I colored her with Copics, and she even has a little sparkle on her hat, which you can’t see here! I just love this little image! And it gave me a chance to use up some more buttons, which I swore I wouldn’t hoard!

I even stamped a little on the inside….all the fun elements in this set want to make you keep stamping and stamping and stamping…..you get the drift! And thanks to Coffeestamper on SCS, who told me this qualifies for the Totally Stampalicious challenge this week--to use three ribbons!

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for the next Color Throwdown too!! Don’t forget!

• Stamps: Vintage Halloween, Crafty Secrets
• Paper: WW, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie Patterns DP, Nite Owl DP
• Ink: Memento Black
• Acc: Copics, MM Ribbon, SU Buttons, needle & thread, Nesties, Dimensionals

CQC51, OCLDT31

Happy Tuesday to you!  Another week has passed and Arielle has come up with another fabulous color combo for us to play with:

Aren’t these flowers gorgeous?  Although the mannekin head sort of gives me the creeps, I love the hat!  I guess that’s what it is!  My MIL always wore a hat and gloves to church, it was quite her claim to fame…..I doubt she ever had one like this, though!  I took advantage of these colors by using some new SU paper called Sunny Garden with a little smidge of Jolly Holiday in there too:

 

This is a loooong tall drink o’water card….8” tall….and I used this sketch from Our Craft Lounge:

It gave me lots of opportunities to use those fun papers and embellishments like little pearls:

and seam binding (yard sale find), buttons, punching and piercing:

So run on over to the CQC blog to play along with us….if you don’t have these new SU colors, feel free to substitute something real close!  Can’t wait to see your creations!

• Stamps:  Butterfly Prints, Short & Sweet, A to Z
• Paper:  Bride Specialty DP (ret), Poppy Parade, Old Olive, WW, Sunny Day DP, Jolly Holiday DP
• Ink:  So Saffron, Old Olive
• Acc:  Paper Piercer, Scallop Trim Punch, Seam Binding, Button, Nesties, Butterfly Punch, Pearls, Word Window Punch

Here’s a little peek of my sweet granddaughter being held by my gorgeous niece at a family function over the weekend.  Olivia was SO EXCITED when she found out Dana was having a baby, so to actually see her and hold her was the highlight of her day:

Blessings on your day!