Paper Players 45

Happy Sunday!  Happy May Day!! Today is my turn to host the Paper Players! 

“Spring has finally arrived --the keyword being FINALLY! It took its good old sweet time here in Pennsylvania. The trees have budded, the flowers are blooming and the bees are buzzing, so I thought a nature theme to celebrate the emerging season would be appropriate! Create a card or project using birds, bees, flowers and/or trees! It can be realistic or fun & funky--your choice!”  I chose to make my card fun & funky!  Chevrons are very popular in the paper crafting world and this Greenhouse Gala DP had a fun chevron pattern in some pretty colors, so I chose that as my background and proceeded from there:

So you can see I’ve got a bird, tree and a flower, oh well, no bee!!!  I used a variety of elements in the colors of the DP to pull it all together:

My little bird is from the Merry Details sizzlet; the tree is from Funky Four; the button is from the Brights collection, and the ribbon is Baja Breeze seam binding, gathered along a pulled thread.  The alphabet background is A to Z.  I also made a little tag:

I created it by using the Jewelry Tag punch and a leftover alphabet-stamped piece, then stamped it with a sentiment from Tiny Tags to hang on my button-embellished Peach Parfait twill ribbon.  Cute!

Hope you can find time to play with the Paper Players this week and create something with birds, trees, flowers and/or bees!

My friend Betsy has been visiting us for a couple days:

Have a wonderful day!

• Stamps:  Funky Four, Tiny Tags, A to Z
• Paper:  WW, Early Espresso, Greenhouse Gala  & Sweet & Sour DP
• Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz
• Acc:  Scallop Duo Diecut, Merry Details Sizzlet, Twill Ribbon, Bright buttons, Seam Binding, Dauber, Floss, Choc Chip marker