PP800 A Throwback Sketch

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Today is our 800th sketch at the Paper Players!  That is really hard to believe!  Ann has decided to go back to our first sketch and do a throwback challenge!  Here we go:

So here we go:

This sweet little silhouette image is from a set that I bought at a yard sale a few weeks ago; I stamped it on a piece of Basic White, fussy-cut it out and blended some Balmy Blue ink on it to match the embossed piece behind it.  The floral paper is from Authentique, called Meadow, and I added a wee bit of gingham for fun. 

The sentiment and silhouette are actually one stamp, so I taped off the silhouette portion and stamped the sentiment portion again, diecutting it with a banner die:

A sentiment from The Greetery's Laid Back Basics went on the inside:

I hope you'll play along with our special challenge this week, and help us celebrate our 800th challenge!  Check out what all the designers created at the Paper Players blog, then share yours with us as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."  Lamentations 3:22-23

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thankful Thoughts (ret), Laid Back Basics (The Greetery)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium), Meadow (Authentique)
Ink	Versafine Black, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Black & Vanilla Gingham (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Blending Brush

PP799 CAS Challenge from Claire

Happy Sunday, peeps!  It's Claire's turn to be our Paper Players hostess and she has a clean-and-simple challenge for us:

I got some new-to-me Tim Holtz dies a wee bit ago, and I thought they would be fun to use for my CAS card today!  Here we go:

I diecut the leaf openings from Thick Very Vanilla cardstock, then backed each one with a piece of gold, orange or red glimmer paper.  The sentiment is from Close to My Heart, stamped in Golden Glow:

I stamped another sentiment from the same set, along with "birthday" on the inside, and added some Paper Pumpkin leaves:

I really, really love this card---it IS very simple but the glimmer really kicks it up!  I hope you'll find some inspiration to create a fall-themed CAS card this week! Share it with us at the Paper Players and while you're there, check out what the DT created as well! 

My nephew and his family visited my sister in SC this past week; I couldn't resist sharing this photo of Maven on their way to "Goodwill hunting", LOL!  LOVE the hair!

And speaking of vacation, I will be having a wee little bloggy break this week, but I'll be back for next week's challenge---it's a special one!   Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!
 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Autumn Blessings (Close to My Heart), Every Day Expressions (The Paper Studio), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Thick Very Vanilla, Red Glimmer, Gold Glimmer, Orange Glimmer (misc)
Ink	Golden Glow, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Dimensional Strips
Tools	Big Shot, Cut Out Leaves Dies (Tim Holtz)

AYSI379 Crafty Speed Stamping

Happy Friday, all!  As You See It has the most fun challenge of all--the SPEED stamping challenge!  We want to see what you can create in ten minutes or less!  Get all your supplies ready to go, then CREATE!  And speaking of "create", here's our challenge prompt:

My initial thought was to use the Hobby Haven DSP but I remembered that my friend Kathy gave me a lovely array of DSP and scrapbooking stickers from Echo Park called I'd Rather Be Crafting.  I already had a Pool Party card cut, so I simply cut some DSP, punched out a circle, and did some stickering! Here we go:

I added a wee bit of ribbon after doing the circular image since I had enough time:

This sticker was so cute, I put it on the upper inside layer:

And I stamped a birthday sentiment on another scrapbook element for the other inside layer:

And here's my time:

Not bad for a quick card! I actually like speed stamping challenges--makes us go back to the basics!  I also like to let the paper do most of the work!  I hope you'll play with our As You See It  challenge this week!  Be sure to let us know what your time was too!  Can't wait to see what you create!

And I have one more birthday card to share; this one is from my PP teammate, Ann:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said
Card stock & Papers	Pool Party, Strawberry Slush, I'd Rather Be Crafting (Echo Park)
Ink	Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Summer Splash Bordered Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Layering Circles Dies

FMS749 Sweet Things

 Happy Thursday, peeps!  Feels like a Friday to me for some reason, LOL! I got some new goodies yesterday from the upcoming catalog and just had to play with them!  It's a bundle called Box of Joy, and there are stamps and dies to create a little goodie box and little diecuts with which to embellish them! SO cute!  I did make a box, I'll share that later, but I used the candy dies to make a card with the FMS sketch:

So here we go:

I diecut some strips from Hydrangea Hue DSP and layered them on the front of my card, which was embossed with a Cross Stitch die from Taylored Expressions.  Then I diecut the candies from Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam and Pool Party cardstocks, and gave them some dazzle with Wink of Stella:

Both the outside and inside sentiments are from a retired set called Suite Sentiments, and I did add a birthday sentiment from Cutest Crew too:

I have some other ideas for this sketch, it's a fun one!  

Over the weekend, Dana & I attended a birthday tea party for the pianist at our church:

We were able to really surprise her, have a lovely tea, and then we sang hymns!  Her family is all musically inclined, so there was a lot of harmony and it all sounded heavenly!  It was a blessing and the waitresses said some of the other customers thought the music was being broadcast on their sound system, LOL!   

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Crew, Suite Sentiments (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam, Hydrangea Hue In Color DSP
Ink	Hydrangea Hue
Accessories	Dimensionals, Matte Dots (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Box of Joy Dies, Easy Strip Dies (Taylor Expressions), Cross Stitch Rectangle Dies (Taylored Expressions), Wink of Stella

SSC392 Sunflower Thanks

 Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I have a quick card for you today using the new Sunflower Fields, Wood Grain Wonder and In Color Gingham papers! It also uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

Here we go:

The papers did all the heavy lifting on this card; there's a wee bit of stamping on a little woodgrain tag, and I added another Golden Glow tag behind it for fun, tying them together with some new gingham ribbon:

This was a great sketch and it was fun to use some new goodies!  

Dana, Wayne & Cassidy went to Atlanta a couple weekends ago to see some AAU girl's basketball games; Cassidy follows several of the players, so she was quite excited.  It was actually her Christmas present and the original plans got canceled because of weather, so she had been very patient while waiting. And big surprise.....Shaquille O'Neal was sitting a few seats away:

Here's Dana trying to high-five him.  This guy is BIG!

Needless to say, Cassidy's Christmas gift was one she won't soon forget!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Notes of Spring
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Old Olive, Golden Glow, Wood Grain Wonder DSP, Sunflower Fields, DSP In Color Gingham DSP
Ink	Old Olive
Accessories	Mossy Meadow Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals, Linen Thread
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret), Textured Notes Dies

AHSC694 Patriotic Flag-Inspired

 Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I recently got a patriotic garden flag to celebrate the 250th birthday of the USA:

I decided to use it as inspiration for my card.  Here we go:

I diecut some flowers from Pierced Blooms, then watercolored them with Cherry Cobbler ink.  I layered on a Misty Moonlight center and diecut some stars from Give It A Whirl.  It all on went on a Basic Beige panel and some Honey Bee patriotic papers:

I left the inside blank and will add a sentiment when I need one!  

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week!  Be sure to check out all the DT samples on Wednesday at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Americana (Honey Bee)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Braided Linen Cord, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Radiating Stitches Dies (ret), Give It A Whirl Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main),  Aquapainter

PP798 Color Challenge from Stef

 Happy Sunday, everyone!  Stef is our Paper Players hostess with a fun color challenge for us this week:

What a fun palette!  For some reason, my mind went to Christmas, so I used the colors with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch:

and came up with this:

I pulled out an old wooden set called Jolly Bingo Bits and stamped my images in Real Red, Crumb Cake, Pretty Peacock and the retired Cool Caribbean inks, then diecut them out. I added various circular mats, popped up the top of the stocking and added a woodgrain horizontal panel and a Pretty Peacock diecut sentiment.  My sentiment didn't quite span the length I wanted, so I added a little star.  It all went on a shimmery plaid piece of DSP that either Ann or Linda gifted me a couple of years ago!

And old Cornish Heritage Farms sentiment went inside, stamped in Real Red:

What will you come up with using these colors?  Be sure to stop over at the Paper Players blog to see what the other designers came up with, and get some inspiration as well!  

And I have one more birthday card I missed, this pretty scene from Kathy:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jolly Bingo Bits (ret), Christmas Expressions (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Pretty Peacock, Cool Caribbean (ret), Wood Grain Wonders DSP, Plaid DSP (ret)
Ink	Real Red, Crumb Cake, Pretty Peacock, Cool Caribbean (ret)
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Festive Pearls (ret), Mini Pearls
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Circles Dies (ret), Small Star Punch (ret), Handmade Sentiments Dies (Spellbinders), Black Marker

Pumpkin Friends

Happy Thursday, peeps! I am off to a late start today! It's hot and sticky and pretty miserable here in SE PA, so I felt I needed a fall card to help me cool off! My sweet friend Renita sent me a beautiful birthday card and when I asked her about the background paper, she said it was a NAPKIN!  

I have heard of the napkin technique, but never tried it! And don't you know, she sent me a whole supply of GORGEOUS napkins with which to play!!  Thanks, Renita!  So I looked up the technique on line (I used Lou Collins' method) but it looked as if there were lots of tutorials out there!  So here we go:

Can you believe that's a napkin?  I used a piece of scrap cardstock and brushed on ModPodge, then adhered the napkin.  Lou gives some tips on her video, so I recommend watching it first.  But honestly, it took five minutes to create the page.  You do need to let it dry, so I waited until this morning to make my card.   The sentiment, stamped on some Wood Grain Wonders DSP, is from the retired Pretty Pumpkins set.  I added some diecut leaves and swirls from the two-toned Peaceful Pines cardstock, and a few sequins for fun:

My card base is Timid Tiger; I stamped birthday sentiments from Cutest Crew in Timid Tiger and Early Espresso:

And since it is a birthday card, I am entering it at the Krafty Chicks birthday challenge!  

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"You can be sure that on the Judgment Day you will have to give account of every useless word you have ever spoken.  Your words will be used to judge you--to declare you eiether innocent or guilty."  Matthew 12:36-37

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Crew, Pretty Pumpkins (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Timid Tiger, Wood Grain Wonders DSP, 2-Tone Peaceful Pine, Napkin from Hobby Lobby
Ink	Early Espresso, Timid Tiger
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, ModPodge
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Detailed Pumpkin Dies (ret), Patterned Pumpkin Dies (ret), Broad Paintbrush

CASC&S591 Create

 Happy Wednesday, all! I have a quick card for you today using the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches:

I've not used many of the fun patterns from Hobby Haven DSP, so I cut out a portion and came up with this:

Truthfully, using just this little panel doesn't do this fun paper justice! The images on this page are so sweet, especially if you love sewing!  I added a little banner with the retired Labeler Alphabet, a twine bow and a punched heart:

And to follow through on the sewing theme, my Basic Beige card has a Quilt Top-embossed mat!  Fun and easy!  I think this would be a great card for someone in my crafting group at church!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Labeler Alphabet (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Basic White, Terracotta Tile (ret), Hobby Haven DSP
Ink	Pecan Pie
Accessories	Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Quilt Top Embossing Folder (ret), 1/4" Square Punch (ret), Heart Punch (ret), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession)

CAS Christmas Santa's Sleigh

Happy Tuesday! It's hard to think about Christmas when the temps are in the 90s, LOL!  But Christmas it is! The CAS Christmas challenge this month is Santa's Sleigh:

I remembered I had an older CTMH set with a sleigh in it; probably has never been inked up!  I am not sure my final outcome would really be considered CAS enough, but I am entering it anyway!!  Here we go:

I stamped the image in Basic Gray ink on a piece of StudioLight Sending Joy paper, then colored it in with Lost Lagoon and Smoky Slate inks:

I stamped the sentiment in Lost Lagoon, added a little sparkly snowflake and some Lost Lagoon cording, then stamped the inside:

Really quick and easy; I was happy to use this stamp set as well as these pretty papers!  

A few more birthday cards---I may have just one or two more to share!  This pretty floral delight is from my friend Robyn:

I love the vintage look that Fran created:

This bold beauty is from my PP teammate Joanne!

And Wendy used some of those pretty new sunflower papers!  Lovely!

And finally, this stunner from Beth! Unbelieve stenciling and diecutting:

She even foiled the inside:

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Reindeer Crossing (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Lost Lagoon, Sending Joy (Studio Light), Glimmer Paper (ret)
Ink	Basic Gray, Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Lost Lagoon Cord (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Be Mine Dies (ret), Snowflake Dies (Shady Lane Impressions), Aquapainter