Paper Players 33

Happy Sunday to everyone!  First, I want to announce the winner of my Paper Players blog candy!  Random.org chose #26, which is Princess Lisa!  Congratulations!  And thanks to EVERYONE who participated!!!  It was an awesome blog hop!

Now on to the challenge!  Today, our hostess is Ann and she has chosen a LOVE theme!!  Love is in the Air!

I really struggled with photographing this project, and I still don’t think I have captured its “prettiness”!   I wanted to do a horizontal “LOVE” banner, but I don’t have any large alphabet dies, so I thought I would do a little vertical “love” banner with the Lovely Letters alphabet set:

Here’s a closer picture; it just looks washed out, it’s really a nice deep hue:

I hung it on a wreath in my kitchen, but it would look sweet anywhere!  I didn’t put a lot of embellishments on it, but I could see where you could go crazy with all kinds of goodies!  Maybe I’ll do another one again!  This time I topped it with two felt flowers from the Fun Flowers die, a button and antique brad, all atop a bow made from some Very Vanilla seam binding. 

The backing squares are Regal Rose and Crumb Cake; the Very Vanilla scallops were cut with the Scallop Squares Duo die; and the DP is Springtime Vintage.  The letters were stamped in Soft Suede and overstamped with the medallion image from Artistic Etchings in Crumb Cake.  Everything was sponged with Soft Suede for a vintage look.  The ribbon & lace were layered underneath.  I really enjoyed making this project!

Now let’s see what “love-themed” creation you can come up with!  You can see all the designers’ creations at the Paper Players blog!  As well, you can see all the winners of last week’s Blog Hop, too!  Hope you were one of the lucky ones!

• Stamps:  Lovely Letters, Artistic Etchings, Style Beautifiul
• Paper:  VV, Regal Rose, Crumb Cake, Springtime Vintage DP
• Ink:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake
• Acc:  Scallop Squares Duo  Diecut, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Victoria Crochet Trim, VV Seam Binding, Subtles Button, Antique Brad, felt, dimensionals, daubers

Pals Paper Arts 79 & JUGS70

After a good night’s sleep my eyes are much better, and I thank all of those who commented yesterday!  I did have a little time to stamp, so I created a valentine card using the Pals Paper Arts color challenge 79:

I used the heart from the Always set, along with a few other images and punches, to make a cluster of hearts and flowers for my card:

The Very Vanilla background was embossed with the Elegant Lines EF and cut into three panels…it was then mounted on a piece of Rich Razzleberry  Patterns DP.   I left off the sentiment as I didn’t want to hide any of that lovely embossing!

Here’s a closeup:

I added some pearls and VV seam binding for a simple finish!  Edited to add:  this also qualifies for the JUGS Sketch Challenge 70, shown here, which I turned topsy-turvey:

Thanks for visiting today!

• Stamps:  Always, Punch Potpourri, I {heart} Hearts
• Paper:  Certainly Celery, Rich Razzleberry, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, RR Patterns DP
• Ink:  Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery, Riding Hood Red
• Acc:  Elegant Lines EF, 3-Heart Punch, Small Heart Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (flower punch), VV Seam Binding, Pearls, Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals

Popping in….

to say hi!  No stamping for me today as I had an eye doctor appt where he dilated my eye…..ick.  The bright light annoys it so I thought I would just share a couple of pix of my little pumpkin until tomorrow!

Don’t forget about my BLOG CANDY---you still have time to play!!  But hurry!  Time’s running out!

CAS Kraft

 

Just a quick post today, lots to do!  I used the Little Red Wagon challenge 66 (kraft) along with the Clean & Simple Fall to Layout 125:

to make  a card for my 17-year-old nephew, who is a numbers/math/science kinda geek…I mean that in a nice way, he’s really a brainiac!

Crumb Cake is the base; Cajun Craze for the mat; BG’s Basics Kraft were used for the panels; Tim Holtz mini brads for the embellies!  The sentiment is from Curly Cute.  I am sure what’s on the inside will be more important than what’s on the outside!! Have a great day, everyone!

Color Throwdown 127

Hello everyone!  It’s Wednesday and time for another Color Throwdown, this time brought to you by our creative hostess, Kristin!  Here are our colors:

 

Remember we would love to have you play along even if you don’t have the exact colors; you can find all the details on the CTD blog!

I seem to be stuck on square cards these days!  And vintage!  But I just couldn’t help myself when I saw Kristin’s pretty MTME papers……..they just whispered “shabby” and “vintage” to me, so that’s the way I went.  I used the square Mojo Monday sketch #176:

to make this:

I had bought this squiggly satin trim at a yard sale for 10 cents and was just waiting for the right moment to use it…finally!  It was the perfect embellishment for the sketch.  I stamped images from Nature Walk on the striped paper; made a little “grapevine” wreath from hemp twine (thanks, Erica, for that idea!) and embellished it with miniature vintage postcards, lace, old buttons from my stash, some ribbon and pearls.  I stamped the sentiment from Artistic Etchings on a scrap of Crumb Cake that already had Medallion stamped on it and punched it out with a small oval punch.  Really, the whole thing did not take as long as I thought it would and my trusty little hot glue gun made short work of the assembly!  It is quite a dimensional card, though---I will need a padded envelope for this one!

This also qualifies for the C4C72 challenge—shabby chic!  Thanks for visiting today—be sure to link your creation to the CTD blog so we can see it too!  And here are the other designers—please check them out and give them some love!

• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Tammy - Stamp Happy
• Barbara - Paper Pursuits
• Danielle – Wild Dragonfly Designs
• Laura --Lil’Inker
• Kristen – Mindless Creativity
• Cathy – Crafty Thoughts
• Guest designer, Joan Ervin – Stamping With A Passion

My Owl Friend

I had a little time to stamp tonight and I wanted to make a card using the Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch 188 before the deadline:

I realize that as I look at this, I did not put the sentiment up at the top---ooops!  I’ll do better next time!  Here’s my owl-y card:

I used the owl from the SAB set, Punch Bunch---I just wish I had more time in the day to play with this little guy and his matching punch….I have seen so many cute creations using it!!!   I know that “he” has been turned into a “she” as well!  Maybe next week!  That’s it for now!

• Stamps:  Punch Bunch, All Holidays
• Paper:  WW, Pear Pizzazz, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, PP & DD Patterns DP
• Ink:  Pacific Point
• Acc:  Owl, Scallop Border & Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punches; Buttons Die, Dimensionals

ColourQ70

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Can you believe it’s February already?  And another ColourQ challenge, and you should have lots of FUN with this one!  Check it out:

I went pretty literal with my creation today, pulled out a PTI set called Cupcake Collection along with a sweet sentiment from Arielle’s cute little shop:

This is a b--i---i---g---g card, but I had an envelope that would fit my 5 1/2” square Blushing Bride card, so I went with it!  DP is Pure Poppy and Blushing Bride Patterns DP; cupcake is stamped in Early Espresso and Cameo Coral with a big ole’ Glimmer Brad on top:

Of course, there are “sprinkles” and glitter, and hearts and bling!  What do you think, doesn’t that sentiment go with this perfectly?  I love it!  The sketch is Inkspirations Sketch 55:

Hope you find time to play along too!  Be sure to wiggle on over to the CQC blog to see what all the other designers dreamed up this week!  And how about a few baby pix:

Have a wonderful day!

• Stamps:  Cupcake Collection, PTI; digi from Arielle
• Paper:  Blushing Bride, Pure Poppy, Early Espresso, Cameo Coral, VV, Blushing Bride & Pure Poppy Patterns DP
• Ink:  Early Espresso, Cameo Coral, Real Red
• Acc:  1 1/4” Square, Small Heart & 3-Heart Punches; Nesties, Large Square Scallop Die, Glimmer Brad, Dimensionals, Bling