Paper Players 191

Hello peeps!  Happy Palm Sunday to everyone!  Ann is our fabulous hostess for today’s Paper Players challenge!  Check out these wonderful colors:

I was sort of whining to myself lately because I was seeing all these cool stencilled designs, some with stencilling paste, and I was thinking “Poor me” because I didn’t have any stencils….then a light bulb went on in my head and I remembered that I DO have some stencils!  I had the wonderful Build a Banner Simply Created set from last year’s Holiday mini, so I pulled it out and went to work:

I used the chevron and dotted stencils with the Calypso Coral ink, then stencilled the “h” in Artichoke and cut it out. 

I then realized that any Framelit can also be used as a stencil!!!  Just leave the diecut IN the Framelit….don’t pop it out quite yet…..then use a dauber to color in the center.  Pop it out and you have a cool stencilled element!  Just be sure to clean off the Framelit between colors!

I hope you find this color combo fun to use too, and be sure to share what you do with it at the Paper Players blog!  And check out the others’ samples as well!

• Ann
• Anne Marie
• Jaydee
• Nance
• Sandy

We did a wee bit of chalk drawing on the sidewalks this week!  (And don’t mind the outfit…she insists on wearing this hoodie which is waaaay too small for her, LOL!)  She wanted me to draw five people (I just do stick figures), all holding hands.  Then she added her own at the very end:

It’s a man holding the baby’s hand, and he has a MOUSTACHE, LOL!:

Enjoy your day!

CMCC15 and JUGS236

Happy Saturday, everyone!  What a gorgeous day it is here in PA!  FINALLY!  I made a quick card after running my errands using the Colour Me…! challenge:

along with the JUGS challenge:

 of a watercolored background:

I needed a thank you card for someone special who did me a big favor, and I have done this watercolor resist technique before, and I thought these fun colors would be great!   I heat embossed the “thank you” from Another Thank You polymer set with Versamark and clear EP, then simply painted on some Bermuda Bay ink and water.  I did add a few speckles, then a couple of embellishments:

I stuck a Candy Brad on the inside of a small Designer Vintage Faceted button and adhered to a heart diecut from the Hearts Framelits set.  Easy peasy!  Enjoy your day!

No more markers for Cassidy (at least for a while!):

Products used (plus retired Bermuda Bay ribbon and Itty Bitty Backgrounds):

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

The Kraft Journal 166

Hmmmm…..anyone know where my mojo has gone?  I am feeling quite “dry” creatively, not sure what it is going on!  I did a little reorganizing/cleanup in my craft room yesterday in the hopes that a cleaner area would rejuvenate me (didn’t happen) but I did find this stamp that my friend Martha gave me, and I realized I had never inked it up.  This week The Kraft Journal has a Paris/France theme challenge and I really wanted to play, (the design team has some beautiful samples) but I didn’t want to do the traditional Eiffel tower thing, and I wasn’t sure what else to do.  When I found my stamp, I thought it would be fun to use; apparently Le Chanticleer means “rooster” in French, so here we go:

This looks better IRL, but I think the darker colors don’t feel appropriate for “spring stamping”, LOL!  I stamped the image once on Crumb Cake and again on watercolor paper, then colored the image the way the stamp decal showed it, adding some shading in the background.  I overstamped the Crumb Cake with some other French-style images, added a shabby bow and burlap banner, and finally a simple “friend” until I figure out how I will use this card!!!  Next card will definitely be made with more springy colors!!!

Yesterday was finally a wee bit warmer, although still a bit windy, but nice enough to take a ride on the Barbie car!

I love this shot….it looks like she is speeding along, but the wind was just whipping her hair around!!

Enjoy your day!  Email me if you have questions about my card today!

CTD287 and WAW

Happy Thursday, everyone!  The Color Throwdown had a lovely color palette yesterday:

I did a real simple card using the Freshly Made Sketches sketch, turning it on its side, but I did it from memory, so my panels are not quite right:

Here’s the sketch:

I will have to try that sketch again, LOL!    It also used the verse from Word Art Wednesday, and since eggs are a perfect Easter symbol, I thought the nest was an appropriate image.  Of course, in nature, the eggs would be all one color, but I am taking artistic license!

I did make another card, no stamping on the outside, but it uses a digital image from my files, but I can’t find the source.  It had both a front and a back image, so I printed them out and adhered them to a folded Soft Sky card, then trimmed the cardstock to fit:

Here’s the inside as well:

Most of my day yesterday was tending to a hyper child with a croupy cough….all. day. long!   Poor thing, she couldn’t even take a nap, she coughed so much.  We played outside and she was in a good mood, so I am hoping it’s just allergies! The doctor said the pollen was kicking in with a vengeance!  Anyway, we found a caterpillar on the pavement and she was intrigued (I know, she shouldn’t be lying on the ground, but it was only for a few seconds, trust me):

She was mad because she touched it and it stopped moving:

So I picked it up and let her feel it, and then we let it go!

Enjoy your day!

Wee Project Details
Stamps	For the Birds (Crafty Secrets ret), digital Scripture verse
Card stock & Papers	Soft Sky, Barely Banana, Pistachio Pudding Textured CS, Very Vanilla
Ink	Basic Brown, Soft Sky, Barely Banana, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar
Accessories	Pearls, Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Woodgrain EF, Aquapainter, Oval & Scalloped Oval Nesties

ColourQ236

I am so glad Arielle has a beautiful fresh palette for us today, because it has been nothing but gray and dreary here in PA!  What do you think of these:

I chose to substitute Pool Party for Cool Caribbean for my card today!



I used the Mojo Monday Sketch 340 from this week:

I used elements from Betsy Blossoms and Summer Silhouettes as well as a sentiment from Remembering your Birthday:

Such happy colors!  I hope you can play along with us this week too!  Check out all the details and sample at the ColourQ blog!

Another one of those “quiet” moments….I came in to find Cassidy emptying her bureau drawer of ALL her outfits and piling them in her little cart.  She was going shopping at Walmart:

She informed me she even had a credit card!!!

Enjoy your day!

Wee Project Details
Stamps	Betsy's Blossoms, Summer Silhouettes, Remembering Your Birthday
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Peach Parfait (ret SU), Pool Party Patterns DP (ret)
Ink	Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango, White Craft, Peach Parfait (ret)
Accessories	Pearls, Bermuda Bay Ribbon (ret), White cord
Tools	Big Shot, Circles Framelits, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool,  Elegant Lines EF (ret), Petite Scalloped Circle Dies (Spellbinder), Stitched Mats Dies (Lil'Inker), Dimensionals