For the Color Throwdown - it's Fuchsia!

 Hi friends! Here I am posting on a hot Sunday afternoon so this card makes it to the Color Throwdown Challenge that inspired me today. I thought Kraft, Fuchsia and Orange were perfect colors for a happy card and I pulled out lots of new to me supplies and got busy! 

I began with a white panel which I embossed and sponged with Tea Dye Distress Oxide ink. The Happy Day stamps and dies (from SSS) have great sentiments. I also like that there is a large solid flower to stamp and two lined flowers to color. I used a combination of distress inks and brush markers to color them. 

More details can be found in the supply list below. I will be entering the Color Throwdown Challenge and 

 because this card was almost entirely made with new supplies, the never-before-used-schtuff challenge called NBUS hosted by Darnell. I was one lucky winner of her gift card and these new supplies are here thanks to her generosity! 

Of course, I did get a bit carried away while ordering. See that bow on my card? I saw someone use that Iridescent White Cord (SSS) and just had to have it!

Also linking to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, Emboss it 

Thanks for your visit today, I hope your day is fabulous! 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies: 
SSS - **Happy Day stamps and dies
Inks - Worn Lipstick, Carved Pumpkin, Tea Dye
Sissix - **3D Texture Fades Quilted

** new

Sketchbook Bouquet for The Flower Challenge

 Greetings to you, friends! It's a new challenge at The Flower Challenge where we make florals the main feature of our cards. This time, we've added a color option to use yellow, black and white. 

I've been enjoying combining older supplies with  new products, so I pulled out the Sketchbook Bouquet stamps by Lori Craig. (Taylored Expressions.) The outline stamps include a die and a stencil. Although the lines are delicate, I thought they work perfectly with the bold color palette. 

I stamped on white card stock with black ink and heat embossed with clear EP. Watercoloring with Scattered Straw and Squeezed Lemonade Distress inks, I also placed the mask over the bouquet and ink blended lightly around it to add highlights to the background. I really like yellow, so I went with it! Spatters of black ink with a damp brush are a go-to for me. I finished it off with a bit of ribbon. 

Please check out the lovely DT samples. You have a month to play along. Hope that you will!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Colorful Stitched Prints

Hello friends, happy Thursday! Crafting time has been scarce but today I was intrigued by colorful papers and and the Patchwork Die from The Greetery. 

 

 I thought these colors from the challenge at The Paper Players were so pretty that I just had to create with them! The Tea Boutique paper pack (SU) was the surest way for me to find the correct shades. I love the warm country look of the prints and the almost quilt-like effect with the die and stitched squares.

The heart die was cut and used at an angle on the card front. It sure was hard to get accurate colors in my photo. Here is what the colors are supposed to look like!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great weekend.

Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

             Make something beautiful! 

The Paper Players: What a wonderful year!

 Hello and welcome to my blog today. It's Sunday and I'm here with the last challenge of the year for The Paper Players #621. It's a moment of sadness as my year as guest designer has come to an end. I am so so appreciative of the chance to create with the lovely and super talented ladies on this fabulous team.  I will continue to be inspired by you all and will play along often. Your challenges are the best out there! 

Delightfully Ann has chosen a color combo for us this week. I pulled out a die that's new to me but it's been around awhile. 

I came as close as I could with the colors, using some retired papers and vanilla card stock for the mug.  I love the bit of holly and added Crystal drops for a bit of texture. 

I hope you will enjoy checking out the DT samples as they are so creative and fun! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

A Good Fright for The Paper Players!

 Hello dear stamping friends! It's Sunday and it's time for a color challenge for The Paper Players #612. With the shades of orange, green and purple I pulled out my one and only ever stamp set for Halloween. Called "Good Fright" it's from Hello Bluebird and makes the cutest scenes. 

I began by inking a background using Distress Oxide inks in shades of purple. Then I added some ink splatters and a few larger water droplets for texture. This kind of inking is absolutely one of my favorite techniques! 

I stamped the trick or treaters, colored them with Copics and fussy cut them. Popping them up on foam tape, I added Crystal Gloss to the pumpkin containers. 

My husband suggested that they looked as if they were searching for something, inspiring me to add the die cut tree and sentiments. 

I hope you'll take the time to visit the Paper Players blog and admire the fabulous samples. They never fail to amaze! Thanks so much for your visit today. I hope you have a great week. 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Color Hues I'm Thinking of You

 Hello, welcome to our mid month challenge! Our weather is still summery. I've had my card ready to go for the new colors chosen by Tracey for Color Hues Challenge #49, Yellow and Brown!

These are a perfect combo for fall or back to school cards. You know, I just had to go with florals and a bit of loose watercoloring. How will you be inspired? 

I used Distress Oxide Inks (Fossilized Amber) and a paintbrush to add yellow, including a splattering of ink for a more distressed vibe.  

The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Onyx ink and heat embossed clear.

I can't wait to see what you will make! Hope you can join us in the challenge. Thank you for coming by today! I love having you visit. 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies are from WPlus9:  Modern Pansies; 

Flora & Fauna 3

Find Beauty for The Paper Players

 Good morning on this Sunday Sunday September 11.  I hope everything is going well with you today! I am so glad you're here to join in for The Paper Players Challenge #608. Joanne has a wonderful group of colors to choose from for your projects! 

I pulled out some of my Stampin' Up! card stock and made my decision to feature dies and flowers using the MFT stamps Flower Bouquet Dynamics. 

These can be arranged in so many ways and I love that they have some cuts that allow the individual blooms to flex for some dimension. 

I used Old Olive, Mint Macaron, Blackberry Bliss, and Daffodil Delight card stocks. The basket (from The Greetery) is lined with a soft Petal Pink pattern from Stampin' Up!'s Textured Chic Specialty Designer Paper. The crosshatch die (Stampin' Up! Chic Dies)  is one of my favorites to provide a textured backdrop. The sentiment was stamped using Blackberry Bliss Ink. I love the contrast this color gives! It's a nice alternative to black.

That's it for me today, I hope that you will be inspired to play along!

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Does chocolate and mint make you smile? Color Hues #47

 Is the heat wave over in your neck of the woods? Are you still staying cool in this last month of summer? Is ice cream something you scream for, dream about or just enjoy? 

Sorry, I'm finding a play on words a bit delicious as I write this post! Our challenge from lovely Nancy at Color Hues is chocolate and mint. Even though it makes me think of ice cream, I went in a different direction.

My card features a bear and birthday balloons! I colored with Copics, adding polka dots and variations of mint shades. Even brown dots (to resemble chocolate chips?) and a shimmer pen. I used a die cut (no longer labeled in my stash) to cut the word smile out of Chocolate Chip and white card stock, and inlaid white letters for the sentiment. The background keeps up the dots theme with a large dot embossing folder. 

I hope my card inspires you today! Please be sure to check out the fab work of the design team with these colors, you will be so amazed! And I hope you will play along. 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supply List 

Stamps: Hello Bluebird - Balloon Buddies and dies
Ink: Black 
Other: Large Dot embossing folder 

A Pop of Color for The Paper Players #604

 Welcome to a wonderful new challenge at The Paper Players #604! For our colors Anne Marie has chosen Black, White and a POP of any color! How fun is that!

I went with a graphic look using BOLD colors. 

These happy energetic kids were fussy cut, colored with Copics and assembled as if they are tumbling down my card front. A full slimline provided plenty of space for their frolics!

Now it's your turn to create! I know you will find lots of options for this one.

I so appreciate your visit today. Hearing from you sure makes me smile! 

Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

             Make something beautiful! 

Supply List 

Stamps:  Waffle Flower - Yippee! stamp set

Other:  Creative Cuts Dies from Mama Elephant - Slimfilm City

For the Paper Players #599

 Can you believe how fast the weeks are going round? I've been loving being a Guest Designer at The Paper Players this year, and it's time for a NEW challenge! It's a color challenge from LeAnne, using my fav new colors from Stampin' Up!: Tahitian Tide and Parakeet Party. My best bet for getting close to the bright and happy shades was using my Zigs to color. Wow, was that ever fun! 

I also made a trifold window card. My blog theme this week will be Interactive cards, so I am kicking it off using stamps from Penny Black which work well for this technique.

When you open the card, you get the full bouquet of flowers in a cute teacup! My 'painting' is loosely done and leaves bits of white in the flowers. I carried the friend sentiment from the front to the inside. Lastly the sweet sentiment and my message to go with it will be seen. 

 I bet you can guess where the extra hearts came from ! Changed my mind and decided to go with a larger window. I didn't want to use a belly band to hold the card together, so this metal clip with black thread will do. I decided that was just the bit of something 'extra' the front needed! Supplies listed below. 

What will you choose? Can't wait to see your cards in the challenge gallery. Thanks so much for visiting today! My PB stamps are never before used, so I am entering this at NBUS.

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

My PB stamps are never before used, so I am entering this at NBUS.

Supplies used: 
Stamps: Honeybee Stamps and dies - BItty Buzzwords, Penny Black - Fresh Bouquet, Smile 
Paper: MFT Colorful Canvas Pack
Accessories - Zig markers, SU Heart dies

Playing at Spring Card Camp!

 Greetings! I am dropping in with a quick post to share a fun project. I love playing with my supplies and the Online Card Classes Spring Card Camp 2022 is giving me a perfect chance. I love these classes and have taken almost ALL of them! 

The lessons, great samples and new techniques or even old ones revisited - get me to see my supplies with fresh vision. Every card doesn't have to be a masterpiece, you know? 

While this card turned out way too busy for me - I  created a birthday card with a nautical theme for someone who will love it. 

Using layered dies for a background isn't as hard as it looks! Supplies are listed below, and you will see how I have different companies in the mix. 

I am adding this to our challenge gallery at Color Hues where I chose Red and Aqua for our combo this time. These are go-to's in my book for a nautical scene. I will be back soon, happy day! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies used: 
Stamps: Stampendous - Nautical Anchor (sentiment) embossed with white EP

Accessories: Sailboat die - Poppystamps, colored with Copics; other dies are from Stampin' Up! Sailing Home.  The STAR charm is also from SU! One I've saved for years, lol!

The Paper Players #590 Freesia Florals

 It's Sunday! Welcome to my blog and challenge #590 at The Paper Players! I am loving my guest designer opportunity so much this year! Joanne has chosen wonderful colors for our challenge today, and they inspired an elegant floral encouragement card.

Dies are the star today, beginning with the white scrollwork cover plate. I liked using this to bring the brightness of white into the design. The flowers are from *new*to*me* dies that include embossed details and a stencil for adding inked accents. I applied ink to the edges of the leaves for shading. There are two different patterned papers I used for the images. 

Of course, I chose pearls to dress things up! 

 

I will be adding this to the Tic Tac Toe challenge choosing the middle row across: silver, flowers, layers. The bottom row works as well. Also, joining the lovely gallery at NBUS!

I can't wait to see what you will create for this challenge! I LOVE these colors together, can't wait to try them again. Thanks so much for your visit today! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies used: 
Stamps: Waffle Flower - Sweet Sentiments
Ink:  Altenew - Rose Petal, Green Fields, Versamark
Accessories - MFT Floral Bouquet Builder dies and stencils; WPlus9 - Ironworks Cover Plate; PewterEmbossing Powder; Paper pads - MFT Colorful Canvas, Waffle Flower Half Lines Unicorn

 

A Color Challenge for The Paper Players #582

 Hello stamping friends, I hope your weekend is going well. Sunday means a new challenge at The Paper Players and I am jumping right in with a slim line card made using the challenge colors. 

I'm still practicing with my Glimmer Hot Foil machine and liking the results but NOT the photos, if I can be so honest. I loved the inspirational message foiled in gold, but during my edit in order for it to really show up in the photo my white panel looks grayish.  Sorry.

Joanne has gorgeous colors for us to work with today! I added the hues with stencils after foiling the flowers and leaves in gold. The fab thing about the coordinating stencils, foil plate and dies is that all four flower images can be foiled and die cut in one swoop making it so so easy. 

The new-to-me products that I love are listed below. Joining in at NBUS, here I come! 

I hope you have a wonderful day. I'm going to celebrate the Light I've been given, today and keep looking for it. These are dark times but there is hope. 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Foil plates: Spellbinders Faith Glimmer Sentiments; Pinkfresh Studio - Brighter Days Glimmer Hot Foil Plates, coordinating dies and Layering Stencils.

Thinking of You for Paper Players #578

 Hello, it's Sunday! LeAnne has a new challenge for us at The Paper Players and you'll love the springy hues she chose. We've had some warmer days, and I feel happy getting out my floral stamps. 

I tried a new to me technique today, after watching Jennifer's fabulous video HERE, showing how to use stencils for inking a background, also adding pressure to deboss the design. I just had to try it! 

Here's a close look at the slightly raised texture of the leaves background. 

Using  white card stock I sponged pale ink onto the stencil, then ran it through my Die cut machine for the stencil ink press result.

I know you will enjoy the beautiful combo, I can't wait to see what you make! 

Please check out the team inspiration and join us. Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope have a great week!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Inspired By 197 Color Challenge

 Happy Thanksgiving! For those in the US, the day consists of feasting with family and friends, football, gratefulness for all things good and just maybe - a bit of craft time? If so you're in the right place as we have a new game going at Inspired By! 

I was inspired by the pinks and reds in the photo and the touch of blue.  Adding just a hint of gold, I kept most of the card base white.

 Featuring supplies from The Greetery, this card uses the Pine Blossom Stamps and Dies, and the Window Plaid background stamp. I know it's a busy day, but we hope you'll take a peek at our samples and find some inspiration to join the challenge.

We are so happy to have part of our family joining us for a Friday celebration this year. 

Thanks so much for your visit! 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!