A Special Birthday for The Paper Players

 Good morning, hope you are enjoying this April day! We have a new round of grands' birthdays coming, so I have a birthday card to share. It's time The Paper Players Challenge #586 and Anne Marie has a bright and springy color challenge for us! 

Coastal Cabana is about my most favorite color ever. As a side-note, a soft shade of it used to cover the walls in my stamp room! Pair it with pink and yellow and you've got a winner! I'm really liking what I see of Polished Pink but I had to substitute. I may have to get some soon!

I hope my sweet E will love this card. She is super excited about becoming three, so I was sure to add the number. 

Be sure to head to the blog post HERE to see the wonderful designs from our team. Join us and inspire us with your creations! 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Stamps and dies: Hello Bluebird - Bouquet Buddies

Laughter for The Paper Players #585

Welcome to our theme challenge at The Paper Players! I scratched my head at first, wondering how to add humor to a card as believe it or not, humorous stamps are not in my stash. AHA! I realized after I ordered that this adorable doggy stamp would arrive at my house just in time. 

It's called Waggingly Happy (Penny Black.) I adore the illustrations of these happy and sassy dogs, especially this one that got into a bit of mischief with toilet paper. Which led me to stapling bits of TP and a list to the card. I just could not stop smiling while I made this! It's already been received by a friend who just got a new puppy.

Again, I colored with my Zigs after embossing on watercolor paper. Thinking it still needed something, I added splatters. Totally fun! 

Hope you will join our challenge this week and have some fun creating with us! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 
               Make something beautiful!  

Lovely in Pink for Color Hues #38

 Hello! I am happy to know that APRIL is here and I'm ready to share our Challenge #38 at Color hues! Sheri is our hostess this month, and she's chosen Pink and Green for our springtime hues. 

Of course, I thought florals would be perfect and the new to me stamps called Loveliness were just waiting and ready to go! 

I used watercolor paper and stamped the images with Versafine black ink then heat embossed with clear powder. I like embossing when I watercolor and used the Zig markers because of the the vibrant  shades, especially the pinks!

I added color with the markers and used a damp brush to add shading and movement. 

All my supplies are from Penny Black today, I will list them below. Once I got the dies I've been wanting to put butterflies with pearls on every card! 

My new stamps mean I join in the April challenge at NBUS!

What will inspire your creation with pink and green? Can't wait to see it in our gallery!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies from Penny Black: Loveliness  stamps #30-906; Soaring dies #15-731; Spring Day #30-805

Remembering Ukraine

 Welcome to my blog! Sharing a card today that was made specifically to honor the heroic people of Ukraine using the colors of turquoise and yellow that represent the nation's flag.  

 I did a bit more coloring with my Zig markers for the lovely border which was die cut and added according to this great sketch! 

I just realized that I switched the orientation of the panels but I think my interpretation is still OK.  I'll be back with two more posts over the weekend, thanks so much for your visit! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies:  Pinkfresh Studio - Just a Hello stamps and dies;  the Prayers die and sentiment are from Simon Says Stamp (retired) 

Pinkfresh Florals for The Paper Players #584

 Hello crafty friends, welcome to a new week! And a new challenge at The Paper Players where LeAnne has a sketch for us. I love sketches and this one is fun.

I combined plaid paper (MFT) and floral images stamped using Pinkfresh Studio (Lovely Blossoms and Just a Hello Floral.)

I always eyeball blocked sketches instead of intricate measuring, ahem. That means I had to make this card twice to get it right, lol. Now that I've got it, I'd like to make another one soon. 

I hope you will join us and create what you love using our sketch! Hope you have a wonderful day!

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 
               Make something beautiful!  

Pop Up Fun with Hello Bluebird

 Hello, it's Tuesday and I've another card to share just for fun! I combined a new-to-me double layer pop up technique and the sweet Balloon Buddies stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird for this special birthday card.  I did easy coloring with Copic markers and used the dies to cut out these cute images. 

Inspired by THIS wonderful tutorial by Jennifer McGuire I followed her directions for making the box pop up elements and assembling the card. No special dies needed. Yaay! I love that part.  

Another plus is that the card stands up on its own. The photo below gives a peek of the side view.  

 

 I added what I thought were silver gems but discovered in different light that they are pearls.  Too late now, lol! These stamps are new to me, so I'm joining the challenge at NBUS once again. Also, playing along at Time Out. 

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have a wonderful day!

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Clean and Simple Blooms for Paper Players #583

 How can it be that challenge #583 for The Paper Players is here? This wonderful group has been inspiring us week after week for a very long time! I am having so much fun as one of their Guest Designers this year. 

Our challenge comes from Laurie this week, to make a Clean and Simple design with the theme of Blooms. Now you know, I have TONS of floral images, right?

I chose Spring Flowers and More Spring Flowers (SSS) from my stash. So enjoying playing with this older set again, I actually made up three cards and you will surely see them in future posts . I just love the stitching on these images. 

I embossed them in white ink onto white card stock. After blending Distress inks to supply color in layers I snipped and die cut the images. Keeping the card simple I used inlaid stitching rectangle dies for the background (Lawnfawn). I think pearls make the perfect simple embellishments. 

Can't wait to see the team's inspiration and your wonderful projects in our gallery. Have a fabulous day, friends. 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Additional supplies  from Penny Black : Butterfly - Soaring dies, sentiment -