The Paper Players #800

 Hello friends.  The Paper Players are celebrating their 800th challenge and using the sketch from there first post.  Thank you Paper Players designers for all the inspiration you have shared over the years. 

While going through my dies I found this pansy (older SU set) already completed in the package and wanted to use it.  It is cut from white with yellow ink blended around the edges before gluing the layers together. I die cut the leaves from some green and glued them to the back of the pansy.  The yellow pattern paper is the back of the PTI paper I used on yesterday's card, and mounted to a thin mat of Daffodil Delight.  I glued it to a white panel embossed with an older SU EF, and then to the card base.  I cut a strip of SU Basic Beige and stamped the sentiment on it, then glued it across the bottom of the panel.  I mounted the pansy with foam tape and my card was done.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

The Paper Players #777

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today.  I made this one for the Paper Players Challenge #777 - Clean and Simple with Florals.   You know I had to play since the theme was florals - my favorite kind of card to make.

I do have a hard time with clean and simple, but I managed to to do it with Spellbinders Layered Anemone dies.  I have had the dies for a while but I think this is the first time I have used them.  I cut the blooms from a peachy pink from my stash and blended a little Saltwater Taffy DOI in the centers before gluing them together.  The stems and leaves are cut from SU Garden Green and I also blended Bundled Sage DOI on the edges to lighten them a little.  The leaves are actually from a Simon Says Stamp die set, as is the flower centers cut from SU Daffodil Delight.  I mounted the flowers with foam tape to a panel embossed with SU Dainty Delight EF (ret.) and then glued the stems and leaves on.  The sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Elegant Thoughts stamped in Garden Green, die cut with the matching die and mounted with foam tape.  The whole panel was glued to the card base. That's it for my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping, 

JoAnn

The Paper Players #774 Sketch

 Hello friends.  I saw the sketch at The Paper Players and used it to make this birthday card for a good friend who likes purple.  I finished just in time to link to the challenge.

I used SU Thankful Garden stamp, stencil & dies for the pretty bloom. After stamping it, I blended SU Highland Heather and Granny Apple Green inks on the flower, and then die cut it.  I embossed a white panel with my new EF from Scrapbook.com called Etheral and then added a piece of older SU Highland Heather pattern paper for the cross panel.  I added the flower (mounted with foam tape) for the vertical panel.  The sentiment was already stamped and ready to use (it is from a retired SU set).  I added foam tape to the right end of the sentiment and glued the other end on the flower image.  That completes my card and I think she will like it.

I will also add this to Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time using the embossing folder.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today.  I saw several challenges that I was inspired by so I made a card that fit all 4 of them.

ETA:  My card was chosen as A Cut Above at The Paper Players.

This is my first time using Altenew's Cute Open Rose die.  I die cut the flowers and leaves from white and blended SU Pumpkin Pie and Calypso Coral on the flower layers and Rustic Wilderness DOI on the leaves.  I glued the layers together and added the centers cut from Crumb Cake and colored the bottom layer with a brown marker.  The white circle was cut with a stitched circle die and embossed with SU Subtle EF (ret.) for a little texture.  After gluing the circle to the Soft Succulent card panel (Tasteful Textile EF), I glued the flowers and leaves to the circle element.  The sentiment is cut twice with Poppy Stamps Happy Birthday Poe Script die.  I layered them for a little extra dimension.  I really love the finished card.

First is The Paper Players Tic Tac Toe Challenge - the center row down.

The Color Hues Challenge 

and The Flower Challenge - sketch challenge

and to JUGS challenge - die week #791

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday in Pink

 Hello friends.  I am sharing a birthday card I made for another great-granddaughter who's birthday is next week. She loves pink so I used the colors from The Paper Players Color Challenge.

I used my new SU bundle Thankful Garden (stamp, stencil, die) for the pretty flower.  After stamping in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I used the stencils and blended Berry Burst ink (1st & 2nd layers) on the flower - it gets darker with the second layer.  I used Lost Lagoon on the leaves.  I die cut the image and mounted with foam tape to a white panel embossed with SU Exposed Brick EF.  I trimmed the white panel to fit in the Bubble Bath scalloped panel and glued them together.  I added this to the white card base.  I used an older SU set for the sentiment - I love the font and use it a lot.  I cut the sentiment with an Altenew Featured Sentiments die and added foam tape to the ends and glue in the center to mount it over the flower stem.

I will also link to The Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Blue & Yellow Birthday Card

Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card that I made for the Color Hues Challenge - Blue & Yellow. 

ETA:  Yea, my card was chosen as the Headliner at The Paper Players.

I made these pretty blue flowers with an older SU punch.  It has 3 petals so I punched it twice for each flower from some lt. blue card by Recollections (Michael's).  I used Copic Markers B21 and B45 to flick the strokes on the petals and colored the centers in with B45.  I shaped the petals with my fingers and then glued them together.  I added a fancy rhinestone gem to the center of each flower.  The white panel was die cut with a trellis die from SU Linked Together and then embossed with the Cross-Hatch EF.  I glued the panel to a lt. yellow panel (also Recollections) and then glued the trellis back in.  I glued the flowers in opposite corners.  The sentiment is from The Greetery Arched Sentiments stamp & die set.  After die cutting the sentiment, I cut 2 plain layers and glued them together for dimension and then glued it to the center of the trellis.

I will also add this to The Flower Challenge, as I think the trellis counts as stripes (I hope so).

and to The Paper Players - Something Old, Something New (the punch is several years old and the SU trellis die cut is new to me.)

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Birthday Wishes

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today.  I made this one for a friend who likes pink.

Wow, my card was chosen as the Headliner at The Paper Players.

I used Pinkfresh Studio Be Fearless Stamps, Dies, and Stencils for the pretty flowers.  After stamping them, I used the stencils to blend Pretty in Pink, Flirty Flamingo (flowers) and Soft Succulent (leaves) on the images.  I had the Pinkfresh Studio Stitched Scallop Frame already cut so I used it and arranged the flowers around one side.  I saw The Paper Players had a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge with flowers, pink, and ribbon along the top row so I had to think how I wanted to use ribbon so I could play along with their challenge.  Of course flowers are my favorite kind of cards.  I looked through my ribbons and had some wide pink satin ribbon so I used that as a mat under the frame die cut.  The flowers and frame are mounted with foam tape.   The sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps Birthday Wishes.  I stamped in black and used the matching dies to cut it out, then mounted it with foam tape.  I really  like the finished card.

I am linking to The Paper Players - top row across, flowers, pink, ribbon.

and also to Darnell's Weekly I.D.E.A.S. challenge as this week is S for Stencils.

and to Addicted to Stamps and  More - Any Occasion

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

The Paper Players - Dots or Stripes

Hello friends.  I have a birthday card to share today.  I made it with The Paper Players Theme Challenge - Dots or Stripes.

 

 I used striped pattern paper from Altenew Exuberant Paper Pack and embossed it with SU Tasteful Textile EF (R) to give it a little dimension.  I used Gina K. Designs Wishful Flowers to stamp the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with SU Pretty in Pink and Granny Apple Green Blends. I then die cut the image with the matching dies.  The white scallop panel is cut with SU Scallop Contours dies (R) and stamped with the sentiment from SU Labeled With Love.  I mounted this with foam tape to the yellow panel and then glued the flowers on.  I added a little foam tape under the flower sticking off the panel.

 

I will also link to The Color Throwdown with these colors for their challenge.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday for The Paper Players

 Hello friends.  I have a birthday card to share today.  I made it with The Paper Players color challenge in mind - Black & White with a pop of color.

I embossed a white panel with SSS Blossom Field and added a black mat, then mounted to the card base.  For the black frame I used Altenew Fine Frames Rectangles Die.  I stamped the sentiment from a retired SU set and then mounted the smaller white panel under the frame before adding it to the embossed panel.  For my pop of color I added 2 red flowers.  I stamped the flowers with SU Two-Toned Flora set in Real Red for the detail and Poppy Parade for full layer.  I colored the stamens with my black pen.  I glued the green leaves under the edges of the flowers and my card was done.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Anniversary for The Paper Players #638

 Hello friends.  I have an anniversary card to share today.  I made this one for our Youth Pastor and his wife using the Paper Players Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. 

 ETA:  Yea, my card was chosen as Headliner at the Paper Players.

 

 I used the bottom left to upper right diagonal line - sparkle (gold beads & gold embossing), die cut (flowers and background cover plate) and embossing, wet or dry (wet embossing with gold embossing powder).  I was inspired by this card by Bette Manning on Pinterest (thanks for the inspiration Bette).  I love the colors and flowers and used the same but changed up the design and sentiment.  The Pale Papaya background is cut with Spellbinders Infinity Punch & Pierce Plate - I left out the center panel and placed it on a white card base.  The flowers are cut with Spellbinders Stylish Oval Hello You Floral dies in off-white card.  I sponged the centers with Petal Pink ink and die cut the small center pieces from Petal Pink card for a little contrast.  I added small gold beads to the centers to coordinate with the gold embossed sentiment, which is from an older Verve set.  The leaves are die cut from Soft Sea Foam card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 I will also link to Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time I have used me new Spellbinder's dies.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Anniversary

 Hello friends.  I have another anniversary card to share today.  I made this one using the sketch at The Paper Players.

ETA: My card was chosen as one of the A Cut Above selections at The Paper Players.

 

The pretty flower is from SU Irresistible Blooms embossed in white on Tempting Turquoise cardstock.  The leaves are embossed on Just Jade cardstock.  I used the matching dies to die cut the images.  The pattern paper is from a retired SU pack (All Together).  I mounted them on a white panel embossed with Taylored Expressions Weathered EF and then to the white card base.  I embossed the sentiment from SU Many Mates in white on the black strip.  The flower is mounted with foam tape and the leaves glued under the edges.

I will also link to the Krafty Chicks Challenge - Anything Goes.

and Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies

  

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day.

 Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Blessed Christmas Wishes

 I made another Christmas card based on the sketch at The Paper Players

ETA:  My card was a Runner Up at Color Hues. 

and A Cut Above at The Paper Players.

 

I used the rectangle for my sentiment which is from a retired SU set.  I embossed it in Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder and die cut it with a stitched rectangle die.  The poinsettias and foliage are from MFT Pretty Poinsettias, colored with Copics and die cut with the matching dies.  I mounted the poinsettias and the sentiment panel with foam tape and glued the foliage under the flower petals.  I added some tiny red rhinestones for a little bling.  The background panel is embossed with Spellbinders Dazzling Dots EF.

 

I will also link to the Color Hues Challenge - Scarlet & Green

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

The Paper Players Sketch

 Hello friends.  I have a card to share that I made for The Paper Players Sketch Challenge.

 

I had this flower from SI Birthday Blooms (ret.) already colored with Highland Heather and Granny Apple Green Blends so decided to use it for the shape image.  I cut the white panel and embossed it with SU Subtle EF (ret.).  I then added a strip of Highland Heather Patterned Paper matted with Highland Heather Cardstock.  The cross panel is a strip of Light Sea Foam Green with the sentiment from SU Peaceful Moments stamped on it - I should have used my Stamparatus so I could have stamped it twice as it is a little light, but it is done and I am pleased with it.  The flower is mounted with foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Memorable Birthday for The Paper Players

 This is my second post today and I was finally able to get a card done with the colors at The Paper Players challenge just in the nick of time. I love the new Tahitian Tide blue color.

 

I had the flowers and leaves (unknown stamp set) already stamped and cut in my stash so I pulled them out and colored them with Tahitian Tide, but I had to use Granny Apple Green on the leaves as I didn't have the Blends in Parakeet Party.  I mounted the flowers with foam tape and glued the leaves and sprigs under the edges. I did use Parakeet Party for the bottom mat and Tahitian Tide mat cut with a die from the Scalloped Contours dies.  The white mat is cut with a Stitched Rectangle die.  I stamped the sentiment (Timeless Tropical - retired) and them embossed the panel with SU Tufted EF (retired).

 

I will also link to Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies (I used 2 different dies)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping

JoAnn

Plaid Birthday Card

 Hello Friends.  I am sharing a birthday card for Just Us Girls - Plaid challenge.  I got this plaid paper from Michael's this week and thought it was perfect for this challenge.

I mounted the plaid paper on a Crumb Cake card base which matches the tan stripe in the paper.  I had the flowers already colored and fussy cut from SU Friendly Hello (Sale-a-Bration item) and thought they went with the paper perfectly.  The sentiment panel and mats are cut with SU Stitched So Sweetly dies and mounted with foam tape.  I glued the edges of the flower to the sentiment panel and added foam tape to the edges not on the panel, then glued the leaves under the flowers.  The sentiment is from SU Peaceful Moments.

I will also link to Watercooler Wednesday Challenge - All About Occasions.

 

 

and to The Paper Players - Tic Tac Toe challenge. (bottom left to upper right corer)

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - By the Sea

ETA:  Yea!!  My card was chosen as A Cut Above at The Paper Players.

 Hello friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Nancy has chosen By the Sea for our "Toppings" option.  We also have a new member joining our team - Julie Peddicord (Jules).  Be sure to check out her blog.

I used an older (2008) stamp set by Our Daily Bread Designs (now Divinity Designs) and colored it with Copics.  I die cut it with a circle die and the black mat with a larger circle die and then mounted it with foam tape to a panel embossed with an older Cuttlebug EF.  The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Happy Sayings and the die from Lawn Fawn Simple Wavy Banners, then mounted with foam tape.

Be sure to check out all the great cards by the team over at Seize the Birthday and join in this fun challenge.  Hope to see you in our gallery.

 

I am also linking to The Paper Players - CAS Masculine

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn