Sweet Birthday for the Paper Players

This week The Paper Players have a sketch challenge. I needed a project for our stamp group and loved this clean and simple sketch. I was also very anxious to use my new paper that arrived this weekend. It is so festive and bright, I LOVE it!

Pop on over to The Paper Players blog and see all the wonderful designs for this sketch.

Paper - My Mind's Eye Collectable Notable DSP, whisper white, pumpkin pie and pool party card stock

Ink - Copics Y21, Y21,YR12,YG25, YG23, R08, Tuxedo Black

Stamp - Taylored Expressions - For the Love of Cupcakes

Accessories - circle and circle scallop dies, pool party bakers twine

Masculine Birthday for an Easy Rider

Here is a card I created for my neighbor who is turning 70 although you would never guess his age. I find images hard to choose for masculine cards, but thought this was appropriate since my neighbor is a motorcycle rider. I used MDS to create the greeting and reduced the opacity of the "70" to make it appear as a background for the sentiment. I love MDS!

Paper - Scraps of Webster's DSP ( I can't remember the name), not quite navy, early espresso, cherry cobbler, whisper white, crumb cake
Ink - basic black, baja breeze, marina mist, going grey, soft suede, daffodil delight, sahara sand
Stamps - Motorcycle ( MDS)
Accessories - square lattice embossing folder, dimensionals, brads, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1/2" circle punch

The Paper Players Sketch Challenge #65- Not Spice Cake

This week Ann Marie provided a beautiful sketch challenge for The Paper Players. I have Spice Cake DSP on the brain and love the paper but need to design without it.  OK, but I really love Spice Cake and thought of it first thing when I saw this sketch - (step away from the Spice Cake  and think of something else).  This sketch is so versatile that I created 2 cards for the challenge. I had a Thanksgiving theme in mind for my original concept with lots of distressing and layers and yummmy Spice Cake DSP - need to let it go.  SO,  I picked up Paisley Petals - such a beautiful paper. Once I started working with the pretty Paisley Petals paper, I liked the clean look and decided not to distress all the edges as planned. I cut out the pretty leaves for dimension and a coordinating accessory per the sketch and liked the overall look of the card. -  AND THEN I realized that our dear friend's birthday was this week. I needed a masculine card. I started working with the GO TO sketch and created a vintage balloon card using the Up Up and Away  stamp set and Well Worn DSP  . Up Up and Away may be considered a juvenile set but when I first saw it in the catalog, I envisioned it as a vintage set. The images are stamped on our Halloween DSP, Pick Your Poison. This paper has a great distressed look for the vintage feeling I was trying to create - but no Spice Cake.

I am pleased with both cards due to Ann Marie's FABULOUS sketch. Visit the rest of the Paper Players design team blogs and leave a sweet comment on their BRILLIANT creations - and some of them use Spice Cake - MMMMMM , I really like Spice Cake:)

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

Julie Marshall

LeAnne Pugliese

Lesley Croghan

Nance Leedy

Tara Bilbao 
Sandra Conner (September GD)

UP UP And AWAY CARD

Paper - Pick Your Poison, Well Worn, soft suede, very vanilla, not quite navy, crumb cake card stock

Stamps - Up Up and AWAY, Teeny Tiny wishes, Established Elegance

Ink - Soft Suede, Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze

Accessories - circle dies, modern label punch, word window punch, dimensionals, linen thread, button

THANKSGIVING CARD

Paper - Paisley Prints, very vanilla, early espresso, always artichoke card stock

Ink - early espresso

Stamps - Seasonal Sentiments

Accessories - Circle dies, Fancy Scallop dies, dimensionals, button, linen thread

The Paper Players Birthday Challenge

I am so honored to be chosen as a guest designer for The Paper Players challenge blog. I hope you play along each week and are inspired by all the amazing talent of the design team.

This week's challenge is a birthday challenge. I have been anxious to ink up these cute little FURRY FOLK from the new Idea Book and Catalog. This set caught my eye right away and I think the images can be very versatile. I thought the little critters would combine well with the cheery colors of SPICE CAKE designer series papers ( yummy!). Megan has already claimed this card for one of her friends.

Pop on over to The Paper Players challenge blog and play along.

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

Julie Marshall

LeAnne Pugliese

Lesley Croghan

Nance Leedy

Tara Bilbao
Sandra Conner (September GD)

Stamps - Furry Folk, Bring on the Cake
Paper - Spice Cake dsp, watercolor paper, early espresso and very vanilla card stock
Ink - Staz On black, chocolate chip, soft suede, crumb cake, pear pizzaz
Accessories - linen thread, 3/4" circle punch. 1/2" circle punch, mono glue, dimensionalshttp://www.thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/

Big Birthday Weekend - Sweet Stop and Color Throwdown Challenge

This weekend is a crazy one with volleyball, lacrosse and 4 birthday parties. This is one of the birthday cards I created for a pre-teen boy. I used inspiration from both the Sweet Stop layout blog ( additional challenge to make it masculine) and the color inspiration from Color Throwdown ( grey, black and lime green). Now ----on to the next event and card.

Stamp - Best Bots Forever, A Cute Christmas ( package)
Ink - basic black, going grey , old olive, marina mist, shimmer paint
Paper - basic black, kiwi kiss, whisper white, basic grey card stock
Accessories - Cogs extra large punch, Square Lattice embossing folder.

Oh Boy! Another Birthday

'Tis the season for pre-teen boys birthdays around here. I needed another birthday card for a boy and wanted to use something other than Extreme Elements which is normally a go-to for young boys. This time I combined the hand stamp from Bring On the Cake with some Basic Grey paper to add a more masculine feel. I liked my 1/2" circle strip I created on my last card so I included it on this card to make it a little more whimsical and not so serious. I am running out of ideas for boys cards so I hope there is a girls birthday on the horizon. Give me some flowers and ribbon to work with!

Stamps - Bring on the Cake, Vintage Labels ( discontinued)
Ink - basic black, riding hood red, creamy caramel, soft suede
Paper - Basic Grey Curion, early espresso riding hood red, very vanilla card stock
Accessories - labels dies, 1/2" , 1" 1 1/4" circle punches, circle dies, dimensionals

Mojo Monday - Boy's Birthday

Today's Mojo Monday Sketch came in handy for a boys birthday card. I took the star element literally and distressed most of the items to get a vintage almost circus feel for the card.

Stamps - Engraved Greetings
Ink - Early Espresso
Paper - BG Max and Wiskers, early espresso, poppy parade, marina mist and very vanilla card stock
Accessories - 1" , 1/2", 1 1/4", 1 3/8" circle punches, Big Shot Stars #2 die, dimensionals

Stamp Club Card

This is the card we made for our stamp club this evening. It was my original idea that I changed up for Valentine card in the last post. It turned out quite different than what I had imagined, but I am still waiting for my Nestabilites order. Everyone loved learning how to make the quilled flowers and as always is was fabulous to get together with stamping friends.

Stamps - Friends 24-7, Bring on the Cake, Music Notes Wheel

Ink - pretty in pink, so saffron, basic gray

Paper - whisper white, so saffron, pretty in pink card stock

Accessories - 1 3/8", 1/3/4" circle punches, pretty in pink satin ribbon, decorative label punch, dimensionals, glue dots, Perfect polka dots embossing folder, scallop border punch

ColorQ 70

This is the card I created for this week's Color Q challenge. Even though the apron gives a sense of clean, bright and modern, I decided to go with darker colors and a bit of distressing.  I am in a flower mood these days so I tried some new flowers to adorn the greeting. The Full of Life stamp set is one of those that I continually reach for. The greeting shown on the card also makes the perfect interior stamp for a birthday card.


Paper - DSP Basic Grey Curio, early espresso and very vanilla cardstock
Ink - Early espresso
Stamps - Full of Life
Accessories - Flower punches, Victoria crochet trim, dimensionals

Mojo Monday - Two Ways

Mojo Monday's sketch this week was quite fun and definitely timely. I needed a birthday card for a friend and wanted to make something ultra feminine and special. I started with the Birthday Wishes card above and thought the paper, feeling and design was perfect for her. As I was working on it, I kept thinking about the new Sweet Button embosslit and how cute the buttons would look across this same design. I then had to create the Happy Botday card at the top of this post. I just love those little buttons and I also think the Best Bots set is so fun to stamp with. I used a bit of Crystal effects to give the little buttons some shine and look just like real buttons. With the Button embosslit you can create endless buttons to match any paper.

Birthday Wishes Card

Stamps - Bring on the cake
Ink - chocolate chip, baja breeze
Paper - Happy Together Poetry, baja breeze, very vanilla card stock
Accessories - paper daisies, basic pearls jewels, extra large decorative label punch, glue dots, dimensionals.

Happy Botday Card

Stamps - Best Bots Forever
Ink - poppy parade, so saffron, basic black, tempting turquoise
Paper - Build-a-Bear Positively Prints II DSP, poppy parade, so saffron, whisper white card stock
Accessories - Sweet Button embosslit, circle dies, white thread, glue dots, Crystal effects

Paper Players Birthday Card

I thought I would use this week's Paper Players challenge for my husband's birthday card. His birthday is this Friday . I tried a new color combo and don't know if the combo is appropriate for a masculine card. - mmmm.  I like the combination and am definitely going to use it again in the future, but may try something a little more "manly" for my man. I love, love this simple and fabulous layout provided by the Paper Players Challenge. This is definitely one for the file.

Stamps - Bring on the Cake, Birthday Bakery (hostess)
Ink - marina mist, pumpkin pie, concord crush, old olive and basic black
Paper - Play Date DSP, concord crush, old olive, marina mist, pumpkin pie and whisper white card stock
Accessories - pumpkin pie brads, curly label punch, 1" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, dimensionals