Paper Players - A Sketch From Nance

This week Nance has a fabulous sketch for us at The Paper Players. I was torn between vintage and modern for this card and combined the two for this wonderful sketch - a little bit of vintage paired with monochromatic black and white give this card a bit of a quandary, but I think it works for the challenge. I continually saw the New Edition dsp against a black background and went from there to design the card. A little old with a little new - mmm   - what do you think?

Paper - New edition DSP, basic black and very vanilla card stock

Stamps - Established Elegance, French Foliage, Notably Ornate, Tiny Tags

Ink - Black

Accessories - black satin ribbon, jewelry tag punch, 1 3/4", 1 3/8" 1 " circle punches, scallop border trim punch

Nance Leedy is such a talented stamper/crafter/artist make sure you visit her blog and leave a sweet comment on her fabulous work. While you are at it, give some sweetness to the rest of the amazing Paper Players Design Team that I am so blessed to be a part of for the season. 

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

Julie Marshall

LeAnne Pugliese

Lesley Croghan

Nance Leedy

Tara Bilbao
Cindy Hall (October GD)

Stampin' Royalty - Monochromatic Challenge Guest Designer

I was honored to be the guest designer for this week's Stampin' Royalty Challenge. This is a fabulous weekly challenge with talented designers to inspire your stamping and papercrafting projects. Click the link to visit this fantastic challenge and play along!

For this card, I wanted something sophisticated and used another new favorite DSP -  Love Letter. Love Letter is a monochromatic series with riding hood red and basic black paired with very vanilla. Although not apparent in the photo, the Lovely Letter Monogram stamp is embossed with clear embossing powder to give a bit of dimension. A vintage brad, also another new item, works beautifully with the style of this paper for a sophisticated, vintage look.

Stamps - Notably Ornate, Lovely Letters Alphabet
Paper - Love Letter DSP, very vanilla, basic black card stock
Ink - basic black
Accessories - clear embossing powder, circle punches, vintage brad, basic black satin ribbon, dimensionals, sticky strip