Claire Creates Cards

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Have a Wonderful Birthday The Paper Players Challenge PP756

September 21, 2025

It's Sunday and time for a new challenge at The Paper Players.

The lovely Jan is our hostess this week and she has a Clean and Simple Challenge for all of us! "Watercolor" is the theme this week. You can use this for any type of card, just remember to keep it CAS! We can't wait to see what you create.

My card is created using one of my favorite stamp sets by Simon Says Stamp. Sketched Flowers and Dies is so versatile and you can make such beautiful cards with this set. I heat embossed the image in gold embossing powder and watercolored the flowers. I heat embossed a sentiment and that completed this card. It really was easy. Lots of white space and no embellishments but, lots of impact.

The Paper Players

1. Create a NEW paper, or digital, project.

2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.

3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.

4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL.

Entries linked to more than 3 challenges, including ours, will be deleted without notification!

5. All stamping products are welcome.

6. Have fun!

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Hugs!

Claire

Sunday, September 14, 2025

I'm Not Saying You're Old Sunday Stamps Challenge SSC369

September 14, 2025

It's time for a new challenge at Sunday Stamps.

We have a fantastic color challenge for all of you! There are so many possibilities with these colors. Have fun and get creative!

I needed a masculine card for a dear friend. He does love his whiskey, so I though this was the perfect color combo to work with. The background is navy. I used this piece of DSP that looks like a leather chair. I don't know where I got it. Sorry! Then I used some scraps of paper I found in my stash for the for the layer under the glass and the side banners. The whiskey glass was stamped using the Unity Stamps If You Were Whiskey stamp set. I colored it with Copic Markers and fussy cut it. I added Glossy Accents on the ice cubes to make them look real. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. I found these cork embellishments in my stash and thought they were the perfect finishing touch. I sure wish I could find more of these.

Challenge Guidelines

Feel free to use any brand of product you have.
Please Link up a new project created for this challenge (no back links).
Feel free to combine our challenge with up to FOUR other challenges.
We reserve the right to delete any links that do not adhere to challenge rules.
Please provide a link to us or use the graphic above in your post.
Have Fun!!!

The challenge will end on Friday, Sept.26th @ 6pm EST.

Sunday Stamps Design Team

Amy Koenders

Annette Elliott

Claire Broadwater (me)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!

Hugs!

Claire

Oh My Gourd The Paper Players Challengte PP755

September 16, 2025

It's Sunday and time for a new challenge at The Paper Players.

The Lovely LeAnne is our hostess this week. She has a gorgeous color challenge for all of us. We can't wait to see what you create.

My card is created using all three colors of ink. I used watercolor paper and the smooshing technique to create the background. I used Versa Mark ink to stamp the Simon Says Stamp Pumpking to Talk About background and heat embossed the image with white embossing powder. I cut the sentiment with the Oh My Gourd Wafter Die by SSS. I cut it out five times and layered the stack for dimension. I really love the way it turned out. I didn't add any embellishments. I like the simplicity of the sentiment.