Claire Creates Cards

Sunday, January 6, 2019

Friends Warm My Heart PP423

January 6, 2019

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!! So happy to be back creating cards and blogging. I enjoyed my time off with lots of family and friends over the holidays.
These are a few of my favorite moments.

It's Sunday and time for a new challenge at The Paper Players! It's our first challenge of 2019 and we hope you will play along. We are so excited to have Wanda Cullen and Su Mohr join us as our new Guest Designers. They are both so talented and we know you will enjoy their creations each week.

The amazing Ann is our hostess and she has a FUN theme challenge for all of us! Anyone that knows or follows Ann is aware that she owns the most beautiful Boxers you have ever seen! She is an animal lover and wants us to add an animal to our cards! There are so many possibilities. We can't wait to see your ideas!

I used a Crumb Cake card base for today's card. My card is created using the items in the new Simon Says Stamp January Kit--Snow Much. There are so many fun items in this kit. I used the patterned papers for all the papers in my card. I stamped the little bird using Honey Bee Stamps Snow Birds. I used the matching dies to cut him out. I colored him with Copic Markers and paper pieced his scarf with one the plaids in the SSS kit.

The sentiment is stamped using the same set in Versa Fine black ink. I cut a fishtail banner and added dimensionals behind it. I found this snowflake die in my stash. I am sorry, I don't know where it is from. I added three white snowflakes around the circles that were cut using the SugarPea Designs Zig Zag circle dies. I added retired navy candy dots from SU on the sentiment banner and the center of the snowflakes.

In the New Year, I am going to try to finish the inside of my cards and make matching envelopes. It is so much easier to get the cards in the mail if you do this.

Challenge Rules:

Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
Please be considerate of our requests; entries that do not follow any of these rules will be deleted without notification.
Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!

Make sure you stop by all of the DT blogs for inspriation. You won't be disappointed!

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Anne Marie Hile
Ann Schach

All stamping products are welcome. Thank you for joining us at The Paper Players!

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

HUGS!

Claire

Saturday, January 5, 2019

SNOW MUCH THANKS! Sketch Saturday #545

January 4, 2019

Good Morning Everyone and we hope you're having a WONDERFUL start to your 2019!!

Welcome to another week at Sketch Saturday!

We have an amazing new sponsor joining us this week.

Heartcraft Paper

who are offering a wonderful prize pack!

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Here is sketch #545:

My card is created using the new Simon Says Stamp January Kit of the Month --Snow Much! The patterned papers, the stamp set and lots of fun things were in the kit. I added the snowflakes and rhinestones to complete the sketch. I used Copic Markers to embellish the penguins. I also added Glossy Accents to their beaks.

I am so sorry that you can't see the banners, but I promise they are there. I had this idea to stack the penguins and then I didn't realize that I distorted the sketch.

Thank you for stopping by my blog! Don't forget to visit all the DT blogs for lots of inspiration! We sure hope you will play along with us!

HUGS!

Claire

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Let It Snow SSC 195

December 30, 2018

Well, this will be my last blog for the year. The year certainly flew by and I want to thank all of you for your support! I am looking forward to making cards in the new year and hopefully, I can get back to entering a few challenges.

It's Sunday and time for a new challenge at Sunday Stamps! We have a gorgeous color challenge for all of you!

                       Use a minimum of 3 colors and a neutral of your choice.

Challenge Guidelines

Feel free to use any brand of product you have.
The colors from this challenge MUST be the primary colors on your project.
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 Jan.11th @ 6pm EST.

I had a lot of fun creating this card. I think my blue background is a little darker than the challenge picture, but hey, it's still in the same family! I used watercolor paper and distressed the top layer with Broken China and Stormy Sky Distress Oxide inks. I splattered white paint on the top after it dried and also added a few drops of water. That gave the effect of snow. The snowmen and bird are from Honey Bee Stamps Snow Buddies. I used the matching Dies to cut them out. I colored the accessories with Copic Markers and outlined the snowmen with Copics, too. The snow banks were cut using the Lawn Fawn Hillside Borders. I stamped the words "Let It" off a a stamp I found in my collection and the snow die is a retired Stampin' Up die. I cut it out in black and then four times in white for dimension. I love the way this turned out. It made me smile!