To The Best Mother Paper Players PP488

April 26, 2020

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

The lovely Laurie is our hostess this week and she has a fantastic sketch for all of us!  WOW!  So many possibilities!  We can't wait to see what you create! 

I wanted to go ahead and make my Mommy's Mother's Day card in order to get it mailed in time.  My Mom loves green and hummingbirds.  I was looking through all my stamps and found this stamp from Simon Says Stamps that had never been inked.  It is called Take Heart.  I do believe it was a free set because it is very small in size.  I could not find it on their site or on Pinterest.  I started with a white card base and added a Kraft panel.  Next, I took Old Olive and embossed it with a butterfly embossing folder.  Then, I repeated the Kraft panel and added a white panel for the top layer.  I stamped the sentiment in black.  I stamped the cup full of flowers in black ink.  I colored the image with Copic Markers.  I added lots of Wink of Stella for shine.  The little hummingbird was stamped, colored and fussy cut.  I wanted it to be feeding off the flowers.  A few purple enamel dots and some twine completed my card.  I know this will make my Mom smile! 

Challenge Rules:

1. Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
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, including ours
5. Please be considerate of our requests; entries that do not follow any of these rules will be deleted without notification.
6. Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!

Don't forget to check out all the amazing projects from the Design Team.  

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

 Jaydee

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Allisa Steinlicht

Mary Deatherage

Stef Perry

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

HUGS!

Claire

Fa La La "Tis the Season To Be Jolly Keeping Christmas

April 25, 2020

It's time for this month's installment of the Keeping Christmas Inspriration Blog Hop!  The Challenge Design Team is sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month!

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in your stash ready to go for December 2020!

So hop along and be sure to visit each blog.

There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

Vicki Finger (off this month)

Claire Broadwater

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Nancy Guse

Marybeth Lopez

Nancy Penir

Carol Hintermeier

My card is created on a green card base.  The top layer is Very Vanilla.  I used a circle die to cut the circle in this layer.  I backed it with a red/vanilla striped paper that I found in my stash.  The Santa is from a pack of Vintage Santas that I got a year ago at Hobby Lobby.  I love these Santas because they remind me of the Coke Santas from when I was a child.  The fa la la die is from Simon Says Stamps Fa La La Making Spirits Bright Set.  I cut the back in green and the top layer in red.  The sentiment is from the same set and stamped in black.  I added a few red enamel dots to complete my card.  This was so simple and easy to make.  I didn't have time to make a set, but I am going to make several of these.  They are certain to make someone smile! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  I love to hear from you!  

The hop is hosted by the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning.

ENJOY the blog hop!  I hope we inspired you to make a few cards, too!

HUGS!

Claire

Be A Pop Of Color In a Black & White World #tttc061

April 23, 2020

It's time for a new challenge at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge!

We hope you will play along with our new board! 

My card is created using the last column.  Ribbon/Twine, Rectangle and Red.

My card is created on a red card base.  I added a white panel and then I embossed a red panel with an embossing folder.  The flowers are created using my favorite MFT dies Stitched Blooms.  I use these flowers all the time and I just love how you can create any color of flowers with them.  The sentiment is from Right at Home Color In Sentiments.  I added a black and white checked ribbon to complete my card.  

Please stop by and see all the fabulous cards by the Design Team.  There is so much inspiration!

We hope you will play along with us this week!

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts. 

HUGS!

Claire