Friday, November 30, 2018

Christmas Cheer Fall/ Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

November 30, 2018


It's time for the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

The AMAZING Amy Tsuruta is the creator of this fabulous blog hop! Make sure you stop by and check out all the fantastic entries and the list of sponsors is over the top!  So many prizes and tons of inspiration!  
87 Sponsors is just AMAZING!!!!!!!  How generous of all these fabulous paper crafters to be a part of this fun event!  A HUGE THANK YOU to all of them!

LOVE coffee and I LOVE being a part of this event!
THANK you for stopping by my blog today!


My card is created on a white card base.  I used a fun blue for my background.  I found this in my stash.  The polka dots, snowflakes and green were in the same pack.  I backed my rectangle and square panels with the green to make them pop.  The snowflakes were cut with vellum using retired Stampin' UP dies.  The little coffee mug was stamped in black on white paper and then I used coordinating paper with snowflakes for the mug.  I stamped it again and paper pieced the mug.  I cut out the coffee section and colored it with Copic Markers.  The stamp set for the mug and sentiment are from Simon Says Stamp What's Brewing.
A few sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh were added for shine.   I love the way this turned out.  
 





Here a little more info about the Coffee Blog Hop.
for all the details. There is also a list of all
the sponsors of the hop. All these sponsors
have prizes to give away to everyone who
shares a card in the linky party.  So make a Fall/ Winter themed coffee/tea or cocoa card and link up to be eligible for winning
one of the fabulous prizes.  The hop runs from November 30th - December 7th.

Wishing you a fabulous fall/winter  and I hope you take a lot of coffee breaks!

HUGS!
Claire

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Let It Snow Keeping Christmas

November 25, 2018

WOW!  Only 1 month until Christmas!  Can you believe that?

I am honored to be a part of the Keeping Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop.  


It's time for this month's installment of Keeping Christmas with The Challenge Design Team!  We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month!!!


The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash ready to go for December 2018!

So hop along and be sure to visit each blog. 
There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Lesley Croghan (off this month)


This is such an easy card to create!  I started with a white card base and added a Real Red panel.  The next layer is white and trimmed with a stitched rectangle die.  I embossed the panel with a snowflake embossing folder.  The little snowman is stamped in black.  I used the Hero Arts Frosty Wishes stamp set.  The scarf is stamped in red ink.  The sentiment Let It Snow is from this set and the Baby It's Cold Outside is from The Ton-Holiday Lyrics.  I colored the nose with a Copic Marker.  I love the way these turned out and you can mass produce a lot of these in a short amount of time. 



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

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year PP420

November 25, 2018

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

The Sensational Sandy is our hostess this week and she has a fabulous sketch for all of us!  It is so versatile and can be used for any type of card!  We can't wait to see what you create! 








I loved this sketch so much that I made 3 different cards with it.  I used a paper pack from The Paper Studio named Jolly Bright.  I mixed and matched the papers and used the same sentiment for all of them.  The sentiment is from Avery Elle Comfort and Joy.  A few enamels dots were added to complete each card.  I can make a lot of cards in a short amount of time using this sketch.  I am behind on my Christmas stash so, this is really going to help me out!  Let me know if you have a favorite!  






 Create a NEW paper, or digital, project.
                                               
Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us. 
  1. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
  2. 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!
  3. Have fun! 

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