Claire Creates Cards

Friday, November 7, 2025

November 7, 2025

I have not played along with any challenges for a few years, but loved the fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week.

I needed a birthday card for someone very special and decided I would use this sketch by Kim to make her card. She just loves pink, so I searched my paper stash and came up with this.

I followed the sketch to create the background for my card. The mailbox, letter and sentiment are from a Casual Friday stamp set. They are no longer in business, but I love this set and will keep it in my stash. I colored the images with Copic Markers. Wink of Stella and two enamel hearts were added for shine.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs!

Claire

Sunday, November 2, 2025

I Am So Thankful To Have You In My Life The Paper Players Challenge 762

November 2, 2025

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

The lovely and talented LeAnne is our hostess this week. Her Theme Challenge is perfect as we enter November. "Thankful For You"! We all have someone we are thankful for. It could be a friend, a family member or someone that did something kind for you. So, get creative and have fun!

I love November and taking time to thank people that are special to us all year long. I have several stamps to choose from for this season, but I decided I wanted to use this Stampingbella stamp set called Fay Loves Fall. I had extra time to work on this card so, I got out my Copic Markers and had fun coloring her. I used the matching die to cut her out. Then I started digging through my stash of Fall papers and found this fabulous leaf pattern. I loved it with the colors I had used for coloring. The brown dots was the backside of this sheet. It was perfect! I added a neutral strip to ground her and placed a few enamel dots for fun. The sentiment came with this stamp set.

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, October 26, 2025

You're Always on My Nice List The Paper Players Challenge PP761 Sunday Stamps Challenge SSC372

October 26, 2025

It's Sunday and time for new challenges at The Paper Players and Sunday Stamps. I can not believe it is almost Halloween. Not sure where the month has gone, but I wish time would slow down.

The amazing Joanne is our hostess this week at The Paper Players. She has a very fun sketch for all of us. This can be used for any type of card. The colors at Sunday Stamps are gorgeous this week. Some of my favorite colors are in this combo. So have fun and get creative!

I used Cherry Cobbler card stock for my background. I embossed the panel with a plaid embossing folder. The two strips were cut with some Christmas paper scraps in my stash. I found this Santa in my ephemera stash and found an old MFT stamp that I could use on the list. Such an easy card to create. Three enamel dots were added to complete my card.