Paper Players Blog Hop, Blog Candy and a new Challenge!

Hello and welcome to the Paper Players Blog Hop!  To get to the beginning of our blog hop please click HERE.  As well as our Blog Hop, our Challenge this week is "Anything Goes"!  At the end of my post is some Blog Candy!!

Today I am highlighting a new Bigz L Die called "Fun Flowers" (121812) from the current Stampin' Up Occasions Mini Catalogue.  This catalogue coincides with the Sale-A-Bration Sale on now at Stampin' Up!!!  As well as earning the regular hostess benefits, all Canadian customers can choose a FREE item out of the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue with every $60 order and Hostesses in Canada can earn an additional Sale-A-Bration FREEBIE with a $395 party!!

I love using my Big Shot (aka Mr. Big) and when I saw this floral die in the new mini catalogue from Stampin' Up, I knew I had to have it!  The best thing about the Big Shot and the Bigz dies is that they can cut through fabric, wood sheets, magnetic sheets, cardstock, aluminum, felt....and so on!

When Designing my card:

• First I chose the colours!  I chose Blushing Bride and Soft Suede!
• To create the flower, I cut a piece of the Presto Patterns Designer Paper and put it through the Big Shot with the new Fun Flowers Bigz L Die.
• I sponged each flower with Blushing Bride and Soft Suede Inks, and accented the card with some Early Espresso Ribbon and a Crumb Cake Embosslit Butterfly
• The circles were created with the Circle Scissors Plus...4" and 3.75" circles. 
• A TIP:  Use Dotto with your Circle Scissors Plus, it is a temporary adhesive that will keep your paper in place!
• I used the Small Oval Punch for my sentiment from the Fabulous Phrases Stamp Set.

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Supplies I used on my card:

Stamps: Fabulous Phrases 120501, Charming 116519
Paper: Presto Patterns Designer Paper 117175, Naturals White Cardstock 102316, Blushing Bride Cardstock119796
Inks: Blusing Bride Classic Ink Pad 119786, Soft Suede Ink Pad 115318
The Tools and Toppers: Sponges 101610, 1 3/8" x 5/8" Oval Large Punch 119863, Dimesionals , Fun Flower Bigz L Die 121812, Pearls 119247, Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die 118138, Early Espresso 1/8" Ribbon 119959, The Big Shot 113439

 My BLOG CANDY!!!!

To win my Blog Candy:

Please leave me comment on my blog, letting me know what YOUR favourite item is out of the new Mini Catalogue!!  If you would like to, please become a follower on my blog and of the Paper Players Blog too!!  You do not need to become a follower to win!  A comment will do!!  However, I would love it if you became a follower of my wonderful Paper Players team!!

My Blog Candy will close on Friday February 4th at Midnight (PST) to coincide with the end of our current Paper Player Anything Goes Challenge!  I will announce the Blog Candy Winner on the Paper Players Blog on Sunday, February 6th with our next Challenge post.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you get the chance to play our Anything Goes Challenge this week.

To continue on with our Blog Hop, please visit my fellow Canadian, the talented Marlene Peters and her blog called Hands On.

Smiles,

Lesley

Pals Paper Arts Colour Challenge

The Pals Paper Arts group has a fun colour challenge this week!  They want you to use Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz and Perfect Plum!  I didn't know how I was going to use these colours but I decided to give it a shot and see where the colours led me!  My card is simple, with two panels (2 1/8"x 4 3/4") and then I staggered the panels.  The Pear Pizzazz panel is a strip of the Presto Patterns Paper, inked with a sponge and some Pear Pizzazz Ink.   

 



I made the flower using my Boho Blossoms Punch and scrunched up 3 of the biggest flowers and glue-dotted them together.  Then I fluffed out each flower, this making a Puffy Flower with a little pearl inside!!  I used the strip of Pearls that comes with the pearl package and made the stem for the flower.  The sentiment comes from an retired Hostess Set!  One of my favs!  And I sponged the edges of the Decorative Label Punch out.  I took my inspiration from the Skipping Stones Sketch Challenge this week.

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Lesley

Stampin' 411

I found this week's Stampin' 411 Sketch such an inspiration.  I have missed so many of their sketches as of late, due to a busy schedule and holidays but I am back and so happy to be playing along again!  I wanted to create something using the Presto Patterns Paper and some other newish goodies I have been hoarding.

I cut a small piece of the Presto Patterns Paper and inked it up first with Bashful Blue but it did not look right to me, so I inked it up in Marina Mist...and I loved the darker, bolder look that it created.  Using some Early Espresso Ink, I inked up the flower image from the Hostess Level One set called "Because I Care" and stamped right over top of my sponged Marina.  Then I embossed a piece of Sahara Sand for the background with my absolute FAVOURITE embossing folder...Vintage Wallpaper.  Oh how I LOVE it!  Then I wrapped two pieces of 1/8" Espresso Ribbon at the bottom and punched out the sentiment with my scallop oval and large oval punches...the inside is also finished with the flower again. 

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Lesley :)

Pals Paper Arts and Clean & Simple

I wanted to make a card for the Pals Paper Arts challenge to use monochromatic purples and to use the Clean & Simple Sketch 101.  Ann Schach is a DT Member of the Pals Paper Arts and so I wanted to support her challenge blog.  She is joining us for August as one of our Guest Paper Players. 

I used the "Presto Patterns Designer Paper" and inked up my "All a Flutter" butterfly stamp, both are from the summer mini.  The Designer Paper is carrying over to the big catalogue which is awesome. 

I used a combination of Perfect Plum and Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink on a sponge to highlight the pretty pattern paper.  The butterfly fits perfectly on the "Wide Oval Punch" and I used the "Lots of Tags" die to nest it.  I used a simple sentiment from my "Teeny Tiny Wishes" stamp set and punched it out with my "Word

Window" and the "Modern Label" Punch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,
Lesley