The Paper Players#264 {Kind Word Florals}

Today I am playing along with the lovely, Claire over at The Paper Players. I absolutely loved her amazing sketch and I decided I wanted to try using the new Avery Elle Christmas Florals set in a non-holiday way! So I made a thank you card using Fall colours.

I stamped all the flowers in different colours: Hello Honey, Cajun Craze, Tangelo Twist and Crisp Cantaloupe. Then I stamped the leaves in Sage Shadow. (all inks are SU!). Then I cut them out with the die set that matches the stamps and arranged them on the card to be the "circle" element on the card. The sentiment comes from Verve Stamps and is one of my favourites! I stamped it in Cajun Craze as well. The big square in the background is hard to see but it is Whisper White paper, embossed with the diagonal embossing folder. I used a strip of brown designer paper to "ground" the card. See my new little pumpkin? Found it at M's and for only a couple of dollars! I am so excited to make Fall cards!

MOJO Monday, The Paper Players, CASOLOGY &The Color Throwdown

Got my "CRAFT" on tonight! Yay! I made a quick and simple group of matching cards. Tomorrow is the start of my Spring Break and although I will miss my kiddos, I am tired and need a break! I will hopefully be crafting much more next week!

The first card I made is simple and for no challenges...it was a warm up card and for my stash!

I was inspired to play along with CASOLOGY and their "Blossom" Challenge. I inked up a fun new-to-me set from Verve called Poppy Birthday! I decided just to play with this new set and used the colours from The Color Throwdown. I just stamped the poppies up along the side of the card...and stamped the sentiment on the opposite side. I used Navy as my accent colour.

Then I decided to play along with Mojo Monday! Yay! I never get the chance to play during the week. I kept my design simple and clean. I stamped the bigger poppies and then popped them up on dimensionals. I kept the design simple. I used the The Color Throwdown colours again.

 

I am also linking this to the current Paper Players Challenge too. They are looking for CAS flowers.

SugarPea Designs & The Paper Players

Happy Monday! Todau I am thrilled to be sharing a card I made for the current SugarPea Designs Sketch Challenge! Wendy has a wonderful sketch and I took some liberties with it, so I could used this bigger image. I inked up the image and used my Copics to colour her. She is one of my favourite images from SugarPea Designs. She is from the set called Love You Bunches.

That little puppy is super cute too. I need to make a card just with him. I used some scrap papers from my pile and then kept my card clean and simple. Hopefully it is simple enough for the Paper Players "CAS" Flower Challenge.

 

Click through our designer’s blogs listed on the SPD blog for even more crafty inspiration using our SugarSketch and then it’s YOUR turn to come back and link up your creation for a chance to win a Gift Certificate up to $15!  We can’t wait to see what you create!!

Viva La Verve November 2014 Week 4 Sketch, The Paper Players & Simon Says Stamp

December 1st tomorrrow! Wow, where has the time gone!? This Fall has flown by and I am in "countdown" mode to Christmas. This year I must admit that I am feeling overwhelmed by the thought of decorating the tree, wrapping gifts to send away, finishing my Christmas cards and all of the family outings that are coming! Whew! It is always SO busy this time of year and I want to relax and enjoy! Do you have lots on your plate too?

Today I crafted! I wanted to play with the awesome new sketch at Viva la Verve. I had fun inking up the Bright Spirits stamp set again, I bought it for the beautiful sentiments in it. I love scripty, scrolled sentiments! They always appeal and are elegant to me. I love creating traditional and elegant, Christmas cards. I am also linking up at Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes Challenge. I am also playing along with The Paper Players and Jaydee's Tic Tac Toe Challenge. I used Pattern Paper, Embossed and Snowflake.

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: Bright Spirits

Inks: Garden Green

Papers: SU! DSP in Gumball Green, Whisper White and MME Designer Paper

Extras: MFT Lace Oval Die, Wood Veneer, MFT Flag Die, MFT Pierced Ovals, Memory Box Bird Die

The Challenge #9 {Kind Thanks for The Paper Players & Curtain Call}

Please Note: I will be announcing the winners for Challenge #8 On Wednesday.

Hello and welcome to The Challenge! Wow, what an amazing past two weeks! We loved all of the cards submitted and I appreciated all the wonderful comments left for the team! Thank you! This next sketch is one that is pretty open and the panels in the background can be sized to your needs...you will see the team all approached the panels in a different way! So have fun and let your imagination go wild! I was inspired to play along with The Paper Players-200th Challenge! Way to go, ladies!!! I chose Challenge #50-Kind Thanks. And the Curtain Call Challenge-floral theme.

Here are the measurements for Challenge #9...

Card Base: 4.25" x 5.50"

Largest Rectangle: 3" x 4" (or any shape)

Thin Back Panels: 1" x 4"

Wide Back Panel: 2" x 4"

Here is the inspiration from the team:

Lesley Croghan (that's me)

Jeanne Jachne

Kimberly Wiener 

Lori Tecler

An InLinkz Link-up

Paper Players, Colour Me & The Card Concept {So Kind of You}

Playing along with a few challenges. A quick and simple card...perfect for my stash. I was going through my craftroom this weekend and managed to get a lot of it reorganized. I always find that when I do that, I am more apt to craft! And craft I did. I managed to get quite a few of my design team projects done for SRM Stickers and then spent today playing along for fun. I just adored Jaydee's great sketch!

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: Stampin' Up Sentiment Set

Inks: Black

Papers: DSP from my stash-scraps!!

Extras: Flower Punches, Crimper

The Paper Players

The Card Concept

Colour Me

Merry Monday Christmas Card Club and meet November's Featured Designer!

Monday is here and with it comes a brand new Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge! 

We are also excited to welcome our Featured Designer for November, Linda Callahan!

www.stampinseasons.blogspot.com

Linda is a dear friend of mine. She is on my Freshly Made Sketches Design Team and she designs for Pals Paper Arts! Not only a talented designer, Linda is a retired school teacher (34 years) and a proud grandma! I am so happy to have her with us this month! Welcome, Linda.

This week we have a colour combo with a twist! 

We are looking for a Christmas card 

with Red, Aqua, White and Circles!!!

I decided to play along with the current Freshly Made Sketch, designed by Rita and the "critter" theme from Jaydee at the Paper Players! This was just the inspiration I needed for my new Purple Onion Designs stamps I wanted to ink up! 

I used my Stampin' Up circle punches to create some "homes" for my little animals. I had so much fun colouring them with my Copics. I used a little heart, to stamp the sentiment and accent it with a small wooden snowflake.

I used the Purple Onion Designs stamps called Icicle, Snowy and Filbert. 

You can find them HERE.

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: Purple Onion Designs

Inks: Memento Black and Copics

Papers: MME, Kraft, Real Red, White and Pool Party

Extras: Twine, Wood Snowflake, Heart Dies

How to play with the Merry Monday Christmas Card Club:

1. Each week there will be a brand new challenge posted on Monday at 5am (PST).
2. The challenge will be either a theme, an inspiration photo, a sketch or a colour combo.
3. Each participant is encouraged to comment on 3 cards in the Gallery. (Who doesn't love comments!)
4. Have fun!
5. Follow the weekly challenge closely.

Welcome to our Guest Designer this week, Susan!! She won our challenge a couple of weeks ago! Would you like to be a Guest Designer? Be sure to play along, as our weekly winner is our next Guest Designer! Let's see what the team has created for the challenge!

Linda Callahan

Allisa Chilton

Karen Davis

Bonnie Klass

Loll Thompson

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Sue Joyce

Margaret Moody 

Karren Johnson

Susan Bridgman (GD)

An InLinkz Link-up