Vintage 411

The sketch at Stampin' 411 really got me thinking! For the past two days I have been sketching and thinking and planning!  I used the new colours Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler.  I LOVE the Cherry Cobbler...my goodness...it is rich and vibrant.  Well after lots of thinking and planning, this is what I came up with!

I used the "Vintage Vogue" stamp set and the En Francais background stamp.  The Friends stamp was inked up using Early Espresso and the flower was inked up in Cherry Cobbler.  I used some Vanilla Satin Ribbon and a pearl from the retired "Pretties" kit.  The main panel was created using the Top Note Die and my Big Shot.  I just cut part of the Top Note off, so it would frame the small rectangle.  I sponged around the Cherry Cobbler paper with Cherry Cobbler Ink and stamped En Francais in Cherry Cobbler Ink, to add some depth.

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope all my American friends had a wonderful Independence Day. 

Smiles,

Lesley

Challenge #5-Theme Challenge (Oh Baby!)

A whole month has come and gone!  The Paper Players are onto their next month of challenges!  This promises to be a fun month, I am excited and looking forward to seeing everyone's samples and submissions.

To start off the month of challenges our THEME this week is Oh Baby!

Please create a paper project using this theme!

Use any products you have.

Feel free to combine with other challenges!

All the rules and information about our challenges is located in the top of the sidebar to your right...

please have a look!

Here is my card for this week's theme:

I have always wanted to create a little boat card with my punches!  I used the 2 square punches and cut each square I punched out of DSP on a diagonal to give me two different triangles.  The base of the boat is half of the Wide Oval Punch. I used Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Sahara Sand as my colours.  I sponged some clouds on the white circle...my little triangles got smoshed before I photographed them! 

And now for the FABULOUS Paper Players' Samples!!  Please click on their photos in my sidebar to visit their blogs and to leave some love!  Please welcome Marlene Peters to our Paper Player family!  She is our Guest Designer for July!  Ann Schach was also going to be one of our Guest Designers this month as well but she is unable to at this time, so she will hopefully join us some other time in the near future!

Paper Player LeAnne

Paper Player Jaydee

Paper Player Corie

July's Guest Paper Player Marlene

Curtain Call Colour Challenge

I made this card for Stacey and her current colour challenge!  Loved the inspiration...went for the cupcake theme!  It is also Stacey's Birthday!  Happy Birthday Stacey!!  I used the "Crazy for Cupcakes" set and the matching wheel to make this little cupcake for the centre of my circles. 

The cupcake was coloured, cut out and then popped up on a dimensional.  I love this Cupcake set and should use it more!  My card is fairly CAS...I used some Melon Mambo DSP and the cardbase is Tempting Turquoise.  I love this colour combo, I need to use it more.

I used the Scallop Circles #2 Die with the Big Shot and my Circle Scissors Plus to created the circle for the large Cupcake. The cupcake top was cut out and popped up, after I sprayed it with some Smooch Spritz in the Vanilla Shimmer...it really sparkles.  The Barely Banana is there...it is the flame.  I completed the inside too, with the other cupcake stamp from this cute set!  I coloured the images with my Stampin' Write Markers and with Ink Pads and a Blender Pen.

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,

Lesley

Winner of Challenge #4 and July's Guest Designer

What a fabulous first month of challenges!  We had a great time and hope you did too!  Thank you for joining us for Challenge #4 to make an Easel Card.  Such wonderful submissions!

Our Headliner for this week is:

Lori Rider of The Diva Stamper

We loved Lori's bright, cheerful colours and the use of the punched elements.  How cute is that butterfly at the base of the Easel Card!! 

Our Cut Aboves for this week are: (in no particular order)

Karen Hasheck of Karen's Kreative Kards

Sharon Field of Created by You

Marlene Peters of Hands On

Congrats ladies!  Please email me to receive your winner's badge.  My email is located in my profile.  Thanks!

We have chosen our Guest Designer for July. We have actually chosen TWO Guest Designers for this month!  Thank you for all who applied to be our next Guest Designer!

July's Guest Designers are:

Ann Schach of The Stampin' Schach

(Here are the gorgeous cards she created for our challenges this month)

Marlene Peters of Hands On

(Here are the gorgeous cards she created for our challenges this month.)

Welcome to the Paper Players Ann and Marlene!  We are thrilled to be working with you this next month.  Thank you again to all the stampers who played along.

Don't forget our next challenge is a THEME challenge and will be posted tomorrow!  Looking forward to seeing you back here!

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,

Lesley :)

Just Us Girls Sketch #40

I saw the sketch challenge at Just Us Girls and had to play along! Here is the sketch we were to use...I really liked this sketch.

This is the card I created! I wanted to make something using my retired Bella Bleu Paper...I never used it enough!  I also wanted to play with my "Elements of Style" stamp set that is in the summer mini catalogue as well as the new catalogue.  I inked it up in the new Crumb Cake ink...and used some Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon.  I also inked up the inside of my card!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Lesley

Supplies:
Stamps: Elements of Style
Paper: Bella Bleu DSP (retired), Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla
Ink: Crumb Cake
Tools/Extras: Scallop Oval and Oval Punches, Circles #2 Die, Circle Scissors Plus, Word Window Punch, Clear Blocks E and C, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Big Shot

Stamp-A-Holics Challenge #129

Today is a brand new Stamp-A-Holics Challenge...it is an inspiration challenge using this fabulous photo from Becky.

I loved the colours in this photo and went along with that as the basis for my card!  I used the All A Flutter Stamp from the mini-catalogue and the Favourite Thoughts set.  I used Early Espresso, Sahara Sand and Vanilla as my cardstock colours and then colour the Butterfly image with my Pretty in Pink marker to capture the pink on the shell.

This card took me 10 minutes to make...actually..the time was 9 minutes and 54 seconds to be exact!  I was racing to get it done!  My square in the middle mesaures 2 3/4" x 2 1/2".

Would you like to play along, please visit Carole'Anne's Blog called Stampin' Stress Away and link up your card, there are also other Design Team samples to look at!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Lesley :)

Seeing Doubles-SR#26 and OCCSC#22

I am all finished school for the year, with all my report cards done and classes finished, I have had some time to "play" along with some challenge blogs.  I decided to create a Christmas Card using the OCC Sketch and Stampin' Royalty's challenge...Seeing Doubles.  I went for a CAS (Clean and Simple) look.

I wanted to use the new colour Cherry Cobbler, to show all my stampin' gals in my Stampers 6 group how gorgeous it is.  I LOVE this colour...I am excited to use it for Christmas Cards this year, I think I will be going traditional....red and green.  But this colour is not just red, it is a deep velvet red, it is SO perfect for Christmas.  I embossed the Always Artichoke layer with a Texturz Plate...it is difficult to see in this photo...maybe I have a better shot...no, not much better...

Both sets are in the new catalogue...I used Tree Trimmings (116722) and Christmas Greetings (115448). 

Thanks for stopping by!  Remember there is only one day left to play our current Paper Players Challenge...to make an Easel Card...please click HERE for more info.

Smiles,
Lesley :)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tree Trimmings (116722) and Christmas Greetings (115448)
Paper: Cherry Cobbler (119685), Always Artichoke (105119) and Whisper White (100730)
Tools: Paper Snips (103579) , Scallop Trim Border Punch (118402), Backgrounds 1Texturz Plates (114512), Big Shot (113439)

Just Add Ink #24

Just Add Ink has a simple sketch challenge that was calling my name.  My new SU! goodies just arrived and I decided to play with this pretty new Hostess Level 1 Set called Because I Care.  One of my DT Colleagues from the Stamp-A-Holics DT, Delys Cram, is also a DT member for Just Add Ink. 

This card was kept very simple.  It is going to a stamping friend who is fighting an illness.  I inked up the main flower with Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence and Old Olive.  The main panel was created using my Top Note Die.  The riibon is the Old Olive Satin Ribbon and the DSP is Cottage Wall, now retired.

On a personal note, school is now over until September, so I hope to get crafting more.  I need to finish reorganizing my craft room so my mojo can flow freely!

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,

Lesley :)