Sketchy Series for the Paper Players

Hey stampy friends!  Ready for a wonderful new sketch from the Paper Players?  I hope so, because it's coming at you right now!

Isn't that a great sketch?  Here's what I made:

Yep, still obsessed with Artfully Layered, the coordinating dies and papers.  Better hurry up and grab 'em before they retire on July 1!  I thought this sketch was a great way to showcase a couple of  patterned papers together, and after I made this card I just couldn't resist trying out the sketch with some other papers.  I, uh, made several more cards with the sketch :)

Here's the Butterfly Kisses DSP stack in action, sentiment courtesy of Simply Fabulous (don't you love that font?!).  My biggest problem was narrowing down which butterfly to cut out and what papers to use for the layers of the sketch.

Next up, I used the He's the Man specialty paper to make this one, no stamps required.  The hubs and I have talked about getting an RV or something and spending a year or two traveling around the US after he retires.  Don't know if we'll do that if gas prices continue to be so astronomical, though.

You know I wouldn't leave out Cup of Tea and the coordinating Tea Boutique DSP stack!

Finally, I was able to squeak out just one more quick card with the Design a Daydream DSP that's a host option.  I don't like this card quite as well as the other ones, but by the time I got to this one I was in a rush and didn't have time to add a stamped image or some embellishments.  I do like the giant floral pattern though.

If y'all like this sketch even half as much as I did, then the Paper Players gallery is going to be full of beautiful cards this week!  Have fun and get inky!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Cindy Beach

Christy Stanford <-- You are here : )

Jennie Maier

Supplies, Artfully Composed card:
Stamps:  Artfully Layered
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Just Jade
Paper:  Just Jade, Thick Basic White, Artfully Composed DSP
Accessories:  Tropical Layers dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, sequins from a past Paper Pumpkin kit

Supplies, Butterfly Kisses card:
Stamps:  Simply Fabulous
Ink:  Starry Sky
Paper:  Fresh Freesia, Thick Basic White, Butterfly Kisses DSP
Accessories:  Potted Succulents dies, Dimensionals

Supplies, He's the Man card:
Stamps:  None
Ink:  None
Paper:  Sahara Sand, He's the Man DSP
Accessories:  He's the Man die cut shapes, Dimensionals

Supplies, Tea Boutique card:
Stamps:  Cup of Tea
Ink:  Starry Sky, Stampin' Blends in Fresh Freesia & Parakeet Party
Paper:  Fresh Freesia, Thick Basic White, Tea Boutique DSP Stack
Accessories:  Teacup dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals

Supplies, Design a Daydream card:
Stamps:  Flowing Flowers
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss
Paper:  Petal Pink, Thick Basic White, Design a Daydream DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals

SUO Challenges: Flowers

Happy Tuesday y'all!  And this week it's time for a new challenge from SUO Challenges :)

Our theme this time is flowers.  Easy peasy, right?  I decided to use Flowing Flowers this time, as it didn't carry over to the annual catalog so it will retire at the end of this month.  It will always have a place in my collection though!

I kept things super simple this time to keep the focus on the flowers and sentiment.  I stamped the background panel tone-on-tone with Fresh Freesia and the main image flower with the same ink on Whisper White.  Of course you can't tell from the photo, but I covered the big flower with Wink of Stella.  My biggest difficulty with this card was choosing what my accent color should be.  I tried a bunch of options before landing on Pool Party, and then I used Gray Granite for the sentiment.  This will be going to my friend who is battling stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.

Upload your floral card creation at the SUO Challenges blog and let's turn the gallery into a delightful paper garden!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Flowing Flowers
Ink:  Fresh Freesia, Gray Granite
Paper:  Pool Party, Fresh Freesia, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Flamingo & Freesia

Mornin' y'all!  I have one more card to share for the Paper Players challenge:

I enjoyed this challenge ;) and I have lots and lots of flower stamps.  So here was the second card I made:

I stamped the large flower in Flirty Flamingo and fussy cut it, and then gave it a setting of Fresh Freesia smaller blooms.  I think this one counts as more CAS than yesterday's card (which I kinda consider CAS-plus), but the blue sunflower card has more white space...well, blue space ;)

Hope you have a fabulous day today, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Flowing Flowers
Ink:  Flirty Flamingo, Fresh Freesia, Sahara Sand
Paper:  Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Wink of Stella 

Go With the Flow?

Mornin' y'all! How is your week going so far?  We had GORGEOUS weather yesterday and yeah, I was at work all day, but we had the door open and I got to enjoy the breeze while I worked on frames.  And then I spent an hour sitting outside after work, it was great :)

I mentioned on Sunday that I had made no fewer than THREE cards for the Paper Players challenge:

And here is the first one I made:

After I made it, I worried that it wasn't CAS enough.  Yeah, it's a simple design, but it's got some layers on it and maybe not enough white space to be strictly CAS, which is why I made other cards ;)  I like this one though, I made it just as an excuse to play with Fresh Freesia, which I paired with Flirty Flamingo and a bit of Pear Pizzazz sponging on the background.

Hope your day is simply wonderful!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Flowing Flowers
Ink:  Fresh Freesia, Flirty Flamingo, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand
Paper:  Fresh Freesia, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangles dies, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Floral Encouragement

Mornin' y'all!  Had the day off yesterday and I did spend hours in my craft room, though I didn't get done with everything I wanted to.  I got distracted because I got half of my Sale-a-Bration/Occasions catalog order :)  I have LOTS of stuff to play with and this was only half of it, haha!  I did ink up a brand new stamp set for today's card:

The sentiment is from Arctic Bears that just retired with the Holiday catalog; I bought it because I have a friend who loooooves polar bears but I hadn't even inked it up before it retired.  Anyway, the flower  image is from the new Flowing Flowers, which is unusual in that it is *not* in a bundle with a punch or set of dies and no DSP or anything associated with it.  I inked up the stamp with sponge daubers and stamped it directly on my card front, but the flower ended up looking kinda muddy for some reason so I stamped it with just Daffodil Delight ink on a bit of scrap paper and fussy cut it so I could salvage the card front.  I did add a bit more sponging on the original flower before I added the layer, and I added Wink of Stella to make the flower sparkle a bit too.

My colors are courtesy of the Color Throwdown:

I used Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive.  Next up is this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I decided to keep it very CAS this week.  Finally, I chose the sentiment to fit with the Make the Cards Challenge theme:

Always good to have some encouragement cards in the stash.  I have quite a few sentiments that would fit the bill for this, it took me a while to choose exactly which one to use.

Hope you have a great weekend, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Flowing Flowers, Arctic Bears
Ink:  Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate, Old Olive
Paper:  Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Matte Decorative Dots, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella