The Paper Players Autumn Palette

Good morning, y'all!  Hard to believe it's already time for another Paper Players challenge, but here we are!  This week the lovely Jan has an equally lovely autumnal color combination for us:

And here's what I made:

I actually made two other cards before this one (which I will share later), I don't know if it's impostor syndrome or what but I always want to make Very Sure that I have made the best card I can for every Paper Players challenge and sometimes that means I make more than one.  

Anyway, I got out the retired Painted Pheasant (which my brain thought was called Pleasant Pheasant, probably because one of the greeting stamps has the word pleasant in it).  The bird and the greeting are both inked up with Versamark + Early Espresso, stamped, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder, which is a great trick to get embossing done in any ink color.  Yes you get some Versamark in your colored ink pads, but I've been doing this for years and I've never noticed anything happening to my ink pads because of it.  I wanted to emboss so that I could watercolor a bit of Cajun Craze on the pheasant's body, and I also added some Mossy Meadow to his head and did the patch around his eye with Cajun Craze blends (I looked at a photo of a pheasant when choosing how to color him).  I fussy cut him out and then added a few stamped layers for a backdrop, finishing off with some Low-Profile Sparkle Dots in Mossy Meadow.

I hope that you'll join in the fun and add your colorful creation to the linky on the Paper Players blog.  Don't forget to check out what my teamies made, too!  Here's a reminder of the challenge rules:

1.  Create a new paper project
2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission
3.  Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL
4.  Have fun!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Eliz Stewart

you are here --> Christy Stanford

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Pheasant
Ink:  Versamark, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze; Stampin' Blends in Ivory and Cajun Craze
Paper:  Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Thick Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Lots of Labels Framelits, Dimensionals, Low-Profile Sparkle Dots

Pumpkin Harvest

Mornin' y'all.  Moving slow this morning as the hubs returned from a quick trip to DC late last night and it took me forever to get back to sleep when he came in.  Been busy this morning too, going to the store (again), doing the dishes, and I have the first of many loads of laundry in the washer because I didn't actually do it the other day when I said I was going to.  Oops.

Anyway, while I might start making Christmas cards, I also want to spotlight my FAVORITE holiday so here is today's card:

Yes, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, mostly because PIESSSS (so many pies) and also sweet potato casserole.  I'm the only one in my household who likes sweet potato casserole so I only make it for Thanksgiving, and actually I usually only make pies at Thanksgiving too.  If we're celebrating other friends or family, I make two apple pies so the hubs doesn't have to share because if I only made one, he would sword-fight other people with his fork and knife to keep them away from his apple pie.  Pumpkin is my favorite though and I use a pumpkin praline pie recipe that I found in a cookbook we got for our wedding over 20 years ago.

Anyway, now I'm craving pie but let's talk about challenges, starting with the Creative Colour Challenge for this week:

The Blueberry Bushel is only on the sky in the pumpkin image, and I added Early Espresso and Pecan Pie (oh look, more pie) for neutrals.  Next up is the As You See It theme challenge:

My main image is from Best of Autumn, which is a smaller version of one of the stamps in Harvest Home and I kinda wish I'd found the bigger stamp but too late now.  I'm also not sure how much I like the layout I came up with...it seemed like a good idea at the time but I'm not sure I like the effect.  Well, not every card can be your favorite and this will still go out in the mail in the next couple of weeks.

I have one crazy doggo who really wants to go on a walk, so I should go do that before she gets too pushy.  Maybe the washer will be done by the time we get back and I can start a second load of laundry, so I have that to look forward to, ha.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Best of Autumn, Petite Patterns, Painted Pheasant
Ink:  Versamark, Early Espresso, Blueberry Bushel, Timid Tiger, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Timid Tiger, Early Espresso, Thick Basic White, Crushed Curry DSP
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies, Stitched Rectangles dies, clear EP, Streaked Dots, Dimensionals

SUO Challenges: Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Tuesday, stampy friends!  It's time for a new challenge from SUO Challenges!

Hope you enjoyed the coloring challenge from last time, but today we've got a new one for you: we're celebrating Thanksgiving!  So here's what I made:

The Painted Pheasant stamp set was pretty much made for this challenge, am I right?  I inked up the pheasant with Versamark and Cajun Craze inks, stamped, and heat embossed with clear EP.  Then I added the other stamped bits so he'd have something to stand on.  It's fun sometimes to use a color other than white or vanilla for the main image panel, what do you think?

We hope you'll upload your own Thanksgiving creation on the SUO Challenges blog.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Pheasant, Wildlife Wonder
Ink:  Versamark, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry
Paper:  Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry, Thick Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze DSP
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangles dies, Potted Succulents dies, Rustic Metallic Adhesive Dots, Dimensionals

Give Thanks with the Paper Players

Hey y'all!  It's Sunday and that means it's time for a new Paper Players challenge!

This week's theme is brought to us by Claire and it's a fun one!  Here's what I made:

I love that fall leaf pattern from the Rings of Love DSP from Sale-a-Bration, so I started with that and then built a little collage with some elements from Ringed with Nature and the Natural Prints dies.  I think what took the longest was playing around with the pieces to decide where each bit should go, but I like what I ended up with.

So now it's your turn!  Don't forget to upload your card at the Paper Players blog.  Have fun!

Stamps:  Ringed with Nature, Painted Pheasant
Ink:  Soft Suede, Evening Evergreen, Poppy Parade
Paper:  Crushed Curry, Thick Basic White, Rings of Love DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Natural Prints dies, Stitched Rectangles dies, Dimensionals

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