Beach, Please with The Paper Players

Happy Sunday, y'all!  It's time for a new challenge from The Paper Players, and the lovely LeAnne has a fun theme for us!

My hubs and kiddo are both total water babies, so I do tend to buy stamps that have to do with the ocean, pools, the beach, etc.  So here's what I made:

My card base is Barely Blush, though it's a little hard to tell from the photo since it's such a pale color.  I haven't had good luck with the ink color but I do like the cardstock for this color.  I am 100% CASEing Jan's Paper Players card from a couple challenges back for my card today!  I turned my card vertical rather than horizontal and used a watery stamp from Rolling Waves for my horizontal element instead of the die, and then I layered on a net from the long-retired Sea of Textures and a pretty shell from By the Tide.  One antique pearl (because this is a CAS card) and done.  I actually made this card first:

Well, actually, I made it fourth but we'll get to that in a minute.  I thought this card ended up being a little too similar to Jan's new card for this week so I made the vertical one instead, but this one took some experimentation to find the right blue for my wave.  I ended up with Baja Breeze, but not before I tried three other colors:

Sorry for the shadow, but that's the best I could do in my house.  That's Hydrangea Hue, Balmy Blue (my ink pad is extra juicy right now so it turned out so dark), and Pool Party (also extra juicy).  Even though the Barely Blush card base is super pale, it still altered the ink colors of the blue enough that it did take some experimentation to find the right blue for the look I wanted.  But now I have some beachy cards to send out next week and that's no bad thing.

Check out the other design team creations on the Paper Players blog, and you can hop through their individual blogs to leave some comments too:

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

you are here --> Christy Stanford

And then upload your card at the Paper Players blog!  Keep in mind a few simple 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!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  By the Tide, Rolling Waves, Sea of Textures
Ink:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Night of Navy
Paper:  Barely Blush, Whisper White
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Antique Pearls
Paper:  Barely Blush, 

Beach Umbrellas

Mornin' y'all!  Still trying to adjust to Ryan's schedule this week but by the time I do, it will change for next week : p  As soon as I write this blog post, it will be time to pack up lunches and go pick him up for a car picnic, then I'll be back at the house for about two hours before I pick him up again.

Anyway, I had started a card during yesterday's chaos and didn't finish, so I had to get that done this morning and here it is:

I had to pull out Rolling Waves for this Time Out Challenge:

I tried to make this look different than the other cards I've made with these stamps and dies, and if you look at the edges of the white foam, they overlap the edges of the main image panel just because I thought it was fun that way.  I got my colors from the Inspired By... Challenge:

I used Tahitian Tide, Strawberry Slush, Tangelo Twist, Crushed Curry, and I needed a sandy color so I used Crumb Cake for that.  I do love those die cut umbrellas!

That's it for now, peeps.  I have several ideas that I want to get down on paper this afternoon so here's hoping my PM session will be productive.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Rolling Waves
Ink:  Tahitian Tide
Paper:  Tahitian Tide, Crumb Cake, Tangelo Twist, Strawberry Slush, Crushed Curry, Whisper White
Accessories:  Rolling Waves dies, Dimensionals, In Color Pearls in Tahitian Tide

A Perfect Beach Day

Mornin' y'all, and happy Friday!  After getting some severe thunderstorms earlier this week, it looks gorgeous out today so I'm looking forward to my daily perambulation with Daphne.  Mostly it has rained in the afternoons or evenings, so I've still gotten to take her for her walks this week, but yesterday I did think we might get rained on before we made it home (we did not).

Anyway, today's card is all about water of a different sort:

Joanne has used that new water mask and made it look so great that it's in my SU! shopping cart right now, but since I haven't bought it yet, I made a mask out of one of the Rolling Waves dies to give a watery feel to my backdrop (still looking forward to getting that other mask in the not-so-distant future).  I started with some juicy colors from As You See It:

I started out with one swimsuit stamped in Berry Burst and the other in Melon Mambo, but then I switched to both in Melon Mambo and stamped the greeting in Berry Burst, added a thin mat in that color around my pool, and some Berry Burst sequins.  I used this week's sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

I have the main elements there, and though I did change where a few things are I think you can see the original sketch in my design.  I'm also entering at Festive Friday:

I think I have purple, pink, and blue though you might debate me on that (I think Berry Burst is a shade of purple, Melon Mambo is hot pink, and Coastal Cabana is a blue), and I definitely have sequins and polka dots.  And earlier this morning I thought of another stamp that I could have used for this challenge so we'll see if I get a second card made : )

I'd better take Miss Daphne out for her walk before the insurance agent gets here...the hubs was out in his truck in the hail earlier this week and got hit pretty bad, so someone is coming to take a look at the truck today.  Which means I'm not driving anywhere since I'm not comfortable driving that big ol' truck, which means I will be doing crafty time after walking Daph.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sunny Splash, Rolling Waves
Ink:  Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo, Berry Burst
Paper:  Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, Coastal Cabana, Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist DSP
Accessories:  Perennial Postage dies, Rolling Waves dies, Tutti Frutti sequins, Dimensionals

Red, White, & Beach for SUO Challenges

Mornin', stampy friends!  I'm going to type fast because I need to take Ryan to camp in about five minutes, so lets' introduce today's new challenge from SUO Challenges!

So I had a bit of a think and I wanted to use a newer stamp set as opposed to one of my retired patriotic ones, so here's what I made:

Okay, I am pretty happy with how this turned out.  For the umbrellas, I cut two out of white cardstock and one of the stripey ones from Real Red, and topped them with a Misty Moonlight enamel dot from back when it was an In Color.  Easy peasy.  For the waves, I inked up one of the big "shadow" stamps using a sponge to keep the ink from getting dark, and then stamped it several times on white cardstock until I liked it.  I die cut the top edge, then sponged around the other three edges for a bit more depth.  For the foam part, I die cut it from white cardstock and then embossed the entire thing with clear EP so it's shiny, which of course doesn't show up in the photo but it looks good IRL!  A bit of sand stamped along the waterline and a greeting, and there's my card done using only the challenge colors plus some Whisper White.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!  Upload your project at the SUO Challenges blog and don't forget, it's Stampin' Up! only.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Rolling Waves
Ink:  Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White
Accessories:  Rolling Waves dies, In Color Enamel Dots (retired), clear EP

A Beachy Sketch for SUO Challenges

Goooood morning stampy friends!  Are you ready for a new challenge from SUO Challenges?  Because we have one heading your way, and it's a fun sketch:

I mentioned yesterday that I finally got the Rolling Waves bundle in my hot little hands, and I couldn't resist using it for this sketch, so here's my card:

I had a good time layering the dies and the stamped detail for the waves, with the white foam standing in for the green strip on the sketch.  I combined two sets of circle dies for the sentiment and the only thing I wish I could change is where I put the seashell, it should be up closer to the sentiment but I'd already glued it down so there it stays.  A few In Color Dots and done!

I do have to say, though, that somehow I managed to order TWO of this bundle, I guess I was just so excited when it finally was back in stock?  That's the first time that's happened in over twenty years of being a demo for SU!, and in fact I had no idea that SU! doesn't do returns, only exchanges.  So I sent back the extra bundle for a very boring exchange of cardstock and some stamp cases.  That'll teach me to look more carefully before I submit an order!

Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy this sketch as much as I did, and upload your card to the SUO Challenges blog.  Don't forget that this is a Stampin' Up! Only challenge, like it says on the tin : ) Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Rolling Waves
Ink:  Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Basic White
Accessories:  Rolling Waves dies, Spotlight on Nature dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, In Color Dots