Weather Channel with The Paper Players

Mornin' y'all!  Sunday means it's time for a new challenge from The Paper Players...I think the colors I picked last week scared some people away, so I hope lots of stampers join in Jan's new Clean and Simple challenge!

Y'all know my brain is a bit wily, and as soon as I saw this challenge my wily brain immediately said...

TORNADO FROM WIZARD OF OZ!!!  And yes, I do have Wizard of Oz stamps.  Actually, I have Wizard of Oz stamps from multiple companies; the two I used today were part of a sheet (or possibly two?) of unmounted rubber stamps that I acquired years ago and I have no idea who the manufacturer is.  I've used some other stamps from this set on a scrapbook layout before and I have lots more images that I haven't inked up at all yet, plus the stamps from other manufacturers too.  (And as much as I love the original Wizard of Oz, I am Not A Fan of Wicked...I read it when the book came out and I just hated it!!)  Anyway, I had to go with a sepia tone to match the beginning of the movie, and just a teensy bit of blue gingham to call Dorothy's dress to mind.

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

Anne Marie Hile

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:
Stamps:  Wizard of Oz stamps by ???
Ink:  Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Creamy Caramel
Paper:  Pecan Pie, Basic White, Gingham Gala DSP Stack
Accessories:  Rectangles Stitched dies, Dimensionals

Before Pictures

Mornin' y'all!  My brother and his family left yesterday morning, taking Ryan with them to spend time with his grandparents in Texas, and the hubs has a 4-day weekend off work so guess what we're doing...painting the master suite!  This is the last area to still be ugly greige, though I do want to repaint the main area of the house because it ended up being baby blue instead a bluish neutral like I wanted.

So our house is technically three bedrooms; we have Ryan's room, the guest room, and the master, but the master suite has the bathroom, a sitting area I suppose you'd call it, and then the master bedroom itself.  Well, the hubs and I don't need a bedroom that's big enough to play soccer in, so we put our bed and dressers in the smaller sitting room area (closer to the bathroom) and the bigger area is what I like to call the warcraft room.  The boys like to play World of Tanks on the laptop in here, and I do crafts.  Here's what it looked like last weekend when I cleaned everything up before our guests arrived:

Hi Daphne : )  In the left corner that you can't see, there's a shelving unit with all my 12x12 cardstock and DSP, then there's two plastic drawer things under the windows which you can see to the left.  In the back corner is the shelving unit with my completed scrapbook pages and some other odds and ends, the back wall has the vast majority of my stamps, and in the right corner is another shelving unit with scrapbook albums in it.  Then on the right wall you see my file cabinets with cardstock in them, and then a hutch which is where my Big Shot lives and more storage.  In the middle, we have two tables back to back and an odd assortment of storage and furniture, so I have my ink caddies on the left and on the right are drawers holding my markers and other supplies.  Yes, I realize that I have a ridiculous amount of craft supplies.

So yesterday I spent hours clearing stuff out of here in preparation to paint this weekend.  Not only do we have to paint the walls, we have to paint the ceilings because I am NOT staring at ugly greige ceilings if I don't have to, and I'm not a fan of the color drenching thing so we've painted all the other ceilings a creamy white to match the baseboards.

So this is what the loft area currently looks like, and since Ryan isn't here, I took over his bedroom too:

And here's what the craft room looked like when I called it quits yesterday afternoon:

I had left that one container of SU! stamps on the shelf, thinking that I would make a card or two to wind down yesterday, but I was just worn out from all the heavy lifting so I didn't make anything.  I think I may postpone this week's Nancy Drew Challenge because I have one card made, but I wanted to make a second and it just hasn't happened yet.  I do have my Paper Players card all done for Sunday and SUO Challenges for next Tuesday taken care of, but anything else I think is going to have to wait.

I'm going to take Daphne for a walk before we get stuck in for today, hopefully that will loosen up my muscles because I'm sore from all that work yesterday.  Wish us luck with painting these three rooms, and stay tuned for the after pictures!

Seahorse Thoughts

Mornin' y'all!  All our guests have left, the hubs went to work this morning, and now it's just me and Daphne in the house.  She kinda wandered around a little bit and whined like she wasn't used to the quiet.  I'm going to take her out for a walk here in a minute, and then I will be taking things out of the craft room because we're going to paint that, the master bedroom, and the master bathroom this weekend.  So it might be a little quiet here while everything is topsy-turvy, but I hope to be back up and running in short order.

In the meantime, have a colorful under the sea card for you today:

I was looking for a stamp set for something else (this has happened a couple of times recently) when Seaside Notions caught my eye and I thought it would be perfect with the Color Dare colors here:

I missed the challenge deadline but oh well.  My added color is a whole lot of Pacific Point, and I had to do another card with the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge:

And actually I made this card before the teacup card I posted last week.  That's it for now, kids, check ya later!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Seaside Notions, On the Grow
Ink:  Early Espresso, Pacific Point, Stampin' Blends in Calypso Coral & Berry Burst
Paper:  Pacific Point, Basic White, Waves of the Ocean DSP
Accessories:  Merriest Trees dies, Rectangles Stitched dies, Calypso Coral bakers twine, Dimensionals

One Fabulous Chicken

Mornin' y'all!  How long has it been since I made a card with the fun chickens in Hey Chuck?  Well, too long as it turns out, so I have one to share today:

CAS on Friday wants to see clean-and-simple cards featuring birds, so this chicken said she's ready for her close-up, Mr. DeMille.  Or is it a rooster?  I'm not an ornithologist, I don't know.  The hubs was sitting across from me as I colored in the image so he chose the colors for those shorts.  I really want a stamp that says "I'll rise, but I won't shine", but since I don't have one (or if I do, it's hiding really well) that Dare to Be Fabulous popped in my head and I just had to use it here.

Hope you have a fabulous day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Hey Chuck, Fabulous Flowers
Ink:  Early Espresso, Pretty Peacock, Stampin' Blends in Poppy Parade, Pecan Pie, Pretty Peacock, Timid Tiger, Pineapple Punch
Paper:  Pretty Peacock, Thick Basic White, Gold Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  Hey Chuck dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals

Fun in the Sun

Mornin' y'all!  Hope you are having a great week, and I have some sunshine to share with you today:

I told you, I love those sunglasses.  I made this for the AAA Cards Challenge:

I think my card fits summer and sun, and summer is also the theme at Just Us Girls:

That's it for now, peeps.  I'm gonna grab my sunnies and head outside.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Summer Happiness
Ink:  Gorgeous Grape, Daffodil Delight, Tahitian Tide Blends
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Summer Happiness dies, Perennial Postage dies, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Flower Lineup

Mornin' y'all!  We have family visiting us for a few days this week, but I made cards ahead of time so I would still have stuff to post here.  Wouldn't want ya'll to think I forgot about you : )

So here is my card for today:

I pulled yet another stamp set out of my To Sell? boxes for today's card, I've hardly ever used Pressed Flowers but it seemed like the stamp set for the job when I saw the Inspired By... Challenge:

I decided to switch out the first color for Rococo Rose, but kept Lost Lagoon and Darling Duckling for the other two colors.  I did a deep dive in my patterned paper hoard in yet another attempt to Just Use The Paper and found a nice light woodgrain pattern to go behind my colorblock flowers.  And there's MORE ribbon, though this Basic Gray taffeta has been in my collection for quite a while.

Well, I'm off to entertain our guests, y'all have a great day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Pressed Flowers, A Touch of Ink
Ink:  Rococo Rose, Lost Lagoon, Darling Duckling, Gray Granite
Paper:  Gray Granite, Rococo Rose, Lost Lagoon, Darling Duckling, Basic White, Festive Farmhouse DSP
Accessories:  Rectangles Stitched dies, Stitched Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Basic Gray taffeta ribbon

Sunny Days with The Paper Players

Good mornin' y'all!  And it's Sunday, which means it's time for a new Paper Players challenge!  I am hosting this month's color challenge and it's right here:

I chose some bright, summery colors and I hope you enjoy them.  You can pick three or use all four, which is what I did:

In addition to all those Halloween goodies I got last week, I also got the upcoming Summer Happiness bundle and how CUTE are those sunglasses!  The greeting is from Sunset Coast, which I've had for a little bit but hadn't inked up until this card, I just liked that greeting with the sunglasses and you know you're going to be seeing them a lot this summer.  And lookit me using more of that ribbon I just got!  Don't know why all of a sudden I want to use ribbon when I've only rarely used it for the last several years.

Hope you enjoy these bright colors as much as I did!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Summer Happiness, Sunset Coast
Ink:  Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana, Lemon Lime Twist, Strawberry Slush Blends
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Lemon Lime Twist, Thick Basic White, Gorgeous Grape DSP
Accessories:  Summer Happiness dies, Nested Essentials dies, Strawberry Slush ribbon & gems, Dimensionals

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

Anne Marie Hile

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!