Sunday, May 3, 2026

Girl Time with The Paper Players

Happy Sunday,  y'all!  Seems like stampers enjoyed Stef's sketch last week for The Paper Players just as much as I did : ) and now it's time for a new challenge brought to us by the wonderful Jaydee:


Girl time!  Your card doesn't have to be pink, but mine is.  Here's what I made:

I once went on a girls' trip to Paris with my friend Krissy (we lived in Germany at the time so it was just a short train ride away, so why not) and I had Paris on the brain because I recently bought some address labels with artwork of the Eiffel Tower and flowers on them, so I thought I'd make that in card form.  I actually started this card with the Eyelet Blooms die that was the April product of the month and built everything else on top of it.  I love the look of pale Pink Pirouette with black accents, and added in a bit of Pool Party just because I liked it.  The big flowers are from an old, old stamp set called Embrace Life, and I used a blending brush to add some ink to the flower centers and then used a marker to add darker pink too before I fussy cut them.  A few rhinestones and some crocheted trim and here we are.

Hope you'll enjoy this challenge too, after all we have Mother's Day coming up so we need some feminine cards, right?  The hubs asked me the other day if I wanted anything in particular for Mother's Day and I told him he bought me two more orchids at the store the other day...okay I bought them but he has to take care of them because both my thumbs are the blackest black and I can't keep plants alive for anything.  We already had a yellow orchid, and I got a blue-violet one with freckles and a teeny-tiny one with white flowers.  I do love to have orchids by my kitchen sink, especially since I'm not the one taking care of them.  We had five tiny ones above our kitchen sink in Germany.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Parisian Beauty, Embrace Life, Happy Happenings
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Pink Pirouette
Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Basic Black, Basic White, Parisian Blossoms Specialty DSP 
Accessories:  Parisian dies, Eyelet Blooms die, some kind of label punch, rhinestones, black crocheted trim, 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



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!


7 comments:

  1. Bonjour! I love this fabulous card. The eyelet die on the pink cardstock is the perfect background for the Eiffel Tower and those gorgeous flowers. I love the black crocheted trim and the Pool Party sentiment pops. I hope you have a marvelous week, My Friend!

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  2. OH my gosh---this may be one of my most favorite cards you ever made, Christy! I love it! I was happy to see that embossed background, but the pink, black and pool party combo---amazing! Great card all around!

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  3. Lovely color tones as well as layout makes for a gorgeous card.

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  4. What a beautiful card, Christy! The embossed panel makes a lovely backdrop for the Eiffel Tower and the flowers. The color combination is gorgeous. What a perfect feminine card! Have a wonderful week!

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  5. My word - evocations of Paris, lace, diamonds, pretty flowers - you've knocked the feminine vibes out of the park. :-)

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  6. This is fabulous Christy! The pale pink and black combined are a chic combination and I love the addition of the Tiffany-esque blue too. The Eiffel Tower with those blousy blooms behind works so well and the lacy Eyelet Blooms die on the background is the perfect finishing touch. Gorgeous!

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  7. What a beautiful recreation of what I imagine was an amazing address label to use. Pink Pirouette was always one of my favorite pinks and it looks fabulous with the strip of Pool Party and the use of black. That embossing folder seems to be everyone's fav and it does have the feminine vibe. Such a beautiful card, Christy, and great fun to read about your exploits while living in Germany!

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