The Paper Players #773

Sorry to bombard your inbox again today but The Paper Players challenge inspired a card for my great-granddaughter's birthday and the linky closes early tomorrow.

This darling little stamp is from MFT, colored with Zig brush markers, and since she will be 1 in March, I added the number to one of the balloons.  The sentiment is from Altenew. 

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Just Us GIrls #811 - Mood Board Week

Lisa is the host for mood board week at Just Us Girls and she has a wonderful photo to inspire your card for this week's challenge.

Doesn't that look luscious?  What sparks your imagination?  I did a mix-up.

I took the cup and put the flowers in it. 😁  The Greetery geraniums were cut from SB blush and inked in the center with Kitsch Flamingo DI. They were arranged along with leaves cut from a green scrap in a mug from Memory Box cut from Pink Sand, also from SB. The embossed background is the Blossom Field folder from SSS and the sentiment is a BetterPress.  

There is inspiration abound from the Design Team and our guest designer Denise Morgans from The Crafty Den.  I hope you check them out and make a card based on the photo.

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Time Out #307

Time Out has a photo challenge featuring a bag made by former design team member Kim Heggins.  The winner will receive the bag as their prize.

The stripes and polka dots sent me searching for patterned paper in my extremely large stash.

What first jumped out at me was the striped panel that was a freebie from Honey Bee.  I didn't have any lavender dots so I made my own using C9 Lilac cardstock and the Dot Fade stencil from TH with Unicorn White ink.  Altenew's Garden Rose was cut from it and some of the petals popped up.  The sentiment is a hot foiled one from SB.

You will be amazed at how creative the Design Team is with this photo challenge. Go check them out and be inspired to make a card. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #723

The sketch from Freshly Made Sketches has me going back to one of my older Concord and 9th stamp sets and a play with Zigs that I hadn't done for quite a while.

The Happy Day cake was stamped on Bristol, colored and die cut.  Though not the same size, I thought the cake plate looked like the oval in the sketch.  To emphasize that, the dark gray was cut with a SSS curved die, stamped with a sentiment from My Sentiments Exactly and embossed with SU Tasteful Textiles.  When June comes I need a number of anniversary cards so this will help fill my quota.

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Just Us Girls #810 - Word Week

The word of the week is Valentine chosen by Carol, our host at Just Us Girls.

I needed some valentines for my youngest great grandsons and this was the perfect opportunity to get them made.

This little fellow is from Concord and 9th's Monster Love, cut in Gina K Key Lime. The patterned paper was a leftover piece in my stash and I paired it with some C9 Pebble cardstock embossed with the SB Cross My Heart folder. The heart was heat embossed with a sentiment from The Greetery (perfect size for small areas) and put on a paper pop up.  

There is another monster in the set so they'll each get one.

He was cut from Sea Glass and colored with artist markers.  The patterned paper was an older piece from my stash and the heart is heat embossed with another sentiment from The Greetery's Love Sentiments Suite. It's on a paper pop up.  

This is a good chance for you to get your Valentines made if you like to send them.  The Design Team and our guest Denise Morgans have some fabulous inspiration for you on the blog.  We hope to see you in the gallery.

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The Paper Players #772

Ann has a beautiful array of colors for the challenge at The Paper Players and I was inspired by DT Claire's card.

 

This die set from Concord and 9th is called Spring Print.  I usually make a template to know where the 'puzzle' pieces go by embossing the panel with the die.  After doing that I thought the background needed something but once I embossed  with Altenew's Crystal Wall folder the template disappeared.  I think I did a pretty good job figuring out where they go based on a previous card front I saved just for that purpose.  I have had those Altenew Enamel Dots for ages and they were the perfect color to accent the blooms.  The foiled sentiment is from Spellbinders. 

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