Sunday, September 30, 2018

Peaceful Noel for PP412

Hello and Happy Sunday to you! I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far. This week at The Paper Players, the lovely and talented Leanne has an awesome Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge for us. It’s super easy to play along. Just pick one row on the board, across, down or diagonally, and create your project featuring those elements. I love Tic-Tac-Toe Challenges because they are a great way to jump-start your creative mojo. 
For my card, I started out using the top row of leaves, patterned paper and green. Then I realized it also works with the left vertical row of leaves, ribbon and die-cuts AND it also fits the bill for the right vertical row of green, any embossing and sequins/glitter. Whew! I almost filled every square on the board. I guess you could say this challenge really inspired me. Thanks LeAnne! :)
I’m on a kick of creating Christmas cards right now. I don’t know what it is but I am really in the holiday spirit early this year. I am absolutely smitten with the Joyous Noel suite of products in the Stampin’ Up!® Holiday Catalog  The Designer Series paper in this suite is one of my very favorites, ever. Every sheet has copper foil accents on one side and another gorgeous pattern on the other. So pretty! I kept the stamping simple on my card, but heat embossed the sentiment for some added shine. Merry Merlot and Tranquil Tide are fabulous colors for Christmas cards, too. 
So rich and elegant. 

The Sprig Punch is a fantastic accent in this collection, as well. I punched out two of the “sprigs” in Copper Foil Paper and two more in the Joyous Noel Glimmer paper. I cut the tree “sprigs” in half and attached them behind the scalloped circle so they were going in opposite directions. 
The inside of my card is here I did most of the stamping. Haha! 
Remember to always decorate the inside of your cards and your envelopes, too. 
It’s a great added touch! 
I also wanted to share a second card I made using the Tic-Tac Toe Challenge. I created this card, well a dozen of them actually, for our team swaps this month. I changed up the colors a little but focused on pretty much the same layout. I can’t get enough of that Designer Series Paper, it just makes me happy. 
Are YOU ready to create using the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge? 
You can link up your project through Friday October 5th, 2018 at Noon PST.
 All of the other details can be found over at The Paper Players 

Please stop by and and show some love to the Design Team and please leave a comment here so I know that you visited today. I’ve listed all of the supplies I used to create this card below. You can click on any of the photos to shop in my online Stampin' Up!® store. 

The Paper Players Design Team
Anne Marie Hile (that’s me!)
Ann Schach
Have a great day today! 
-Anne Marie

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

A Sketch for Santa for PP411

Hello and Happy Sunday to you! This week over at The Paper Players, the lovely and talented Jaydee has a sketch challenge for us. I started out with a few different ideas for this sketch, but ended up creating a fun Christmas card using the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper from the Stampin’ Up!® Holiday Catalog. I’m trying to make fall projects, but clearly have Christmas on my mind right now. 
I think there was something about the diagonal line in the sketch that made me gravitate toward this paper. The white stripes in the paper have an awesome “fuzzy” texture as well. That adds so much extra detail to the card. There is also some of that same detail on Santa's hat. I do love a lot of texture on a card. 
That’s why I also decided to add some Glimmer Paper snowflakes.
Full disclosure: the Santa’s Signpost Framelits actually cut out the images on the DSP, so that makes it super easy to add a fun image to your cards. I didn’t actually stamp and color the image, but that’s ok. Even though this was a “shortcut” you never would have guessed with how long it took me to put this card together. The bow was an element I fiddled with entirely too long, but in the end, made it work. I think. Gah! 

I do have to say that Poppy Parade and Pool Party are a really fun holiday color combo! I really like non-traditional colors and this just makes me happy, along with that little pop of Basic Black. 
I DID color the little stack of presents on the inside of the card, so I didn’t entirely make this a “stamp-free” card. Ha! Thanks for a fabulous sketch challenge this week, Jaydee. I sure hope you will join us and play along. 

You can link up your project through Friday September 28th, 2018 at Noon PST.
 All of the other details can be found over at The Paper Players 

Please stop by and and show some love to the Design Team and please leave a comment here so I know that you visited today. I’ve listed all of the supplies I used to create this card below. You can click on any of the photos to shop in my online Stampin' Up!® store. 

The Paper Players Design Team
Anne Marie Hile (that’s me!)
Ann Schach
Elizabeth Stewart

Have a fantastic day today! 
-Anne Marie

Ps: Just thought I would share a fun photo from our yard. The anoles are all over the place back there and I especially love when they are hanging out in the palm trees. 
Those tiny little “hands” are so cute! :)

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