The Paper Players #475: A Sketch Challenge from Joanne

Hi Friends! This week Joanne is hosting the Sketch Challenge over at The Paper Players and it's a great one with soooo many different ways to go:

I'm in the middle of making my Valentine's cards and thought this sketch was perfect for my DGS's card featuring 6 different alien monsters for my favorite human!

First, I stamped the brick background before cutting the six holes in the card layers.  I then stamped and die cut the monsters (MFT 'More Monsters') in rainbow colors and popped them into place.  I white heat embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set and popped it up.  For finishing touches, I used a white gel pen, a Nuvo Glitter Gloss pen, and Glossy Accents for the eyeballs.   I love these guys!

Thanks for stopping by today ~ hope you're having a good week!

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #474: A CAS Challenge from Laurie

Hi there! Back again with a second card today for the latest challenge over at The Paper Players.  This time we are working on Clean & Simple designs with a 'Fashion Fun' theme:

This is when I realized that my stash does not include a lot of 'fashion' items but I remembered a dress die from Memory Box that I've had for a long time.  I originally had used it for a wedding shower and thought I could have some "fashion fun" with it for this challenge!

First, I stamped the Roses All Over background stamp (MFT) with Distress Spun Sugar ink on the Neenah Solar White card base.  Then I die cut the dress out of AC pink glitter paper and white foam, glued them together, and added a black ribbon sash and pink gems.  I found this sentiment from MFT (Anything but Basic B'day Wishes) that I thought would work and stamped on the card front.  A very girly card, don't you think? 

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you're having a great week!

Hugs,

Annie    

Seize the Birthday #181: Stencils

Hi Friends! Today I'm playing along over at Seize the Birthday where it's always Anything Goes for a Birthday Theme with an optional Topping of 'Stencils" this time around:

I used a couple of different stencils for this card.  First I used Distress Oxide inks (Spun Sugar, Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac) with MFT's Big Balloons Stencil.  I used the stencil again to add Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone to the center balloon for some bling and texture.  I drew bows and balloon strings and added white gel pen highlights to all the balloons.  I thought the card looked a little too plain, so I fussy cut masks for the balloons and used MFT's Cloud Stencil to add a cloud-filled background.  Finally I white heat embossed the sentiment (MFT) and popped it up on the watercolor card layer.  I added a few confetti sequins and called it done!

It was fun to play with stencils and ink and actually made several backgrounds as long as I was getting inky 😉.  Thanks STB for a fun challenge!

Hope everyone is having a good week ~ Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,
Annie

Shopping our Stash #411: Gnome Sweet Gnome

Oh! This challenge from Shopping our Stash was perfect for me! I really went overboard making little gnomes from the Simon Says Stamp Christmas card kit and half of them were hanging around in a Ziploc baggy on my desk!

So I grabbed a little guy and made a Valentine's Day card to play along:

I stamped a background of X's & O's from Concord & 9th with SSS Fog ink on SSS Fog cardstock.  I added a red mirror card balloon die cut (MFT) with silver thread and layered my gnomie on washi and a heart stamped strip (also Concord & 9th).  The inside sentiment is "Happy Valentine's Day!"  I like the idea of gnomes on Valentines so I'm sure I'll make more of these with my stash!

Thanks for stopping by ~ have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #472: Theme Challenge from Jaydee

Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to more fun challenges in 2020 from The Paper Players!  The first one of the year is hosted by the talented Jaydee and it's a Theme Challenge:

The Theme is "Something New" and first on my mind was my health.  I usually don't get too personal on my blog, but for the past 15 months I've gone through intensive chemotherapy, radiation, and spent all of 2019 receiving bi-weekly immunotherapy treatments for cancer.  I 'graduated' from immunotherapy on January 3rd and I'm now in check-in mode with my Oncologist every 3 months. In other words, I'm a survivor, and there are a bunch of folks that helped me get through.  The nurses at the Cancer Center were angels in tennis shoes and I am so grateful for their kindness and support!  Thus my card is for my new health situation and to thank my nursing team...all heroes in my book.

This card project used MFT's 'Call the Shots' stamps & dies, MFT's Impact Alphabet dies, Stampin' Up cardstock, and scrap DSP.  The nurse was colored with Copics and the Nurse sentiment was glittered up with Nuvo Glitter Gloss.  The inside sentiment reads "Thank you for making me feel better." 

Thanks so much for stopping by and here's to a happy and healthy 2020!

Hugs,

Annie   

Seize the Birthday #180: Layer It!

Happy New Year and welcome to my revamped blog! I decided I would change it up for 2020 with a simpler, fresh look!  I still have some tweeking to do but I like it so far.

Speaking of favorites, I'm playing along over at Seize the Birthday in their latest challenge.  Love their newly designed graphics!

Over at STB, it's always "Anything Goes" for a Birthday theme with an optional Topping.  The Topping this time is "Layer It."  And y'all know I love Toppings so here's my card:

My thought was to use some of my foiling products and "layer." I used my laminator, Deco Foil in Champagne and Gina K. Foil Mates for the sentiment and polka dot accent layer.  Unfortunately I can never photograph foiled cards well.  It looks black but it really is a beautiful champagne color!  <sigh>

The background is from Stampin' Up's Year of Cheer DSP.  I layered everything on a graphite cardstock base from Memory Box and added Moonstone sequins to finish it up.  It felt good to use all older supplies from my stash for this card.  Maybe I should try to do that more often!

Thanks for stopping by and may this new year be everything you want it to be!

Hugs,

Annie A.

"Don't look back. You're not going that way."

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