The Paper Players Challenge #535: Jaydee's Theme Challenge

 Hi Friends! A card today to celebrate Spring and finally some sun here! I'm playing along over at The Paper Players Challenge where Jaydee is hosting a fun theme:

Here's my card that I put together for my DIL:

I added a piece of MFT Petite Gingham DSP to a Stampin' Up Basic White cardbase. The fun image from Simon Says Stamp was colored with Stampin' Up Blends, die cut, and added to the card base.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set, die cut, and popped up.  I added a little butterfly sparkled up with Nuvo Glitter Gloss and some rhinestones to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hope you're having a good week (and some Spring sun)!

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #107

 Hi Friends! Time for another fun board over at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge:

This week I played along with the first row down: Butterfly, Square, and Friend.

I kept it clean and simple to focus on the beautiful butterfly.  I masked off a square and used Distress Oxide inks to blend the background.  I also used a stitched rectangle die to add some interest around the square.  The butterfly was die cut from white cardstock and vellum, adding pearls to the body.  

Here are the products I used:

Stampin' Up Basic White cardstock and SU Vellum

SU Brilliant Wings Dies

SU A Touch of Ink (sentiment)

Taylored Expressions Stitched Rectangles

SU Pearl Basic Jewels

Distress Oxides: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Cracked Pistachio, & Broken China

Thanks for stopping by!  We hope you'll pick a row and play along this week!

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #533: A CAS Challenge from Ann

 Hi there!  The Paper Players Challenge this week is a CAS one with an Animals theme:

So...since it's raining cats and dogs here...I played with an old puppy stamp from my stash:

After a lot of masking and stenciling with Distress Inks, I added the pup to the brick wall and did some simple coloring with my Prismacolor pencils. The puppy stamp is by Great Impressions and the sentiment from Stampin' Up's A Touch of Ink stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week and Happy Spring!

Hugs,

Annie 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #105

 Hi Friends! Time to hop on and play with us over at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge.  This board has EASTER written all over it!

Here's my Easter card working with the first row down:  Bunny, Pastel Colors, & Die Cuts

On a mini slimline card base, I popped up a blended sky layer using MFT's cloud stencil.  The sweet bunny from Taylored Expressions was stamped, embossed, colored with Prismacolor pencils, and die cut.  The sentiment was also embossed and popped up.

We hope you'll play along this week!

Thanks for visiting,

Annie  

The Paper Players #531: Claire's Theme Challenge

 Hi Friends! I was able to spend a bit of time to play along with The Paper Players latest challenge hosted by Claire:

Spring is in the air here and Easter is just right around the corner!  I pulled out my stamps to start my Easter cards and here's one of them:

This was a fun card to create using Taylored Expressions Good Egg Stamp & Stencil Combo.  I first stamped and white heat embossed the eggs, then used Distress Oxide inks and the stencil to color in the eggs.  The sentiment is also from TE and popped up on a DSP panel.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #103

Hi Friends!  A new week and a new board from Tic Tac Toe!  

My card today is following the first row down:  Splatter, Flowers, and Green.

On a SU Granny Apple Green card base, I layered a piece of embossed (SU Scripty 3D EF) ombre DSP after splattering with white paint.  The SU Art Gallery floral was stamped with Daffodil Delight and Bumblebee, die cut, and popped up on a stitched scalloped rectangle.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set. I tied a bit of polka dot ribbon and layered the rectangle on top.    

Thanks for stopping by ~ we hope you'll play along this week.

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #530: Ann's Sketch Challenge

 Hi Friends! Today I'm posting for the latest challenge over at The Paper Players:

Ann has come up with a great sketch and since "spring" was in the air here yesterday, I went with a springy Easter card:

On a pink card base, I first embossed a yellow cardstock layer from my scraps with a basket weave embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts. The next layer is a background I created quite a while ago with an old Bokeh stamp set and Catherine Pooler inks.  I popped up a chick, colored with Copics, that never made it on a card last Easter from Pink & Main's Easter Peeps stamp set along with a sentiment from the same set.  It felt good to use bits and pieces that I had saved...I definitely need to do that more often!

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

Hugs,

Annie