The Paper Players #525: Joanne's Sketch Challenge

 Hello Friends! I was finally able to play along with a challenge today...it's been a while!   I'm linking up to the latest challenge over at The Paper Players where Joanne has put together an easy sketch:

And to make it even more fun, I was finally able to play with new stuff from Stampin' Up!  My card is using the Art Gallery stamps and dies as well as the gorgeous Fine Art Floral DSP:

Using just one piece of 6x6 DSP, I cut the top panel using Mama Elephant's rectangle scalloped die, then flipped the DSP over for the background layer and popped up the scalloped die cut.  The artsy flower was stamped with SU's Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, and Crushed Curry and layered and popped up over the stem in Old Olive.  The sentiment is also from the same stamp set.  What a fun sketch!

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Hugs,

Annie 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #097

 Happy New Year and welcome back for another fun Tic Tac Toe Challenge!  Here's the board for this week:

I started with the first row down:  Flowers, Coloring/Ink Blending, and Stencil. 

 

I have this new stamp set from Concord & 9th called In Bloom.  As part of their bundle, it comes with the stamp, dies, AND these very cool stencils that you use to fill in the colors on your stamped image.  Since I did not feel like coloring with Copics or any markers (sometimes I just don't :), this set was perfect for my mood.  I used Distress Oxide inks with the stencils to ink blend and it was so fun and not nearly as stressful as "going outside the lines!"  In fact, I had so much fun, I did a second card using the first row across: Flowers, Twine/Ribbon, and Pink:

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

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #095

 Hello Friends!  It's the last Tic Tac Toe Challenge for 2020.  We'll be back in January to kick off a New Year.  This week we continue to celebrate the holidays with another fun board:

I had a hard time deciding which row to use this time - so many great choices!  Here's the first card using the 2nd row across:  Red, Die Cut & Poinsettia.  I used the Plush Poinsettia DSP from Stampin' Up which is flocked and so pretty on the vellum.

Then I made a second card following the 2nd row down: Bricks, Die Cut & Stocking.  I had left over bits from Stampin' Up's Tag Buffet that worked perfectly for the stocking against a brick embossed layer.

Hope you'll play along with us and that you have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  See you in 2021!

Hugs,

Annie

 

Shopping Our Stash #435: What's black and white and red all over?

 Hello Friends,

Today I'm also playing along over at Shopping Our Stash where the challenge is to create a black, white, and red project. 

 It just happens to be one of my all time favorite color combinations.  I played around with a card kit from Impress using the Spellbinders "Building Snowman" die, Poppystamp frame dies, and DSP from Carta Bella and MFT.  I love the silhouette look!  The sentiment is from Penny Black's "Bright and Light" stamp set and I thought it was perfect for the scene.

Thanks for stopping by.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hugs,

Ann

The Paper Players #521: Claire's Color Challenge

 Hello Friends!  Claire over at The Paper Players has come up with a wonderful color challenge to finish off the year:

It reminds me of celebrations of any kind but was a great starting point for my Happy New Year cards:

On a white card base, I layered a black frame and inlaid a piece of Stampin' Up's Year of Cheer DSP.  The numbers were die cut (MFT) from Stampin' Up Silver Metallic cardstock and a Happy New Year sentiment strip from SSS popped up.  I added rhinestones and silver confetti sequins to finish off the card.  It's very shiny and sparkly but hard to photograph!

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for a Very Happy New Year!

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #093

Happy Holidays! Today we have a brand new board for you over at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge:

Lots of fun choices for your holiday cards on this one!  For my DT card, I played along with the first row across: Snowman, Thanks & Embossing Paste. 

I stamped a piece of Stampin' Up Pool Party cardstock with Pool Party ink using various snowflake stamps from Simon Says Stamp.  On a smaller piece of Pool Party, I stenciled snowflakes using Faber-Castell Glass Bead Glitter Gel...so sparkly and fun!  I layered both on a piece of Stampin' Up Real Red cardstock and then on a Neenah Solar White card base.  The stamped and die cut snowman is from an old Stamps of Life set called 'snowman2build.' I paper pieced his gloves and scarf from a scrap of Real Red DSP and added white gel pen highlights.  To finish the card, I heat embossed the Concord & 9th sentiment, die cut a banner, and popped it up.

Thanks "snow much" for stopping by!  I hope you'll find some time during this busy season to play along with us over at TTTC this week.

Hugs,

Annie
 

The Paper Players #520: A Theme from Joanne

 Hi Friends! Today I'm playing along over at The Paper Players where Joanne is hosting a Theme Challenge for Christmas:

I'm still working on Christmas cards and I'm sure I have enough but I just LOVE making them!  My card today is clean and simple using MFT's Winter Songbirds and Winter Wreath, colored with Stampin' Up Blends.  

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Holidays!

Hugs,

Annie