Magical Day for the Paper Players

Hello friends!  The weeks just fly by and here we are on the 1st of March!  This week at the Paper Players the amazing Christy is hosting, and she has chosen a really fun theme of Mythical Creatures. Think fairies, elves, leprechauns, dragons, aliens (I guess?), unicorns, mermaids...anyway, I think you get the picture!

Paper Players

I have a few "mythical creatures" in my crafty stash but I've been working on cards for children and teens to contribute to the Cards for Cubs card drive for children in the foster system, so I pulled out an old favorite stamp and die set from MFT (which is now closed, sadly).

I love this cute dragon flying with the little child on his back.  I decided to go with a purple dragon just for fun.  I like this image because child could be a boy or a girl.  

After coloring and die cutting the image, I added some fun dots on the dragon with my white gel pen.  The next step was to create a background.  Oh boy, did I fuss around with this, but finally decided to crop the stenciled cloudy sky background down with a circle die, then adhere the dragon and child directly to it.  I wanted a little bit of texture on the card base and found this panel already cut with a cover die.  I wasn't sure if I liked it or not but, in the end, thought it worked okay, especially in the light green color. Let me know what you think. 

The sentiment is from an old Lawn Fawn stamp set.  It was cut with a label die then I fished tailed the ends.  Both it and the circle were then added to the card front with foam tape, and I finished things off with a few purple enamel dots.  

I hope you'll join us for this fun challenge!  For more ideas and inspiration, take a moment to visit the challenge blog to see the fabulous cards by my talented teammates. The challenge will remain open until Friday, March 6th at 3pm EST.  

Thanks for visiting and if you have a chance, please come back by later for my new DT post for Color Hues.

Stef

PS  I'd also love it if you'd come visit on Thursday, March 5th, when I have a very, very special post to share!

• MFT Birdie Brown Magical Friends stamp and die
• Lawn Fawn Fairy Friends Sentiment stamp
• MFT Mini Clouds stencil
• Hero Arts Nested Circle die
• Pinkfresh Studio Stitched Diamonds cover plate die
• Copics - YG67, 17, 03, E29, 37, 33, 04, 21, 000, B39, 37, 34, 01, 000, 0000
• OLOs - V2.7, 2.6, 2.4, 1.1
• Altenew Shades of Purple Enamel Dots

Season's Greetings for Christmas Craft Creations

Hello and welcome!  It's time for the reminder post for Christmas Craft Creations and this month our challenge is to use snippets (aka your crafty leftovers) to make your creation.

Christmas Craft Creations

For my card, I used a couple of leftover foiled items - a snowflake foiled background in silver and the foiled and die cut sentiment.

I started with the background and sentiment, then decided I would a cover die to create a shaker card.  The Lawn Fawn Snowflurries Backdrop die was die cut three times from white cardstock then the final time from Simon Says Stamp Silver Glitter.  They layers were adhered together, with a Hero Arts Clear Card Panel between the silver and last white layer to create the shaker front.  The sequin and crystal mix were added in before adhering the back panel, then the entire thing was added to a white cardbase.

The cover die also includes two snowflake dies and four tiny star (?) dies.  I didn't use the snowflakes but after adhering the foiled sentiment to the front of the card, I also added three of the glitter stars, then topped them with red crystals to match the sentiment.  I LOVE all the glitter and the glamorous look, I hope you like it too!

Thanks so much for taking time to drop by.  Please be sure to use the link above to see how the other DT members used their snippets, and hopefully be inspired to join us - you have until February 7th.

Take care!

Stef

Stamps:  None

Paper:  Hammermill, Neenah Solar White, Accent White, Simon Says Stamp Silver Glitter, Hero Arts Clear Card Panels

Ink:  None

Other:  Lawn Fawn Snowflurries Backdrop die, Lawn Fawn Snowflake Background Hot Foil Plate, Pinkfresh Studio Solid Hot Foil Plate, Pinkfresh Studio Brushed Sentiments: Holiday Hot Foil Plates and dies, Glimmer Red Sparkle and Silver Hot Foil, Lucy's Cards Snow on Snow and Crystal Collection - Rouge sequin mixes

Better World

Hello friends and welcome back!  It's time for a new Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers!  Barbara is hosting and has chosen Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight with a dessert option of "thinking of you".  I hope you'll use the SCS link above and join us for the Color Challenge this week!

I'm also joining the current challenge at Just Us Girls where we are to use something "mini".  Hopefully my mini gnome with her house and yard fits that description! ; - )

Just Us Girls #535

I just had to use my new Gnomies stamp set because it is just tooooo cute!  I started by ink blending the background with Squeezed Lemonade and Abandoned Coral Distress Inks, splattered with water and set aside.  Once dry, it was die cut with a rounded rectangle die.  Next I found some already die cut grassy hills which I ink blended to resemble Mossy Meadow (SU neutral).  The grass was attached and then I went to work on the sweet little gnome girl, house and other images.

I used Copic markers similar to the challenge colors plus similar to SU neutrals Night of Navy, Basic Gray, Gray Granite and Mossy Meadow.  I'm afraid my marker combo to create the navy roof wasn't as dark as I originally thought, so it's a quite a bit brighter than planned (oops!), but I was cutting time very close and wasn't able to redo it.

I used a warm gray to color the main part of the house but it all seemed to blend into the stone around the door and rocks in front, so first I tried to create texture with colorless blending solution and a piece of gauze.  That worked but wasn't sufficient, so I used two brown and a black Prismacolor pencils to create more shading and a softer brown look.  I have to admit I was tickled pink with the result!

With the coloring complete and the images die cut, it was all adhered to the ink blended panel then added to a white card base.  I used a white gel pen to put dots on the mushrooms and light lines on the house windows.

Thanks so much for visiting, I truly appreciate it!  Have a great week!

Stef


Stamps:  Hanging with My Gnomies (MFT)
Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Strathmore Bristol
Ink:  Gina K Obsidian Amalgam, Versafine Claire Nocturne, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemonade and Abandoned Coral Distress Inks
Other:  Nested Rounded Rectangle dies (Hero Arts), Hanging with My Gnomies Die-namics (MFT), Grassy Hillside dies (Lawn Fawn), Prismacolor Premiere colored pencils, Sakura White Gelly pen
Copics:  RV17, 09, 06, 04, 02, R08, 05, 22, 12, 11, G99, 94, 82, W5, 3 , 1, 0, C 5, 3 1, E53, 37, 35, 33, 11, 01, 00, B28, 26, 24, Y08, 06, 04, V01

Follow Your Heart

Hello friends and welcome back!  It's time for a new Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers!  Karen is hosting this week and has chosen Poppy Parade, Mango Melody and Cajun Craze, with a dessert option to use a frame.

I decided to pull out a Stampin' Up stamp set that I've had for years and not used very often, which is too bad because the images are so cute.  I guess that's why I've held onto it all these years.  Anyway, I thought a brightly colored trailer would make a fun card. The image was colored with Copic markers with colors similar to those in the challenge, using the "Cajun" color to shade the Mango on the door and flag.  I also created green bushes in the background with colors similar to SU neutral Mossy Meadow and used neutral browns for the ground.

Initially I used gray Copics for the metal trim on the trailer but then decided to go over it with a Silver glaze pen.  A light gray marker was used to create streaks across the window, which was later covered with Crystal Effects to give it the look of glass.  Finally, little clouds were die cut and shaded with a gray marker, adhered to the panel which was then added to a slightly larger panel of Poppy.  The background striped paper is from my stash and was cut with a frame die, then a white frame inserted when the background was added to the card base.  The final touch was to add a few Doodle sprinkles.

Thanks visiting, I appreciate it so much!  I hope you'll use the link above and join us for the Color Challenge this week!

Stef


Stamps:  You're Sublime (SU ret.)
Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Poppy Parade, Forever My Always patterned paper (Pebbles)
Ink:  Gina K Obsidian Amalgam
Other:  Crystal Effects, Doodlebug Lilly White Sprinkles, Simple Puffy Clouds die (Lawn Fawn), A2 Thin Frames die (Simon Says Stamp)
Copics: YR18, 16, Y17, R59, 46, 24, 05, C9,7, 4, 3, 0, E44, 43, 37, 35, 33, G99, 94, 82, BG0000