Rainbows and Butterflies for the Paper Players

Hello friends!  We have a fun new challenge over at the Paper Players starting today.  The amazing Joanne is hosting our color challenge week and is asking everyone to use the colors of the rainbow.

 Paper Players

You don't have to use an actual rainbow on your card, just be sure it includes all the colors of the rainbow.

For my card, I found some older pattern paper that was a gift with purchase from Honey Bee stamps and it worked beautifully for a rather CAS card.

Isn't that paper glorious?  I love the blend of the colors and how the yellow almost looks like the sun peeking out.  I was loathe to cut much from the panel so I used a fun stitched edger die, then adhered the panel to the card front.

The vellum butterflies were set them in motion across the "sky" then I added black gems for the bodies.  The last element was the die cut sentiment.  I used white on black to so it would stand out against the card base.  Super simple! Not an actual rainbow but all the colors are there.

This is such a fun challenge, I hope you'll have a chance to join us this week!  For more ideas and inspiration, please pop over to the challenge blog and check out the beautiful cards created by the other design team members.  The challenge will remain open until Friday March 13th at 3pm EDT.  I hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by.

Stef

• Simon Says Stamp Flickering Butterflies dies
• Altenew Scripty Sentiments dies
• Sugar Pea (no longer in business) Card Front Element Builder die
• Spellbinders Onyx gems

More Than Coffee for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Hello there, I hope you're doing well!  It's time for a new Tic Tac Toe Challenge and this week Tenia has given us this fun board to spark our imagination and creativity!

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

For my card I used Julee's fabulous Mojo Monday Sketch.

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I have to admit that I struggled with this Tic Tac Toe board a bit at first but came up with a fun solution using an older Hero Arts My Monthly Hero card kit from August 2018.  Julee's sketch certainly helped inspire me as well!

I ended up going down the left row (rainbow, purple coffee) and used a couple different patterned papers from my stash.  The cup and foam were stamped and colored with Copic markers then die cut with matching dies.  The purple plaid was trimmed down and added directly to the card base.  For the large square the rainbow paper was matted on a white panel then foam tape was used to add it to the base.

The small square was die cut from white and with a smaller square die, from a scrap of the plaid paper.  The square dies create a thin frame, so the purple plaid frame was adhered on the white square then the coffee and rainbow foam were popped up on foam tape (please ignore that the foam was adhered slightly askew - had to be the sloppy barista lol!).  The sentiment is from the same card kit and was die cut with a circle die and added to the card.  An aqua shimmer pen applied some sparkle to the foam and a few clear dew drops were added to finish things off.

Be sure to use the link above to see all the fun cards by the other DT members and hopefully join us this week!

Stef

Stamps:  August2018 MMH card kit (Hero Arts)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, retired 6x6 paper pads from Lawn Fawn (rainbow) and MFT (plaid)

Ink:  Gina K Obsidian Amalagam, Versafine Clair Nocturne

Other:  MMH matching dies, Nested Infinity Circle die (HA), Essential Squares dies (Ellen Hutson), Aqua Shimmer pen (Tonic), Small Clear Dew Drops (Honey Bee)

Copics:  R20, RV32, Y17, 13, YG03, 01, BG11, B00, V15, 12 01

Big Hugs for The Paper Players!

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Players!  This is theme week and Anne Marie has chosen a wonderful one!

The Paper Players

I also found my card would work for the current Tic-Tac-Toe challenge (hug, heat emboss, rainbow).  Bonus!

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In starting to create my card, I found I have some deficiencies in my craft stash (which seems pretty impossible since I seem to have an abundance of "stuff" LOL!). No rainbow or sun dies, nor stencils specific to those images.  So I had to put on my crafty thinking cap and this is what I came up with.

I'd seen various card makers leaving their main images white, or most white if there were multiple images, and I thought it would work for this. Beginning with a panel of white card, the beautiful lotus flower image was stamped off the side of the panel, then masked so I could ink blend the background with a rainbow of Distress inks .  It's always so exciting to remove the mask and reveal what had been protected! 

After die cutting the panel with a stitched rectangle die, the next step was to liberally splatter the panel with water, which also helped to hide some of my less than perfect blending.  While the panel dried, the sentiment was heat embossed on a strip of black card.  Once the card was assembled, a few clear sequins were added for that finishing touch.

I thank you so much for visiting, it's always appreciated.  Be sure to use the link above to check out the rest of the PP DT and hopefully join us this week!

Stef

Stamps:  Sketch Lotus Flowers (Simon Says Stamp), Everyday Mini Messages (Mama Elephant)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Black

Ink:  Versafine Claire Nocturne, Versamark, Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and Seedless Preserves Distress Inks

Other:  Stitched Rectangle die (SSS), Alabaster embossing powder (Brutus Monroe), Sparkling Clear Sequins (PPP)