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

Charming Daisy for the Paper Players

Hello friends!  This week at the Paper Players the lovely Jan is hosting our monthly sketch challenge, and she has created a really good one.

Paper Players

As soon as I saw Jan's sketch, an image popped into my head and that was it, no other idea seemed as good.  Take a look.

This Charming Daisy die set from Simon Says Stamp certainly lives up to its name, at least to me.  Along with that die set, I also used the SSS Fiddly Leaf die for some additional foliage.  All the pieces were cut from white cardstock then I used my Copic and Altenew Artist Markers to color it.  

As an aside, I recently (finally!!!) did a very big craft room purge of things I hadn't touched in years, then started reorganizing.  One of the things I rediscovered was a bunch of Artist Markers that I'd tucked away.  I don't have many, only about 30, but I look forward to using them more, as they are different colors than my Copics or Olos.

Okay, on with the card info!  The daisy print patterned paper is from Moda Scraps and I'm guessing it's retired because I've had it for a few years.  The panel was cut with a fun scallop rectangle die.  The yellow strip was embossed with a basket weave folder and layered on the card.  I cut a strip of white and gently inked with in light blue before adhering the flower and leafy branch.  I mulled over several sentiments and decided to forego one, and instead wrapped twine around the card front. I like the additional texture it brought and I can always add a sentiment later.  

Jan's sketch certainly provides a lot of design leeway, so I hope you'll find time to join us this week.  In the meantime, be sure to head over to the challenge blog to see all the gorgeous creations by the rest of the design team.  The challenge will stay open until Friday, February 27th at 3pm EDT.  Come play along us this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stef

• SSS Charming Daisy and Fiddly Leaf dies
• C&9/Kristina Werner Kristina's Essential dies scallop rectangle
• SSS Basket Weave ef
• Lawn Fawn hemp twine
• Copics - YG67, 17, 03, YR23, Y15, 00
• Artist Markers - Sunshine Valley Garden greens