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

Rupert Says HB2U for Color Hues

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing my card for the new challenge at Color Hues. I am hosting for the next two weeks and have chosen the color combo navy and lime green.  

Color Hues

I'm also sharing over at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge where the theme this week is to add texture and at A Cut Above, where it is always anything goes with dies and this month has an optional theme "New".  This is a new challenge to me, so I think that might fit the theme??  

My card uses Rupert, the cute dragon die set from Tim Holtz.  I first saw this die a year ago when my lovely teammate Carol used it for her CH card linked here.  I was so smitten with her card, and Rupert, that I eventually found the set on sale and he came home to my craft room.  And now he's going to be on a birthday card for one of my two young great nephews.

Rupert is a rather large die so he ended up on an A7 card.  I started by die cutting all the parts of the dragon from navy, lime green and a small amount of gray cardstock.  I cut enough to make two dragons (the other will go on a card for donation), so when I put together the second one, it was much easier than figuring out the first one lol!

For the background I ink blended lime green, dark blue and black inks with a halo effect, then splattered it with white iridescent spray.  While that dried, the balloons, letters and number were all die cut from holographic cardstock.

I added two additional layers of scrap cardstock under Rubert, cutting away a bit of the layers under his neck so the twine would not create a bump under him.  The balloons were added with thin foam tape and the ends of the twine were glued to his hands (I guess that's what they are??? ;-)), then the sentiment was added to the right side to complete the card.

So what are you inspired to create with these colors?  There are so many possibilities, as my incredibly talented teammates and Guest Designer Esther will show you over on the challenge blog, so please pop over and see their fabulous creations!  The challenge will remain open until 9 am Wednesday January 29th, and I hope to see your card in the gallery!

Thanks for visiting and take care!

Stef

• Tim Holtz/Sizzex Rubert and Vault Seasonal Sketches (letters and number) dies
• MFT Balloon Stax dies
• Simon Says Stamp Limelicious and Galaxy inks; Black Soot Distress ink
• Concord & 9th Midnight and Sprout cardstock; SSS Holographic cardstock
• Lawn Fawn Silver Baker's Twine
• Hero Arts White Iridescent Spray