You're the apple of my eye - Paper Play Sketches #55

Wednesday November 8, 2017

 

Welcome to another sketch at

 Paper Play Sketches #55 sketch 

It saddens me that this is our last challenge at PPS.. This blog challenge is being closed down. So this is your last week to play along.

 

This is the sketch. You can turn the sketch or use as is.  If you need ideas check out the design teams cards

 

This card was so much fun to make. I used Stampin up designer papers and Taylored Expressions stamp set. The tab die is Stampin up and the stitched rectangles die is from My Favorite Things. I colored the apple with copics and went over the apple with glossy accents. I added floss to the button and burlap scrap behind it. I really love how this came out. I was concerned with the large back dots but I think it was needed since the other colors are so light.  

Challenges:
Jo's scrap shack #213 - anything goes
Inkspirational #147 - word - trend
Crazy 4 challenge #410 - layer
Hiding in my craft room #325 - fall colors
Crafting from the heart #182 - anything goes
Through the craft room door - anything goes
Cards und more #197 - anything goes with red
(Pin)spirational #203 - photo
Creative craft cottage #99 - buttons or bows
Word art Wednesday wk. 308-309 anything goes

The road to a friends house - Paper Play Sketches

Wednesday November 1, 2017

 

How time flies.. it's been one year today since I have been retired. It's been an awesome year. Looking forward to another wonderful year.

 

Today we have another challenge at

Paper Play Sketches..

 A color challenge.

 

This is the color challenge

I found this designer paper from My Minds Eye and it was perfect for the colors. I used the stamp set from Taylored Expressions for the houses and sentiment and the trees are a Simon Says die. I used a piece of gray from the MME and stamped some circles in white but by the time it dried it was faint so I used a glitter pen and filled in the circles. In person it looks like a night sky which was my attempt. I die cut the flower looking paper with the same circle as the gray and then cut a wave line and used them for the rolling hills for the houses. The houses are colored with copics. The label die is from Stampin up.

Challenges:
HeARTful stamping - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #181 - anything goes
Crafty sentiments - use favorite stamp (the house stamps)
Digi choosday wk. 44 - anything goes
Crafting by design - anything goes
Word art Wednesday wk. 306-307 - anything goes
A bit more time to craft #55 - anything goes

Keep shinning bright - Paper Play Sketches #54

Wednesday October 25, 2017

 

So here we are at Paper Play Sketches

#54 with a new challenge and a sketch

 

So here is the sketch to follow.. If you need inspiration check out the DT cards

 

This is my card.  I started with a white piece of card stock and used my Ranger Oxide inks and went over the piece and spritzed with water and dried till I got a night sky that was ok.. (I need black Oxide ink ; (   I then took my white gold Kuretake paint and spattered the background and everything else in the way..

I remembered I had this awesome moon stamp and I cant remember the company name. I keep thinking Kevin??? I used two Oxide inks and stamped the image then used a My Favorite Things circle die and cut it out. I added Versa Mark ink and clear embossing powder to the moon.  I took my Lawn Fawn grass die and Taylored Expressions fence die and created the scene. I think I should of cut the grass a little narrower so it fit the sketch better.  I then stamped the two MFT images and colored with Zig markers. I added tiny stars sequins to the night sky.. I added the sentiment from Simons Says.  This card is done. It was so much fun to create.

Challenges:
As you like it - favorite people or animal (animals, some wear darling cloths and just the fun colors for the animals and their cute expressions. love coloring animals.)
QKR stampede #266 - anything goes
Creative fingers #139 - anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun #101 - autumn colors
Hiding in my craftroom # 323 - lots of layers
HeARTful stamping - anything goes
Artistic inspirations #188 - anything goes
Through the craft-room door - anything goes
Shopping our stash #326 - that's sketchy
Inky chicks #190 - animals
Try it on Tuesday - circles
Simon Wednesday - anything goes
Crafty creations #353 - anything goes
The sisterhood of crafters - I see spots

Happy Birthday - Paper Play Sketches

Wednesday October 18, 2017

 

Are you ready for another challenge at

 Paper Play Sketches??

We have a great color challenge

 

These are the great colors for the challenge.

Just in time for Halloween or not.. I chose not but this would be perfect for those Halloween birthdays on Oct. 31st

This is my card using the color challenge. I am not a Halloween person so chose to make a birthday card using the colors. I know I had a friend at work who's birthday was on Oct. 31st. So this would be perfect for that someone.  I really like the way it came out. I used Power poppy stamps, My favorite things dies, washi tape and sequins. I colored the image with copics. The Happy Birthday is embossed with white. I added some Nuvo drops to the presents. If you need more inspiration check out the at Paper Play Sketches. 

Challenges:
A gem of a challenge #205 - spots/stripes or Halloween
HeARTful stamping - anything goes
Dragonfly journey #103 - Halloween
Glitter 'n' sparkle #261 - anything goes
A bit more time to craft #54 - anything goes

Creatalicious #125 - anything goes/opt. Halloween

Use your stuff #284 - pumpkin spice/orange

Artistic inspirations #188 - anything goes

Deep ocean #166 - Halloween
Simon Wednesday - photo inspiration
Crafty gals corner #145 - Halloween colors
Crafting by designs - it's Halloween

 

I like you more than a monkey likes bananas - Paper Play Sketches #53

Wednesday October 11, 2017

 

Are you ready for a new sketch??

 

Paper Play Sketches #53 sketch challenge

 

Here you go with the new challenge.. Great sketch..

You can turn it or use as is.. Just have fun.

 

Well few months back I bought this set from My Favorite Things and have been itching to use it..  and now was the perfect time.

I found this awesome DP?? and I cut it a little shorter and the white tag looking place was empty so I stamped the little flowers/leaves from Simon Says in there. The green strip I also stamped some leaves. I then stamped the monkeys and bananas and colored with Zig markers. I die cut out the images and added them to the card.. How do you like the banana banners???? funny huh?

Challenges:
HeARTful stamping - anything goes
Always fun #27 - lots of layers
Artistic inspirations #187 - anything goes/opt. cool colors
Ooh la la #239 - die cuts
Make my Monday #56 - animal antics
Through the craft-room door - anything goes
My favorite things #78 - colors
Deep ocean #165 - colors of autumn
Fab 'n' funky #366 - word art
Word art Wednesday wk. 304-305 - anything goes

hello sweet - Paper Play Sketches

Wednesday October 4, 2017

 

It's time for another challenge at Paper Play Sketches

and we have a color challenge for you this week.

 

 

This is the awesome color challenge.. Great colors (I think)

 

I have this stamp set from Concord and 9th and been waiting to use it.. Summer got away from me on using it so thought ok we still eat fruit in the fall.. So this is my card.  I used water color paper and Ranger inks, color burst ink and created the background. I dried it and spritzed water on it to get this splatter effect. Ok that was the red color.. I then used the  larger stamps to create the orange, the smaller stamp to create the lemon and line.  I had some scraps of black and white stripes and so added that so there was some contrast. I then die cut the sentiment also from the stamp set three times and added it along with some sequins.  I love the bold colors.  I hope you can play along and if you need inspiration check out the design teams creations.

Challenges:
Word art Wednesday wk. 302-303 - anything goes
Hiding in my craft room #320 - freestyle anything goes
Just us girls #413 - die cut words
Crafting from the heart #177 - anything goes
Always fun #26 - dies or punches
Artistic inspirations #187 - anything goes/opt. cool colors
Crafty sentiments - anything goes
Crafting by design - anything goes

May you always be content - Paper Play Sketches

Wednesday September 20, 2017

 

Welcome to a fun filled day for paper crafting.

 Today at Paper Play Sketches we have a color theme.. woo hoo love color themes.. Really makes me put on the thinking cap..

 

 

 

This is the theme... cant wait to see what you create..

 

So I saw the leaves and thought ok that makes it easier.. And with fall in the air this would be a fun card. So I took out my Stampin up leaves. I had this large leaf so I embossed it with black on Bristol and used my Zig markers and got the colors where I wanted them. I then die cut the image out and went over the leaf with Wink of Stella then took my Versa Mark and went over the whole image and clear embossed. I then found a few other Stampin up leaves I liked and went through my scrap box and found some papers that were ok with the color challenge and stamped the veins and took Quick quote chalk ink and went around the edges after I die cut them out.. I added a few small Martha Stewart punched leaves. The gray piece is a left over from a Quick Quote kit. I laid it all out and used foam dots behind most of the leaves. I stamped the Tech. Tuesday sentiment in the lower right corner. I used QQ chalk ink in pink and distressed the white card. For the final touch I added various drops of Nuvo Drops.  I love this card and the fun colors.

Challenges:
The daily marker - Day 20

AAA cards #99 - autumn colors

HeARTful stamping - anything goes

Make my Monday #55 - autumn colors

Simon Wednesday  Pop it up

Word art Wednesday wk. 300-301 - anything goes

 

 

Wishing you a speedy recovery - Paper Play Sketches 51

Wednesday September 13, 2017

 

So are you enjoying September?  Kids back in school, weather in some places getting cooler and sunset coming too fast?? Hope you have some free time because it's time

 for another sketch at Paper Play Sketches #51

 

 

This is the fun sketch for you to follow

 

I know when my kids went back to school they always seemed to come down with something, flu, cold, fever.. So thought this would be a fun or right time to create a get well card.

 

I used Kraft and stamped Lawn Fawn and Art Impressions band-aids and Simon says heart then cut out with My Favorite Things stitch die. I then found a nice green and used Stampin Up ink and stamped the Lawn Fawn sentiment and added some more SS hearts.. I had a scrap piece of plaid so that went perfect for the colors I was using. I stamped the Lawn Fawn turtle and die cut with a Stampin up heart. I colored the image with copics and went over the ice bag with Spectrum Noir glitter pen. Hope who ever gets this card it will make them feel better..  

Challenges:
The daily marker - Day 13
Creative fingers #136 - anything goes
Your next stamp #72 - colors
AAA cards #98 - creatures great or small
Crafting from the heart #174 - anything goes
Artistic inspiration #185 - anything goes
Creative craft cottage #95 - get well
Crafty sentiments - dies and or punches
Digi choosday wk. 37 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - CAS
Word art Wednesday wk. 300-301 - anything goes

You're a good apple - Paper Play Sketches

Wednesday September 6, 2017

 

Wow September already.. Did you who live in the USA have a nice Labor Day weekend?

We always stay home. Don't like traffic and we don't camp.. which is how I relate to the Labor day holiday weekend..

 

Well at Paper Play Sketches we have another challenge and the theme is below..

 

 

With kids heading back to school this would be a nice way to make a card for the student or the teacher..

 

I kinda went with the background brick colors in the photo for my background and used Lawn Fawn stamps for my card.

I first took Watercolor paper and stamped the letters and white embossed. I then took a few browns and a red from Ranger cube inks and squished down on my craft mat and spritzed with water. I laid the watercolor paper in it and dried, then repeated until I got the look I liked.  I took the chalk board and stamped it then cut the inside chalk board part out and the frame. I added a scrap of Quick Quote script paper and stamped the sentiment on the chalk board. (I guess I should of colored the piece of chalk black vs. brown.. I guess the teacher is still holding the chalk in her hand and the brown is for another time.. LOL)..  then stamped the apples, chalk, ruler and colored with Zig markers. I fussy cut them out and added them to the card. I added Glossy Accents to the apples.  This is a super fun card. 

Challenges:
A bit more time to craft #51 - anything goes
Naughty or nice #43 - framed
Hiding in my craft room #316 - fall colors
HeARTful stamping - anything goes
The daily marker - Day 6
Artistic inspirations #185 - anything goes
Make my Monday #54 - for a child
Love to scrap #101 - anything goes
Simon Monday - stamp it
Crafting from the heart #173 - anything goes
Crafty sentiments - anything goes
Shopping our stash #319 - on trend (smooshing background with Ranger inks)
Word art Wednesday wk. 298-299 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - stamp it

If I've told you once - Paper Play Sketches

Wednesday August 2, 2017

 

It's time for a new sketch at Paper Play Sketches #50

This is the sketch below.  I cant wait to see what you create. Have fun and post to Paper Play Sketches.

 

 

This is the card I made to go with the above sketch.  The little purple fish is the upper right corner piece in the sketch. The bubbles are the three circles above the banner piece. I wanted to create a water theme card and this is the way I interpreted the sketch.

I stamped the Stampin up girl, bottle and I love you banners in the bottle on Bristol card stock. I masked off the girl and used Ranger inks to create the water background. I then spritzed with water and patted dry. I then stamped all of the fish, grass, crab and starfish and colored them, the girl and the I Love You banners in the bottle with Zig water markers.. The other images are My Favorite Things.

I then laid out everything  and adhered all of the pieces down. I stamped the sentiment which is from Stampin Up and added it on foam tape then added the crab and star fish. I then added the Nuvo drops for bubbles and the three larger ones that fit the sketch. I went over a few of the pieces with Spectrum Noir glitter brush. 

 

I sure hope you play along. Just have fun and create.

Challenges:
Inky chicks #87 - stars
Deep ocean #162 - fave color combo (teal/green/purple)
Jo's scrap shack #203 - anything goes
QKR stampede #258 - eye on ball or anything goes
Your next stamp #71 - colors
Glitter 'n' sparkle #254 - anything goes
Make my Monday #53 - lazy days of summer
Crafty sentiments - for someone special
Die cuttin divas #332 - sequins, gems or pearls
Crafting by designs - Sept. anything goes
Simon Wednesday - anything goes
HeARTful blessings - anything goes
Word art Wednesday wk. 298-299 - anything goes

Sending a SUMMER hello - Paper Play Sketches

Wednesday August 23, 2017

 

Well it's time for another challenge at

 Paper Play Sketches

and this time it's a color challenge

 

 

This is the color card for you to follow

 

This is my card.. Can you tell what the background is??? not the stamping part---- but the paper???????

It's a color chart you find in the paint section of your home décor store...

I have a big stack of them and I thought hum I need a couple colors of blues and when I was looking through my designer papers the colors didn't seem to go together... I though dang this clashes with this and so on and so forth.. So I remembered my box of paint sample cards and found the perfect blues.. They don't clash cause they are meant work together.

 The bikini colors is also from a paint chart card..

 

So I have this stamp set that came in my Simon Says kit of the month with these awesome clouds, birds, sentiment.. So I white embossed the clouds and black embossed the sentiment. The seagulls are just stamped on and no embossing. I then took a couple Simon Says stamps.. one is a series of dots and the other was a series of hearts. I stamped them on the purple and white embossed. I used the bikini die and cut them out then added glossy accents to them. I didn't add it to the tie areas but just the larger areas.

I like that the layout of the colors kinda give the water/sky look.  

I then added this to my card base and called it a super fun card.

if you look on the left hand side you can see the paint colors names and numbers.. LOL..  

Challenges:
Scrapping 4 fun #97 - anything goes
That's crafty - only cards
Color crazy wk. 33 - anything goes
Pile it on #133 - recycle or for a child (paint chip)
HeARTful stamping - anything goes
Make my Monday #53 - lazy days of summer
Crafty sentiments - anything goes
Digi choosday wk. 34 - anything goes
Deep ocean #162 - fave color combo (teal/purple)
Creative moments #125 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday wk. 296-297 - anything goes
The sisterhood of crafters - anything goes
The house that stamps built - anything goes

Sending wags your way - Paper Play Sketches

Wednesday August 16, 2017

 

So we are half way through August.. where is this month going?? Least the weather is still nice..  and now it's time for another challenge at

 Paper Play Sketches.

Sketch # 49

 

 

This is the sketch for you to follow

 

So this sketch took me awhile to figure what I wanted to do...

I knew I had a small area to add either a sentiment or an image.. So digging through my stamps I found this cute My Favorite Things dog and the sentiment I chose from the same set fit perfect on my Stampin up scallop punch. The three little paw prints are from Art Impressions.  The teal paper is a scrap of Quick Quote DP. I also distressed the edges with some Quick Quote chalk inks.  I added a little ribbon to the top of the dog piece so it just had a little more interest. Oh and the images are colored with copics.

 

I sure hope you play along and let's see what you come up with..

 

Challenges:
Craft rocket #40 - animal kingdom
Crafting from the heart #172 - anything goes
City crafters #375 - no flowers
(Pin)spirational #197 - animals- dogs
Simon Wednesday - add a sentiment
Fab n funky #361 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday wk. 296-297 - anything goes