The Paper Players

Challenge #82: Ann's Colour Challenge

2012-02-12T03:00:00.000-05:00

Fire and Ice, and a Neutral times two...that is the challenge we have for you! This week, The Paper Players have a yummy color combination to share. We are asking you to pair the warmth and brightness of Poppy Parade with the icy coolness of Pool Party...plus add two neutrals, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla. If you do not have these colors, don't despair. Feel free to substitute similar colors. At The Paper Players, it is all about the fun! We can't wait to see what you create!

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Lesley Croghan

Nance Leedy

Our Rules for Playing:

1. Your project needs to be a NEW project.

2. Please add a DIRECT link to your blog when adding your card to the linky.

3. Please MENTION our challenge and include a LINK back to The Paper Players.

4. Feel free to combine our challenge with up to THREE other challenges.

5. Feel free to use ANY crafting products you have.

Be sure to post your project to the linky by Friday, February 17th at NOON (PST).

We look forward to visiting your blog!

Winners for Challenge #81: Nance's Flower Challenge

2012-02-11T09:25:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone! Nance here. WOW, what a week! So many entries for my flower theme challenge at the Paper Players. Thank you so much to everyone who played along with us. We are always amazed by the abundant talent out there...and so glad that you share it with us! Let's take a look at the projects that caught the eye of the Design Team.

Our picks for A Cut Above:

Ann's Choice:

Nikki Spencer of My Sandbox

Bright and beautiful are two words that I would use to describe this fabulous card designed by Nikki Spencer. The background is artistically stamped to provide a perfect backdrop for the fabulous flower, with just the right balance of white space to allow for placement of the sentiment. The embosslit butterfly, with its bit of bling, provides the perfect finishing touch! Congratulations, Nikki, for being my choice for A Cut Above!

LeAnne's Choice:
Linda Fisher of Linda's Stampin' Loft

Out of the plethora of beautiful floral images I saw this week, Linda's card stood out to me with its subtle colors and textural details. The burlap fabric, the dotted embossed background and designer paper, and the button-embellished flower, all in warm neutral tones, create a calm soothing palette that is surprisingly refreshing! This is a sweet card anyone would love to receive! Congratulations, Linda, on being my Cut Above this week!

Lesley's Choice:

Michelle of My Passion for Crafting

Michelle's elegant card caught my eye right away this week. The gorgeous scalloped circles and the pretty polka dot paper with stitching around it, made for a fresh and lovely feminine card. I love the gather of flowers to the side of the card, all swept up with beautiful ribbon. Congratulations, Michelle, on being my choice for a Cut Above this week!

Anne Marie's choice:

Joan Ervin of Stamping with a Passion

Talk about a cheerful card, in every way! Joan's beautiful bouquet card caught my eye instantly this week with all of the bright and happy colors she used. I especially liked how she created that fabulous background paper herself! Such a creative idea she shared! and a great way to always ensure you have a patterned paper to match your project. Love that! The big double-bow and the banner sentiment are the perfect finishing touches, too. Congratulations to you Joan, on being my pick for A Cut Above this week!

Jaydee's Choice:

Vicky of CraftingClare's Paper Moments

There were so many amazing cards to choose from this week but I just kept coming back to Vicky's fabulous card. The vellum flower is gorgeous against the subtle background. The little pop of green from the leaves was just the right amount of color to break up the red and white. The stitching adds a slightly aged/distressed feel, but the overall card is still clean and simple perfection. Absolutely gorgeous! Vicky, congratulations on being my Cut Above this week.

Now for this week's Headliner:

Nance’schoice: MargaretMoody

There is no mistaking a Margaret Moody card. Bold, clean, stylish and sometimes just a bit unexpected. I admire her amazing ability to combine colors in bold, graphic ways and this week’s flower card is no exception. Those fabulous pink, orange and red flowers pop off the daffodil yellow background but she kept everything grounded by repeating the colors in the designer paper at the bottom of the card. Her design is clean but there is plenty of attention to detail. The score lines on the leaves, the heart-shaped centers on the flowers and the flagged end on the sentiment banner. All this adds up to one fabulous design and one outstanding creation! Congratulations, Margaret, you’re my choice for this week’s Headliner!

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a fabulous new color challenge from Ann. You're going to love it!

Cheers!

Nance

There is Still Time to Play in Challenge #81

2012-02-08T04:00:00.003-05:00

There is still time to play in Nance's fabulous Flowers Theme challenge! Visit the original post to view the Design Team's inspiration cards and to see the challenge details. Remember, our challenges now close at NOON, PST on Fridays.

And please, don't forget our Rules for Playing:

1. Your project needs to be a NEW project.

2. Please add a DIRECT link to your blog when adding your card to the linky.

3. Please MENTION our challenge and include a LINK back to The Paper Players.

4. Feel free to combine our challenge with up to THREE other challenges.

5. Feel free to use ANY crafting products you have.

Challenge #81: Nance's Theme Challenge: Flowers

2012-02-05T03:00:00.005-05:00

Hi there, friends of The Paper Players! Nance, here, with our first February challenge and I'll bet you're thinking Valentine's Day, right? Well, yes, it could be but it could also be lots of other occasions....Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, here's my challenge for you: "Use a Flower on your Project"! You can use a stamp, a die-cut, a silk flower, a punch art flower...the sky's the limit!

Let's see what flowers were growing in the crafty gardens of our fabulous Design Team:

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

LeAnne Pugliese

Lesley Croghan

Nance Leedy

Jaydee

Our Rules for Playing:

Create a NEW project for this challenge.
Be sure to link your blog with a direct link to the post you would like us to visit.
Please put a link on your post to our challenge.
Create a project with only THREE challenges including our challenge.
Feel free to use any CRAFTING products you have!

Be sure to post your project to the linky by Friday, February 10th at NOON (PST). We look forward to visiting your blog!