Claire has presented us with a sketch challenge this week and the timing was perfect for me to send a graduation card to my nephew's oldest son.
Sunday, June 25, 2023
THE PAPER PLAYERS SKETCH CHALLENGE
Sunday, June 18, 2023
THE BEACH LIFE
I kind of waited until the last minute to make my "One Layer Wonder" CAS card for this week's The Paper Players #PP645, so when it wasn't really meeting my expectations, it was too late to turn back! I think one-layer cards are harder than most because once you commit your ink to the paper you can't save it by die cutting and layering. It's one shot!
I started this card with a row of flip-flops from Lawn Fawn's "Simply Summer" stamp set, inked with Memento "Tuxedo Black" and colored them with Copic markers. Then I tore a piece of paper and masked off a rectangle and masked the flip-flops and blended Altenew "Rocky Shores" ink and overprinted stipples with the same ink and an Alexandra Renke "Accentuation - Areas" stamp. I overprinted the sentiment from Hero Arts #CM317 "Color Layering Sea & Sky". Then I folded the card at the top and realized it just didn't look finished. I had set the image too far up on the card and the sentiment didn't quite look right so I added a shell and embossed a couple of lines from the back of the card to balance things out.
Jaydee's challenge deserved more than this, but I'll leave it to all of you to fill in for me, and next week I'll start a little earlier. Go see the wonderful inspirational cards from my fellow design teamers!
The Paper Players: PP645 - A Clean-and-Simple Challenge from Jaydee
Thursday, June 15, 2023
FRIGHT NIGHT
Mid-June and time for a mid-month reminder to get your Halloween cards in for the June Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge! Only 19-1/2 weeks until the Magic Witching Hour! If you have been following along with us, you're over half-way to having all of your Halloween cards finished and ready to send out.
I had originally intended to pursue my idea about a layered cake for this card, but I really ran short of time this week and opted for a design inspired by a couple of other challenges. I've had this "hound of hell" die from Whimsy Stamps ("Monster Parade Die Set #WSD488) that I've looked for an opportunity to use. I started with the current sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches #590 with three horizontal bands bleeding off on the right side of the card. After preparing a white card base by stamping a Tim Holtz cobweb on it with PTI "Soft Stone" and then stamping it a second time on a die-cut stitched rectangular panel. I then layered three scraps of printed papers over the front panel, attached it to the card base with dimensional foam, and slipped the banded papers under the top panel to continue to the right edge. The final step was my hound die cut from black card stock.
While I didn't follow the June mood board, you're welcome to come up with your interpretation, or anything Halloween. It's a fun challenge!
Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: June Anything Halloween
This was my jumping-off point for my card this time around:
Freshly Made Sketches: Freshly Made Sketches #590 - A Sketch by Kim
Sunday, June 11, 2023
SUNDAY HELLO
Hello! Here we are back at Sunday and ten days into the month of June - how did that happen? It's color week at The Paper Players and our beloved Anne Marie has chosen, for Challenge #PP644, Lost Lagoon, Lemon Lolly, and a neutral for us to play with. I chose to go with gray as my neutral.
The Paper Players: PP644 - A Color Challenge from Anne Marie
Now it's your turn - I look forward to seeing what you come up with! But first check out what all of our talented card designers have created with Anne Marie's light-hearted colors.
Sunday, June 4, 2023
BUT WHO'S COUNTING?
Well, I am because he'll always be my "little boy"!
How fortuitous that this week's challenge at The Paper Players is "It's a Man's World" and it's also my son's 49th birthday! The lovely and talented Ann is this week's hostess, and she has selected a masculine theme for our cards. I'm pumped!
The Paper Players: PP643 - A Theme Challenge from Ann
Let's see what you can create for a man in your life - it seems tailor-made for Father's Day cards. Take a look at what the rest of the design team has created!
Thursday, June 1, 2023
TWO OLD BATS - JUNE CHALLENGE
I had a black card base with a stitched die cut panel attached and the sentiment was already heat-embossed with red-orange embossing powder and edge-punched table cloth. I had stamped and heat embossed the cobweb because I had intended to use it as sugar work on top of the cake. Well, the cake didn't quite come up to my expectations after overworking it for a what felt like an entire day. So, I turned out the light and poured myself a glass of chardonnay and went back at the card this morning. I scrapped the cake and pulled out some other scraps and print and fussy cut some birthday cupcakes, covering the candles with candied toppers like in the photo. Some fussy-cut caramel candy corns finished everything off.