PP770 Challenge Winners

Happy Saturday.

Jaydee here.  Thank you so much to all of you who played along with our sketch challenge last week.  We loved visiting each of your creations and, as usual, you made it difficult for us to choose our winners.  We really do appreciate your support.

Before we get to our HEADLINER this week, let's take a look at our CUT ABOVE winners as chosen by our design team.

Stef

Ingenious Inkling

Colleen

Colleens Creative Corner

 

Paula

Stampin' with Paula

And now to our Headliner.  

Bobby

Bits and Pieces

I absolutely loved Bobby's bright, cheerful card featuring some of my all time favorite avian visitors!  The little cardinal in his wool scarf just made me smile.  The little chickadee with ear muffs made me laugh and I promise you, if the blue jays in our garden could wear Santa hats, I am sure they would!  The background embossing was the perfect way to add texture, and provide a place for the little birdies to rest.  Congratulations, Bobby you are my HEADLINER this week.

PP770 - A Sketch Callenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday.

Jaydee here and it is my turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week.  Before we get to the challenge for this week, a huge thank you to all of you who played along with Joanne's wonderful winter themed challenge.  It never ceases to amaze me how many different and creative interpretations we get on a theme.  

As you can see from the DT inspirations, the sketch this week can either be slimline or A2.  We can't wait to see how YOU interpret it.

Here is our design team inspiration:

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile
On leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Christy Stanford

Now, it's over to you.  Just a quick reminder of our challenge rules.

Challenge Rules:

1. Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
5. Please be considerate of our requests; entries that do not follow any of these rules will be deleted without notification.
6. Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

PP769 Challenge Winners

Happy Saturday everyone - Joanne here, and it is my pleasure to announce the winners of this week's clean and simple challenge.  Firstly, a huge thank you to all of you who played along with our challenge this week.  It was wonderful to see your signs of winter, from building snowmen to cosying up with cocoa and a good book!

Before we get to our Headliner for this week, let's see what caught the eye of our design team:

Arlene Rose

Nora

Celeste Goff

And now to our Headliner:

Jolanda Johnstone - The inque Spot Studio

There were some beautiful clean and simple creations in the gallery this week, but Jolanda's snowman, looking up at the falling snowflakes, truly captured my heart! Such a simple design, with clever stamping to create depth to her snowy scene and lots of all important 'white' space. 

Congratulations Jolanda on being my Headliner this week!

Congratulations to all the winners - be sure to pick up your badges here!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a sketch challenge from Jaydee.

There is still time to play in Challenge 769: Joanne's Clean and Simple Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge 769: Joanne's Clean and Simple Challenge. To see the Design team's cards, click HERE. We can't wait to see what you create! This challenge ends Friday, January 23rd at Noon PST.

PP769 - A CAS Challenge from Joanne

Hello crafty friends, it's Joanne here welcoming you to a new CAS challenge at the Paper Players!  But before we get to that, I'd like to give a big thanks to everyone who played along with LeAnne's Colour Challenge.  The gallery was small but mighty, with some fabulous creations that showcased the colours beautifully. 

Now onto our monthly Clean and Simple challenge.  I've chosen a seasonal theme and I'm looking for signs of winter on your CAS card.  Things like snow, snowmen, snowflakes, hats, scarves, mittens, warming hot cocoa, sledging, snowball fights, ice skating, icicles, are just some ideas - but specifically NOT Christmas!  Just remember to keep it CAS - limited layers and embellishments, plenty of "white" space, etc.

Now let's go see what the design team chose as their signs of winter!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile
On leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Christy Stanford

Challenge Rules:

1. Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
5. Please be considerate of our requests; entries that do not follow any of these rules will be deleted without notification.
6. Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

PP768 Challenge Winners

Hello stampers! LeAnne here, saying "THANKS" for making my colors really shine in this week's gallery! So many gorgeous creations!  Let's see what the Design Team's favorites for their Cuts Above were before I share my Headliner!

Little or Much

Sidan

Sunday Stamper Papercrafts

Arlene R

Julia Sue's Stamping

Julia Sager

And finally, for my Headliner:

Colleen's Creative Corner

Colleen Begley

I was totally enthralled by those wonderful stenciled balloons on Colleen's card!  The shading was perfect and the layout really brought it all together! The sentiment was really fun, especially embossed in the silver, and the little silver embellishments added a nice little extra touch!  Congratulations, Colleen, you're my Headliner this week!  

Congratulations to all the winners!  Be sure to pick up your badges HERE.  And be sure to come back tomorrow for a new challenge from Joanne!

There is still time to play in Challenge 768: LeAnne's Colour Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge 768: LeAnne's Colour Challenge. To see the Design team's cards, click HERE. We can't wait to see what you create! This challenge ends Friday, January 16th at Noon PST.

PP768 - A Color Challenge from LeAnne

Hello, stamping friends, and welcome back to the Paper Players! LeAnne here!  It's our first challenge of 2026 and I am the hostess with a spectacular color challenge for you!  We hope you're inspired by the Design Team samples, so put on your creative thinking cap and share what you've got!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile
On leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Christy Stanford

Challenge Rules:

1. Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
5. Please be considerate of our requests; entries that do not follow any of these rules will be deleted without notification.
6. Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

PP767 Challenge Winners

Happy Saturday.

Jaydee here.  Thank you to those who participated in our gifting challenge last week.  It was wonderful to see such a diverse range of projects in our gallery.  Once again you all made it hard for us to choose our winners.

Let's see what caught the eye of our design team this week:

Michele F

I Card Everyone

Debbie

Paws to Scrap

Fran

Made in Oregon

Now for our HEADLINER:

Cynthia

Cynthia's Creative Corner

I fell in love with Cynthia's beautifully feminine box with its sparkly contents!  I mean, who wouldn't want to receive this bottle of sparkles so exquisitely packaged? The touch of blue for the ribbon with the white twine ribbon on top adds a wonderful pop of color and texture.  That DSP is just gorgeous and Cynthia's  design showcases that perfectly.  Congratulations, Cynthia you are my HEADLINER for this week.

Well, this is our final post for 2025 and we want to thank all of you who have supported our challenges during 2025.  Your participation means a great deal to us.  

We will be back on January 11 2026.  In the meantime we want to wish all of you Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Joyous Kwanzaa, Happy Hanukkah and a very Happy New Year.

There is still time to play in Challenge 767: Jaydee's Theme Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge 767: Jaydee's Theme Challenge. To see the Design team's cards, click HERE. We can't wait to see what you create! This challenge ends Friday, December 12th at Noon PST.