PP719 Challenge Winners

Hello, everyone, Ann here! What a beautiful collection of color themed cards greeted us in the gallery this week! From whimsical and cute to elegant and classic, what a nice variety from which to choose! Before I get to my Headliner, let's see what caught the eye of the design team as their Cut Aboves:

#6 - Christy Stanford

#8 - Deborah Wheeler

#10 - Cynthia Stevenson

Congratulations to our Cut Aboves!

And now for my Headliner:

Deb Horst

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Deb's use of a classic Stampin' Up! set, Lovely As A Tree, warmed my heart.  With its gold embossed images and sentiment, Deb's card is a masterclass when it comes to clean and simple elegance. The green glitter foliage and red pearl baubles add a festive touch to a card which will surely delight the recipient. Congratulations, Deb, on being my Headliner this week!  

Congratulations to all of our winners! Be sure to pick up your badges HERE.

Thank you to everyone who played along in our challenges in 2024, and thank you again to our talented Guest Designers, Jolanda Johnstone and Cynthia Stevenson. 

We are going to take the next few weeks off to enjoy the holiday season with our families and friends.  We look forward to seeing you on January 12th, 2025. The talented Elizabeth will be hosting our first challenge of the year, a Color Challenge. Until then, take care and happy stamping!

There is still time to play in Challenge 719: Ann's Colour Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge 719: Ann's Colour Challenge. To see the original post and to view the Design Team's cards, click HERE. We can't wait to see what you create! This challenge ends Friday, December 13th at Noon PST.

PP719 - A Color Challenge from Ann

Hey, Stampers! It's Ann, your hostess. Thank you to everyone who played along in LeAnne's wonderful theme challenge. There were so many amazing entries. We loved seeing the variety.

This week, I have the pleasure of presenting our final challenge of 2024. Where did the time go? The final challenge of the year is always bittersweet. Sadly, we have to say goodbye to our 2024 Guest Designers, Cynthia Stevenson and Jolanda Johnstone. They absolutely wowed us with their creativity and talent! Ladies, we were so happy to be able to create with you and we hope you will continue to join us in the gallery each week!  

Now on to the challenge: a color challenge! I selected a combination of colors of the season in hues of red, green, and gold. You may add neutrals of your choice, while black and white are free.  We can't wait to see what YOU create! But first, check out what the design team has posted for your inspiration:

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile

*on a break*

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

Jolanda Johnstone

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

PP718 Challenge Winners

Hello, everyone, LeAnne here! What an amazing array of deer-related cards you treated us to this week! So many pretty, whimsical and cute ones--so hard to choose a winner!  Before I get to my Headliner, let's see the top ones that tickled the fancy of the design team as their Cut Aboves:

#11 - Karen Walker

#25 - Silke

#15 - Arlene Rose

Congratulations, ladies!

And finally, for my Headliner:

Cynthia Stevenson

I loved the soft, subtle look Cynthia achieved by layering the trees with the vellum, and the papers she used for the foreground were a great match with the embossed snowflakes! The simple deer diecuts were perfectly placed and the sentiment was just enough so as not to detract from the simplicity of the design!  Congratulations, Cynthia, you're our Headliner this week!  Be sure to pick up your badges HERE.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new COLOR CHALLENGE, and our last one of the year, from the creative Ann!  Congratulations to everyone!

 

There is still time to play in Challenge 718: LeAnne's Theme Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge 718: LeAnne's Theme Challenge. To see the original post and to view the Design Team's cards, click HERE. We can't wait to see what you create! This challenge ends Friday, December 6th at Noon PST.

PP718 - A Theme Challenge from LeAnne

Hello everyone!  Happy December!  LeAnne here as your hostess this week!  Thanks to all who participated in Stef's sketch challenge! So many amazing creations!  This week we've got a pretty theme for you:

Be a Deer - Use a deer on your card

There are lots of fun holiday deer images out in blogland right now, but you don't have to make a holiday card!  Deer are great for masculine or baby cards too!  We can't wait to see what you create! Now lets look at the Design Team's ideas:

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile 

*on a break*

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

Jolanda Johnstone

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

PP717 Challenge Winners

Hi all, Stef here. A big thanks to everyone who played along with my sketch challenge this week!! We appreciate you all very much!  There were so many wonderful cards, you definitely made it hard to narrow it down to just 4 choices.

Before we get to my choice for Headliner, let's see what caught the eye of the Design Team this week. In order of entry, we would like to congratulate:

                                                      Kim S.

Birgit

Amanda

Congratulations to all of our Cut Aboves on your wonderful projects.

And now for my Headliner:

                                                          Birgit

Birgit created a delightful birthday card with cute images colored so perfectly.  I love how she enhanced the scene by adding leafy branches around the perimeter. Congratulations Birgit, for being my headliner this week!

Again, thank you to everyone for playing along with us.  Congratulations to all our winners! Please be sure to pick up your badges here. We hope you will display them proudly.  Come back tomorrow for a fabulous Theme Challenge from LeAnne!  

There is still time to play in Challenge 717:Stef's Sketch Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge 717:Stef's Sketch Challenge. To see the original post and to view the Design Team's cards, click HERE. We can't wait to see what you create! This challenge ends Friday, November 29th at Noon PST.

PP717 - A Sketch Challenge from Stef

Hello and welcome to a new challenge at The Paper Players!  Stef here and I have the pleasure of hosting our monthly sketch challenge.  Before getting to that, The Paper Players team would like to thank everyone who joined us last week for Jaydee's Clean and Simple challenge.  All the cards were absolutely amazing and we appreciate everyone that shared their gorgeous creations!

Now, on to the sketch.  It has an open panel to give you plenty of options as to what you'd like to create.  While it is in a landscape or horizontal configuration below, feel free to flip it to a portrait or vertical style, whatever suits your needs.  We just want you have fun and play along this week! But before you head off to your crafty space, take a peek below at what the design team has made for your inspiration.

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile

*on a break*

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

Jolanda Johnstone

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

PP716 Challenge Winners

Happy Saturday.  

A huge thank you to all of you who played along with our Christmas themed challenge this week.  What a wonderful gallery of cards.  I know we say this often, but you REALLY made it hard for us to pick our winners this week.  Before we get to our HEADLINER this week, let's take a look at the top three choices from our design team - in order of submission:

Silke

 

Lisa

Nancy

And now for our HEADLINER:

Toni

Frankiehelpscraft

Toni's gorgeous blending with water drops makes for a magical background.  The white frame that seamlessly blends with the white frame of the card helps to keep the CAS feel.  Those gorgeous, multicolored die-cut trees add a fabulous amount of texture.  The whole card feels magical, whimsical and beautifully CAS.  Congrats, Toni, you are our HEADLINER this week.

Congratulations to Silke, Lisa, Nancy and Toni.  We hope you will take your winners badge and feature it on our blog.

Again, a huge thank you to all of you who played along this week.  We hope you will join us for Stef's fabulous sketch challenge tomorrow.

Jaydee