PP725 Challenge Winners

Hello Paper Players! Many thanks to all of you who were brave enough to take on two big asks: CAS and Masculine all in one challenge! I enjoyed looking at everyone's ideas and choosing a Headliner wasn't easy. 

Before I share my Headliner, let's see what caught the eye of the design team as their Cut Aboves (in order of submission).

Karen Walker

Christy Stanford

Amanda Mertz

And now to my Headliner...

I Card Everyone

Michele's bold, graphic design instantly caught my eye. The clean, uncluttered space and streamlined layout were the very essence of a CAS design. Congratulations, Michele. Your striking design has made you our Headliner of the week!

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

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow for our next challenge: a sketch from Stef. 

There is still time to play in Challenge 725: Jan's Clean and Simple Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge 725: Jan's Clean and Simple 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, February 21st at Noon PST.

PP725 - A Clean-and-Simple Challenge from Jan

Hello and welcome to this week's challenge at The Paper Players. Jan here, as your hostess for this week. After all the wonderful bright entries we had last week for LeAnne's colour challenge, this week will be a real change of pace. This week, we're look for Masculine and CLEAN and SIMPLE.

We're all looking forward to seeing what YOU do with this challenge. Just remember to keep things CLEAN and SIMPLE: minimal layers, lots of clean white space and few embellishments. 

Here's some inspiration from the design team to get your ideas flowing.

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile
On leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

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

PP724 Challenge Winners

Hello, stampers!  LeAnne here! What a lovely selection of cards were in the gallery this week, showcasing those pretty spring colors!  Before we get to my Headliner, let's see what choices the DT made for their favorite Cut Aboves:

Windy Ellard

Debbie Bonczek

And since we had a tie for third place, I am sharing both winners!

Michele Ferguson

Colleen Begley

And now to my Headliner:

Amanda Mertz

I enjoyed all the florals in the gallery, but I really thought Amanda's heart-felt birthday card was super fun and creative! I love the three panels behind her embossed heart, and that birthday cake was colored perfectly!  Cute embellishments finished it off to a "T"!  Congratulations, Amanda, you're our Headliner this week!  And congrats to all our winners!  Be sure to pick up your badges here!

Please come back tomorrow for a new challenge from Jan!

There is still time to play in Challenge 724: LeAnne's Colour Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge 724: LeAnne'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, February 14th at Noon PST.

PP724 - A Color Challenge from LeAnne

Hello, stampers!  LeAnne here with our current challenge, and it's a color challenge! I hope you can use these colors on something fun and creative!  Spring, Easter, feminine....anything goes! We can't wait to see what you create!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile
On leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

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

PP723 Challenge Winners

Hi, Stampers! It's Ann! I want to thank everyone for playing in our theme challenge this week.  Love was certainly in the air! There were so many fabulous cards gracing the gallery. The Design Team had our work cut out for us in picking out the winners.  Before we get to my HEADLINER, let's see who was selected as our CUT ABOVES:

Michele Ferguson - I Card Everyone

Silke - KartenKram

Erin T - homemadecardsbyerin

Congratulations to all of our Cut Above winners! And now for my Headliner!

Windy Ellard - Windy's Wonderful Creations

Windy's card caught my eye immediately.  Arranging the die cut hearts into a butterfly shape was so creative. The trio of pink flowers in the middle was a lovely contrast to the red, while their red rhinestone centers provided just the right amount of bling. The sweet sentiment, stamped in red and offset to the side was the perfect finishing touch to this lovely card. Congratulations, Windy, on being my Headliner this week!

Once again, congratulations to all of our winners. Remember to pick up your badges here!

Please join us tomorrow for a delightful color challenge from the talented LeAnne. 

There is still time to play in Challenge 723: Ann's Theme Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge 723: Ann'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, February 7th at Noon PST.

PP723 - A Theme Challenge from Ann

Hey, Stampers!  It's Ann, your hostess.  The Paper Players would like to thank everyone who played in Joanne's wonderful sketch challenge. There were so many amazing entries. We loved seeing the variety of creations made with her versatile layout. This week, I have a theme challenge for you: Love Is in the Air!  From romantic birthday cards to anniversary and wedding cards to Valentines and more ... the sky is the limit. We can't wait to see what YOU create! But first, before you run off to gather your stamps, paper and inks, let's check out what the design team has created for your inspiration!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile
On leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

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

PP722 Challenge Winners

Hi Players,

Joanne here! I'd like to send a huge shout out to all of you who played along with our sketch challenge this week.  It was wonderful to see your different interpretations of our layout.

As always, you made it hard for us to choose our winners - so much so, we have four cards instead of our usual three!  Before we get to our HEADLINER the design team have voted the following three submissions as our CUT ABOVE cards this week.

Sheila - Sheila Ho Design

crafty_whoistracy

Christy Stanford - Snapdragon Stamps

Cindy Major - encrepapierciseaux

Congratulations to our Cut Aboves. Now for my Headliner:

Michele Ferguson - I Card Everyone

Michele's little girl with her heart-shaped deely-bopper headband immediately caught my eye - what a cutie! Sweet and sassy peeking over her oversize HELLO sentiment, Michele's card is a great example of how a sketch can be stretched - literally. The proportions are different, but all of the elements of the layout are there - banner, layers and large focal sentiment. A great card Michele - congratulations on being my headliner this week!

I hope you will come back for our new challenge starting tomorrow. This week we have a timely theme chosen by our talented team member Ann.