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!

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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.

PP767 - A Theme Challenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday and welcome to our final Paper Players challenge of 2025.  Jaydee here and before we get to my challenge this week I'd like to say a huge thank you to all of you who played along with Claire's fabulous Tic-Tac-Toe board last week.  It was wonderful to see so many different interpretations using the same set of words.  Also, thank you to all of you who played along with us during 2025.  Your support means a great deal to us, and is what keeps us going :-)

It's also the final challenge that we will see a Design Team card from the extremely talented Elizabeth Stewart.  Elizabeth is taking a break to concentrate on her studies.  We will miss her wonderful creations in our gallery each week, but we wish her all the best for her upcoming exams, and thank her for her contributions this past year.

Now, it's on to our challenge this year.  I chose an inspiration word that I think is on a lot of people's minds right now :-)

Now, let's see what fabulous creations our design team made 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

Christy Stanford

Now, it's over to you.  We can't wait to see what YOU create.

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

PP766 Challenge Winners

Happy Saturday, Stampers! It's Claire! I want to thank everyone who took time out of their busy holiday schedules to participate in my Tic Tac Toe challenge this past week. There were so many lovely cards in the gallery. It was wonderful seeing your take on the Tic Tac Toe Board.   Here are this week's Cuts Above, in gallery order:

     Julie B.   

Fran Wing

Diane H.

And now for my Headliner:

Wanda Cullen

Cullen-ary Creations

Wanda's card is so elegant!  The gold foiled background is gorgeous!  The die cut trees with the white embossing and the white poinsettias are stunning.  The gold splatters are the perfect finish to this beauty!  I love every detail of this stunning card.  Congratulations, Wanda, YOU are my HEADLINER this week!  

Congratulations to all the winners!  Be sure to pick up your badges here.  

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for a new challenge from Jaydee!

There is still time to play in Challenge 766: Claire's TicTacToe Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge 766: Claire's TicTacToe Challenge. To see the Design team's cards, click HERE. We can't wait to see what you create! This challenge ends Friday, December 5th at Noon PST.

PP766 - A Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge from Claire

Hello Stampers!  It's Claire and I am the hostess this week.  It is the fifth week of the month, so it's time for Tic-Tac-Toe.  Before we get to the board, The Paper Players would like to thank you for playing along with Ann's sketch challenge last week.  We loved seeing all your beautiful cards using three panels.  This week we are playing with a variety of choices on the Tic-Tac-Toe board.  We can't wait to see what you create.  Please check out what the Design Team has created to inspire you. 

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

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