PP521 Challenge Winners

WOW-- what an amazing  gallery this week!   Everyone is busy with Christmas preparations, but still managed to find the opportunity  to squeeze in time to craft and share your beautiful creations with us. I loved visiting your blogs and seeing the wide variety of ideas with my festive color combo!  

 Before we get to my choice for Headliner, let's see what caught the eye of the Design Team this week:

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And now our Headliner:

Colleen's Creative Corner

Colleen's stunning card is so elegant and sophisticated!  I love the silver and white embossing!  It just pops off the black background.  The silver frame is perfect to showcase the ornament and tapestry!  The embossed sentiment inside and out are fabulous, too!  A few silver sequins completes this beauty!  Congratulations Colleen--YOU are my HEADLINER this week! 

Once 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.  The Paper Players Design Team is taking a well deserved break until the new year.  Please join us on Sunday, January 3 for the first challenge of 2021.  Until then, we wish you a peaceful and joyous holiday season with family and friends!

Hello and Goodbye!

As this week is our final challenge for 2020.  We wanted to thank all of YOU for playing along with us this year.  We appreciate your support and have enjoyed seeing all of your wonderful creations in our gallery.  We look forward to playing along with us in 2021.

It is also the time of year when we say goodbye to our 2020 guest designers.  A huge shout out to Allisa, Mary and Stef for sharing their immense talent with us.  It has been an honor to craft beside such a talented and supportive trio.

It's also time to say hello to our very talented 2021 guest designers.  We are pleased to welcome Amanda, Debbie and Nancy to our team.  Welcome ladies, we can't wait to craft alongside you.  Here's a little about each of new GDs.

Amanda Mertz

DidYouStampToday.blogspot.com

Hi!  I'm Amanda Mertz and I'm very excited to be a Guest Designer with the Paper Players this year.  I live in Richmond, VA with my husband Matt and two sons Ryan (14) and Alex (12).  I've been stamping since 2004 and a Stampin' Up! demonstrator since 2009.  My family has always been supportive of my 'jobby' as I call it. It's not quite enough to call it a job and clearly way more than just a hobby.  Pre-pandemic I hosted a monthly stamp class for 10 years with a fabulous group of stampers and I look forward to in person stamping again but for now I'm really enjoying participating in challenges and sharing projects on my blog.  When I'm not stamping I enjoy reading, walking/hiking, watching sports and playing with my dog Aggie.

Debbie Crowley

Expressively Deb

Hi, my name is Debbie Crowley and I am thrilled to be a Guest Designer with The Paper Players for 2021!  A resident of Central New Jersey, I am Mom to two wonderful adult children, Alison and Denis, and have a Grand Dog named Lucky who I love spoiling. They are all very supportive of my paper crafting life.  

My first Stampin’ Up! Workshop was hosted by my sister in 1998.   Not knowing anything about card making or what rubber stamping was, I was reluctant to go.  From that workshop there was no turning back.  I’ve been stamping, designing cards and paper crafting since.   I've taught stamp classes on a monthly basis and always enjoyed inviting friends to my home to stamp and share inspiration.  I do hope to have that opportunity again soon.

I became a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in 2012 and started blogging shortly after. 

Card making continues to be an exciting journey for me.  I've grown from and with it.

The Paper Players has always been a favorite challenge of mine and I am excited, honored and grateful to be part of this amazing group in 2021!

Thank you all for this opportunity!

 

Nancy Leppek

Scrapper at Heart

Hi, My name is Nancy Leppek and I live in the sunshine state, we moved here from Ohio when I was 6. I am married to my best friend Dave who is a huge supporter of my hobby, which is really terrific! We both are recently retired from the school system.  We have one son Tyler (28) who is married but unfortunately lives in Santa Cruz, California which is too far for this momma.  

As for my paper loving journey. It all started back in 1996 when I started scrapbooking and later became a Creative Memories Consultant. (Hence the title of my blog Scrapperatheart.). Then around 2000, I was introduced to Stampin Up.  I fell in love right away! I started my blog back in 2008 and have enjoyed every minute of it!  I wake up every day thankful for this wonderful creative outlet and all the fabulous people I have met and still hope to meet someday.  It is so amazing the friendships that kindle over paper.  

I am absolutely honored to be designing with The Paper Players in 2021 as they are my go-to site when I am looking for a challenge to play along with. 

Thanks so much for this wonderful opportunity!

 

There is still time to play in Challenge #521: Claire's Colour Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge #521: Claire'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 18th at Noon PST.

PP521 - A Color Challenge from Claire

Happy Sunday!  Claire here and it is my pleasure to host our Paper Players Challenge this week!  Before we get to our challenge this week, can we talk about all the AMAZING cards in the gallery for Joanne's Theme Challenge.  It was so wonderful to see all of your creative entries!  

My color challenge this week is holiday inspired but, you can use your imagination and use the colors any way!  Have fun!  Let's take a look at what the Design Team has created for your inspiration...     

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Allisa Steinlicht

Stef Perry

Mary Deatherage

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!

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PP520 Challenge Winners

Well what a bumper gallery this week! Clearly lots of you are busy with your Christmas preparations, but still managed to find the time to squeeze in a spot of crafting and share your makes with us. I loved visiting your blogs and seeing what inspires your festive creations and loved all of the Christmas trees, snowmen, poinsettias and everything in between. Whether traditional or modern, I enjoyed them all and I am thankful to all of you for sharing with us this week!

Before we get to my choice for Headliner, let's see what caught the eye of the Design Team this week:

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And now our Headliner:

Karen Walker - Random Reflections

There was so much to choose from in the gallery this week, but I kept coming back to Karen's modern, elegant Christmas tree. The clean and simple design and striking colour combination, complete with red bauble detail, is so eye-catching - congratulations on being my Headliner this week!

Once 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 lovely Color Challenge from Claire! It will be our last challenge of 2020, so we hope you can join us!

There is still time to play in Challenge #520: Joanne's Theme Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge #520: Joanne'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 11th at Noon PST.

PP520 - A Theme Challenge from Joanne

Hi everyone it's Joanne here and I am your hostess! With 19 days to go, it really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here so that is my theme for this week! Whether it's cards, gifts or packaging, I would love to see your festive makes! 

But first, let's take a peek at what the Design Team has created for your inspiration:

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

 LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Allisa Steinlicht

Stef Perry

Mary Deatherage

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

PP519 Challenge Winners

Hello there stamping friends! Anne Marie here. Thank you so very much to everyone who participated in my Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge last week. Our gallery was filled with beautiful projects and we really enjoyed all of the awesome creative inspiration you shared for the challenge. Before we get to my choice for Headliner, let's see what caught the eye of the Design Team this week:

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And now our Headliner:

Bronwyn Eastley

AddINKtive Designs

Bronwyn’s beautiful card just made me do a double-take! The colors are so soft and serene and I just love all of the fabulous dimension with the fancy fold design. I just kept coming back to look at all of the gorgeous detail.  Congratulations Bronwyn, you are my Headliner this week! 

Once 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 seasonal Theme Challenge from Joanne! 

There is still time to play in Challenge #519: Anne Marie's TicTacToe Challenge

 

There is still time to play in Challenge #519:  Anne Marie's TicTacToe 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 4th at Noon PST.

PP519 - A Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge from Anne Marie

Hey there, stamping friends! Anne Marie here with a new challenge! It’s the fifth week of the month and that means it’s time for a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. Whoo hoo! Lots of options to inspire your creativity! 

Before we take a look at the board, we would like to thank everyone who played along with LeAnne's sketch last week. So many gorgeous cards in the gallery! 

So, how do you play in the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge? It’s easy. Choose three items from the board below, either across, down or diagonally. Then get out your crafting supplies and have some fun creating your project. We can't wait to see what you share!

Let’s take a look at what the Design Team has created 

for your inspiration this week: 

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

 

Allisa Steinlicht

Stef Perry

Mary Deatherage

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

PP518 Challenge Winners

Hi folks!  LeAnne here saying thanks to everyone who participated in my sketch challenge!  There were some lovely submissions and I enjoyed every single one of them!  Before we get to my choice for Headliner, let's see what caught the eye of the Design Team this week:

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And now our Headliner:

Nancy at inkblocks

Oh my goodness, this card is just a sweet little work of art!  The whole concept of the snowy hill, the children playing and the details and colors just made me come back to it again and again!  The embossed sentiment really stands out again the kraft paper and the little 3d snowball...well, that was the icing on the cake!  Congratulations, Nancy, you are my Headliner this week!

Once 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 bonus Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge from Anne Marie! 

There is still time to play in Challenge #518: LeAnne's Sketch Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge #518:  LeAnne'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 27th at Noon PST.

PP518 A Sketch from LeAnne

Hi stamping friends!  LeAnne here with a new challenge for you!  Thanks to all who participated in Ann's fun challenge last week, too!  This week we've got a sketch for you, one that will help you use up all those little scraps that we all seem to collect!  It's good for any occasion too!  Can't wait to see what you create!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee 

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

 

Allisa Steinlicht

Stef Perry

Mary Deatherage

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