Saturday, June 6, 2015

Winners for PP247 Laurie's- Tic Tac Toe challenge

Hi everyone! Laurie here, with a BIG thank you to all of you who played along with the tic tac toe challenge this week. It was SO much fun to visit your blogs and see so many creative ideas!

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


And now for the Headliner....Darnell Knauss:



                                                                     
                                                                     
                                                                 
       
                                                        
              Darnell has been taking water coloring classes and created this beautiful card for the challenge! I just love the leaf embossed mask with the pretty splattering. The tiny heart on the sentiment "hope" is SO sweet! Congratulations, Darnell!


Winners, please pick up your badges--available HERE! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a fun Theme Challenge brought to you by Joanne. See you soon! 

Sunday, May 31, 2015

PP 247 - A Tic- Tac- Toe challenge from Laurie

Hi everyone!

 Laurie here with this weeks challenge. A big thank you to all who played along  with Ann Marie's challenge....so many gorgeous cards!

The challenge this week is one of my favorites, I love tic tac toe! I'm excited to see what you create, there are SO many possibilities. Which row will you choose?

Let's take a look at what the design team created for inspiration:





Challenge Rules:
  1. Create a NEW paper, or digital, project.
  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 three challenges, TOTAL. Entries linked to more than 3 challenges, including ours, will be deleted without notification.
  5. Have fun!

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Winners for PP246 - Anne Marie’s Sketch Challenge

Hello and Happy Saturday! Anne Marie here to announce our winners. Thank you to everyone who joined us and played along with my sketch challenge last week. We all loved visiting your blogs and seeing your fabulous creations. 

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



And now our Headliner:      
Jenny Engelke 
from Giddy Stamper
Jenny’s “birthday cod" just made me smile! How cute is that little polka dot penguin?! I just loved the fun details she added to her card, like the glittery glacier snd the itty bitty party hat. But that tiny fish with the bow was the perfect touch to go along with that “punny” sentiment. Absolutely adorable! Congratulations Jenny on being my choice for our Headliner this week! 


Winners, please pick up your badges--available HERE! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a fun Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge brought to you by Laurie. See you soon! 

Thursday, May 28, 2015

There's Still Time to Play in Challenge #246: Anne Marie's Sketch Challenge

There is still time to play in Challenge #246: Anne Marie's Sketch Challenge! To see the original post and to view the Design Team's inspiration cards, click HERE. We can't wait to see what you create! This challenge ends Friday, May 29th at Noon, PST.

Sunday, May 24, 2015

PP246: A Sketch Challenge from Anne Marie

Hello stampers! Anne Marie here to share our new weekly challenge. Before I get to that, a big shout out to everyone who played along with Jaydee’s Theme Challenge last week. So many beautiful submissions in our gallery!  

This week, I am super excited to be hosting and I have a fun Sketch Challenge for you! Let’s take a peek at what the Design Team has created for inspiration. We are really looking forward to see what YOU do with the sketch. Happy stamping! 


Challenge Rules:
  1. Create a NEW paper, or digital, project.
  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 three challenges, TOTAL.  Entries linked to more than 3 challenges, including ours, will be deleted without notification.
  5. Have fun!

Saturday, May 23, 2015

PP245 Jaydee's CAS Challenge Winners

Hi Everyone.

What a wonderful collection of projects for us to choose from again this week.  You really do continue to make it harder for the design team to pick a favourite!  Thank you to all of you who played along with us.

Before we get to my headliner, let's see what caught the eye of our design team.

Before we get to my Headliner--- let's see what caught the eye of the design team.  

And now our headliner:      
Sharon
Glittertastic



I fell in love with Sharon's pink and girlie confection.  The ombre pink dots with the whimsical vellum butterfly are just perfect together.  I love the way her pearls echo the dots in the background and yet don't take your eye away from the overall composition.  The soft sentiment is perfectly placed.  An all round CAS perfection card.  Congratulations, Sharon on being my Headliner this week.


Winners, please pick up your badges--available HERE! Be sure to check back tomorrow for a fabulous sketch challenge hosted by our friend, Anne Marie.  See you soon! 

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Special Announcement from the Paper Players!

Greetings everyone! We wanted to share some exciting news here at The Paper Players today! 

Starting with our June 7th challenge, we will be welcoming 3 new Guest Designers to our team. We are very excited to have these ladies join us and asked them to share a little bit about themselves.


Amy Koenders

I’m Amy Koenders, I’ve been a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator for about 3 years and I’ve been stamping for about 5 years.  I took many art classes when I was much younger and have always enjoyed painting and creating.  I’m glad that I’ve found such a fun hobby to share with so many others.  I’m married to my wonderful husband Lance, who has graciously put up with my stamping habit (and ever growing stash) without complaining a bit.  I’m also a runner and have finished many road races in every distance from 5K to Marathon.  I’m easy to spot out on the road, I’m the one with sweaty ink smudges on my forehead and glitter stuck in my hair.


Lisa Elton


Hello! I'm so very grateful to have been invited to guest design with this talented team. Thanks Anne Marie! I live in Ohio with my high school sweetheart husband. We are blessed with one amazing son, his beautiful wife and a 6 month old granddaughter who is the light of our life! I'm a former floral designer/instructor and now stay at home wife who cares for our granddaughter while our son & daughter-in-law work. I've been a polka dot loving stamper for about 15 years, a blogger since 2011. I hope I can bring you a bit of inspiration here at the Paper Players over the next 6 months!


Jodi McKinney



Hi, my name is Jodi McKinney.  What a thrill and honor it is to be asked to be a part of The Paper Players Design Team as a Guest Designer!  Stamping and "paper playing" is something I do at "life in between" - the fun times in life when we get to choose what we want to do instead of doing those things we have to do.

I am a wife of 33 years, mom of two grown sons, and Director of Corporate Communications for a home health and hospice company.  I live in Mars, PA - for real!  

There are never enough hours in the day to do all the things I want to do, discover all the things I want to learn, and spend enough time with the people I love.  In addition to stamping, I love to bake and cook, I am an amateur photographer, and I am trying to teach myself to watercolor.  

I love creating one-of-a-kind cards that are created specifically for the individuals they are created for... gifts of HeART.



We couldn’t be happier to welcome these amazing designers to the Paper Players team. Please stop by their blogs and say hello to them. 

One more thing….if you haven’t played along with Jaydee’s Theme Challenge this week, there is still time. The challenge is open until Friday, May 22nd at Noon (PST). You can find the challenge details by clicking HERE


Sunday, May 17, 2015

PP245: A CAS Challenge From Jaydee

Hi Everyone.   Before I get to the challenge this week, a huge shout out to all our players last week.  There were so many amazing submissions that it was very difficult for us to each choose a winner for LeAnne's great color challenge.

It's my pleasure to host our challenge this week and I have a Clean-and-Simple challenge for you, Clean-and-Simple "Girly Thanks".   Our design team has created some fabulous cards as inspiration for you - but we can't wait to see what you do with it!





Challenge Rules:
  1. Create a NEW paper, or digital, project.
  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 three challenges, TOTAL. Entries linked to more than 3 challenges, including ours, will be deleted without notification.
  5. Have fun!