Sunday, June 4, 2023

PP643 - A Theme Challenge from Ann

Hey, Stampers! Ann here! Before I reveal this week's challenge, The Paper Players would like to thank everyone who played along in LeAnne's sketch challenge last week. There were so many wonderful cards in the gallery showcasing her amazing sketch.  Now on to our monthly Theme challenge.  I have selected "It's A Man's World" - create a masculine card.  We can't wait to see what YOU create, but before you run off to grab your stamps, papers, and inks, let's take a look at what the design team has created for your inspiration.

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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Saturday, June 3, 2023

PP642 Challenge Winners

Hi stampers, LeAnne here! Wow, there were so many amazing ways to use my sketch in the gallery this week!  What a difficult choice to make! 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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Now, on to my pick:

Claire - Life on the Scrap Heap

Claire's bright colors and wonderful shading brought life to this gorgeous floral image! The subtle background, the pops of black and the attention to details made this card a real stand-out! Such a pleasing creation!  Congratulations, Claire, you're our 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 an awesome Theme Challenge from Ann!   




Wednesday, May 31, 2023

There is still time to play in Challenge #642: LeAnne's Sketch Challenge


There is still time to play in Challenge #642: 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, June 2nd at Noon PST.

Sunday, May 28, 2023

PP642 - A Sketch Challenge from LeAnne

Hi there, stampers!  It's LeAnne here, with a new challenge for you!  First, thanks again to everyone who participated in Joanne's fun CAS challenge last week!  This week, it's sketch time:


Now, let's see what the design team came up with:


The Paper Players Design Team
















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

Saturday, May 27, 2023

PP641 Challenge Winners

Hello everyone - -Joanne here! Thank you to everyone who played along with my clean and simple challenge this week; I thoroughly enjoyed visiting your blogs and understanding what inspired your chosen single image. 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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Without further ado, the winner this week is:

Carol McFarland - Saw It. Had To Make It.


There were some fabulous cards in the gallery, but when I saw Carol's cute sheep, with delicate blended background, I was smitten. Add in the sweet little crochet knit detail and I was hooked (excuse the pun). Congratulations, Carol, on 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 fun Sketch Challenge from LeAnne!  

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

There is still time to play in Challenge #641: Joanne's Clean and Simple Challenge



There is still time to play in Challenge #641: Joanne'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, May 26th at Noon PST.

Sunday, May 21, 2023

PP641 - A Clean-and-Simple Challenge from Joanne

Hello everyone - Joanne here! Before we get to my challenge this week, I'd like to give a big shout out to everyone who played along with Jaydee's colour challenge last week - some truly pretty cards! On to this week's challenge! I love clean and simple (CAS) cards: minimal layers, few embellishments and lots of white space all typify a clean and simple card. I often find it helpful if I'm designing a CAS card to choose a single image as my focal point - it's a great way to reduce clutter. It could be a bird, an animal, a person, a number or something else entirely - the possibilities are endless! So that's my challenge to you this week: feature one of something as the focal point on your card - and remember to keep your design clean and simple! 


Check out this week's inspiration from the Design Team:

The Paper Players Design Team









Stampin' Up Irresistible Blooms Love You, Miss You By Tarabeth Stamps


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

Saturday, May 20, 2023

PP640 Challenge Winners

Happy Saturday.
A huge thank you to all of you who played along with my spring/summer color challenge this week.  It was wonderful to see so many different shades of those colors.  I know we say this every week, but it's true, you really did make it hard for us to choose our challenge winners.  Before we get to our Headliner this week, let's see what caught the eye of our design team.

HEADLINER
Colleen


Personally I find it really hard to use die-cuts that need to "create a scene". Colleen's card is a master class in how to make it work.  She used the colors in such a creative way.  The bold green brick was so unexpected but provides such a great pop of color as a background.  Three different shades of pink add a continuity and cohesion.  The black slippers look perfectly casual for a Saturday stroll to the market where fresh flowers are abundant.  Colleen's card evoked so many memories for me that I was fascinated by it.  Such a cool card!  Congratulations on being our HEADLINER this week, Colleen.  Your card is stunning.

i hope you will come back tomorrow and join us for Joanne's Clean and Simple challenge - always a favorite of mine1