Sunday, February 9, 2025

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!

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, February 8, 2025

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:









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



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. 

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

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.

Sunday, February 2, 2025

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!

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, February 1, 2025

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.



    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.

    Wednesday, January 29, 2025

    There is still time to play in Challenge 722: Joanne's Sketch Challenge


    There is still time to play in Challenge 722: Joanne'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, January 31st at Noon PST.

    Sunday, January 26, 2025

    PP722 - A Sketch Challenge from Joanne

    Hi everyone - Joanne here! Firstly, a big thank you to everyone who played along with Jaydee's Clean and Simple challenge last week - the gallery was filled with lovely postal-themed cards! This week it's sketch week and I've designed a layout with a little layering and a focal sentiment. There's lots of scope for you to make it your own - I can't wait to see what you create!



    Check out the fabulous inspiration this week from our Design Team:

    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, January 25, 2025

    PP721 Challenge Winners

    Hi Players,
    Jaydee here and I'd like to send a huge shout out to all of you who played along with our postal theme clean and simple challenge this week.  It was wonderful to see the different takes on the theme in the gallery.

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













    Congratulations to our CUT ABOVE winners.  Now on to our HEADLINER.

    FRAN


    Fran's card is perfectly clean and simple and I loved the whimsical heart with the franking and that little with love stamp.  All that wonderful white space allows the focal element to shine and the red absolutely pops against the white.  The addition of the black grounds the images and ties well with the heart outline.
    Fabulous CAS card.  Congratulations on being our HEADLINER this week, Fran.

    I hope you will come back and play along with our new challenge starting tomorrow.  This week we have a sketch challenge from our very talented designer, Joanne.

    Wednesday, January 22, 2025

    There is still time to play in Challenge 721: Jaydee's Clean and Simple Challenge


    There is still time to play in Challenge 721: Jaydee'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, January 24th at Noon PST.

    Sunday, January 19, 2025

    PP721 - A Clean-and-Simple Challenge from Jaydee

    Happy Sunday and welcome to the Paper Players. Jaydee here.   This is our second challenge of 2025 and we'd like to thank all of you who played along with Elizabeth's fabulous color challenge last week.  Also, a shoutout to our winners!

    This week it's Clean and Simple week and I have a theme for you.  I've been seeing lots of postage themed sets around for the last few months and decided it was time we celebrated that.  I mean, what's better than receiving a handwritten letter - or better yet - a handmade card in the post!  

    Our design team have some fabulous inspiration for you, but we can't wait to see what YOU create this this theme.  




    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