Saturday, May 16, 2026

PP785 Challenge Winners

Happy Saturday and welcome back to the Paper Players.  It's time to announce the winners of PP785.  A huge thank you to all of you who played along with our Color Challenge last week.  It was great to see the different ways you used the bright, bold colors.  
    Before we get to our HEADLINER, let's see the top picks from our DT this week:

    Deborah Wheeler



    Suzy Hinton


    Bobby 





    And now on to our HEADLINER:

                                             Colleen Bagley 

    Colleen's Creative Corner 


    Colleen's beautiful card stole my heart from the minute I saw it in the gallery.  I will admit, tulips are my favorite flower.  The purple background and the black panel are the perfect way to draw your attention to all the fabulous words of encouragement on the turquoise.  The scalloped die cut adds a feminine touch and the vellum softens the panel and showcases the beautiful purple tulips.  The bold black sentiment is  a fantastic sentiment to celebrate the new graduate.  Congratulations, Colleen, YOU are my HEADLINER this week! 

    Congratulations to all of our winners, we appreciate you joining us this week and sharing your wonderful creativity.  Please be sure to come back tomorrow, when the amazing Ann is hosting our Clean and Simple challenge.  
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    Wednesday, May 13, 2026

    There is still time to play in Challenge 785: Claire's Colour Challenge


    There is still time to play in Challenge 785: Claire'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, May 15th at Noon PST.
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    Sunday, May 10, 2026

    PP785 - A Color Challenge from Claire

    Hello everyone! Welcome to a new week at The Paper Players. Claire here and I'm your hostess for this week. Thanks so much to those of you who entered Jaydee's feminine theme challenge last week. The gallery was filled with gorgeous, glamorous, girly cards.  

    This week, it's "COLOR" week and I've chosen a bright and bold color palette for us to play with.  I hope that you find it as much fun as I did. 

    I'm excited to see your creations!  




    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
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    Saturday, May 9, 2026

    Challenge 784 Winners

    Happy Saturday and welcome back to the Paper Players.  A huge thank you to all of you who played along with our Feminine challenge last week.  It really was wonderful to see such a diverse array of feminine cards and was proof that feminine is more than just pink and lace.  From sophisticated black to vintage collages, and from drinks to dancing, it was a fabulous gallery.
    Before we get to our HEADLINER, let's see the top picks from our DT this week:

    Nancy


    Jolanda



    Colleen



    And now on to our HEADLINER.

    Amanda


    Amanda's pretty in pink and peach creation is right on trend and I love it paired with the light mint green and deeper teal.  The panels add wonderful interest and texture without detracting from that fabulous sentiment.  The scalloped edges ensure that your eye is drawn right into the sentiment and the soft gold, peach and green florals frame her sentiment beautifully.  The light pink enamel dots work so well with the gold dots from the inside of the flowers and the whole composition keeps your eye moving around to see more.

    Congratulations, Amanda.  You are my HEADLINER this week.  We hope that all our winners will  collect your badges and display them with pride.

    Don't forget to join us again tomorrow.  The fabulous Claire has a fresh, clean and bright color challenge for you all.

    Jaydee

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    Wednesday, May 6, 2026

    There is still time to play in Challenge 784: Jaydee's Theme Challenge


    There is still time to play in Challenge 784: 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, May 8th at Noon PST.
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    Sunday, May 3, 2026

    PP784 - A Theme Challenge from Jaydee

    Hello Players,

    Jaydee here.  A huge thank you to all of you who played along with Stef's great sketch challenge last week.  We loved visiting with your creations, and congratulations to our winners.

    This week it's theme week and we can't wait to see all your takes on our challenge this week.  So, whether you are into clean and simple or lots of layers, it's time to get out all of those elements that you think make a feminine card.  Let's celebrate all those feminine peeps in our lives and share a little card love with them.



    As always, the design team have some fabulous inspiration for you:

    The Paper Players Design Team











    Now it's over to you.  We look forward to seeing 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
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    Saturday, May 2, 2026

    PP783 Challenge Winners

    Happy Saturday, crafty friends!

    It's time to announce the winners of PP783.  I'd like to give a big thanks to everyone who participated, it was an amazing gallery full of such a wonderful variety of takes on my sketch, it really made it difficult for all of the design team to choose winners.  We appreciate each and every one of you that played along!

    In no particular order, here are the design team choices for the Cut Above winners:











    And now for this week's Headliner:




    Karren's mixed media card had me enthralled just looking at it.  All the layers of stamping, texture and various elements combined to make one amazing card!  Congratulations, Karren, you're my Headliner this week!

    Congratulations to all of our winners, we appreciate you joining in this week and sharing your wonderful creativity.  Please be sure to come back tomorrow, when the lovely Jaydee is hosting our Theme challenge.

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    Wednesday, April 29, 2026

    There is still time to play in Challenge 783: Stef's Sketch Challenge


    There is still time to play in Challenge 783: Stef's Sketch Challenge. To see the Design team's cards    , click HERE. We can't wait to see what you create! This challenge ends Friday, May 1st at Noon PST.
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    Sunday, April 26, 2026

    PP783 - A Sketch Challenge from Stef

    Hello Crafty Friends!  It's Stef here with the pleasure of hosting our new challenge but first let me thank everyone who joined us for Christy's Clean and Simple challenge last week.  It was a treat to see a gallery filled with sweet baby animal cards and we really appreciate you sharing your wonderful creations.

    This week brings a new sketch challenge. My hope is that you find this one easy for creating whatever strikes your fancy.  As you'll see below, the team has used it in a variety of ways, and we look forward to seeing what you come up with!




    Now let's take a look at what the Design Team created!


    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
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    Saturday, April 25, 2026

    PP782 Challenge Winners

    Hey stampers!  Christy here with the winners from this week's challenge for CAS cards featuring baby animals.  Thank you to everyone who played along with us this week!  We had a tough time narrowing down our winners for today thanks to all of you filling our gallery with lots of baby cuteness, but here's what caught the eye of the design team for our Cut Above winners.  In order of entry to our gallery, we have:






    And now for this week's Headliner, Bobby:


    Bobby's card is perfectly CAS and that little elephant could not be any cuter.  Paired with an unforgettable greeting and a so-soft blue background, this card is practically perfect in every way, just like babies!  Congratulations Bobby, you're my Headliner this week!

    Congratulations to all our winners this week, we thoroughly enjoyed seeing your creativity in our gallery.  We'll see you here tomorrow for a wonderful sketch from the equally wonderful Stef!
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