Anniversary Card PP729

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If you need a special card which can be customized for a variety of occasions, today’s anniversary card may be the inspiration you need. It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players!

It’s time for Clean and Simple week! Our host, the lovely and talented Joanne, is challenging us to use a single stamped image on our card. Roses were in order for my anniversary card, but there are SO MANY images that can be used. I can’t wait to see what YOU create.  But before you run off to gather your stamps, papers, and inks, keep in mind that when The Paper Players use the term “clean and simple”, we mean cards that:

Have minimal layers and embellishments
Have plenty of open space
Are simple and uncluttered

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I love a simple card idea which can be customized for any number of occasions. Although today’s card is an anniversary card, by switching out the sentiment it could be a wedding card, a birthday card, a Valentine, thinking of you, sympathy and more. Plus, you can customize the colors to accomodate the recipient’s personal preferance. I created this card to give to my husband for the anniversary we celebrated last week, and tailored it for us. Our wedding had a vintage vibe, so I felt the Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder was a perfect choice for the background, but you can use any folder of your choice, or skip it completely. Our wedding colors were peach and sea foam, so I used Peach Pie and Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends to color the flowers. Once again, you can use ANY color. The single image was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with gold, as was the sentiment which is from the Wonderful Thoughts set. Gold open weave ribbon and gold low profile dots add just enough interest without taking away from the cleaner vibe.

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Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile – On Leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

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Pastel Floral Hello Card PP728

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With gentle Spring right around the corner, why not welcome her in with a pastel floral “hello” card! It’s time to play with The Paper Players!

pastel floral hello card

This week is Color Challenge week at The Paper Players and the fabulous Jaydee has a fun palette of hues for us: Pastels! While I went with flowers and created a pastel floral hello card, I can’t wait to see what YOU create!

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pastel floral hello card

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tip

Today’s pastel floral hello card is another easy-peasy beauty. With the pastel hues I used, I wanted to keep the floral aspects delicate and feminine. Linked Together dies provided me with exactly what I needed. The trellis was die cut from Basic White cardstock and matted onto Fresh Freesia Beautiful Bokeh designer paper. This panel was bumped up on dimensionals and centered onto a Basic White card base which had been covered in Balmy Blue bokeh paper. Soft Sea Foam leaves were die cut from Wildflower Birthday designer paper and adhered to the trellis. Next, Balmy Blue cardstock flowers were die cut and added in the positions shown, using dimensionals for two of them. A simple “hello” sentiment was created with the Wonderful Thoughts bundle. For the final touch, Two Tone Sparkle Gems add the perfect bling!

pastel floral hello card

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Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile – On Leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

Nueve’s Notes

Hi, Mom’s Friends! It’s me, Nueve. I’m checking in with some updates. It will be two weeks this Tuesday since I got hurt. I am still not sure what a week is, but I still think it is close to being forever. I am trying to be a good boy even though I can’t run or play or do fun things. As hard as I am trying, sometimes I just am not quite good enough. Yesterday, when Mom went downstairs to the stamping room to get supplies to make a card, she left me by myself. She aways lets me go down to the stampin’ place ’cause I am a BIG help to her, but this time she didn’t. I was so worried about her that I jumped up on the couch so I could see out the window better. I thought maybe she had went outside instead. I am not supposed to do any jumping, and I know I am not supposed to be on the couch, but I did it out of concern for Mom. When Mom came upstairs after a few minutes, she gave me a big lecture and asked me if I wanted “sugary”. I like sweet things, so I don’t think sugary would be too bad. I thought she was going to get me some ice cream, but instead she put the baby fence in front of the couch so I wouldn’t jump on it again. I even tried pouting and looking sad. But it didn’t work. I still didn’t get anything sweet. Moms should never ask their kids if they want something, and then not give it!

On the bright side, Mom is trying to make my days better. She let me take a nap with Uncle Q, ’cause he is gentle with me. We laid right at Mom’s feet while she did stamping stuff. He’s getting Arthur-itis in his back, so he likes snuggling next to me. I keep his back warm. It’s one of my jobs.

‘Cause my leg is still a little ouchie, I like to curl up with my unicorn on my special bed. It’s a little bit off the floor, so it feels like I am floating in the air. Sadly, both of my unicorns will not fit on it with me at the same time. I use my pink one like a pillow, but I make sure that my white is still right beside me on the floor. I carry my white one around the house, ’cause he likes to go where I go.

Thanks to Mom’s stamping friend, Auntie Berta, I have ‘propriate toys and special treats to keep my mind busy. This is my favorite. I take the white bones out with my teeth and there are TREATS below them. Then I flip up the lids on the red boxes with my nose and there are TREATS! Next, I slide the red boxes and below them are TREATS! Mom makes sure I get diet treats, ’cause Doc Rita said I am ‘spose to stay thin while my leg heals.

Auntie is very wise. She knows a Working Dog needs a job to be happy. My job these days is solving my puzzles. I am a Working Dog. I am Good Boy Nueve!

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Happy Spring PP727

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What better way to wish someone “Happy Spring” than with a bouquet of spring flowers! It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players!

This week, sweet Claire is hosting our Theme Challenge. What a timely theme she has for us: Spring Flowers. It won’t be long until the flowers of the season will greeting us with their lovely blooms. My card today is super easy to make. I can’t what to see what YOU create!

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Today’s card is easy-peasy, and can be made in a very short amount of time. You may be wondering “how”. The answer lies in the paper. The gorgeous die cut image which serves as the focal point is part of the Wildflower Birthday designer series paper collection. It consists of 12 sheets of patterned paper: 2 each of 5 double-sided designs, 2 each of 1 single-sided sheet of die cuts. In fact, the sweet Pretty in Pink gingham paper is from the same paper pack. I used the Perennial Postage dies to create the perfect setting for the flowers. The sentiment is from the Storybook Friends stamp set. Isn’t it a lovely script? I punched it out using an old Stampin’ Up! oval punch from back in the day and adhered it onto a Blueberry Bushel oval mat, which I hand-cut. The “trellis” is from the Celebrate Love Mix & Match Ephemora Pack. A trio of Regal Foiled Dots add the perfect bling. See how easy it was? The most difficult part was hand-cutting the oval mat for the sentiment.

Need more inspiration? Be sure to visit the rest of The Paper Players design team:

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile – On Leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

Nueve’s Notes

Hey, Mom’s Stampin’ Friends! It’s me, Nueve. I know it has been a long time since I have talked with you. Sadly, I have some not so good news. Just when I was all ready to do ‘bedience stuff with my mom, I hurt my leg really bad. We were playing catch with my sloth ball in the backyard, and I must have landed wrong after I jumped up really high for it. I came back limping. Mom was really worried. When I was still limping the next morning, Mom took me to see one of my favorite friends, Doc Rita. Everytime I see her, she tells me I am handsome and she gives me treats. I like her. This time she took me back to a room where they take special pictures. She said I partially tore my Cranial Caudaul Ligament. It’s the same thing as an ACL in people. I’m not sure what either of them are, but Doc Rita, my mom and my dad were really worried. It made me so sad.

It made me even sadder when I found out I can’t run or play for 12 weeks. I’m not sure how long 12 weeks is, but I think it is very close to forever. Mom takes me outside on the leash, but only to potty. I have to takes meds and be really good. I can’t even go upstairs to the Big Bed, so Mom and I are sleeping downstairs in front of the fire box.

Mom is trying to keep my brain active so I don’t get bored and depressed. We play games, like “Which Cup Has the Treat?” and a really fun puzzle game she bought me. If I’m not better after all this rest, I have to have surgery. I don’t want that. So I am trying to be good.

I am going to work hard to get better so I don’t need surgery. I have to get better so I can get back to work. After all, I am a Working Dog. It’s what I do. I am Good Boy Nueve!

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