It’s Sunday and time to “Play with the Players”! This week The Paper Players are hosting a theme challenge…School Daze! I can tell you that the Design Team has created adorable projects and cards this week! I hope you will join us for “Show and Tell”!
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips: The Basics
- Watercoloring 101! For quick and easy watercoloring, I always use Blender Pens and ink. I simply touch the tip of the pen to the ink pad and color away! Make certain to shade around the image to add depth and to ground the image. Get A+ results each and every time!
- Intro to Embellishments! The new Mini-Clothespins provide a cute way to attach a tiny tag. You’ll go to the “Head of the Class” for showing innovation and creativity!
- Stampin’ Math for Beginners! Think in threes! Three buttons, complete with Baker’s Twine bows, accent the curvature of the Scallop Circle mat. Follow the “Rule of Three”, and your cards will always “pass the test”!
I hope that you enjoyed today’s relatively quick and easy card! Your comments are always important to me, and I do read each and every one. So please let me know what you think of today’s creation! And of course, I am always ready to answer your questions about the cards that I make and the techniques that I use.
And the Winner Is…
The winner of the Sweet Scoops Stamp Set and retired Designer Series Paper is…Kimberly S.
- Goodness sakes!! This card is BEAUTIFUL!! I LOOOVE butterflies…but they look FANTASTIC on this letterpress plate! I gotta get that one soon! GORGEOUS creation!!
Kimberly S. said…
Kimberly, please send me an email with your address, and I will drop your prize in the mail! I thank all of you who left comments. Rest assured, I will be offering more retired paper in the near future! Until next time…
Stamp Sets: Word Play (W 120308, C 120651), Tiny Tags (W 118091, C 118592), Greeting Card Kids (W 119887, C 120633); Inks: Jet Black StazOn (101406), Soft Suede (115657), More Mustard (103162), Pretty in Pink (101301), Cherry Cobbler (119669), Daffodil Delight (119667), Bashful Blue (105209), Not Quite Navy (103008), Basic Gray (109120), Blush Blossom Stampin’ Write Marker (100037); Designer Series Paper: Just Add Cake (124339); Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler (119685), Whisper White (100730); Tools: Big Shot (113439), 3″ Circle (122125), Scallop Circle Die (113468), Blender Pens (102845), Jewelry Tag Punch (117190), Spiral Edge Punch (retired); Glitz and Glam: Mini Clothespins (122942), Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine (123125), White Baker’s Twine (124262), Cherry Cobbler 1/2″ Scallop Dots Ribbon (124138), Subtles Designer Buttons (119745), Regals Designer Buttons (119744)
Love your card!! I will be casing this one for sure!! TFS
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Susie Hamm
http://www.scrapwithsusie.com
What a fabulous project. I love your card and the image is just too sweet.
Oh I love it. Those kids are so cute!!! I love your clean style too and your coloring, of course. Hugs,
I love how you’ve worked the ribbon! and the watercolouring is wonderful.
Can’t believe it’s been a year already for your “twins”. 🙂 Very cute card for this time of year.
Happy first Birthday to the Schach twins , Muffy and Brody! Congratulations and Best Wishes for many more happy years!
Oh my word Ann, this card is SO sweet and the layout is superb. Thanks for sharing.
Such a sweet card Ann! Love the buttons and the clothes peg! Your colouring is perfect too!
This is just so adorable!!!! your water coloring is perfect… the colors are so bright and fun…
hugs
Darlene-Joy
So cute! The ruled paper w/torn spiral edge is the perfect background, and your coloring is super. I struggle with shading…but yours looks great. Actually found time to play in my studio this weekend. Yay!
Ann this is FANTASTIC. I am a huge “misser” of that spiral punch…so sad. Reading your post was so much fun today!
Your watercoloring is FABULOUS! The cards you create are so inspirational for all of your followers. TFS!
Darling card Ann! Every detail is perfection – love the spiral punch too!!
Sooo stinkin’ cute! Love the notebook paper you used the BG…great touch! 🙂
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That card is so darn cute!! You do amazing cards and I enjoy looking at your blog!
this card is just as cute as can be ann-love the sweet greeting card kids image and you watercolored them so nicely
So cute! TFS
Heidi
http://www.stampinking.blogspot.com
what a sweet, sweet card! love it!
Darling card, Ann! Love the colors; the cherry cobbler reminds me of fall and apple harvest which goes hand in hand with fall semester and football games. As always, thanks for the wonderful instructions. So hard to believe school has started for some and on the horizon for all the others. Daughter and family went home yesterday so will be finishing the unpacking and organizing the stamp space! In withdrawal, have not stamped in over a month! How are the Twins doing? Hugs, Pauline
Adorable back to school card! Love the notebook paper & ruffled ribbon. Such perfect details. Thank you for the great tips on water coloring. I’ve recently purchased the aqua pen & wanted to give it a try with the ink pads. Your tips will be especially handy.
Ann, your post made me smile! You make it “cool” to go back to school with this fun challenge! Love your card..when don’t I? The ruffled ribbon is fabulous! That notebook paper was the paper I WAS looking for to add to my card, but I couldn’t remember what DSP pack it was in. Ugh! A+ for a fun challenge this week, Ann! 🙂
Ann, you definitely ‘go to the head of the class’ with this adorable card, fun puns, and great tips!
Thhis card is darling and very appropriate for the kids returning to school. I really like this stamp set. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
This is an absolutely adorable card. The colors just pop off the computer screen – now I have to clean it up again! LOL 🙂 It is too bad SU retired the spiral punch as I am seeing it on so many sites and it was used in the latest magazine. Thanks for blessing my day and inspiring my art. 🙂
woof, woof – I have to go to the vet tomorrow ’cause I’m scratchin’ still and nobody knows why! I do – it itches. Oh by the way, I can come over ’cause I don’t have fleas. Maybe I could come over and Muffy and I could stamp! :))))
Ann, I love the crisp clean look of this card, and your coloring is just fabulous. The coordinating buttons really finish the card perfectly.
We are readying the house and the kids for back to school. Megan is actually starting high school. AH! Where did the summer go?
So adorable…except I don’t want to imagine that time yet! lol
OMG!! I absolutely adore this card!! so sweet and clean and cute. Love it. As always.
Oh my! This is just too cute!! I know a few teachers that will be receiving this card on the first day of school. Thanks for the inspiration Ann!
Absolutely adorable!!
You get an A+ on this for content, design, andeverything else! Just adorable. It is definitely in the details and boy, you nailed it on the details from the ribbon to the spiral edge punch you used, buttons, etc. The coloring was definitely A+ too.
Chris R. from Iowa
Such a cute card. Love the ribbon treatment. I remember always being excited about the first day of school; oh so long ago!!
What a cute card. Thanks for the tips on watercoloring, I have a problem with that. Do you use a special paper, or will all do? I am a newby trying to figure it out. Thanks
I had a feeling someone would use this little pair of cuties for their card—absolutely adorable!
Ann this card just POPs off the page. I love the colors and that ribbon is simply devine. I just adore the notebook paper and the spiral punch is the PERFECT accent. i can’t believe they retired it with all the new ‘school’ themed sets… My favorite part is the little clothespin. How cute is that! and I love the tied buttons.
Hugs.
PS: I was soooo excited with the theme because I JUST used RECESS last night to make a card! Off to post.
Ann, this is so cute and perfect for the theme. I love how you did the ribbon and all of the little details like the clothpin, buttons, and spiral edge. Love it!!
Beautiful job watercoloring. Great card. I need to practice watercoloring. I tend to stay away as I don’t feel I am all that good at it. It will be back to school before we know it!
Another adorable set of twins! 🙂 Great watercoloring and I love the ruled paper background and the little clothespin is too freakin’ cute! Why did I not order those???
Adorable! Great Back to School look! Love the ribbon and the clothespin – and I will never retire that punch – it is a great accent!
This is incredibly cute. All the little details are perfect!
Awesome coloring and great tips. Those kids are so darn cute. I love the use of the clothespin and the baker’s twine. D
Oh how cute! Look at those little kiddies, eek! Lovely water coloring, and I love that Imagine stamp!
What an adorable card, Ann! The embellishments you used are just perfect. Thank you for all of the great details you always provide.
Kathy in AZ
What an adorable card, Ann! The embellishments you used are just perfect. Thank you for all of the great details you always provide.
Kathy in AZ
Oh my gosh, this is just the cutest card! I love the spiral edge punch too and can’t believe it’s now retired. I too like to use the blender pen and ink for watercoloring, yours is just beautiful! Love all the wonderful details and thanks for sharing the “rule of three” with us!
Whoa, Ann! This is incredible! I love the ruffled ribbon along the left side and the watercoloring is phenomenal. Thanks for all of the tips you provided to this hungry student!
Hope all is well with you, your family and the Twins! Things are a tad busy here once again so I’m way behind in blog reading/commenting.
Ann, hope you didn’t pull an all nighter on the card!! It is beautiful!! Thanks for the challenge this week!
That is so adorable! Love your watercoloring and your tips.
So cute, Ann! Love your fabulous watercoloring and all the wonderful details. Great card!
Not so crazy about the school theme since this is the week I go back to school. And I am so not ready!
Thanks for showing us this sweet card.
Too cute! Your tips are always so helpful too.
Tell the Twins “Hi” from the girls. The girls want to know what they have been doing.
Oooh I love your little kids and the ruled paper and the spiral edge (can’t believe that punch retired!)
I don’t know why Stampin Up would do away with the spiral edge punch..I like that punch and use it often…Great work once again…and I loved the puns! Too cute…
Lynette