It’s Sunday…and time to play at The Paper Players! This week, the talented Anne Marie has selected a trio of bright and cheery colors for a fun color challenge:  Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, and Calypso Coral. I hope you enjoy today’s card, created with the Stippled Blossoms stamp set.

The finished card measures 5-1/2″ wide x 4-1/4″ long.

• Two-Step Stamping! Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral were used to “two-step” stamp flowers from the Stippled Blossoms set.  Of course, no bloom would be complete without Basic Pearl centers!

• Calypso!  A Calypso Coral Designer Frame forms the perfect backdrop for the Birthday Wishes sentiment from Bring on the Cake.  To draw the eye to the sentiment, a Flower was inked up and stamped off once before stamping onto the Whisper White oval.

• Delightful Details!  A Calypso Coral Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border accents the center panel.  And with the release of the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, nothing is easier than adding a pierced border around the Apothecary Accent Framelit!  The Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder was used to create a quick and easy Lucky Limeade background.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.  I am really curious to see how the central panel and flowers would look with Pool Party chevrons.  Join me tomorrow to see how it turns out.  And in case you missed it, I am offering some delicious calorie-free Blog Candy.  How does a 6″ x 12″ sample of all of the new Designer Series Papers sound?  For more details, please check out yesterday’s post.


As always, your comments are important to me, and I do read each and every one of them, so won’t you please let me know what you think of today’s card? And remember, if you ever have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away!  Until next time…

Stamp Sets:  Stippled Blossom, Bring on the Cake; Inks:  Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Soft Suede;  Stampin’ Write Marker:  Crumb Cake;  Designer Series Paper:  2011 – 2013 In-Color Designer Series Paper Stack;  Card Stock:  Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade; Tools:  Big Shot, Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Designer Frames Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Large Oval Punch, Dotted Scalloped Ribbon Border Punch, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Color Spritzer Tool, Sponge Dauber; Glitz and Glam:  Basic Pearls

It’s Storytime here at The Stampin’ Schach! Now this isn’t a story that you will ever see in a First Edition, nor will it receive any Fan Fair anywhere, especially not in an International Bazaar or at a World Spectacular event.  You probably won’t read about it in a Comfort(able) Cafe, where they often have newspapers on the tables for you to peruse.  It is just a Natural Composition I am writing.  

But I will tell you that I was Twitterpated when I received the news.  I earned Stampin’ Up!’s incentive trip to Hilton Head! “Be of Good Cheer”, I told my husband.  “We are heading out on a get-away!”  I got a big hug and a kiss.  Of course, Summer Smooches are the best!  And then my upline, the fabulous Mary Fish, must have visited the Floral District, because she sent me flowers to mark the occasion.  I felt like celebrating with a Patio Party! I felt like dressing up in Polka Dots and going on a Polka Dot Parade around the neighborhood.  And to make it even better, my good friend and Convention roommate, Ginger will be going, too. Birds of a Feather flock together, as they say!

I would never have achieved this if not for you, my customers, and my fabulous downline.  I thank all of you!  And to celebrate, how about a little Blog Candy?  Hmmm…can you tell from my story what it could be? I will select one winner from all comments left on today’s post,  Sunday’s Paper Player inspiration card post, and Monday’s post.  (I am sorry, but I cannot ship to addresses outside of the United States per Stampin’ Up! rules.)  The winner will receive a 6″ x 12″ selection from all of the designs in each of the Designer Series Paper collections (with the exception of First Edition) for a total of 78 sheets of paper.  To get you started today, simply tell me which pattern is your favorite.  Mine is Fan Fair.  Until next time…

It’s time to play at the PPA! This week, the Pals at Pals Paper Arts are hosting a Color Challenge with a delightful trio of colors:  Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler.  In preparation for today’s card, I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets, Field Flowers, as well as the new Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper and the new Delicate Designs Folder.  I hope that you enjoy this week’s classic card as much as I enjoyed creating it for you!

The finished card measures 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″.

• Depth and Dimension! Stamping an extra blossom to snip out and “pop” up on a Stampin’ Dimensional is a perfect way to add depth to the Field Flowers image.  For even more “wow”, adhere it slightly below the original stamped flower!

• Texture! Zipping the Early Espresso mat through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder creates a mat which draws the eye to the image.

• The “Wow” Effect! A Cherry Cobbler Delicate Design Scalloped Border, abutted against the textured Early Espresso image mat, adds “wow” for sure!  Of course, the string of Basic Pearls at the interface, is the icing on the “cobbler”!

• A Double Bow!  A Daffodil Delight Seam Binding double bow is the perfect finishing touch! 

 

Stamp Set:  Field Flowers (W 122760,  C 122762);  Inks:  Daffodil Delight (126944), More Mustard (126964), Crumb Cake (126975), Old Olive (126953);  Designer Series Paper:  Polka Dot Parade (126902);  Card Stock:  Early Espresso (119686), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Whisper White (100730);  Tools:  Big Shot (113439), Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (119976), Delicate Designs Folder (127023);  Glitz and Glam:  Daffodil Delight Seam Binding (125583), Basic Pearls (119247);