Welcome to a new challenge at The Paper Players. We had so many fantastic entries in Jaydee's Clean and Simple Postal challenge that it was hard to choose from them all. This week, our hostess is Joanne and she has a great sketch for us to play with. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!
I've been playing around with the Floral Delight suite since I'm involved in presenting the Creativity Abounds Virtual Stamp Camp next month. I'm not usually a big user of DSP but the papers in this suite are just so pretty that they kind of called to me. 😀
I used the hexagonal stitched die from Nested Essentials to cut a piece of Floral Delight DSP as the 'rectangle' element of the sketch. I used the banner die from the same set to cut two flags of contrasting DSP to make the two side pieces of the sketch. The line of Daffodil Delight ribbon, and the bow, were additions to the sketch.
The background is Basic White, embossed with the Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder, on a Thick Basic White card base.
Of course, the sentiments are what this bundle does best: The lovely two layer 'wishing' and the choose-your-own ending to it: in this case, 'all the best' for a congratulations card.
The embellishment is one of the Tiny Bee Trinkets that are part of the suite, or which can be purchased on their own. Little sweethearts, aren't they?
We'd all love to see what you do with Joanne's sketch. You can see what the rest of the design team have done, and link up your entry, at The Paper Players page.
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
- Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
- Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
- Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
- Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
- Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!
Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.
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I just love these papers Jan and they are clearly a popular choice this week! I really like the impact that using the DSP for the label as opposed to the background has - I would never have thought to do this yet the effect is really great. It also allows for that added texture with the background embossing too - very clever. A fab spring-inspired card!
ReplyDeleteJan, this is gorgeous! CAS perfection! Those papers are calling my name! That little bee steals the show, though! The embossing adds so much texture, too! Have a great week, My Friend!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous, Jan! The Floral Delight paper makes a striking focal piece against the white embossed plaid card base. It's such a clean and fabulous card. Those little bees are the best embellishments. I love your ribbon treatment. It's a perfect card. Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteThis is just beautiful...and so fun to see three of our designers using similar products and they're all so different! LOVE that little bee, it adds just such a nice touch!
ReplyDeleteJan... the embossed background is fabulous...such a great way to focus on your center elements. Just great!
ReplyDeleteLove that embossed plaid background, Jan! Yum! Using the dsp for the sentiment label is just something I never think of but you've shown how it just brings the eye into it. Gorgeous card!
ReplyDeleteJan, that plaid embossing folder is fabulous and adds so much wonderful texture to your card. I love that you used the florals for the central image. The yellow absolutely pops against the white background.
ReplyDeletehugs
jaydee