Sunday, 23 February 2025

Darling Dinos for Paper Players 726

Many thanks to everyone who played along with my CAS Masculine challenge last week. That's two toughies in the one challenge so well done for being brave enough to take on both things in the one project!

This week, Stef has given us a great sketch to work with. 

My card this week was inspired by this photo of my granddaughter visiting a local sunflower field a few weeks ago. She just loved those sunflowers and talked about them a lot!



She also loves dinosaurs, her favourite being triceratops. So I used Stef's sketch to make her a Valentine's card. 

Darling Dinos had everything I needed! I started by stamping a row of sunflowers top and bottom of the Basic White card front. I coloured them in Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends. Hard to see in the photo, but the centres have a nice glimmer from Wink of Stella.

I embossed a smaller piece of Basic White with the Sale-a-Bration Starburst folder, since the design reminded me of flowers, and attached it to the centre of the card front

 
I stamped, coloured and cut Miss Triceratops. She's a mix of Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight and Pretty in Pink. I used  one of the Spotlight on Nature dies to cut a circle on which I sponged some Granny Apple Green with a Blending Brush, then stamped on some grass.

After popping on Miss Triceratops up on dimensionals, I added in some Pretty in Pink love hearts.


Finally, I stamped the 'Love You' in Crumb Cake and flagged the ends before adding it.

All done (and hopefully perfect) for little Miss Three. 💕

We'd all love to see what you do with Stef'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:
  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. 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.

Jan Clothier - You are here


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6 comments:

  1. This is just adorable! I love those rows of sunflowers peeking out from the top and bottom! And your coloring on that little dino is perfect. I can't believe how much your granddaughter has grown!!! They're so fun, aren't they?

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  2. Jan... love the border of sunflowers! just wonderful to highlight your sweet dinosaur!

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  3. What could be more perfect for a lover of dinosaurs and sunflowers, than a pink triceratops bordered with bright yellow blooms? Love the embossed panel too. This card has cuteness overload Jan - adorable!

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  4. Jan, your card is absolutely adorable! I love how you personalized this for your granddaughter with her favorite sunflowers and the cutest triceratops in PINK! And using the embossing in the background seems to carry on the floral part of the theme. So, so cute, I hope she love it as much as I do!

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  5. Jan...this set was custom made for your granddaughter! The pink triceratops is adorable. What could be more perfect for her than borders of sunflowers? A card can't get much cuter than this one! Have a wonderful week!

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  6. Jan, this is just perfect for your grand daughter! I love sunflowers and these make a fun border. That little dino is so cute, too! Love the color combo. Such a bright and cheery card! Have a great rest of the week!

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