It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Players. Claire, our hostess this week, has given us a theme of Spring Flowers to work with. I loved seeing last week's entries for Stef's sketch challenge: so many great ideas and so many lovely cards!
I used Claire's challenge to play around with one of the bundles in my preorder for the next drop of Online Exclusives. These open for up in my Online Store on March 4.
The Thankful Garden bundle is a winner to me as it includes stamped floral images suitable for colouring, sentiments in interesting fonts, matching dies that offer extra bits of foliage AND a set of stencils that give the option of colouring the images or stencilling alone for a soft look.
Here's my first play around with them.
Another new product from the new Online Exclusives is the Textured Notes die set. I've used one of them to make a label for the sentiment, which is also from Thankful Garden.
The text stamp that I've used in the background is also an Online Exclusive set, Elements of Text. I'm so glad that I got that set as the various font stamps are endlessly useful in backgrounds.
The embossing folder is the Distressed Tile 3D folder, one of my favourites.
Below you can see my second play around with this bundle. It's basically the same card but I've used the other large floral image, a different sentiment and die (but from the same sets) and different embossing folder. Instead of stamping a background, I added in some splattered ink. So, two related but different cards using the same products. Don't you love it when that happens?
We'd all love to see what you do with Spring Flowers. 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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Jan, I LOVE both of your cards. The embossed background is just perfect for lots of texture. The flowers and such pretty colors and make me smile! The label die is so pretty! You certainly made my challenge shine!!!
ReplyDeleteSo fun to see these new products used. Those florals are gorgeous and I love the subtle background stamping as well as the embossing! Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are gorgeous, Jan! The coloring really make the flowers standout. The embossed backgrounds add so much interest. Of course, you used my favorite embossing folder of all time. And I see I am not the only one who loves the Textured Notes dies!!! Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteJan, sometimes a card causes me a gasp and today it was yours. Your composition is beautiful. You gave texture with the embossing folders and layered flowers. Adding that font with the new label was eye catching. Just wonderful all around. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you! So glad to read your wonderful feedback.
DeleteThis bundle is a winner Jan and I LOVE both of your cards today! I love the way you created a trio of blooms each in a different colour that blend together and equally the decoupage-type detail on the single bloom. Gorgeous with the embossed backgrounds and I do like the text stamps too. A fabulous pair of spring blooms!
ReplyDeleteThese are both very lovely cards. I love the texture and the dies you used are great.
ReplyDeleteBoth of your cards are so pretty, Jan! Love the splatter/text in the backgrounds and how nicely the stencils color the images. I love to color with my Copic markers, but I also love the ease of stenciling. Fabulous cards!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the nice comment on my card. It was a pleasure to participate in this weeks theme challenge. Happy Stamping, Ida
ReplyDeleteJan, this is gorgeous. That background reminds me of the old Victorian tin tiles. It adds so much wonderful texture and adds to the slightly vintage feel of the florals. The bring pink/red just pops off the background. The hydrangea steals my heart though - one of my favorite flowers. I also think the splatters add another fabulous touch of texture. I loved that you shared two different cards with the same colors and elements. Stunning.
ReplyDeletehugs
jaydee