Welcome to the first challenge of 2026 at The Paper Players! I hope you're all feeling refreshed, with full buckets, after the holiday season and are ready to start crafting again.
LeAnne has an intriguing colour challenge for us to play with this week. I do like blues, so the mix of Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy with Silver was very appealing to me - as I hope it is for you.
I was keen to play with one of my pre-order goodies, the Nature's Symphony bundle, which I'd not had time to get to over Christmas. The coordinating Nature Walk DSP is lovely, in shades of green but I thought the images would work well with LeAnne's palette too.
The card base is Night of Navy, which peeks through the Basic White card base because I used one of the texture dies to punch in some lines of dots. I really like this die but there are other textures I could have used too.
I stamped the large foliage with Misty Moonlight and added diecuts in Silver foil and Night of Navy. The die cuts were layered over the stamped image and the die cut lines of dots.
The sentiment, from the set, is stamped in Night of Navy and cut using one of the Textured Notes dies.
A trio of silvery Rhinestone Jewels completed the card.
What will you do with LeAnne's colours?
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.
Anne Marie Hile (on leave)
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Such a lovely card, Jan! I love those botanical dies in these colors and I like how you mixed the dies with stamped images. I just ordered that bundle and will get it this week, I thought I could resist but nope! Great use of this week's colors on your card!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful design, Jan! Layering the die cuts over the stamped image brings so much dimension to the grouping and I like the dots of blue showing through - that's a fun die! Gorgeous card for some lucky fellow!
ReplyDeleteOh, Jan! This card is gorgeous. You used my favorite Nature's Symphony die - I LOVE these leaves, especially in silver foil. Elegance, sparkle, dimension...your creation ticks off all of the boxes! Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I saw this card, I knew I was going to cave on that bundle Jan - it's the leaves!! They look so fab in foil. The other texture/die details add so much layered interest too. Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow, another beauty! I am fascinated by those little diecut holes....such an interesting element! Of course, all the foliage is perfect as well! Great guy card!
ReplyDeleteJan, I love the silver foil leaves and all the other gorgeous foliage. The die cut along the bottom adds so much detail! Fabulous way to use the color combo!
ReplyDeleteJan, what a gorgeous use of those colors. I also love the way you arranged all the elements. Oh, and the dots! Let's talk about those:-). Fabulous card
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jaydee