Magical Meadow for The Paper Players 663

One of my favourite challenges is The Paper Players so I was delighted to find some time to play in their latest challenge, a sketch - my favourite kind of challenge. 

I had the most amazing weekend recently at the Creativity Abounds Virtual Stamp Camp, which featured the Winter Meadow suite. I'm excited for the next one in early February 2024 - watch out for details.  Since Winter Meadow was still on my mind, I got it out again for this challenge.

I used the Christmas Tidings embossing folder for the background and the sentiment is from Festive & Fun.

The Deckled Rectangle dies gave a nice point of interest to the edges of the rectangles.

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Update: Delighted to be A Cut Above at The Paper Players.

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• Any order of $90 will receive the Creativity Abounds Tutorial Bundle, with 13 projects based around the September - December Mini Catalogue, as a thank you gift. 
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Product List

Magical Meadow Bundle (English)

[162144]

$121.50

Festive & Fun Cling Stamp Set (English)

[162078]

$55.00

Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock

[146991]

$21.00

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$22.25

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

[108605]

$21.00

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

[147006]

$21.00

Winter Meadow 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[162133]

$26.25

Snowflake Magic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[162147]

$21.00

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad

[147138]

$19.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$19.00

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$63.00

Christmas Tidings Embossing Folder

[162115]

$18.00

Festive Pearls

[159963]

$14.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$9.00

Using Vellum for AYSI 310

 Welcome to the new challenge at As You See It! This time, it's our 'fill in the blank' challenge and it's a good one!

This one really got me thinking because vellum has so many uses: alcohol ink blending, as a 'softening' panel, die cut pieces, heat embossing, colouring, stamping.... what IS my favourite? Well, I came down on... EMBOSSING. Vellum looks lovely when you run it through an embossing folder. 

I had an as-yet unused folder sitting on my desk, Christmas Tidings. So I cut a piece of vellum, embossed it with Christmas Tidings and started building!

And it did kind of build as it went. I stamped and coloured the image from Festive & Fun, then dithered around about what to do with it. Solution - cut it out with one of the rounded corner rectangles from Nested Essentials dies. Problem - the die was not wide enough. Solution - extend the die cut.

Next problem - did placing the rhino image need something to ground it, or could it sit bare on the vellum? This lead to quite a long time of trying different slips of paper in various combinations - a ten minute speed challenge this was not! 

Next problem - I got my heart set on having stitched banner ends on the bits of DSP I'd chosen. I don't know why as life would have been much simpler if I'd just cut strips and shaped the ends with scissors. 😂

Solution - cut two banners with Nested Essentials and create the illusion that it was all one.

Next problem - did all the wording on the vellum constitute a sentiment, or did I need something else? Solution - much moving sentiments in various permutations on and off. On and off. On and off. Did I mention that this was NOT an under-ten minute card??

Next problem - embellishment. Solution - thankfully, pretty straightforward. Some silver Festive Pearls. 

Make sure you visit the As You See It Challenge page to see what other interesting things the team have done with vellum and to link up your own entry. You can join in with us until Wednesday November 1, 11.59pm PST.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. 

You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking here. Any order of $90 will receive the Creativity Abounds Tutorial Bundle, with 13 projects, as a thank you gift. And if you purchase the Joy of Noel bundle, you'll also receive a project bundle from 'Join in with Joanne and Jan' which will give you two project tutorials from me and two from my buddy Joanne James, aka The Crafty Owl.