Fern & Flora (and friends) for The Paper Players 789

As always, Joanne's Tic Tac Toe challenge brought lots of wonderful projects to the gallery. Thank you, everyone who entered. This week, it's theme week at The Paper Players. Our hostess is Stef and the theme is:  Masculine.

Well, I had a lot of fun with this although if you don't live in New Zealand (or maybe Australia) this card might not mean as much at first sight. But believe me, here it has instant brand recognition!

New Zealand is a sports-mad country and no sport excites the population quite like rugby. It's fair to say it's our national sport - even a national obsession! And the apex team is the All Blacks, our national rugby team.

The All Black's black shirt, often with white trim, is legendary and the emblem of all New Zealand sporting representatives is the silver fern.

So an All Black shirt, complete with silver fern, is about the most masculine appropriate card you could have in this country!

I turned to my craft library and used the Handsomely Suited dies to create the collar and buttons, although the collar could easily be cut by hand and the buttons made with any small punch or die. 

I used a Basic Black card base, a mat of silver foil then another rectangle of Basic Black for the shirt. The thing that can't be replaced in the supply list is this glorious fern from Fern & Flora, since it's just perfect for a New Zealand silver fern emblem. Handsomely Suited also had the perfect sentiment and die for this card. I knew I kept that bundle in my craft library after it retired for a reason!

A simple inside completed the deal. (Although the Black Ferns are the national Women's Rugby team. 😀)

The team and I would love to see what you do with Stef's theme. Visit The Paper Players to see what the rest of the team have done and to link up your entry. 

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.

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile (on leave)

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier - You are here

Stef Perry

Christy Stanford

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Handsomely Suited for Paper Players 554

 This is the first time I've been in my craft room for well over a week, so I started with a CAS challenge at The Paper Players to try to get into the groove.

The floating strip technique seems to be all over the internet at the moment. Understandably so as it's both easy and impressive. I created the floating panel of strips from the Neutrals DSP stack, cut 5cm x 1.5cm, using Smoky Slate papers.

The tie was stamped in Night of Navy onto Basic White, then coloured with Night of Navy Stampin' Blends. The sentiment was white embossed onto Night of Navy and cut with one of the dies from Tasteful Labels.

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 on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below.

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

Product List

Handsomely Suited Cling Stamp Set

[154444]

$44.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

$18.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$20.50

Neutrals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) Designer Series Paper

[155226]

$24.25

Window Sheets

[142314]

$10.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$15.75

Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154891]

$19.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$20.00

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

$38.00

Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder

[154317]

$19.00

Tasteful Labels Dies

[152886]

$65.00

Heat Tool

[129056]

$60.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Handsomely Suited for CAS Colours and Sketches 412

 The sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches this week gave me an idea for a very quick and simple card that still has impact. 

I'm not generally a big user of patterned paper but sometimes, it's just the thing. This paper from the Well Suited DSP just screams 'TIE!' - so much so that I resisted the urge to cut the strips into tie shapes top and bottom. That's also because I didn't want to distract the eyes from the sentiment.

I embossed the card front with the Subtle embossing folder. If you've had your eye on this folder, make sure you get it soon as it will retire at the end of April and is now only available while stocks last.

The sentiment is die cut with one of the stitched ovals from Stitched Shapes - another retiring item, so make sure you order them now if you want them. 

The bow ties are stamped, fussy cut and coloured with Stampin' Blends. 

Such a quick and easy card and you could make it even easier if you didn't emboss the background - although I prefer the look.

Update: Delighted to be picked a Weekly Winner at CAS Colours and Sketches.

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 on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below.

Product List

Handsomely Suited Bundle (English)

[156240]

$99.75

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Well Suited 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[154562]

$24.25

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$15.75

Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154891]

$19.00

Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154879]

$19.00

Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

[151775]

$21.00

Stitched Shapes Dies

[152323]

$60.00

Handsomely Suited for AYSI 245

This week at As You See It, it's recipe week. For the first time ever, we're being joined by a Guest Designer. Anita Trippi won our recent colour challenge and so was invited to join us for this challenge. Please visit her and leave her a comment. 

If you haven't played one of our recipe challenges before, it's easy: create something that includes each of the five ingredients on the recipe card.

So, a card that is masculine and uses an embossing folder, twine, die cuts and earth tones. It seemed a great chance to use my latest set, the Handsomely Suited bundle from the January- June Mini Catalogue.

For a quick card, I started with the tie stamps. I stamped three and die cut them: one Cajun Craze on Cajun Craze, one Cinnamon Cider on Cinnamon Cider and one Early Espresso on Sahara Sand. They were mounted on dimensionals on a Stitched Rectangle of Very Vanilla. 

The background is Sahara Sand embossed with the Absolutely Argyle embossing folder on an Early Espresso base. 

The sentiment from the set is stamped in Early Espresso on another Stitched Rectangle of Very Vanilla over a triple twist of Linen Thread.

We'd love to see what you do with this recipe card. You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your entry by visiting the As You See It Challenge site.

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 on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below.

Product List

Handsomely Suited Bundle (English)

[156240]

$99.75

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

[121686]

$18.50

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

[121695]

$18.50

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$20.50

Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock

[121683]

$18.50

Cinnamon Cider A4 Cardstock

[153083]

$18.50

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$15.75

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

[147085]

$15.75

Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad

[153114]

$15.75

Absolutely Argyle 3D Embossing Folder

[151590]

$21.00

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

$74.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$10.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25