A Blast from the Past for The Paper Players 782

Thank you to everyone who played along with my colour challenge last week. It seems lots of people enjoyed the bold colours because there were wonderful cards in the gallery and choosing my Headliner was difficult. 

Christy has a Clean and Simple theme for us this week at The Paper Players.   It's a double challenge: create something with a Baby Animal theme AND create in a Clean and Simple Style.

At The Paper Players, by Clean and Simple we mean minimal layering, minimal use of embellishments and lots of open space. 

As soon as I saw Christy's theme, I knew exactly which (retired) set I wanted to use. Little Elephant was such a favourite of mine, especially for baby cards. Maybe it was my need for a baby card that brought the set to mind but once I'd thought of it, I couldn't see my way to using anything else.  I'm sure a few of you will have it sitting in  your stamping library too. 😀

Anyway, I also thought it was a good chance to try out some of the new In-Colors that will be available 5 May. When I first saw them, I thought they'd make good baby cards so I gave four of the five a run. 

In each of the cards, the sponged grass line is in Peaceful Pine, which is a really useful green unlike any of our current greens. 

Then I went for a boy card, a girl card and a gender neutral card using Hydrangea Hue, Barely Blush and Golden Glow. Note the new ink pad design, which at the moment is only available for the new  In Colors but will coming to other colours over time. 

The little hearts in each card are in Barely Blush, and I used coordinating embellishments for each colour. 

Originally, I'd planned on just using the elephant scene and sentiment on a coloured base but I let myself be persuaded to add a strip of In Color Painted Patterns DSP to each one as well. CAS or not-CAS? What do you think? I think I'm on the CAS side of the cusp. 😀

The team are all looking forward to seeing what you do with the baby animal theme and in a CAS style.  You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your own entry at The Paper Players.

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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Crackle Paint for Retro Rubber 132 - Design Team Card

I hope everyone is still coping and smiling, at whatever stage of lockdown you are living with. The Retro Rubber Team is back with a new boredom buster challenge for you. This time it's a theme challenge: to use squares in your card. Of course, since this is Retro Rubber, you still need to use at least one stamp that's a year or more old and tell us the approximate age of it.

I really like the Crackle Paint background stamp (January 2019). I used Stamparatus to gold emboss it onto four squares of card: So Saffron, Blushing Bride, Pool Party, Sea Soft Foam. After cutting them each into four squares, I assembled them onto a larger square of Basic Black. Because of the Stamparatus, the pattern across the different pieces lined up perfectly.

Each of the patchwork Crackle Paint squares was then attached to a square card base in one of the four colours.

The sentiments are from Little Elephant (June 2018), stamped in Tuxedo Black and mounted on layering squares in black and gold.

We'd love to see how you incorporate squares into your projects as well as which of your favourite retro stamps you use. Pop over to the Retro Rubber Challenge site and see what the rest of the team have done. You can also link up your entry there.

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

Crackle Paint Cling Stamp Set

[148752]

$34.00

Little Elephant Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151237]

$42.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

[108611]

$18.50

Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride

[131287]

$18.50

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$18.50

Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock

[147012]

$18.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$20.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$12.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$12.00

Layering Squares Dies

[141708]

$69.00

Stamparatus

[148187]

$99.00

Colour INKspiration 64 - Crew Card

There's another adorable, enticing challenge graphic to get our mojo moving at Colour INKspiration this week. Isn't it marvellous?

If you haven't played with us before, we're a group of Australian and New Zealand Stampin' Up Demonstrators. You can play with us by joining in our Facebook group here which will let you play along, comment and vote for your favourite from the top 5 selected by the crew.

In addition to the challenge colours, you can freely use Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, metallics and skin-tone blends. If you don't have the exact challenge colours, you can substitute with your nearest-to colours.

Although I was very tempted by the bouquet to get out a floral set, I decided that this set of colours would work well as a gender-neutral baby card. For all things baby, my go-to is Little Elephant.

This sweet little circular easel card fits perfectly into a 12cmx12cm envelope.

I've used the largest of the Layering Circles dies to create the card. Small, but perfectly formed!

The clear epoxy hearts make the perfect embellishment for this mini-card.

Next up on the hop, with some more inspiration for you, is Lou Kitzelman

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

Little Elephant Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151237]

$42.00

Highland Heather A4 Cardstock

[147010]

$18.50

Purple Posy A4 Cardstock

[150887]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

[147103]

$15.75

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$15.75

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$8.50

Elephant Builder Punch

[145652]

$38.00

Layering Circles Dies

[141705]

$69.00

Clear Faceted Gems

[144142]

$10.50

Purple Posy Dark Stampin’ Blends Marker

[149565]

$9.50

Heart Epoxy Droplets

[148583]

$13.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

TGIF Challenge 214

The challenge this week at TGIF is to create a set.

I've been playing with Little Elephant a bit lately and so made a baby card set using some of the new 2019-21 In Colours: a baby boy card using Seaside Spray, a baby girl card using Rococo Rose and a gender neutral card using Purple Posy.

Once you get your hands on the 2019-20 Annual Catalogue on June 4, you'll see for yourself the beautiful products in the new In Colours: a DSP stack, fabulous linen lacy edged ribbon and faceted dots.

The punched elephants are popped up on dimensionals on their sponged grassy area. The dual coloured flowers will be much easier to do once the catalogue is live and I can get some In Colour Stampin' Write markers!

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas and provide you with Stampin' Up products. Message me by visiting my Facebook page  - there's a link in the sidebar of this blog. Or you can leave a comment below. 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 will take you to my on-line store.

Product List

Note: Products from the 2019-20 Annual Catalogue are not listed but will be available 4 June.

Little Elephant Clear-Mount Bundle

[148340]

$72.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[147104]

$15.75

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$60.00

Subtles Stampin' Write Markers

[147156]

$62.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

As You See It 194 - Design Team Card

This week's challenge at As You See It gives us a starter to finish as we like. When I think of 'simple', I think of stamping without all the fancy equipment. So no Big Shot, dies or embossing folders, no heat gun or embossing. Just stamp, ink and paper.

Of course, simple doesn't always mean easy. If all you have are stamps, then they all have to be perfectly stamped and perfectly placed because there's nowhere to hide. 

I confess to having to do this card twice because I missed getting the trunks touching and had one foot off the ground first time round!

I picked these colours, rather than softer and sweeter colours,  to give the card a more masculine feel.

How do you see simple? You can see how the rest of the As You See It team saw it here. Why not visit then join in with us. You can play until Wednesday 27 February.

If you live anywhere in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up demonstrator, I'd love to help you with ideas and Stampin' Up products. Please message me through my Facebook page, linked in the sidebar of this blog or leave a comment below. 

And, of course, you can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking any of the products pictured below or the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog or you can message me.

Product List

Little Elephant Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145728]

$42.00

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

$17.75

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

$17.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]

$15.75

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

[147083]

$15.75

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$15.75