Hey y’all – it’s Sunday, which means I’ve got another fun challenge for you from the Paper Players – it’s a Theme Challenge from the talented LeAnne this week and it’ll for sure jump-start your creative mojo! I hope you’ll come and play along. 🙂
If you were able to join me last night for my Facebook Live video, I appreciate you spending some of your weekend with me! If not, but you’d like to see the replay on YouTube…here ’tis!
When I saw the theme for this week, I first thought “giraffe”. Loves me some giraffes. But then I remembered that I also kinda love elephants. So…I pulled out the sweet Wildly Happy stamp set and a few die sets and….take a look-see:
And here’s this week’s Paper Players Theme challenge! Hope you’ll challenge your inner zoologist and join the fun and show us your projects! I can’t wait to see what you create! 🙂
And the layout is from the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge this week!
This one is just a few die cuts and some stamping – easy peasy! So…here we go!
I started with a panel of Whisper White and, in the bottom corner, I stamped the sweet little sentiment from the Wildly Happy set in Granny Apple Green. Then I ran the panel thru the die cutting/embossing machine in the Tufted 3D Embossing Folder. I matted the panel on Daffodil Delight for the card front.
Using Liquid Glue, I adhered an Ornate Layers rectangle die cut from Granny Apple Green Brights 6″ x 6″ DSP.
The next layer – from the Stitched So Sweetly die set – is cut from Daffodil Delight DSP (also in the Brights pack) and adhered with Liquid Glue.
For the art, I stamped the sweet elephant mama and baby in Gray Granite on Whisper White and cut it with a square Stitched Shapes Die. Then I colored them with my Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack and popped them onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I added a Granny Apple Green Glitter Enamel Dot and, with a Glue Dot, a small bow tied from Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Ruched Ribbon and the card front was done!
On the inside, I added a second sentiment from Wildly Happy in Granny Apple Green on a Whisper White panel. A Daffodil Delight-matted strip of Granny Apple Green Brights 6″ x 6″ DSP across the bottom finished it off.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Daffodil Delight mat and into my Granny Apple Green card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got mom and kid on the front…
…and some Daffodil Delight Brights 6″ x 6″ DSP on the envelope flap!
Et Voila! Wildly Happy is such a sweet little stamp set – with four different little “families” and several nice sentiments in beautiful fonts!
And the Tufted background, Ornate Layers, Stitched So Sweetly and Stitched Shapes all worked to give this card lots of texture and fun, don’t you think? This exact card could be made more gender-specific just by picking different DSP and ink colors – and any of the four animals groupings would make for an adorable card! I hope you like!
If you want to recreate this card – all the Stampin’ Up! products you need are listed down below along with the card cuts!
Now – before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:
The Paper Players Design Team
- Jaydee
- LeAnne Pugliese
- Claire Broadwater
- Joanne James
- Laurie Schmidt
- Anne Marie Hile
- Ann Schach – Sitting out this week on Puppy Duty! 🙂
- Allisa Steinlicht
- Stef Perry
- Mary Deatherage – you’re here right now!
TTFN
M
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Card Cuts Used in This Project:
Granny Apple Green Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
So Saffron Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 3/4″ x 4″ (mat for DSP strip)
Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front and inner liner); 2 1/8″ square Stitched Shapes Die cut (art)
Brights 6″ x 6″ DSP: Ornate Layers die cut in Granny Apple Green; 2 3/8″ x 3 5/8″ Stitched So Sweetly Rectangle in Daffodil Delight); 5/8″ x 4″ (Granny Apple Green strip on inside); envelope flap in Daffodil Delight
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M
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Such a sweet card! The colors are perfect, love your layers too! Poor Finn…it is rough when all you’re left with is the crumbs. I can see that he’s starving too. 😉
Yep – he’s on his last paws. It’s pretty pitiful, really! Thanks, Amy! 🙂
I just got this set yesterday. Your card is so cute. I love the design and colors. Sorry I didn’t get to join you last night as I was making seafood linguini but I’m thankful for the replay. Enjoy your Sunday.
Yumm!! Sounds like a valid reason to miss the live! Glad you got to watch the replay. Thanks much, Karen! 🙂
So cute!! Love the layers and textures!!
Thanks, Laurie! 🙂
What a lovely card!! The paper layering is perfect and I love how you paired this challenge with the sketch!!
Thanks so much, Nora! Appreciate you coming by! 🙂
I am so glad you chose the elephants from this set….it was almost my choice too! Great colors and sketch (obviously) and I love that you put those new dies to use..they’re awesome!
Thanks so much, Leanna!! I’m having a great time on the Players team!! 🙂
Gorgeous card! Love the mix of dies.
Thank you, Allisa! 🙂
The elephants are so sweet Mary and they work so beautifully to make a touching new arrival card! Love all the layers and that gorgeous embossed background. Total sweetness!
Thank you, Stef!! Appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Love those sunny bright colours Mary and those elephants are adorable – that sentiment always makes my heart melt! And perfect for this week’s zoo theme too!
Thanks very much, Joanne – appreciate you taking time to come by! 🙂
Mary, such a perfect card for the zoo challenge. Love the embossing and those elephants are colored perfectly! Love the sentiment, too!
Thanks much, Claire – appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Such a fabulous baby card, Mary. I love the yellow with the green and your elephants are beautifully colored. I agree with Joanne, the sentiment does make your heart melt!
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jaydee
Thanks so much, Jaydee – appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Mary, this is such a sweet card! I love the colors and the mix of patterns is awesome, too. I also have to agree with everyone above, that sentiment just makes you say “awww”. Beautiful card!
Isn’t it so sweet?? Wish I could take credit for it – thank you, SU! designers! 🙂 Thanks, Anne Marie!