Challenge #146: Ann's Clean and Simple Masculine Challenge

Welcome to The Paper Players! Masculine cards are the focus of this week's challenge...clean and simple masculine cards, that is! From bright and bold, to soft and muted, the Design Team has created a varied array guaranteed to get those creative juices flowing.  Let's see what masculine magic they have up their sleeves this week!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

*coming soon

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Amy O'Neill

Brian King

Jen Nelson

Justin Krieger

Sandy Mathis

Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:  

1.  Create a new paper project.

2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the  post featuring your challenge submission.

3.  Please link your card to no more than three challenges, TOTAL.

4.  Have FUN!

Winners for Challenge #145: Jaydee's Colors

Hello stampers! Jaydee here to extend a big thank you to everyone who joined us this past week for our color challenges. You really made it hard for me to choose a winner as so many of you really rocked this bright, regal color scheme.  

Before we get to my selection for our Headliner, let's have a look at the Design Team's selections for A Cut Above.

And the Design Team's selections for A Cut Above are....

1. Nance’s choice: All the gorgeous white space of Kristie’s one-layer-wonder really let these bold colors shine! Love her clever take on the sketch too…congrats, Kristie!	2. Anne Marie's Choice: All I can say about Julie's card is WOW! I love how the colors pop and the fabulous mix of textures she added. Just beautiful! Congrats, Julie!	3. Ann's Choice: Wow! Nerida's 3D butterfly just flies right off the screen! Her thumping method was perfect for coloring this winged beauty, while her background is stellar! Congrats, Nerida
4. Amy's Choice: Joyce's CAS card has fun texture and I love all of the white space on her card. The rich colors of the pencils really pop on the white background. Congrats, Joyce!	5. Justin's Choice: I love the the simplicity and clean lines of Rach's card! Congratulations Rach on being my choice for Cut Above!	6. Brian's Choice: These three colors work perfectly with Debbie's Decorate a Daisy design. Looks like it's pulled right out of a Disney movie! Congratulations, Debbie!
7. Sandy's Choice: I loved the heart shaped cut outs in the doily JoAnn used, and how she used them next to the sentiment. This card would make me feel better! Congrats, JoAnn!	8. LeAnne's Choice: Shana's sweet simple design is just divine! Congrats on being my Cut Above!

(Submissions close in 3h 16m)

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And now for our Headliner:

Mary

from Stampin' Mary

I love that Mary featured my favorite fall set and showed me that I should really use it other times of the year, too.  I loved the creative overlay placement of the leaves with the little Raspberry flowers with the wonderful pearl middles.  I also loved the layered label and the textured background.  A really gorgeous card.  Congratulations, Mary on being my headliner this week.

And congratulations to all of our winners! Don't forget to collect your badges to proudly display on your blogs. They can be found by clicking on the badges tab at the top of the page.  

Please be sure to join us tomorrow for a clean-and-simple challenge brought to you by the lovely Ann! See you soon! 

Paper Players #145 - Colors from Jaydee

Hi Everyone.  It's our color challenge this week and the design team rocked their cards, as always.   There is some amazing inspiration for you and we hope that you will play along with us again this week.   We really do like to visit your blogs and appreciate you playing along with us.

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Amy O'Neill

Brian King

Jen Nelson

Justin Krieger

Sandy Mathis

Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:  

1.  Create a new paper project

2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the  post featuring your challenge submission.

3.  Please link your card to no more than three challenges, TOTAL.

4.  Have FUN! 

Winners for Challenge #144 - Anne Marie's Mother's Day Theme Challenge

Hello stampers! Anne Marie here to extend a big thank you to everyone who joined us this past week for our Mother's Day theme challenge. So many wonderful submissions and as always, we look forward to your creative inspiration every week.  

Before we get to my selection for our Headliner, let's have a look at the Design Team's selections for A Cut Above.

 

And now for our Headliner:

Erika Clark 

from Inkypinkies

I just loved this fun project Erika created to send to her mother-in-law for Mother's Day. The card is so elegant and the little bouquet of paper flowers will be enjoyed well past the holiday. What a wonderful project, featuring lovely colors and fabulous details. Congratulations to you, Erika! You are my choice for our Headliner this week!  

And congratulations to all of our winners! Don't forget to collect your badges to proudly display on your blogs. They can be found by clicking on the badges tab at the top of the page.  

Please be sure to join us tomorrow for a color challenge brought to you by the lovely Jaydee! See you soon! 

There's Still Time to Play in Challenge #144: Anne Marie's Mother Day Theme

There is still time to play in Challenge #144: Anne Marie's Mother's Day Theme Challenge! To see the original post and to view the Design Team inspiration cards, click HERE!  We can't wait to see what you create! The challenge ends Friday, May 10th at Noon, PDT.

Paper Players #144:Mother's Day Theme from Anne Marie

Hello there stampers! Welcome to another fun week here at the Paper Players! It's Anne Marie here as your hostess with a theme challenge for you to take for a spin. This week, we are showcasing projects celebrating Mother's Day. We hope you will join us and play along. Have FUN!

Let's have a look at what the Design Team created for inspiration this week:

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Amy O'Neill

Brian King

Jen Nelson

Justin Krieger

Sandy Mathis

Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:

1. Create a new paper project.

2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the  post featuring your challenge submission.

3.  Please link your card to no more than three challenges, TOTAL.

4.  Have FUN!

Winners for Paper Players Challenge #143: Ann's Sketch Challenge

What a fabulous collection of entries we had this week for our sketch! From whimsical to elegant, and everything in between, you rose to the challenge!

Before we get to my selection for Headliner, let's have a look at the Design Team's selections for A Cut Above.

And the Design Team's selections for A Cut Above are....

1. Jaydee's Choice: I immediately fell in love with Harriet's Clean and stunning card. The embossed panel anchors those fabulous coral butterflies and the bling is the perfect finishing touch. Congrat	2. LeAnne's Choice: Rachel's little boy card was so cute...a nice departure from the norm, especially since it used retiring sets! Congrats, Rachel!	3. Amy's Choice: I love the way Linda has arranged the baseball themed elements on her card, and her color scheme is perfect for a boy's birthday. You've hit a homerun, Linda!
4. Brian's Choice: I'm in love with Amy's delightful graduation owl! With texure, lots of patterns and colors, she still makes a beautifully clean greeting. Congrats, Amy!	5. Sandy's Choice: I loved everything about Gina's card: the great mix of patterns, beautiful color combo, expertly colored images and the amazing sentiment. A stunning creation. Congrats, Gina!	6. Justin's Choice: The color combination and masculine feel of Diana's card is fantastic. Congratulations Diana on being my choice for a Cut Above!
7. Nance's choice: All the texture & dimension on Jenny's card really caught my eye. Love the rolled flowers & the balance of great colors--FAB card, congrats Jenny!	8. Anne Marie's Choice: Sandra's card has such a wonderful mix of patterns and textures. I just love the soft color combo, too. So pretty! Congratulations, Sandra!

(Collection closed)

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And now for our Headliner:

 Cathy Santie

Papier Girl

I am always a pushover for a cute dog image, and it doesn't get any cuter than this!  Cathy did a wonderful job coloring "Boy's Best Friend" and his human companion, and then popping them up over a paper-pieced pond.  I love her choice of coordinating papers.  The button mounted on the star is the perfect touch, while the stitching is a testament to Cathy's attention to detail.  Congratulations, Cathy, on being my choice for Headliner this week!  

And congratulations to all of our winners! Don't forget to collect your badges. They can be found by clicking on the badges tab at the top of the page.  

Please be sure to join us tomorrow for a theme challenge from the ever-so-talented Anne Marie!  Until next time...