Expecting a Baby - The Paper Players #438

This week the challenge at The Paper Players is a Clean and Simple one using the Paper Piecing technique.

Clean and simple is not one of my strong points. Leaving my cards clean and simple actually create anxiety in me, so I fuss and fuss until I feel better.

Today I challenged myself to create something that is clean and simple - for me.  I hope it meets the criteria for the challenge at The Paper Players

It's a boy, so I paper pieced blue gingham DSP on mom-to-be's attire.  The rest of her was coloured with water colour pencils.

The art piece was die using a stitched rectangular die and matted with a larger Balmy blue stitched rectangular die cut.  This was added to a matching Balmy Blue gingham background leaving a large border of white.  This was added to a Whisper White card base.

The sentiment and corrugated mat are from the April, 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit.

Along the left side I added a double bow made from the Balmy Blue Organza ribbon (retired SAB)

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Wonderful Moments, Paper Pumpkin April 2019
Inks:  Black Memento, water colour pencils, Balmy Blue
Papers:  Balmy Blue, Whisper White, Balmy Blue Gingham DSP
Accessories:  Stitched rectangular dies, 1/4" Balmy Blue organza ribbon (retired SAB)

A Graceful Vellum Wedding Card

I saw this idea on Pinterest - the blending of Graceful Vellum and Wonderful Moments.

The Graceful Glass Designer Vellum was colored with Stampin' Up Blends and then adhered to a Whisper White background before adhering to another Whisper White card stock layered embossed with the Texture Embossing Folder.  The seam created was overlaid with 3/8" white silver edged ribbon.  A bow made with the same ribbon was adhered with a glue dot.

The image of the bride, from "Wonderful Moments" was stamped and colored on a separate piece of Whisper White - then fussy cut.

A piece of glitter tulle was placed over her head and shaped around her body.  Some rhinestones added to the hair helps to keep the tulle in place.  I also added some larger rhinestones at the edge of the dress.

Using dimensionals, the bride was added in front of the stained glass window heading into the church to get married.

The sentiment, from "Floral Phrases" was embossed with Silver embossing powder on Whisper White , matted with Basic Black card stock and adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

The image layer was adhered to a Basic Black card base.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Wonderful Moments, Floral Phrases

Inks:  Stampin; Blends - Old Olive (dark), Daffodil Delight (light and dark), Calypso Coral (dark), Coastal Cabana (dark), Black Memento

Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Graceful Glass Designer Vellum

Accessories:  Glitter Tulle (non SU), Dimensionals, rhinestones, 3/8" White silver edged ribbon, silver embossing powder, Texture embossing folder

Wonderful Moments - a Wedding Card

This card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest, but I added a few of my own design features.

I needed some wedding cards, plus I wanted to try the new Delicate Lace Edgelits I just received.

The image of the bride was stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White card stock and coloured her using watercolor pencils and a blender pen. She was then cut out. 

An extra bouquet of flowers was stamped, coloured, cut out and then placed on top of the bride's bouquet using a small dimensional.

As an addition to the bride's dress, I cut a strip of wedding tulle and tied it in a bow and added it to it's back.  If you look carefully you can see it.  

The bride was then added to the card front, which was a piece of Whisper White embossed with the Tufted Embossing folder with one end die cut with the new Delicate Lace Edgelit.  Some Whisper White polka dot tulle ribbon was added at the edge of the die cut. 

This embossed Whisper White card stock was backed with Basic Black card stock, and added to the Basic Card base of Basic Black also layered with Whisper White. Rhinestone embellishments were added to each of the tufted corners.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Wonderful Moments

Inks:  Black Memento, SU Markers (Powder Pink, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo)

Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories:  5/8" Whisper white Polka Dot Tulle ribbon, Tufted embossing folder Delicate Lace Edgelits, rhinestones, Tulle (non SU), Blender pen, dimensionals.

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A Wonderful Moment to Celebrate - Paper Players #400

There are many moments in life to celebrate, and none so momentous as the expectant arrival of a little one.  So for the "celebration" theme with Paper Players # 400 I chose to use focus on this special event.

Because the trend today is to not want to know the gender of the baby prior to its birth, the color scheme I used reflected that - using pale pinks, blues, and sea foam green.  The Twinkle, Twinkle DSP was a perfect fit for the theme.

On a Powder pink card base, a Whisper White layer embossed with the Tufted Embossing Folder was layered. 

A strip of the Twinkle, Twinkle DSP was matted with the Soft Sea Foam card stock and adhered to the left side.  A piece of  3/8" Powder Pink mini ruffled ribbon was attached to the edge of this panel.

The image was coloured with ink pads and a blender pen and then die cut with the stitched oval framelit.  A second stitched oval framelit was die cut in Soft Sea Green card stock and attached to the art piece off set to the left.

The coloured balloons were fussy cut and added behind the art piece.

The flower was made using the Four Petal Flower Punch.  Selecting only the white beads from the Tranquil Texture Sprinkles mixture, I added them to the center of the flower. See the tutorial on my blog here on how to make the flower.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Wonderful Moments

Inks:  Black Memento, Daffodil Delight, Petal Pink, Pink Powder, Soft Sea Foam, Pool Party, Old Olive

Papers:  Powder Pink, Whisper White, Twinkle, Twinkle, DSP, Old Olive, Soft Sea Foam

Accessories:  Tufted Embossing Folder, Stitched Oval Framelits, Dimensionals, Four Petal Flower Punch, Tranquil Texture Sprinkles (white beads only), 3D Crystal Lacquer, Dazzling Diamonds, Clear Wink of Stella, Blender Pen

Here Comes the Bride

Beautiful You is one of my favourite stamp sets, and this set, "Wonderful Moments" in  the new Annual catalogue is a continuation of that.

One image  I am particularly partial to is the bride.

The bride was black embossed on Whisper White card stock, then die cut with  a layering oval framelit.  This was backed with an off-set Bermuda Bay oval.  Some Bermuda Bay dots were scattered around the bride and the flowers colored with a Bermuda Bay marker.

The background for the bride is some colored Glorious Vellum to mimic a church window. This was placed on a Whisper White layer embossed with the Leaf embossing folder. White polka dot ribbon was adhered to both ends of the stained glass layer,

The vellum flowers around the ovals, were punched using the new Four Petal punch, and before shaping them I colored the edges with a Bermuda Bay blendability. Two were adhered together to form a cluster.  A vellum leaf was also colored, shaped and added underneath each flower cluster. Using the Bermuda Bay blendability I colored some pearls and placed them in the center of each flower.

A 1 " circle punch was used to punch out the sentiment, which was layered with a 1 1/4" Bermuda Bay circle.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Wonderful Moments, Timeless Texture

Inks:  Versa Mark, Bermuda Bay, Blendabilities (Bermuda Bay, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight)

Papers:  Whisper White, Glorious Vellum, Vellum card stock, Bermuda Bay

Accessories:  5/8" white polka dot ribbon, layering oval framelits, Four Petal Punch, Leaf Punch, 1" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, Pearls, Black embossing powder