Always Playing with Paper: School Lines

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Paper Players Theme Challenge #58- School Daze Theme Challenge

This week at the Paper Players, Ann has a fun theme challenge for us! She is challenging us to create a project based on "School Daze". As a teacher, I know that school will be starting soon and I wanted to make a special card for the staff I worked with last year, to help them celebrate the start of the new school year! I thought this sentiment from "Pursuit of Happiness" was the perfect sentiment for a group of teachers.

I also inked up another new set called "Fruit and Flowers". As soon as I saw this set in the catalogue I knew I had to have it! I love the apple image and inked it up in "Poppy Parade" (you must know by now that I LOVE this colour) and "Lucky Limeade" which is a new In Colour for 2011-2012. I highlighted the entire card with Chocolate Chip for contrast. I also used the School Lines single stamp to create the lines for my sentiment and to stamp the background of the card.

I also finished off the inside of the card with the School Lines stamp and another apple that I coloured with markers and huffed. The apple on the front is nested in the 1 3/4" Circle Punch and the 2 3/8" Circle Punch. Can you see the school lines on the front of the card too?

We hope that you will join the Paper Players Challenge this week! Please be sure to visit the other DT Members to see their wonderful creations!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Carrie Gaskin GD

If you have any question about this card or any of my cards, please email me! I would love to hear from you!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Smiles,

Lesley

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

JAI 78 and CCMC 160

**Edited to add**

Oh my goodness! This card won at both Just Add Ink and Create with Connie And Mary this week! I am so thrilled! It has been a long time since I have won a challenge! Thank you so much ladies!!!!

I have not had the chance or even the drive to make some cards for challenges in quite a while. I think I was on burn out mode but after two weeks away from the computer, I do feel refreshed and I was inspired by the great sketch at Create with Connie and Mary and with the awesome colours at Just Add Ink.

I'll admit, I was really challenged by the sketch but I decided to go for it! I inked up a new stamp called "School Lines" for my sentiment. The sentiment is also from a new stamp set called "Pursuit of Happiness". I love the sentiments in the set!

The weather is not cooperating with me today for photos, sorry they are so dark but it was worse in my craftroom! Sometimes photos just don't work! I actually used the new embossing folder for the background, it is all straight, chunky lines and the piece of Chocolate Chip paper is crimped. The flower is from the set called "Growing Green" and is stamped in Black Stazon and watercoloured on watercolour paper with Not Quite Navy Ink.