It’s a celebration – Paper Players #400

 

It's hard to believe that we have been going for 400 challenges.  That really is quite an achievement.  It's hard to believe that our first challenge was way back on the 23rd May 2010.  If you are interested – you can check out my first Paper Players post right here!

 

To help us celebrate this 8 year journey, we have 40 – yes that is FORTY – prizes to be won.  The crafting community really is such a wonderful community and our sponsors have been immensely generous.   In addition to our sponsor prizes, the Paper Players have also donated prizes.

 

Here's the list of prizes that can be won:

 

1. Altenew - $30 gift card
2. Atenew Academy – $20 gift card  - compliments of Jaydee
3. Avery Elle – $20 store credit
4. Butterfly Reflections - Breathe Rainbows Stamp Set (US only)
5. CAS-ual Fridays - $25 store credit
6. Cheery Lynn - $20 gift card  
7. Cheery Lynn – $20 gift card – compliments of Laurie
8. Concord & 9th – $25 gift card
9. Craftin Desert Diva's - $10 store cedit
10. Dies R Us – $15 gift card
11. Ellen Hutson –  20 gift cards – compliments of Annie 
12. Ellen Hutson $20 gift card – compliments of Eliz
13. Happy Little Stampers - $20 store credit
14. Heffy Doodle – Sticky Friends Stamp Sets (exclusive – not available for purchase; US only)
15. Heffy Doodle – Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive – not available for purchase; US only)
16. Heffy Doodle – Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive – not available for purchase; US only)
17. Heffy Doodle – Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive – not available for purchase; US only)
18. Lawn Fawn - $25 gift card
19. My Favorite Things - $25 store credit
20. Neat & Tangled - $15 store credit 
21. Newton's Nook - $20 store credit
22. Pink & Main – $20 store credit
23. Power Poppy - $10 store credit
24. Stampendous - $20 rewards cards (US only)
25. Stampendous – $20 reward card (US only)
26. Stampendous - $20 reward card (US only)
27. Stamplorations – $20 gift certificate
28. Stampin' Up – $20 gift certificates compliments of Nance (US only)
29. Stampin' Up! $20 gift certificate – compliments of LeAnne (US only)
30. Stampin' Up! £20 gift certificate – compliments of Joanne (UK only)
31. Stampin' Up! $20 gift certificate – compliments of Claire (US only)
32. Stampin' Up $20 gift certificate – compliments of Jan (NZ only)
33. Technique Tuesday – $20 gift card
34. The Foiled Fox - $25 store credit
35. Trinity Stamps - Let it Grow and Lady Liberty Stamp Sets
36. Tutti Designs - $15 gift card
37. Uniko - any in-stock stamp set of winner's choice
38. Verve Stamps – stamp & accessory bundle – compliments of Sandy (US only)
39. Verve Stamps – stamp & accessory bundle – compliments of Sandy (US only)
40. Waffle Flower - $15 gift card

This is a two week challenge and the Paper Players will be showcasing their designs this week and next.  I have to tell you that the badge that Nancy made (another great badge, by the way) and most of the design team cards were made in parallel.  We were all very surprised to see that most of us had made cards featuring balloons – and Nance had created a badge with balloons 🙂

So, to change things up a little, I decided to share the card I had made for the second week in place of the original card.  My balloon card will make an appearance next week 🙂

I did a little shopping before I made this card.    I downloaded a couple of digital stamps from Power Poppy.  I also took advantage of the 25% off they were having and bought a couple of other clear stamp sets and you will be seeing the fruits of those this week!

I decided to go with a present theme and had great fun coloring it with my Copic markers.  I mounted it onto a card base that had been sitting on my craft table for quite a while!   I used a Hero Arts stencil to emboss the card front and I thought it was the perfect backdrop to the focal element.

Here's a closeup:

I love the effect from the stencil.  Being able to use them to emboss really does stretch their usefulness 🙂

Here's my full card:

I do hope that you will join us and help us celebrate.  You have two weeks to create a celebration card and it can be any kind of celebration!   Birthday.  Anniversary.  4th July.  Graduation.  Whatever it is you want to celebrate!  You can check out the full set of rules on our blog right here

 

It's also wonderful to welcome back two of our early design team members – Ann Schach and Anne Marie Hile.  We are thrilled that they have joined us this week to help us celebrate.   You can check out all the wonderful cards from our design team at their blogs:

 

• Claire
• Joanne
• Laurie
• LeAnne
• Nance 
•  Sandy
•  Elizabeth
• Jan
• Annie

and our special guests –

• Ann
• Anne Marie

I'll be back tomorrow with another card and some photos.   In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.

Hugs

Jaydee

Card recipe:

• Card stock:  Neenah Solar White #110
• Stencil:  Tribal Shapes – Hero Arts
• Digital Stamp:  Party Essentials – Power Poppy
• Inks:  Copic Markers