The Paper Players

Hi Everyone.  Happy Sunday night.

Before I share a card with you tonight, I wanted to give you the details on the new design challenge site and the design team that I am now a part of.   Introducing The Paper Players.  Many of you will have seen comments on my posts from Lesley.  Well, a couple of weeks ago, Lesley wrote and invited me to be a member of the new design team that she was establishing.  Lesley is changing her blog over to the challenge site and we will be running weekly challenges for you. 

Needless to say, I was thrilled and honored, to be a part of this team.  I love Lesley's talent, energy, creativity and positive, upbeat nature.  I have loved visiting her blog over the last few months.  There are two other members of the design team – LeeAnne and Corie and they are also amazingly talented. 

Lesley's blog is called Alwaysplayingwithpaper, and that was the theme that she used to create the name of the design team.  We are looking for a guest designer for JUNE.  Now, I know that there are many talented people who read my blog.  How do I know?  Because I have seen your work and had it in my hot little mittens!

So, why not put your fabulous creativity to work and pop along and post a project to try out for the guest designer spot.  Here's the link with the details.  All, it takes is a few minutes to upload a pic of your project… go on… you know you can do it! 🙂

For those of you participating in the card drive for charity and the chance to win $100 worth of SU goodies from the new catty, courtesty of moi….. the closing date for entries is midnight on JUNE 30.  So, you have from now until June 30 to send me 10 or more hand crafted cards for either hugsandhope or operationwritehome.  For each 10 cards – with envelopes – that you send, you will get one entry into the draw.  My helpful and reliable helper Bilbo Baggins will be drawing a name.  Imagine…. $100 to spend on goodies from the new catty… all those wonderful new goodies :-)  Aside from that, think of the amazing children and servicemen/women and their families that you will spread a little love to.

FINALLY…. to tonight's card.  The CAS challenge this week was to chose a focal image that was a person, a group or a character; to add a little bit of ribbon and a little texture.  Well, you know that I had to pull out my kimono lady from Dream Gardens.

I stamped the lady on Whisper White in Real Red.  I matted her on a basic black and real red card stock.

The bottom half of the card was run through my Big Shot and the polka dot embossing folder. 

I took a piece of Whisper White Satin Ribbon and stamped one of the images from the Dream Gardens set onto the ribbon using Real Red classic ink.  I made sure that the part where the crane is was included on the ribbon.  That allowed me to echo the crane in her kimono.

Of course, two small pearls finished the image.  The small circles of the pearls echo the dots on the folder and the dots on her kimono.

Well, Lou and I are off to have dinner on the deck again.  The joys of not having to go to work tomorrow!

Please remember to keep Trish in your thoughts and prayers, she really does need all of our help right now.

As always, thank you so much for spending time in my little area of the stamping blogosphere.  You know that your support and your comments are much appreciated by me – and others who read my blog.  I do hope you will play along with the Paper Players and help us to grow a successful and fun challenge site.

Hugs to you all

Jaydee