It's Sunday and time for a reminder that we are still celebrating over at The Paper Players! It's our 400th birthday and our theme challenge is running for two weeks in total, to give you all plenty of time to play along. Some of us are back with some additional mid-theme inspiration for you, where we continue to be all about celebration:
Before I get to my card, a reminder of all of the fabulous prizes you can win - so many prizes!! 40 in fact, from our many generous sponsors across the crafting community - check out our post for more details but here is the full list to whet your appetite:
Listed in alphabetical order:
- Altenew - $30 gift card
- Atenew Academy - $20 gift card - compliments of Jaydee
- Avery Elle - $20 store credit
- Butterfly Reflections - Breathe Rainbows Stamp Set (US only)
- CAS-ual Fridays - $25 store credit
- Cheery Lynn - $20 gift card
- Cheery Lynn - $20 gift card - compliments of Laurie
- Concord & 9th - $25 gift card
- Craftin Desert Diva's - $10 store cedit
- Dies R Us - $15 gift card
- Ellen Hutson - 20 gift cards - compliments of Annie
- Ellen Hutson $20 gift card - compliments of Eliz
- Happy Little Stampers - $20 store credit
- Heffy Doodle - Sticky Friends Stamp Sets (exclusive - not available for purchase)
- Heffy Doodle - Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)
- Heffy Doodle - Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)
- Heffy Doodle - Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)
- Lawn Fawn - $25 gift card
- My Favorite Things - $25 store credit
- Neat & Tangled - $15 store credit
- Newton's Nook - $20 store credit
- Pink & Main - $20 store credit
- Power Poppy - $10 store credit
- Stampendous - $20 rewards cards (US only)
- Stampendous - $20 reward card (US only)
- Stampendous - $20 reward card (US only)
- Stamplorations - $20 gift certificate
- Stampin' Up - $20 gift certificates compliments of Nance (US only)
- Stampin' Up! $20 gift certificate - compliments of LeAnne (US only)
- Stampin' Up! £20 gift certificate - compliments of Joanne (UK only)
- Stampin' Up! $20 gift certificate - compliments of Claire (US only)
- Stampin' Up $20 gift certificate - compliments of Jan (NZ only)
- Technique Tuesday - $20 gift card
- The Foiled Fox - $25 store credit
- Trinity Stamps - Let it Grow and Lady Liberty Stamp Sets
- Tutti Designs - $15 gift card
- Uniko - any in-stock stamp set of winner's choice
- Verve Stamps - stamp & accessory bundle - compliments of Sandy (US only)
- Verve Stamps - stamp & accessory bundle - compliments of Sandy (US only)
- Waffle Flower - $15 gift card
Isn't that fantastic?! All prizes will be awarded randomly between challenge participants - so if you enter, you are in with a chance of winning!
I was fairly short on time this week, having had a class, a bunch of end of term activities for one James Junior and a wedding to attend this weekend, so clean and simple was most definitely the order of the day. Unintentionally I ended up with another card with balloons too - take a look:
How cute is that little elephant?!
I reached for my new Little Elephant stamp set and along with my co-ordinating Elephant Builder punch and a few favourite colours, I set to work. I punched out the elephant and his ear for added dimension and added some balloons punched with my now retired tiny balloon punch, added some clear Wink of Stella and then done! This is one of those great quick cards that is a simple combination of stamps, ink and paper and can be put together in a jiffy - great when you are short on time!
Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:
You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any.
Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:
The Paper Players Design Team
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
1. Create a new paper project specifically for this challenge.
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 four challenges, TOTAL.
4. Please be considerate of our requests; entries that do not follow any of these rules will be deleted without notification and will not be eligible for our prizes.
5. Have FUN!
We also have an additional rule for this challenge only: please do not submit more than TWO cards for this challenge. This is simply so that everyone can have an equal opportunity to win a prize.
Remember: PP400 is running for two weeks (the challenge closes on Friday 13th July). All challenge winners will be announced on Saturday, June 14th. All prizes awarded to participants will be drawn from random.org from ALL participants and announced with our reminder post for challenge PP401 on Wednesday 18th July. There are already some fabulous cards in the gallery but there's still more time for you to enter. Whatever you're celebrating, share it with us! Enjoy the rest of your weekend - I'll be returning from the wedding and spending the day painting before the kitchen fitting begins this week. I'll be back soon with another project; until then, happy stampin'!
Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: