XOX – for the Paper Players

It’s February 1 – can you believe it?!  Joanne James has a fun sketch for us this week at the Paper Players.  I play along with these challenges as often as I can, but I especially like this sketch.  It gave me a perfect opportunity to create a fun Valentine’s Day card that (not by design) has no stamping on it.  I used the Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack and Large Letters Framelits Dies to create this fun card:

And here’s the banner for Joanne’s sketch challenge that inspired my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Playing with the Sketch.  While I love how Joanne’s sketch includes two panels that are divided by four shapes, I couldn’t make my vision work on paper.  As such, I switched things up to make them work for me – the inspiration is still there, though.  I changed the orientation of the card from landscape to portrait and dropped my shapes a bit as they were so narrow that they became muddled on the busy paper I chose to use.  I love that sketches can be recreated literally or can be used for inspiration.
• Sending Love.  I’ve used this paper before (and I’ll definitely use it again), but I really love this Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack.  It’s been very popular with my customers over the past couple of weeks – they know that February 14 is just around the corner, and they will be ready with the papers they need.  I paired a white-based pattern with a red-based pattern to keep things perfectly balanced.
• Letters for You Bundle.  I have gotten a lot of great use out of the The Large Letters Framelits Dies Bundle.  Yes – it’s the single most expensive item in any of our current catalogs, but it’s SO worth it.  AND during Sale-a-Bration you automatically earn TWO free Sale-a-Bration items when you buy they bundle and you are really close to another one.  🙂  If you’ve been holding off, this might be the Valentine’s Day gift idea you’ve been looking for:
  

  Letters for You Bundle, Stampin’ Up!

Papers:  Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack, Real Red, Basic Black  Accessories:  Large Letters Framelits Dies, Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies (hearts collection), Basic Black Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Large Letters Framelits Dies – 141712

Price: $99.00

Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack – 142733

Price: $10.00

Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies – 141707

Price: $35.00

Basic Black Baker’s Twine – 134576

Price: $3.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 121045

Price: $8.00

Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 102482

Price: $8.00

Letters For You Photopolymer Bundle – 142348

Price: $133.00

Supply List

I hope you’ll pop over to the Paper Players site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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