I know that I say it every Monday but boy did that weekend fly by. Yesterday was pretty nice, I did my projects and played around with some new ideas. Then around 8:00 I got a raging headache so I took some Excedrin and laid down. Wouldn’t you know I fell asleep and woke up at 12:00! Ha, that was definitely not a good thing. When I got up I wanted to sit at the craft desk again but I thought that would be a bad idea! It took a while to get back to sleep and I was up early this morning. Let’s see how long before I need a nap at work! LOL! The weather here yesterday was gorgeous, nice and mild with a breeze and perfect leave the windows open sleeping weather last night. The weather everyday should be like yesterday!
Today my post is for this week’s Paper Players. Before I get to it I wanted to thank Nance for selecting my card for her Cut Above for last week’s one layer card. You can see the winners list here and my original post here. This week Nance has given us a really cool sketch to work with…
I had a picture in my head of what I wanted the card to look like before I got started, love that! The base of the card is Gumball Green Card Stock. I used the Off the Grid Stamp and some Tangerine Tango Card Stock and Tangerine Tango Ink to create my background. Next up is some Witches’ Brew Designer Washi Tape on the diagonal with a thin strip of Gumball Green in the center. The stamped image is from the Halloween Bash Stamp Set. I stamped it three times, once in Gumball Green then in Tangerine Tango and again in Basic Black. The Gumball one is punched out with the Decorative Label Punch, the Tangerine one with the Scallop Oval Punch and the bat is cut out with my Paper Snips. All of them are adhered to each other and the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The three Gumball Green chevrons are punched out with the Chevron Border Punch and are also adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really love the Gumball with the Tangerine and Black, it gives the card a nice pop of color. I will definitely incorporate more Gumball into my Halloween projects! Thank you for visiting me today to see my Paper Players card for this week’s sketch from Nance. Have a good Monday! 🙂
Stampin’ Up! products used:
Card Stock: Gumball Green, Tangerine Tango and Very Vanilla
Ink: Gumball Green, Tangerine Tango and Basic Black Classic Stampin’ Ink
Stamp Sets: Halloween Bash Clear Mount and Off the Grid Wood Mount
Punches: Chevron Border, Decorative Label and Scallop Oval
Embellishments: Witches’ Brew Designer Washi Tape
Tools: Paper Snips, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL
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Sorry you didn’t sleep well. That can be thoroughly exhausting. This card, though, is great! I love the incorporation of Gumball Green into your Halloween project. Really adds something extra.
Thanks Brian! I do love the pop the Gumball gives the card. I Still feel a little off but hopefully that will be gone soon! Enjoy your day! 🙂
such a fun card – don’t you just love Washi tape!
Thank you Wendie! Yes, I love the Washi Tape!
Great card and great take on the sketch! Love the color combo and the grid background. Hope you’re feeling a better today. Take a little nap at your desk, I know you can do it!
Thanks Sandy! I still don’t quite feel myself. Don’t encourage me to nap at my desk! They don’t like that! LOL!
Oh Wow – I know all about headaches – sorry you had a bad one – Get Better Soon. Love the card and when I saw the Gumball Green I immediately thought about slime – ewww.
Thanks Cynthia! LOL! I thought of slime too! I’m better now, thanks! 🙂
love your card Justin, your making me want to add to my shopping list though! I thought I could totally ignore the Hallowe’en washi tape but now I want some. Hope your feeling better soon.
Thanks Lynne! I have a reputation for adding! Sorry! I am feeling better, thanks! Enjoy your day! 🙂
Justin I sure hope you feel better by now. We just had quite a storm go by here and my head is pounding! The dark clouds are all gone and the thunder has stopped so hopefully so will this headache.
But for the important stuff now: love the punch of green on this card! And one could not overlook the fussy cutting either…. Now I did not think I needed the chevron punch but after seeing this, guess what I just added to my August order! LOL
I may try to play with this challenge too. (Done the PCCCS55 and FMS101 – woo hoo)
I’m sorry to hear that you have a headache too. Hopefully it will be gone soon. Mine is better thankfully, it was a doozy!
Thank you, I love the Gumball, it’s an overlooked color for Halloween! The Chevron Punch is just too cool to pass up!
I think it’s a great sketch and look forward to seeing your take! 🙂
Love that your background is the Grid paper….your plain and simple design is wonderful and a possible CASE….thank you!!!
Thanks Carol!! 😉
WOW! The colors are so crisp! Loving the Label and Chevron!!!
Good job!
Thank you Vicki! We need more green in Halloween! 🙂
Justin, I forgot to say, I hope your Headache went away,I get those every so often myself!
They’re awful….. to say the least!
Also, Congrats on the winning of “Cut Above, One Layer!!!!! I also thought, the Label was Glued. Applause!!!!!! The Fall Card was the best I ever seen!!!! Go Justin!!!!
Thanks Vicki! I’m better! I appreciate your concern.
Yes, I was quite happy that card was chosen. Thank you very much!! 🙂
Justin, I love this halloween card. Love the layered sentiment and the mixture of papers for the stripes. Fabulous card. So glad you joined the Paper Players again this week
Jaydee
Thank you Jaydee! It’s a great sketch! Enjoy your week! 🙂
Oh my goodness, this is darling Justin! I adore the way you’ve layered the label and the bat is sooooo cute! Love the pop of Gumball and the grid background is fantastic–why don’t I have that stamp??!! Hope you’re feeling better. So glad you joined us again at The Paper Players
Thank you so much Nance! I really love the sketch! The Off the Grid is great! I’m much better, thank you! I hope that you have a great week!
Ok, you know it’s coming…this is one “spook-tacular” card, Justin! (Sorry, I had to ue the pun!) I love the fresh color combo for Halloween and the layered punches add so much dimension. Thanks for joining us this week at the Paper Players! 🙂
LOL! Thanks Anne Marie! Have a great weekend! 🙂