Game On for The Paper Players

Today is one of those lovely days when I can enter a challenge with my card, and my go to is always The Paper Players, especially when they have a masculine card challenge, which is my favourite and a kind of forte! I have lots of masculine stamp sets, thanks to this year's Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue, but one I haven't used yet is Game On, a tribute to games that many men and women alike, enjoy playing! 

The Paper Player's Challenge #507 is to create a Masculine Birthday Card. Here's their challenge banner:

My biggest claim to fame on this card is that I used a self-created Brass Embossing Powder by mixing Gold and Copper Stampin' Emboss Powders. This post tells you how I did that. Look closely and see if it looks different than gold to you:

•  All the images and the sentiment are from the Game On stamp set and are stamped in Versamark ink and embossed with my homemade concoction of brass embossing powder (see above).
• The images are all fussy cut while I used the Tasteful Labels dies to die cut the sentiment.
• The background paper is from the World of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper, which is, in turn, mounted on some bronze Brushed Metallic Cardstock from the Aug/Dec Mini Catalogue. The card base is Misty Moonlight cardstock.
• The embellishments are retired Designer Elements that were just on the Clearance Rack, but I think they sold out over the weekend.

Thursday, Sept. 10 is the last day to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin in order to get this cozy looking fall kit! I wouldn't wait that long! They seem to be selling out these days! Why? Because it's so much fun to have a high quality Creative Break shipped right to your door once a month. They are not hard to create, but with the support of your demonstrator, me, and online resources, you can create many, many alternatives if you want to let your imagination run wild! You get everything you need to make a Pinterest worthy project, but one your kids would enjoy helping you with! It would be a great family crafting together time!

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You can still register for my September Online Technique Class. It will be too late to get the stamp set and class package in time for the Facebook live, but you can still register and get them both and I will send you a link to the YouTube recording of the Facebook Live so you can complete the projects in your time! You will learn to make two Illuminated Easel Cards, perfect as centerpieces or as decor for Thanksgiving; two elongated Z Fold cards, and two colour blocked birthday cards, all using the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper!

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Product List

Game On Cling Stamp Set (English) [152646] $26.00	Brushed Metallic Cardstock [153524] $20.00	World Of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper [152491] $20.00	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081] $12.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $13.25
Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $8.25	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $8.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Paper Snips [103579] $13.50
Designer Elements [149586] $9.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $16.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50

Country Home for The Paper Players

I'm always excited when I get a chance to play along with my favourite challenge blog, The Paper Players, and this week they have a sketch challenge going on, created by Anne Schach:

I wanted to do some watercolouring this past afternoon, so I dug out a favourite fall stamp set that I haven't played with for a long time and had an enjoyable hour of creating and watercolouring. Here is what transpired:

• I wanted to use warm, fall colours, but I didn't want to watercolour the milk can with Cajun Craze or an orange, so I decided to try out Terracotta Tile. I was surprised at how pink or red it was, but I do like the warmth it generates.
• I teamed up the Terracotta Tile with Crumb Cake, Champagne Foil, and Cajun Craze. The jury is still out on the combination. 
• I watercoloured a background using a combo of Grapefruit Grove, Crumb Cake and Champagne Glimmer Paint on Shimmery White cardstock. I fussy cut the milk can and the floral arrangement after they had been painted and added them to the background, popping up the milk can on dimensionals.
• The back ground is Champagne Foil, embossed with the Tin Tile 3D Embossing Folder. The horizontal strip of paper is from the Come to Gather DSP. The small element in the corner is from the same stamp set, fussy cut and embellished with a twine bow.
• The sentiment is likewise from the Country Home stamp set.                                              

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Product List

Country Home Photopolymer Stamp Set [147678] $27.00	Champagne Foil Sheets [144748] $6.75	Come To Gather Designer Series Paper [150454] $15.75	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101910] $13.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $11.25
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.00	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $13.50	Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint [147044] $11.00	Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad [150086] $10.25
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $10.25	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142] $10.25	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $10.25	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $10.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $10.25
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25	Aqua Painters [103954] $23.00	Tin Tile 3D Embossing Folder [151801] $14.00	Paper Snips [103579] $13.50	Nature's Twine [146342] $12.25
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50