It's always a good day when there's a new Paper Players Challenge to share! This week LeAnne has given us some colors to work with! Misty Moonlight, Merry Merlot and Crumb Cake!
At first I was thinking that these would be good colors for Christmas but after looking at my Christmas stamps I just wasn't feeling it so I switched to a masculine card. I always need them and never have a stash to pull from plus my mother-in-law has requested a set of birthday cards for later in the year and it's never too early to get a start on those!
Rooted in Nature is on the retiring list so if you've always loved it but never ordered it now is the time! This set has been a staple in my stamp set collection for a long time and it never fails to turn out a nice card!
Nothing really crazy or technique heavy on this card but I'll just point out a few things; the strips of Merry Merlot are embossed with the Old World Paper embossing folder for just a bit of texture against the woodgrain pattern of the In Color DSP. Since you can't glam up guy cards with too much sparkle a great way to add interest is with texture!
The ribbon treatment is just two lengths of Misty moonlight twill ribbon tied with linen thread and an old retired vintage trinket safety pin goes through the knot. I was looking through my embellishments for something "guy" and I really don't have anything that is current. I had some old metallic brads that I was going to pop on somewhere but then found the little container of vintage trinkets and thought the safety pin would be just the things. Maybe with this upcoming catalog I'll invest in some guy embellishments!
I hope to see you card in the challenge gallery! Check out what the rest of the Paper Players Design Team has done with these colors!
Jaydee
LeAnne
Claire
Joanne
Laurie
Anne Marie
Ann
Nancy
Debbie
Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
Stamps: Rooted in Nature, Here's a Card
Ink: Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight
Paper: Crumb Cake, Merry Merlot, Whisper White, In Color DSP
Accessories: Nature's Roots dies, Stitched Nested Label dies, Old World Paper embossing folder, twill ribbon, linen thread, vintage trinkets (retired), dimensionals