PP400 Take Two

Happy Sunday, peeps!  I hope your weekend is going well!  I suddenly came down with some allergy symptoms and sore throat, which is really annoying me, considering how nice of a weekend it is!  All I want to do is sleep!  

Anyway, our 400th Paper Players celebration continues, so if you didn't get a chance to play last week, you have another week to try!  For my card this week, I went in a different "celebration" direction...this card is for a couple in our congregation who just celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary!  The husband happens to be my dad's first cousin, so I guess that makes him my second cousin!  My grandmother was his aunt, and I can always see a family resemblance to her when I see him on Sundays, and he has never lost his sense of humor despite many illnesses!  So he and his wife are very special to me!  I used Brushed Gold and Chocolate Chip cardstocks to create the letters, and some beautiful Graphic 45 paper for the background on this large, but simple card:

The sentiment banner was cut with a die from the Large Numbers die, and stamped with a sentiment from Beautiful Bouquet.  I did a wee bit of shading with a blender pen and some Sahara Sand ink to give it a 3D effect...I just love how this looks!  I backed it with another banner in Chocolate Chip as well, to give it even more depth:

SO....we hope that you'll enter your celebration creation over at the Paper Players blog, and just in case you didn't see all the sponsors and prizes, you NEED to check it out, as well as the gorgeous creations from the DT!  Hope to see you there!

Last week in the pouring rain, John came out of the garage and almost stepped on this:

It was pretty unusual for a snapping turtle to come so close to the buildings...it looks like he was wanting to take a bath from the rain spout!!!  Hopefully I'll have some Cassidy pictures next week, as she'll be back tomorrow!  Have a blessed day!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful Bouquet
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Brushed Gold (both ret), Time to Celebrate DSP (Graphic 45)
Ink	Chocolate Chip (ret), Sahara Sand
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Large Numbers Thinlets, Blender Pen

Paper Players 400 Celebration

Happy Sunday, happy JULY, happy 400th CELEBRATION for the Paper Players!  Woohoo!  It's hard to believe!  But yet, here we are, and we have an incredible array of prizes to be won over at the Paper Players blog!!!  Of course, the theme is "Celebration":

Before I get to my card, I want to share with you ALL the sponsors and the prizes that will be chosen randomly from all our participants!  Hold on to your hats:

1. Altenew- $30 gift card
2. AtenewAcademy - $20 gift card  - compliments of Jayden
3. Avery Elle- $20 store credit
4. Butterfly Reflections- Breathe Rainbows Stamp Set (US winner only)
5. CAS-ual Fridays- $25 store credit
6. Cheery Lynn- $20 gift card  
7. Cheery Lynn- $20 gift card
8. Concord & 9th- $25 gift card
9. Craftin Desert Divas- $10 store cedit
10. Dies R Us- $15 gift card
11. Ellen Hutson-  $20 gift card 
12. Ellen Hutson- $20 gift card
13. Happy Little Stampers- $20 store credit
14. Heffy Doodle- Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)
15. Heffy Doodle- Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)
16. Heffy Doodle- Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)
17. Heffy Doodle- Sticky Friends Stamp Set (exclusive - not available for purchase)
18. Lawn Fawn- $25 gift card
19. My Favorite Things- $25 store credit
20. Neat & Tangled- $15 store credit 
21. Newton's Nook- $20 store credit
22. Pink & Main- $20 store credit
23. Power Poppy- $10 store credit
24. Stampendous- $20 reward cards (US winner only)
25. Stampendous- $20 reward card (US winner only)
26. Stampendous- $20 reward card (US winner only)
27. STAMPlorations- $20 gift certificate
28. Stampin' Up!- $20 gift certificate  (US winner only)
29. Stampin' Up!- $20 gift certificate (US winner only)
30. Stampin' Up!- $20 gift certificate (US winner only)
31. Stampin' Up!- $20 gift certificate (UK winner only)
32. Stampin' Up!- $20 gift certificate (NZ winner only)
33. Technique Tuesday- $20 gift card
34. The Foiled Fox- $25 store credit
35. Trinity Stamps- Let it Grow and Lady Liberty Stamp Sets
36. Tutti Designs- $15 gift card
37. Uniko- any in-stock stamp set of the winner's choice
38. Verve Stamps- stamp & accessory bundle (US winner only)
39. Verve Stamps- stamp & accessory bundle (US winner only)
40. Waffle Flower- $15 gift card

Also, here are the challenge rules:

1. PP400 will run for two weeks. 
2. All prizes awarded to participants will be drawn from random.org from ALL participants.
3. Create a new paper project.  You may enter up to two times.
4. Upload your project to your blog with a link back to The Paper Players.
5. Provide a direct link to your blog post for your challenge entry.
6. Please link your card to no more than FOUR challenges (including ours).
7. TRULY ENJOY OUR CELEBRATION!  We have appreciated your participation over the last 399 challenges.

Isn't that amazing?!  So many chances to win!  Now let me show you what I created, since my wee little one will be having a birthday next month, I decided to get a head start:

I used the sketch from In(k)spire Me:

and I always sort of cringe when elements are "wonky" but I forced myself to go with it!  I used some Sweet Sugar Plum glimmer paper and a balloon die that was a gift, so I am not sure of the maker--maybe Simon Says Stamp?  The papers are from Bo Bunny's Petal Lane collection, the "celebrate" is from Watercolor Wishes, and the sequins were also a gift:

I added some black glimmer embellishments, and used another sentiment from Perennial Birthday on the inside:  Since it's a shaker, I used SU's thick white cardstock for my base, since it's nice and sturdy!

SO....what celebration will you highlight on your creation?  It doesn't even have to feature balloons, just some sort of celebration!  We do have guidelines as to how many challenges can be featured on one submission, so be sure to check out the rules before you participate!  We want everyone to be able to have a chance to win!  Now GO create something!!  If you need inspiration, you can check out all the designers' creations at the links below (and we have some past designers in there too!)  And since this is a rather long post, if you have any questions about any of the products, shoot me an email!  Have a blessed day!

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie

·        Jan

·        Anne Marie Hile - past designer

·        Ann Schach - past designer