last week as guest designer at The Paper Players (pp97)

I can't believe my time as guest designer at The Paper Players has come to an end already. It was such a fast, but FUN three months! I really enjoyed the opportunity to be able to help inspire each week with my card creations and to offer up words of encouragement to others.

I want to say thank you to all of the ladies at The Paper Players who so graciously accepted me on their team and encouraged me with their sweet comments! Thank you Ann, Anne Marie, Jaydee, LeAnne, Lesley, Nance and my fellow three-month guest designer Jenn! You all are amazing and talented papercrafting artists and it has been an honor and a privilege to work with you!

One last sketch to play with this week for me as I finish up my role as guest designer. I definitely plan to keep playing along, though, so I will be back for more inspiration! This week's hostess is the super sweet LeAnne and she has come up with a fun sketch to play along with!

I ended up leaving the bottom rectangle in the sketch plain white. I kept going back and forth on whether or not I wanted to add a layer behind the white circle, but in the end the simple look won out. You can't see it (or smell it) in the picture, but I used the Cherry Embossing Powder for the cherries It smells great in person!

{please excuse the dark photo...

we got a new camera and I haven't quite figured it out yet}

Stamp Set: Mouthwatering (available in the upcoming catalog!), Apple Blossoms (retired hostess set)
Paper: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral
Ink: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral
Accessories: Dimensionals, Jewel Rhinestones, Calypso Coral Baker's Twine, Cherry Embossing Powder, Versamarker
Tools: Jewelry Tag punch, Two-Step Owl punch (small heart)

I hope you can come join us at The Paper Players this week! Link up your card before Friday, June 1st at NOON. Get inspired by taking a peek at the what the design team has created...

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

LeAnne Pugliese

Lesley Croghan

Nance Leedy

Jaydee

Jenn Picard

Heidi Boos

Narelle Furrugia (May GD)