Monday, April 23, 2012

The Paper Players 92

I'm on vacation this week and I plan on spending some quality time with all the weeds that are presently growing in my garden.  Hopefully, the weather will cooperate with my plans.  If not, there's always stamping that I can do.  Today was rather rainy so I was able to get some stuff done inside the house.  I also whipped up this card for The Paper Players sketch challenge.



I know I just used the phrase "whipped up," but I don't want to lead anyone to believe that I can whip up any card in a matter of minutes.  I usually spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about my card before I actually start cutting, stamping, and assembling and this one was no different.  In fact, this one probably took me longer to put together because I was trying to watch the Red Sox game at the same time and I kept getting distracted!

I used some lovely Old Olive DSP from Cottage Wall and at the last minute decided to accent it with some Basic Black.  This lead to me using a flourish, also cut from Basic Black, behind the Pretty in Pink layered flower.  The flower is from Papertrey Ink and the sentiment is Verve.

Thanks for stopping by!

16 comments:

Lesley said...

Gack! Amazing...so pretty and light and airy...this card is lovely Jen AND thank goodness you clarified the "whipped up" comment because I was going to cry!!

jaydee said...

Jenn, love this flower and what a fabulous sentiment - now I need to go seek that out. I think the black was the perfect thing to help lift the colors. It really makes the pink flower pop. I love your take on the Paper Players sketch this week.
Have fun taming the wildflowers in your garden :-)
Hugs
Jaydee

Marisa said...

You are making it very hard to resist that flower LOL! Gorgeous card and use of the sketch!

Sue said...

Jen this is sooooooo prety Luv Sue x

Sue said...

Oooops forgot to say enjoy your break and hope you get to do exactly what you want Luv Sue x

Erna Logtenberg said...

Amazing Jen!! Hé, just planned to order at PTI, I will look for that flower :-))
Have a good vacation time!

Aileen said...

Beautiful card. The colours compliment each other really well. x

Vicky Hayes said...

Wow - it's that wonderful flower again Jen! It looks fantastic with the die cut swirl and the little tag.

Kim S said...

This will definitely bring a smile...so sweet and gentle!

Debbie said...

Very pretty card! Love that flower!

Linda Callahan said...

Whew feeling better about "whipped up"! This is gorgeous in every way - love the black trellis and the pink flower!

Colorado Crafter said...

I'd love to know what die you used for that flourish. Your card is beautiful!

Jen Mitchell said...

Colorado Crafter, it's the Fancy Flourish die from My Favorite Things.

Colorado Crafter said...

Thank you SO much! So many fun crafting tools out there... so little time! This one goes on my wish list!

LeAnne said...

This color combo is so striking--that flourish just sends it over the top! Thanks so much for playing with the Paper Players sketch this week!

Anne Marie Hile said...

Wow, Jen, is this ever gorgeous! Love the color combo and that lovely layered flower. Thanks for joining us this week at the Paper Players! :)