Love you to the Stars for Paper Players #183

Hi Everyone.  Happy Sunday.

Hope you are all having a great weekend and staying warm!

It's the fabulous LeAnne's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and it's a CAS challenge.  Right up my alley!

 

I needed a Valentine's Day card for Lou and knew that it was time to pull out a Simon Says Stamp Stars stencil and some of my new gold Embossing Paste.  I combined that with the gold, black and white color scheme from the casestudy challenge last week and finished it off with a sentiment from the Papertrey Ink Star Gazer additions stamp set.

here's my card:

I love the little touch of Stampin' Up! gold specialty paper.  It's a little cooler than the embossing paste, but I think it still works.  The sentiment is perfect for the gold stars :-)  Happy Valentine's Day, Lou!


As always, the design team have some fabulous inspiration projects for you.  Don't forget to visit their blogs and then join the Paper Players and show us your stars CAS projects.

• Ann
• Anne Marie
• LeAnne
• Nance
• Sandy

On a personal note:

I got to spend a little time in my crafting space today, but only made 2 cards!  Mmm... I think I am going to have to move things along a little faster tomorrow :-)  Do you ever have those days where things just don't seem to turn out the way you see them in your mind?  That's certainly how it was for me today.  It took me for ever to make a card and when I had finished it, it wasn't right.  I then putzed around playing with background paper and shimmer mist to try to emulate the look and feel of Venetian paper.  It was rally fun playing and I'll be sharing it with you later this week.

As always, thank you so much for your visit and your comments.  They really do mean a great deal to me.  I'll be back with another card tomorrow.  In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.

Hugs

Jaydee

Card recipe:

    Card stock:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Gold Specialty (Stampin' Up!)

    Ink:  Archival Black

    Stamps:  Star Gazer Additions (Papertrey Ink)

    Tools:  Star Stencil (Simon Says Stamp), Gold Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi)

 

Comments

[Joanne James]

Love these little stars Jaydee - I had to pop by and find out how you made this card! So pretty.

[Nance Leedy]

Oh, I love this sentiment! Just perfect for a Valentine's Day card. Love the unexpected color combination and the sprinkling of stars is marvelous! ((hugs))

[Loll Thompson]

Beautiful Valentine's Day card for your sweetie. Love the gold embossed paste stars. Loll xx

[Terri]

Very nice - the sentiment is perfect for the stencil and it all works together beautifully. simply perfect!

[ColleenB. - Texas]

What a beautiful CAS card and love the sentiment; it's short, sweet and to the point.

Adding a couple cents worth here to each and everyone of you.
good friends are like stars.
You don't always see them,
but you know they're always there.

Everyone; enjoy your day and make the most of it.

[LeAnne]

I love this!! What a perfect way to incorporate stars into your card...and the sentiment is so sweet! I hope that Lou liked it, cuz I sure do!

[Rach]

I really love that color scheme, and the card is delightful! I LOVE LOVE LOVE those little stars! :o)

Struggling in the stamping space? Never.

I lie, of course. ;oP Don't we all have those moments and days? It's been so long since I've been in my stamping space, I fear my mojo has run away. :oS

I hope spring is on its way to find you. I'm seeing glimmers and peeks of it here!

Hugs!

P.S. Howdy Lou! :o)

[Sandy M]

Wow, how perfect this is for the challenge, Jaydee! Nice and CAS, and that gold embossing paste: how cool! That's a product I've yet to try but you used it brilliantly and paired it with the perfect sentiment. Hugs!

[Linda Callahan]

This is a sweet as can be! The stars are fabulous and I adore the sentiment! And I do love the bit of gold peeking out!