Celebrating Sunflowers – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #78

Hello there my stamping friends, I have missed you! I am sorry to have been away for so long! I have been very busy moving to and setting up my new home in Missoula, Montana and have had all of my goodies packed away for sooooo long! But I’m back and sharing the new board this week at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge!

I thought I would go straight across the middle this week with Stencil, Celebration and Any Shape Die:

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Details:

  • I received the ‘Celebrate Sunflowers’ bundle as part of my most recent Stampin’ Up! order – it was a must have for me out of the new annual catalog, BUT I have seen tons of samples with it used in traditional colors (yellow and brown) and while there is nothing wrong with that, I was not inspired. I did however have some Swedish Fish at hand and they seem to have influenced my color choice with this card 🙂
  • I pulled out all of my pink Stampin’ Blends and decided to pair Flirty Flamingo with Poppy Parade and then turned myself loose on this poor unsuspecting stamped sunflower! I chose Crumb Cake and Soft Suede to color the flower center and the leaves – they all look SO pretty together!

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  • I pulled out the new Polka Dot Stampin’ Up! Basic Pattern Decorative Masks to create my background. I taped a piece of white card stock down and then taped the mask down over top of it and then inked it up well with my Versamark ink pad – at least that was my INTENTION, lol, I actually inked it up with my Black Onyx Versafine ink pad (whoops) and so now had a black inky MESS all over the top of my stencil!! While cleaning it up I noticed that the black ink did not actually make it into any of the holes in the stencil (eek), thwarting my plan to have a polka dot heat embossed background! So I pulled out a new piece of white cardstock and repeated the process (this time with Versamark ink!) and added a step – after the stencil was liberally smeared with Versamark ink, I took a micro fiber cloth and smeared the ink INTO the holes, lifted off the stencil, applied white embossing powder and set the whole mess with my heat tool and … IT WORKED! I was SO excited! in the end however, I chose to use just a 3/4″section of the embossed background and snipped each end into a lovely banner using the new ‘Banner Pick A Punch’ – quick, easy and precise!
  • I then stamped one of the sentiments from the ‘Celebrate Sunflowers’ bundle (leaving off the ‘Let’s’ at the beginning) onto a retangluar die cut, and mounted both the banner strip and the flower dies as well.

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  • I applied Wink of Stella to the flower petals, applied Crystal Effects to the flower center, added a pretty bow with an Elegant Faceted Gem in in center as the jewelry for my lovely flower 🙂
  • I ran the envelope flap through my Big Shot with one of the dies from the new ‘Ornamental Envelopes’ bundle and backed it with pretty Flirty Flamingo DSP from the new basic DSP stacks – what a lovely way to dress up an envelope, don’t you agree??

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  • Finally, I stamped the inside card panel with another sunflower stamp from the ‘Celebrate Sunflowers’ bundle and colored it in to coordinate with the flower on the card front and added a sentiment from the new ‘Happiest of Birthdays’ stamp set. I stamped the sentiment in Black Onyx Versafine ink and masked off the second line with a post it while inking up the stamp. I then used my Poppy Parade Stamps’ Write marker to ink up the second line and stamped it as well. It didn’t come out as perfectly as I would have liked so I inked it up again and stamped it a second time – that’s the beauty of the Stamparatus (and other) stampin tool. You can do that easily! I think I will be using my Stampin’ Write markers more now that I know I have a second chance to get the colors just right!

This card was for a very special someone and so was a true labor of love. I so enjoyed playing along with the Tic Tac Toe Challenge board and encourage you to get your stamping toys out and play along as well! All the guidelines are posted on the blog, making it very easy to play along – hope to see you in the gallery! And please don’t forget to enjoy all of the fine inspiration from the rest of the design team!

Blessings to you and thank you SO very much for stopping by today!

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White, both 80 lb (layers) and 110 lb (card base)

DSP: Brights 6″ x 6″ DSP Assortments

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Versafine Onyx Black

Stamps: Celebrate Sunflowers and Happiest of Birthdays

Coloring Tools: Light & Dark Stampin Blends in Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede. Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Write Marker

Dies: Sunflowers Dies; Envelopes Dies and Stitched Rectangles Dies 

Tools: Banners Pick A Punch; White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool; Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

Embellishments: Elegant Faceted Gems; 1/4″ Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

Other: Whisper White Envelope

It’s Your Day! – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #68

Guess what day it is – it’s Thursday! and that means I’m back with a brand new Tic Tac Toe Challenge Board! Woot Woot! Today’s board was designed by challenge creator Felicita and has some fun options!

I went with the far right column Summer, Scene, and free (YAY for free!!):

Details:

  • I have a guilty secret – creating scenes scares me!! Anytime someones gives me a set of directions, I’m only good for about three, after that, forget it, I just can’t remember them all, the same principle applies when creating a scene. I’m only good for about three steps and then I lose sight of the vision. So when I saw that on the board – eek!!
  • Ditto goes for stamp sets that are multi-layer like the one I used here, Mountain Air. So I kept my scene simple with only two layers of scene. I used a sponge to add blue to the tree layer in the hopes that it would look like a lake, and backed everything with Seaside Spray card stock for the sky.

  • I framed my (summer) scene out with the Nested Labels dies and added my fly fisherman on top. I used a simple sentiment on the right to balance out the fisherman on the left and then offset the sentiment just to be quirky 🙂

  • I kept the interior blank so the card can be used for various occasions, probably a birthday or Father’s Day.
  • Did you see the fun flies I stamped on the envelope flap? Such a cute stamp!!

I hope you are feeling inspired by today’s Tic Tac Toe Challenge Board and that you will join in on the fun! Be sure to check out the rest of the Tic Tac Toe Challenge Design Team’s designs for lots more inspiration!

Supplies:

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Garden Green, Seaside Spray, Soft Suede; Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White (110 lb)

DSP: Country Club

Ink: Night of Navy, Old Olive & Memento Tuxedo Black & Versamark

Stamps: Best Catch, Mountain Air

Coloring Tools: None

Dies: Catch of the Day, Majestic Mountains, Layering Circles & Stitched Nested Labels 

Tools: Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Big Shot

Embellishments: Black Embossing Powder

Other: Whisper White Envelope

A Clubhouse Birthday Celebration – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #64

Hello Friends! Woot, Woot! I’m excited to share a new Tic Tac Toe Challenge Board with you today! The wonderful Joanne James (from over the pond) is our featured designer this week and has come up with a board that has lots of masculine items on it but could easily be re-construed without the masculinity if you wanted:

I had a card in mind the minute I saw the board – I LOVE when that happens! It popped into my head immediately, so if it looks scarily like someone else’s card (which I hope it doesn’t), I’m going to apologize ahead of time and please let me know who you are so I can give you credit – (whoa, that was a long sentence!) – this is what popped into my head!:

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I went with the middle row: twine, patterned paper and masculine.

Measurements:

  • Night of Navy Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
  • Granite Gray Card Stock Layer:  3 3/4″ x 5″
  • Clubhouse DSP Layer: 2″ x 4 5/8″

Details:

  • One of the things that I Most Love about Stampin’ Up! is their coordinating products. They make everything so EASY. Today I am working with the Clubhouse Cling Stamp Set and the Golf Club Dies which can be purchased together as a bundle for a 10% savings!

and the Country Club Designer Series Paper:

 I adore the clean classic lines of this set and think it is one of the best golfing sets I have seen out in the market. If you agree and would like to add them to your collection, they are on the list to retire as of June 2, 2020, which means once they sell out, they will not be re-stocked, so get your order in before they’re gone!

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  • I matted the Night of Navy base with a piece of Granite Gray card stock that I ran through the Big Shot with the Subtle Embossing Folder. Again, crisp, clean lines. {love}
  • Added a strip of DSP to tie back to the card base and really show off the stark white die cut golfer. My hubby is a golfer, and a no frills kind of guy, so I knew he would not want the image colored. I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and left it alone, simply popping it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • So at this point in my card design, I have the pattern paper and the masculine down pat, but how to incorporate twine? …After some thought, I decided a simple strip of Mossy Meadow twine would be a perfect anchor for my die cut sentiment. Easy!
  • Somehow or another, this bitty tuft of grass die cut worked its’ way onto the card. Not sure how that happened (sneaky little things, dies), but I think it’s a wonderful accent!

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  • I thought this ‘inside’ sentiment was PERFECT for this theme so I added it, but again, crisp and clean. Hubby is always in my mind design-wise (and, well,  really all things-wise). I use his preferences as my guide and I think he would approve this card 🙂

So that’s how I interpreted today’s Tic Tac Toe Challenge Board, I can’t wait to see how it inspires you! And of course, for more inspiration please visit the Tic Tac Toe Challenge, lots of great ideas there!

Thank you SO much for stopping by, I really appreciate each and every visitor to my blog and to the challenge blog, take care, and please, be safe out there!

Blessing to you,

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Night of Navy, Smoky Slate; Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White (110 lb)

DSP: Country Club

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Clubhouse

Coloring Tools: None

Dies: Golf Club Dies 

Tools: Big Shot

Embellishments: Magnolia Lane Ribbon Combo Pack – Mossy Meadow Thread

Other: Whisper White Envelope

Birthday Greetings – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #60

Hello there my crafty friends! It’s Thursday and that means it’s time for another Tic Tac Toe Challenge, this time Amy has created our super inspiring challenge board:

I chose to use the far right column, incorporating grass, a square (or two ;), and layers (I LOVE layers) to create a clean masculine birthday card:

Measurements:

  • Gray Granite Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
  • Pretty Peacock Card Stock Layer:  3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
  • Botanical Prints DSP Layer: 3 5/8″ x 4 3/4″

Details:

  • While browsing online for inspiration, I came across a card made with this jaw-dropingly gorgeous geometric pattern paper from the Botanical Prints product medley. I just KNEW I had to pull it out and create something with it myself! BTW, this amazing medley of products is on clearance right now, down from $70 to only $42 – isn’t that an AMAZING price for all of these goodies?!?

  • I began this project right after going through the retiring items list from Stampin’ Up!, and I had seen quite a few items retiring that I hadn’t even pulled out yet to use, so with that in mind I reached for the Animal Outing stamp set. Such a darling rhinoceros! (I never ever thought that I would use the word ‘darling’ to describe a rhinoceros, but here we are!)
  • I stamped him in with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and then quickly die cut him with the coordinating die; popped him up with Stampin’ Dimensionals onto a Pretty Peacock die-cut square, and then adhered both to a Gray Granite die-cut scalloped square.
  • I loved the sizing distance between the Pretty Peacock square and the Gray Granite scalloped square so I mimicked that in the sizing of my base layers, keeping a 3/8″ distance between the two. It leaves a nice glimpse of all of the colors.
  • I then tried really hard to add twine to my card, but just couldn’t quite pull that trigger – I was trying to use the center column of the challenge board (die-cut, twine, animals) but the twine just seemed to insubstantial next to all those thick layers. I then reached for this Pretty Peacock 1/2″ Scalloped Linen Ribbon which I  to be honest, prior to now, hadn’t given much thought to but it was what I had in Pretty Peacock so I wrapped it around my layers and tied it into a knot, and – WOW! it is SO stunning! I will need to reach for it more often!

 

  • At this point I realized that I had not left space for a sentiment! (eek!), but after some pondering I found this darling sentiment in the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set (it’s an awesome set!) and realized that I would be able to continue with the “square’ theme of my card! Perfect! I just stamped it in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, die cut it with the smallest square in the Stitched Shapes die set and using Stampin’ Dimensionals, adhered it to my card at a fun angle!
  • By now I’ve realized that the twine just will not be making an appearance on this card (I had been holding out hope for it), so I had to go back to the challenge board and decided to move to the far right column and add some grass to my card. This image from the Animal Outings stamp set, stamped, die cut, trimmed down, and tucked behind the sentiment looks to me like tall African grasses!

  • I loved the clean look of this card so decided to STOP and not add anything else. Tall order, but I did it! 🙂
  • For the last step, I added some fun elements to the inside of the card, as well as adding randomly places grasses to the envelope flap using the same stamp I used for the grass around the sentiment:

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I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s post, I had a blast creating this card and, as always, LOVE the mental stimulation of using a challenge board! We would LOVE to see what you’ve created using this week’s inspiration! Please pop on over to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge to see more inspiration from our talented design team!

Side note: I have been using this time of social isolation to sort through, organize, price and sell craft items from another crafter’s estate, as well as packing up my own house as I will be moving out of state in the next two months, so I want to share that I miss you, and miss my craft time, but will be posting more frequently toward the end of summer. 

Take care of yourselves, stay healthy and safe, and make lots of pretty things!

Blessings!

Supplies:

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Gray Granite, Pretty Peacock; Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White (110 lb)

DSP: Botanical Prints

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Animal Outing, Itty Bitty Birthdays

Coloring Tools: None

Dies: Animal Friends Dies, Stitched Shapes, Layering Squares 

Tools: Big Shot

Embellishments: Pretty Peacock  1/2″ Scalloped Linen Ribbon

Other: Whisper White Envelope

Cake is the Answer – The Paper Players 479

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Cake is the answer – who cares what the question is! Right, lol?!? My favorite is COSTCO chocolate with chocolate frosting. I can lose my MIND around COSTCO chocolate cake. It’s a good thing I don’t encounter it very often now that I am retired! 🙂 Do you have a favorite?

Measurements:

  • White Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
  • Petal Pink Card Stock Layer 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
  • Lovely Lipstick Card Stock Layer 3 3/4″ x 4 3/4″
  • 3 DSP Rectangles 3 5/8″ x 1 1/2″

Details:

  • Today’s project was built around this darling pattern paper (or DSP) Best Dressed from Stampin’ Up!. I love that one side of the DSP coordinates with the Dressed to Impress stamp set and that the reverse prints coordinate with the Beautiful Friendship stamp set.
  • Lovely Lipstick is the color that jumped out at me so I used it on the birthday cake, part of the sentiment and for the beautiful bow as well.
  • I have to admit struggling with using this cake image from the Piece of Cake stamp set. I kept stamping in with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then coloring it, using different combinations of colors each time. That’s when I realized that the image would be best stamped in a colored ink and voila! Love it! (Is it just me or does the cake stamp look like two macarons stacked one on top of the other?)
  • Do you recognize the ribbon I used? No? Well, that’s because the ribbon was originally WHITE and I colored it with my Dark Lovely Lipstick Stampin’ Blend alcohol marker! It’s a trick I learned long ago but with re-inker as the coloring agent. I MUCH prefer the alcohol marker method as it’s not quite as messy and dries almost instantly. The bit of ribbon I used here was from a product share I participated in and I definitely want to purchase a whole roll of this lovely ribbon – it’s a very nice width and SO easy to color! (If you want some as well, get it ordered pronto as it’s already on backorder and there’s always a chance it could sell out, it’s been very popular)

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  • Don’t you just love the sentiment? I wanted it to stand out so I stamped it in Lovely Lipstick and then cut it out and adhered it at a candy angle. Who CARES what the question is?!? Makes me giggle every time I read it!
  • I stamped the cake stand in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then colored it in using a combination of COPIC and Shin-Han markers in very soft gray tones. I added shading with the darker color. The floral cake topper (which I thought coordinated very nicely with the floral pattern paper) was colored with a combination of Stampin’ Blends and Stampin’ Write Markers and then fussy cut it out. All three pieces were popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals onto a die cut scalloped rectangle, also popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • To create the bow, after coloring it with my Stampin’ Blend marker, I wrapped it around three of my fingers, scrunched it up in the middle, and then wound another smaller piece of ribbon around it and pulled it tight into a knot. Super easy to do and makes quite an impression! Of course, it will get a bit smushed when put into an envelope, but even smushed, I think it will look quite lovely.

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  • I used more sentiments from the same stamp set, as well as a heart, for the card inside and framed them out in Petal Pink.

Thank you to Ms. Leanne over at The Paper Players for her delightful sketch this week. I had SO much fun playing along! 

Have a great rest of your week!

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Lovely Lipstick and Petal Pink;  Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 80# and 110#

DSP: Best Dressed

Specialty Paper: None

Ink: Lovely Lipstick; Versamark Onyx Black & Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Piece of Cake

Alcohol Markers: Light & Dark Lovely Lipstick, Light Old Olive, Light Petal Pink, COPIC C00 & Shin-Han Twin Touch CG1

Dies: Stitched So Sweetly, Stitched Rectangle and Envelope Die (retired)

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Trimmer (both retired); Cake Builder Punch, Old Olive and Petal Pink Stampin’ Markers

Embellishments: Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon; Wink of Stella 

Other: Whisper White Envelope