Birthday

Remarkable You in Blushing Bride – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #13

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It’s time for another fun challenge board from the Tic Tac Toe Challenge! I love, love, love to see your creations every week and am looking forward to seeing how you interpret this week’s board! It’s my turn to design the challenge board so I hope you are inspired by it and play along! I chose to use the middle row across: Circle, Flower, and Lace:

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Details:

  • Pink was my starting point so I chose a sweet pattern from the Bundle of Love Specialty Designer Series Paper. It’s perfectly pretty with a clean design.
  • I tend to lean towards one focal image but as I couldn’t decide which image from the Remarkable You stamp set I wanted to use…(they are all so pretty!),  I decided to go bold and layer two of the images!
  • The leaf image was stamped in Always Artichoke on a Very Vanilla card base.
  • The bloom was stamped in Blushing Bride onto Very Vanilla card stock and then fussy cut and layered on top of the leaf image with Stampin’ Dimensionals. This image was very easy to fussy cut!

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  • This Very Vanilla 1/2″ Lace Trim is delightful to work with…so pliable and soft! I wrapped it around the card stock and tied it off. I covered the knot with a sweet sentiment from the Birthday Blooms stamp set, stamped in Always Artichoke and die cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits and popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • I added a thin layer of Always Artichoke card stock between the Very Vanilla layer and the DSP but it felt a little bare so I pulled out the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch, which is new in this year’s catalog. I love the pretty design of  the punch but decided this card just needed a little of the design peeking out. This punch is so versatile as the look of it completely changes depending on how much you choose to show – and the other side of the design is a small pretty scallop!
  • Instead of sequins, which would have given me the top row as well (pink, pattern paper and sequin), I chose to use Pearl Basic Jewels. They always add such an elegant feel to any project!

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So there you have it! A sweet all occasion card that is easy to create! Before you go, please take a few minutes to pop over and see the other Tic Tac Toe Challenge design team members projects…they are super inspirational!

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Price: $110.00

Gingham Garden Birthday – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #6

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Good Morning! I hope your weekend has been a good one! Today I am playing along with the latest Tic Tac Toe Challenge! This week’s fun board was created by Shannon Fralish. There were so many fun options to choose from, but in the end I went with the top row: shadow, layers and square:

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Details:

  • Can you see all my squares?!? I’m pretty sure a gingham pattern qualifies for squares 🙂 I had to pull from my retired stash for this oldie but goodie. It’s from the Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper pack and is about, oh, five years old? I absolutely could not part with this cheerful paper!
  • Layers, layers, layers. When in doubt, add a layer 🙂 I built several layers using the Island Indigo pattern paper and Basic Black card stock.

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  • Shadow. This was was a cinch! I cut two of the Happy Birthday die cuts and then glued them together with the Basic Black die cut slightly offset to create the shadow.
  • I adore these flowers and tend to reach for them when I need a small detail. I stamped them using a flower stamp from the Best Birds stamp set and die cut them with the coordinating die. Are they the sweetest popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and with matching retired Candy Dots for their centers?
  • The simple knot from retired Island Indigo cotton ribbon pulls everything together and then I carried the theme over to my envelope as well.

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  • Inside is a sweet sentiment from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set. I love the curly font!

I hope you are inspired to play along with the Tic Tac Toe Challenge this week! It closes on Tuesday at noon CST so you still have time!! Please pop over to the Tic Tic Toe Challenge and see what our designers have cooked up to inspire you this week!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a crafty day!!

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Price: $110.00

Butterfly Basics Bold Birthday – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #5

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It’s Thursday and that means a new Tic Tac Toe challenge! The Tic Tac Toe challenge board is such a fun concept to aid you in designing your unique projects. Each square represents an element that you can use in your design. Simply chose any elements/supplies on the board as long as the three elements form a vertical row, horizontal column, or on the diagonal. That’s it! Pick from the menu and create using any supplies!

I chose the bottom row: birthday, pattern paper and pink. How fun is THAT?

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Details:

  • I chose to highlight this delicate bloom from the Butterfly Basics stamp set. I stamped it in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, using a post it to mask off the area for the sentiment
  • After I stamped the flower, I went back and positioned the sentiment in he masked off area. The ability to do this is why I love photopolymer stamps. And the MISTI. It makes stamping a dream!
  • I thought about coloring in the bloom but in the end decided to leave it as is. I think it makes such a statement in black, framed by the Powder Pink card stock and the bold black pattern paper from the Pick A Pattern Designer Series Paper pack.

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  • And I had to fuss with it a bit, but I was DETERMINED to use this 3/8″ Shimmer ribbon again. It has the most wonderful sparkle to it…I want to use it on everything! And the sparkle really stands out with the black ribbon.
  • It didn’t photograph well, but I went over all the shaded areas of the bloom and stem with Wink of Stella and the effect is stunning.
  • Two retired Candy Dots provide a bit of balance to the upper left hand corner of my card.

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  • I SO wanted to add a butterfly to my card and couldn’t make it work on the front, so I added one to the inside as well as adding several in black to the envelope. The lace pattern of the stamped butterfly looks AMAZING in the black ink!!

Please take a moment to see what the other designers have created with this week’s board over at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge and then pick YOU three elements and play along!! Hope to see you over in the gallery!! XX

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Quick & Easy Card Idea

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It’s the Fourth of July here in the States, time to celebrate our heritage and rejoice in our freedoms! A day for parades, hot dogs, BBQ’s, and fireworks! We usually go to the ball park to celebrate with good ole baseball and fireworks, but this year I have to work tomorrow 🙁 so I will be going to bed with a pillow over my head! lol

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So I decided to celebrate the day with paper crafts instead! Today’s card is sooooo quick and easy you may want to make a bunch of them!

Details:

  • I actually saw a similar card done with watercolor splatters and I thought “Hey! I can make that so easily using the Gorgeous Grunge splatter stamp!” And so a card was born…

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  • I stamped the splatter stamp from the now retired but ever so useful Gorgeous Grunge stamp set in three complimentary colors: Old Olive, Bermuda Bay and Calypso Coral.
  • I then stamped this AWESOME birthday sentiment from the Big on Birthdays stamp set in Tuxedo Black ink.
  • Three little clusters of sequins finish the card off perfectly!
  • I pulled out my retired stash for the envelope liner. This pattern is from the Best Year Ever DSP pack, probably two springs catalogs ago now

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  • The inside is very clean as well with just a single sentiment from the Birthday Banners stamp set.

Honestly, there are so many possibilities for cards with this concept! Any large sentiment will work! And if your sentiment is horizontal rather than vertical, just change the orientation of the splatter stamp! Cute, Quick and easy to mass produce! And flat for mailing too!

Thanks for stopping by today. I’d love to hear your thoughts on how you might use this idea!

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Bold Birthday – Freshly Made Sketches 293

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It’s still so hot today, 105 degrees, that I feel like I’m melting so…this is a day best spent indoors in my craft room! I have a very quick and easy card today for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

Details:

  • This bold red pattern paper from the Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper is so crisp and clean that I really wanted to showcase it and keep everything else very minimal
  • The stitching on the curve was done using a die from Lil ‘Inker called Border Builders

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  • Isn’t this birthday sentiment fabulous? It’s from the Celebrate You stamp set. I stamped the image in Real Red and ran it through the Big Shot with the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies and then paired it up with the corresponding scallop oval shape from the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies
  • Bow, Bows, Bows. I’m really into bows right now! This 3/8″ Stitched Satin ribbon in Real Red is retired but looks so pretty here tied in a double bow!
  • Star Enamel Shapes make the perfect finishing touch for this very clean and simple card!

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  • I even kept the inside clean and minimal with just this darling sentiment from the Birthday Delivery stamp set

And here’s the sketch that started it all from the awesomely talented Karen of the Freshly Made Sketches design team:

Thank you for stopping by! Stay cool!

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Price: $110.00