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

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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

Rediscovering Cucumber Crush – The Paper Players 335

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Rediscovering Cucumber Crush Just Because Card Ideas - Shannon Jaramillo stampin up

Today’s cute little number is courtesy of The Paper Players current challenge to use green and white on a card. Perfect time to revisit one of the soon retiring 2015-17 In Colors, Cucumber Crush!

The Details:

  • Thick Whisper White card base cut to 4 1/4″ x 11″, scored at 5 1/2″
  • Cucumber Crush card stock cut to 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
  • Thick Whisper White card stock card stock cut to 3 3/4″ x 5″

Rediscovering Cucumber Crush Just Because Card Idea - Shannon Jaramillo stampin up

  • This darling scene utilities the Sprinkles of Life stamp set and coordinating Tree Builder Punch.
  • How sweet is the combination of Cucumber Crush, Tip Top Taupe and Delightful Dijon?
  • Hint: I used the entire grass/flower stem stamp on the left side of the tree and then masked part of it off with a Post-It note to stamp a smaller image on the right side of the tree for balance
  • I stamped and punch the flowers out with the Tree Builder Punch and then popped them up on two layered glue dots to give them a bit of dimension off of the base, but not too much to overshadow the tree base
  • Pearl Basic Jewels are the perfect centers for the pretty flowers!
  • Hint: I un-wound one of the three layers of the Cucumber Crush Thick Baker’s Twine to make it still hefty looking, but thin enough to tie into a sweet bow
  • Recognize the sentiment? It’s from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set! It’s an older set but has a wonderful variety of sentiments that makes it the perfect stamp set for someone just beginning their stamp collection 🙂

Rediscovering Cucumber Crush Just Because Cards Ideas - Shannon Jaramillo stampin up

  • A sentiment from the Sprinkles of Life stamp set adorns the inside of the card and is the perfect compliment to the sentiment on the front

Well, what do you think of Cucumber Crush? It’s such a cheerful green, and really packs a punch when paired with Whisper White!

I hope you are enjoying the 2015-17 In-Colors! It’s so fun to mix and match them!

Products Used:

Card Stock: Thick Whisper White and Cucumber Crush by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: 2015-17 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack by Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Cucumber Crush, Delightful Dijon and Tip Top Taupe by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:   Sprinkles of Life and Teeny Tiny Wishes by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Envelope Liner Framelit Dies(Retired) by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  Big Shot and Tree Builder Punch

Embellishments: Cucumber Crush Thick Baker’s Twin and Basic Pearl Jewels by Stampin’ Up!

Other – Whisper White Envelope and Glue Dots by Stampin’ Up!