A Walk in the Park – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #60

Hello there, my peeps! It’s Tic-Tac-Toe Thursday once again! Yay! This week’s challenge board was designed by yours truly, I hope you enjoy it as much as I have! I opted for the far right column this time – “Butterfly, Vintage, Button”. And here is my design!

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Measurements:

  • Neenah Solar White Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
  • Walk in the Park (Pink Pattern) DSP Layer  4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″
  • Basic Gray DSP Largest Stitched Rectangles Die
  • Flowered Pattern DSP Layer Second Largest Stitched Rectangles Die

Details:

  • I combined four of the delightful patterns in Stampin’ Up’s 2009 Designer Series Paper “Walk in the Park” for today’s design. Here is a peek at all of the 12 designs in that DSP:

  • The butterfly I used is from the Butterfly Beauty Dies. The die cuts a pretty card front with a total of five butterflies, but I snipped off the four around the main butterfly to leave just the one large butterfly. It’s so exquisite!
  • I die cut the butterfly out of Basic Gray card stock and then inked up a tiny leaf flourish stamp from the A Little Lace stamp set with Versamark Ink and repeatedly stamped the image on the butterfly to create an abstract design on it.

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  • I found this pretty lacy ribbon in my stash – I’m very pleased with the way it adds to the daintiness of the design, wrapped around the DSP and tied of in a simple knot.
  • The sentiment from the A Little Lace stamp set was inked up with Versamark Ink, stamped, and then heat embossed with white embossing powder onto Basic Gray card stock. I snipped the ends into a simple banner.

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  • A simple (long retired) button in Blushing Bride completes my design!

As I write my post, the weather has morphed from a week of never-ending rain into beautiful blue skies and a soft afternoon breeze. It has lifted my spirits and is reflected in today’s design. Hope springs eternal that we will be soon on our way past the initial stages of the pandemic and moving into recovery stages. Though the recovery make take a long time and have setbacks along the way, I have faith that all things must end and have optimism and hope for this world of ours.

I hope you have enjoyed my Tic Tac Toe challenge board and that you are inspired to play along!

Blessings to you all…

Supplies:

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

Card Stock: Basic Gray; Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White (110 lb)

DSP: Walk in the Park (retired)

Ink: Versamark

Stamps: A Little Lace

Coloring Tools: None

Dies: Butterfly Beauty; Stitched Rectangles 

Tools: Big Shot; Heat Tool; Embossing Buddy; Whit eEmbossing Powder

Embellishments: Twitterpated Button in Blushing Bride, Wink of Stella, lace ribbon unknown

Other: Whisper White Envelope

A Flowery Hello – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #58

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Welcome! It’s Thursday and time for another Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge! I LOVE the design possibilities the challenge board offers and LOVE to see how YOU use it! This week Felicita is the featured designer – her board is SO awesome!! I went with a diagonal, from right to left: Layers, Ribbon, Stripes:

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Measurements:

  • Coastal Cabana Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
  • Pineapple Punch Card Stock Layer  3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″
  • DSP Layer 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″
  • Call Me Clover Card Stock Layer 2 13/16″ x 4 1/8″
  • White Card Stock Layer 2 5/8″ x 3 3/4″

Details:

  • When I first looked at the challenge board, I was going to use the far left column: Vibrant, Circle, Stripes. With that in mind, I reached for this long retired DSP, Best Year Ever. I have always loved it, especially those big blue watercolored stripes! With “vibrant’ in mind, I looked online for color combinations. Ultimately I went with one I came up with myself: Coastal Cabana, Call Me Clover, Pineapple Punch and Lovely Lipstick. Something to keep in mind if you like these colors together – all of the colors I have used with the exception of Coastal Cabana will be retiring June 2nd, so grab some now while you can!

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  • The vase image comes with both an outline/design image and a solid color image so I combined the two. I stamped the one in Memento Tuxedo Black and the other in Coastal Cabana. I didn’t ink up the solid image perfectly, but I love the varied shades of blue as the result, it’s lighter in the middle and I think that’s perfect! I then colored the leaves in the vase with Call Me Clover – SO pretty!!
  • The flowers image was colored in Pineapple Punch with Lovely Lipstick centers and a bit of Wink of Stella on the petals. I do want to mention that there is a stamp image that will color in all of the flowers, I just chose to color it this time instead.
  • I was having trouble lining up the vase image with the flowers image so I reached for the coordinating Vase Builder Punch and just punched that vase out! 🙂

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  • I pulled the sentiment from the Varied Vases companion stamp set, Varied Vases, for a super simple design. And it works well for me as I have been sending cards out to family and friends, just to check in during these ‘social distancing’ times.
  • I played around with colors in my layers, ultimately settling on Call Me Clover and Pineapple Punch. But my finished card needed just a bit more Lovely Lipstick in it to balance everything out. Alas, I don’t have any Lovely Lipstick ribbon or Baker’s Twine, but…I DO have my Stampin’ Blends!! Stampin’ Blends to the rescue again!! I found this darling Whisper White Organza Ribbon in my retired stash – never even opened! I attached my itty bitty bow with a few glue dots.
  • As you can see, my completed card has NO circles on it – oh no!!! But after reviewing the board again I realized that I DID have all of the elements for the diagonal row Layered, Ribbon, Stripes – whew!! And that is what is so fun about the tic tac toe board – SO many options!!

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  • I reached for more coordinating images from the Varied Vases stamp set for the interior of the card. Doesn’t it look sweet stamped in Pineapple Punch?
  • I have a confession to make. I always take, and share, a photo of the interior of the card because if I don’t, 90% of the time I won’t finish the interior! Eek! It’s true, I have a tendency to finish the front and want to call it ‘good’. And if I don’t finish the interior, then I won’t be bothered with stamping my ‘stamped by’ stamp on the back, and it will be anarchy in my stamp room!! Cards laying half finished everywhere!! I know, it’s a terrible thought, so this is my way of keeping order, lol 🙂

And that’s it folks!! I truly hope you have been inspired to pull out your inky tools, but for even MORE inspiration, be sure to check out the designs by the rest of the talented Tic Tac Toe Challenge design team! Thank you SO much for stopping by my blog today and I can’t wait to see YOUR creations in the gallery over at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge!!

Blessings to you!!

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

Card Stock: Call Me Clover, Coastal Cabana and Pineapple Punch; Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White (80 lb)

DSP: Best Year Ever (retired)

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Pineapple Punch and Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Vibrant Vases and Varied Vases

Coloring Tools: Stampin’ Blends – Light & Dark Call Me Clover, Light & Dark Lovely Lipstick and Light & Dark Pineapple Punch

Dies: Stitched Rectangle Dies 

Tools: Big Shot; Vases Builder Punch

Embellishments: 1/4″ Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Wink of Stella

Other: Whisper White Envelope

The Nicest Things – The Paper Players 482 & TGIF Challenge 255

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Hello there and Happy Friday, my peeps!! It’s been raining here again in Southern California and the perfect reason to pull out some darling paper and an even more darling-er (if that’s possible) stamp image!!

Measurements:

  • Purple Posy Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
  • White Card Stock Layer 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
  • DSP Layer 1 3/4″ x 5 1/2″

Details:

  • I recently acquired this stamp set, The Nicest Things, secondhand. It’s vintage Stampin’ Up! and so, so sweet. Those little girls – oh, I just can’t even!
  • Tons of coloring today so let me break it down for you
    • The dress on the right is Light & Dark Purple Posy with a Light Mint Macaron Apron with Light Pretty Peacock detailing on the apron. The base for her hair is Dark Daffodil Delight with additions of Light & Dark Crumb Cake and Bronze
    • The dress on the left is Light & Dark Mint Macaron with Light & Dark Daffodil Delight for the trim and the blouse. The base for her hair is Light So Saffron with additions of Dark So Saffron and Light & Dark Daffodil Delight
    • The basket is Light & Dark Crumb Cake
    • The grass is Light & Dark Old Olive
    • Three of the flowers are Light & Dark Lovely Lipstick; the fourth flower is Light Mint Macaron and Light & Dark Pretty Peacock
    • The girls’ skin tone is Light & Dark Petal Pink.

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  • To keep with the inspiration sketch, I added three Basic Rhinestones Jewels and colored them with Pretty Peacock and Blackberry Bliss.
  • The intricate detail cut to the left of the focal image was achieved by using the Delicate Lace Dies. I have been itching to try them out, I love it! What do you think? Yay or Nay?
  • I used two different patterns from the Best Dressed DSP line and incorporated the colors from that DSP when coloring my little darlings.

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  • The inside sentiment is from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set and pairs so well with the saying on the front. I can’t wait to send this out!

Two different challenges inspired today’s project, the first was the CAS (Clean and Simple) Flowers challenge over at The Paper Players (and I’m sneaking in just under the wire!) and the sketch challenge over at the TGIF Challenge. Thank you to both design teams for the awesome inspiration!!! XX

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Card Stock: Mint Macaron and Purple Posy;  Neenah Solar White Classic Crest Cover 80#

DSP: Best Dressed

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: The Nicest Things and Beautiful Friendship

Alcohol Markers: Purple Posy, Mint Macaron, Pretty Peacock, daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Sa Saffron, Lovely Lipstick, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Ivory and Bronze

Dies: Delicate Lace

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Trimmer (both retired)

Embellishments: Rhinestone Basic Jewels; Wink of Stella 

Other: Whisper White Envelope

Just Cheeky – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #56

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It’s Thursday which means it is time for another Tic Tac Toe Challenge! We’re using a board created for us by our featured designer, LeAnne. Pick a row, column or diagonal and play along! This time I went for the far left column and chose Easter Sentiment, Chick, Yellow.

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I’ve gone through ALL of my stamps and pulled out everything Spring and Easter related so fair warning that there will be lots of cheerful cards on my blog for the next while!!

Measurements:

  • Mango Melody Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
  • White Card Stock  4″ x 5 1/4″

Details:

  • This sweet card began with the cue word chick. I have very recently purchased this red rubber stamp called Baby Chick Totem from Whimsy Stamps. It just cracks me up, I love it so!! And it really reminds me of the characters by the Current Catalog company from many years ago, I believe entitled Suzy’s Zoo. I wonder if they are still around?!?

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  • I went really bright with the colors today – I’m so pleased that Stampin’ Up! has added some really bright colors to their offerings. I started the chicks with a base of Light So Saffron, and then blended in both Light and Dark Mango Melody. Their beaks and limbs are Light and Dark Pumpkin Pie, the leaves are Light and Dark Call Me Clover, and the teeny flowers are Light Blackberry Bliss.
  • The Easter sentiment is from Stampin’ Up!’s Itty Bitty Greetings – itty bitty was perfect for this card!

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  • I found some white baker’s twine in my stash and colored it with my Dark Mango Melody Stampin’ Blend – it’s SO fun to make custom colors!!
  • And of course both the flowers and the chicks have had Wink of Stella added – I just LOVE the sparkle!

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  • The interior of my card is quite simple, just a stitched rectangle as I wanted it to be in keeping with the rest of the card – clean and simple, letting the colored image take center stage.
  • I adore this darling DSP that I found to match everything perfectly – it’s from the Birthday Bonanza DSP!

I hope you are inspired by both the board and my card and that you find some time to play along with the Tic Tac Toe Challenge this week! Please pop on over to the challenge to see the wonderful inspiration from the rest of the design team!!

Blessings to you!

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

Card Stock: Mango Melody; Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White (80 lb)

DSP: Birthday Bonanza DSP Stack (Mango Melody)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Versamark Onyx Black

Stamps: Baby Chick Totem by Whimsy Stamps; Itty Bitty Greetings by Stampin’ Up!

Coloring Tools: Stampin’ Blends – Light So Saffron and Light & Dark Mango Melody (chicks); Light & Dark Pumpkin Pie (chick’s beaks & limbs); Light & Dark Call Me Clover (stems & leaves); Light Blackberry Bliss (teeny flowers). ShinHan Twin Touch – CG0.5 and CG1 (cool Grey)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles Dies 

Tools: Big Shot; Stampin’ Trimmer (both retired)

Embellishments: White Baker’s Twine

Other: Whisper White Envelope

Sending Shamrocks – Freshly Made Sketches 426

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I have realized that St. Patrick’s Day is almost here so I dove into my very small but very sweet stash of stamps for aforesaid occasion and put them to work!!

Measurements:

  • White Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
  • Layer of Pear Pizzazz Card Stock  4″ x 5 1/4″
  • Layer of  Balmy Blue Cardstock3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
  • Strip of DSP 1 1/4″ x 4 1/4″

Details:

  • I must confess that the traditional shade of green used for St. Patrick’s Day is probably my least favorite shade of all greens. {shudder} so I found a delightful combination of greens and blues in this pretty paper Plaid Patterns – Merry & Bright by MFT Stamps. Christmas paper of all things!!

  • I took my lead from the colors in the paper and used Granny Apple Green and Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends to color this darling image by Fun stampers Journey.
  • I layered a piece of Balmy Blue card stock embossed with the Subtle embossing folder over a slightly larger piece of Pear Pizzazz card stock and then set the whole thing on top of a white card base.
  • A simple sentiment from the same stamp set and a bit of Wink of Stella complete this simple but sweet card. I LOVE the hint of St. Patrick’s Day in it!

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  • The inside is very simple as well, leaving me a large space to write my message. I’m going to pop this in the mail to my mom!

Huge thanks to the Freshly Made Sketches design team, and to Karren for this week’s LOVELY sketch! XX

Have a wonderful, socially distant day and I will see you soon!!

Blessings!!

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

Card Stock: Pear Pizzazz and Balmy Blue;  Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 80#

DSP: Plaid Patterns – Merry & Bright by MFT Stamps

Specialty Paper: None

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Storybook Creations (retired) by Fun Stampers Journey

Alcohol Markers: Light & Dark Gray Granite & Light Petal Pink (mouse), Light & Dark Granny Apple Green (shamrocks), Light & Dark Crumb Cake & Light Petal Pink (birdhouse), Light & Dark Balmy Blue, Light So Saffron, Light Pumpkin Pie (bird)

Dies: Layering Circle Dies

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Trimmer (both retired)

Embellishments: Wink of Stella 

Other: Whisper White Envelope