Welcome Baby – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #50

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Hello there, peeps! I’ve been quiet on the blogging front as helping my mom with life “things” has taken precedence. But I am SO happy to be back today with a special card and an announcement! The Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge is back up and running and today is their first challenge! I am the featured designer this week, which means that I get to create the Tic-Tac-Toe board! I filled it with things that I love so I hope you will love them too and play along! Without further ado, here is this week’s challenge board:

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I used the far left column for today’s card: Flower, Ribbon, Punch.

Measurements:

  • Card Base: 4 1/2″ x 11″, scored at 5 1/2″
  • First Layer: 4″ x 5 1/4″
  • DSP Layer: 2 1/4″ x 5″ & 1 1/2″ x 5″

Details:

  • I used this gorgeous DSP Sweet Girl by CTMH as my inspiration. This month’s theme is Home Decor/Congrats/Thinking of You. I decided congrats could mean baby, which gave me the chance to color this darling giraffe from Whimsy Stamps.

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  • I used rectangle stitched dies for my image as well as a foundation for my sentiment die. I snuck the punch in as an accent behind the focal image and even used up some positively ancient candy dots from Stampin’ Up!

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  • I used another rectangle die for the inside of the card and snuck in a scrap of coordinating DSP as a fun accent. The sentiment is from the same set as the giraffe from Whimsy Stamps.

I SO hope you’re as excited as I am to have this challenge back up and running, Tic-Tac-Toe boards are SO fun to play along with – the possibilities are endless!!

Please stop by the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge blog to see what the rest of the team has whipped up for you this week!

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

Card Stock: Going Gray (R), Blushing Bride;  Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 80#

DSP: Sweet Girl by Close To My Heart

Ink: Going Gray (R) & Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Baby Animals by Whimsy Stamps

Alcohol Markers: W0 Warm Gray No. 0, W1 Warm Gray No. 1,  and R11 Pale Cherry Pink by Copic; RP196 Pale Pink Light by Shin-Han

Dies: Stitched Rectangle by Stampin’ Up!; Congrats by Hero Arts

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Trimmer (both retired); Everyday Label Punch

Embellishments: Blushing Bride 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon and Candy Dots, both retired

Other: Whisper White Envelope

 

Blue Christmas Fusion Card Challenge

Welcome Fusion Card Challenge fans! We have another fun challenge for you!

FusionSketch-11_26_15Oh my goodness, I just LOVE the blue and sparkle! When I first saw the inspiration photo, I thought of Simon Says Stamp Audrey Blue ink and gold foil paper. Well, then I came across this pattern paper and went in a completely different direction!

Blue Christmas Fusion Card ChallengeI am SO pleased with how this card turned out! I love the combination of the blue and brown (which my mother says never goes together), with the shimmery die cut.

Blue Christmas Fusion Card ChallengeThe die is by Papertrey Ink and is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, particularly when die cut with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper by Stampin’ Up!. The white ribbon and the white paper of the sentiment balance each other well, while the blue of the sentiment and the paper is Sea Glass by Simon Says Stamp and is so soft and pretty! A few moonstone sequins and even more sparkle! A shout out to the very talented Michelle Short for showing me the trick of having a sequin peek out from behind a sentiment…so fun!

Design Tip: Sizzix Adhesive Sheets and the Precision Base Plate make cutting and layering intricate designs a snap! Just trim the size of adhesive sheet you need, add it to the top AND the bottom of the paper you are using and run through the Big Shot using the Precision Base Plate. The intricate die will cut perfectly, then just peel the adhesive backing and stick the layers together! If you use a gentle hand, you have some adjustment time with the adhesive to align the layers precisely.

And let’s not forget the inside of the card:

Blue Christmas Fusion Card ChallengeSimple and sweet. I’m really loving the trick of adding a background stamp to a sentiment, I think it adds a ton of interest 🙂

I am also playing along with The Challenge:

New Banner-015As well as the Global Design Project where the challenge is to CASE (Copy and Share Everything) my sweet friend Brian King‘s Christmas card!

GDP012 Case the DesignerI hope all of you in the US have a wonderful holiday, spending it however you choose, hopefully with people you love 🙂

Thank you for stopping by and, as always, I love to hear your thoughts!

Won’t you check out what the other Fusion Card Challenge design team members have created for you this week?

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink; Sea Glass by Simon Says Stamp

Pattern Paper: Cozy by Authentique

Specialty Paper: Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper by Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Sea Glass by Simon Says Stamp; Crumb Cake by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Christmas Cheer, Deck the Halls by Papertrey Ink;  Beautiful Blizzard by Newton’s Nook

Dies: Christmas Cheer by Papertrey Ink; Stitched Borders 2 by Pretty Pink Posh; Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker; and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  MISTI

Embellishments: Moonstone Sequins by Simon Says Stamp; Retired Whisper White Ribbon by Stampin’ Up!

Thanks a Bunch – The Challenge #51

Hello! I hope your Monday morning finds you ready for a new week 🙂 Are you ready for a challenge? One of my cards was chosen as the winner for the The Challenge #48 and they have asked me to be their guest designer this week! I’m so thrilled to play along with this very talented design team!

The Challenge 51 111615Aren’t these colors cozy? I can just picture the fireplace going in the background and being wrapped up in a warm blanket with a book open…sigh…

Thanks a Bunch - The Challenge #51I tried to give my card a warm and cozy feel as well. I looked and looked for a patterned paper that gave me that feel and finally manged to find one in my 12×12 paper stash. I paired it up with stamped leaves from the Vintage Leaves stamp set by Stampin’ Up!. I really love the size and detail of the leaves, this set is a keeper!

Thanks a Bunch - The Challenge #51The flip side of the dots pattern paper was a very soft blue neutral pattern so I used it to stamp my leaves. I tried to use my ScanNCut to cut the image out, but either my machine doesn’t like this design or my technical skills were lacking today, either way, I couldn’t get the image to register so I broke down and fussy cut the leaves. I’m glad I had to do it because I think that perhaps I have finally gotten the hang of moving the paper and not the scissors…after five years! Ha!

I stamped a greeting and rounded the whole thing off with a few iridescent sequins.

Thank you for stopping by! Please visit The Challenge for more inspiration and I hope to see you in their gallery this week!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: My Family-Father by Fancy Pants

Ink: Soft Suede by Stampin’ Up!; Soft Navy by Simon Says Stamp; Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps:  Vintage Leaves by Stampin’ Up! and Label Love by Altenew

Dies: Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker and Envelope Line Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  MISTI (Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented)

Embellishments: Unknown source for iridescent sequins

Bitty Bouquets – Warm Welcome Fusion Card Challenge

Welcome to another Fusion Card Challenge! This challenge is a fun one and leaves a ton of room for interpretation…

FusionSketch-11_12_15I was pretty liberal with my interpretation this week:

Bitty Bouquets - Warm Welcome Fusion Card ChallengeThe sketch made me immediately think of this die set by MFT Stamps. Then I saw these beautiful papers and I was off to the races…

Bitty Bouquets - Warm Welcome Fusion Card ChallengeI have been a bit intimidated by the Bitty Bouquets stamp and die set by PTI…I shouldn’t have been, they came together in a snap! And the different sets of bouquets are so beautiful, this set is sure to become a go-to set! A simple sentiment by Wplus9 rounds the card off so prettily. I stamped the sentiment first in Soft Suede ink but it didn’t stand out well enough against the pattern paper so I switched it up to Early Expresso. Thank goodness for the MISTI, which made it so simple to re-stamp in the darker ink, no harm, no foul!

Bitty Bouquets - Warm Welcome Fusion Card ChallengeI used another of the patterns to add a bit of interest to the inside of the card, along with another pretty bouquet, stamped off once.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love to hear your thoughts!

Please visit the other Fusion Card Challenge design team members, they have beautiful inspiration for you!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Lost & Found – Breeze by My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Early Expresso, Old Olive, Pool Party by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Bitty Bouquets by Papertrey Ink; Strictly Sentiments 2 by Wplus9

Dies: Bitty Bouquets by Papertrey Ink; Ride the Wave by MFT Stamps; Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker;and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  MISTI (Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented)

Embellishments: None

Holly Jolly Christmas

Holly Jolly ChristmasThis is my second post today, a rare occurrence indeed!

If you have popped over from Stampin’ Pretty, welcome and thank you so much for visiting me today!

This card was inspired by a darling card made by Joanne James. When I saw the reindeer paperclips in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog, I could not imagine how I would use them. Then I saw Joanne’s card and the light came on! I love, love, loved the Rudolph nose on the clip!! I had to sit down and make my own 🙂

Holly Jolly ChristmasThere are lots of layers on this one but the layers were made easy with rectangular stitched dies. I die cut the DSP layers and then added Mossy Meadow layers to the back of them. All but the top layer are adhered directly to each other, the top layer was lifted with Stampin’ Dimensionals to leave room for the reindeer clip.

I die cut “jolly” three times using Stampin’ Up!’s Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies and adhered them together to make the greeting pop. The rest of the greeting is from the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set and was stamped in Cherry Cobbler onto scrap pieces of white card stock, and then snipped out and layered onto Cherry Cobbler card stock. Easy peasy. If you like the look of the stamp set and the dies, you can purchase them in a bundle with a 15% discount!

And of course the Rudolph nose. That is the icing on the cake!! Thanks, Joanne, for your inspiration, and for choosing my card as A Cut Above with The Paper Players last week!

I don’t usually load my cards up this much so while I love it, one part of me is screaming “You forgot the kitchen sink!!” Is it all too much? I would love to hear what you think!

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: Merry Moments Designer Series Paper Pack

Ink: Cherry Cobbler by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Holly Jolly Greetings by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!; Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker.

Tools:  MISTI

Embellishments: Reindeer Paper Clips Embellishments