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.

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?!?

• 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!

• 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!

• 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