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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

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