Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #16

Welcome to another amazing challenge from the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge! We have another fun board for you to play with today.

For my card, I chose the middle column - Hexagons, Misting, and Birthday. (With an added bonus of using the photo inspiration for my flower!)

I started by spraying a white card base with a little Gold Lame Color Shine by Heidi Swapp. I knew it would need a little time to dry before I could assemble, so I purposely started out with this part. Next, I stamped my flower and leaf images onto a spare piece of white cardstock and then cut them out with my hexagon dies. I stamped my sentiment onto white paper and heat embossed with gold. I cut it out with some scissors and then arranged my pieces on top of my card base. I used foam adhesive behind each piece to give them some dimension so they would stand out on top of the white card base. I applied a little Multi Medium Matte behind my sentiment where it overlapped my hexagons and used foam adhesive where it  meets the card base. I finished it all off with a few gold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

Here's a close-up so you can see that beautiful gold shine on the card base. It actually looks even prettier in real life since you can't see the tiniest of the spray in the pictures. It adds some gorgeous shimmer!

I hope you love my card and it inspires you to join us in the challenge!

As an added bonus, I'm entering this into the Altenew monthly challenge for August. It's a super cute Flamingo inspiration and my bright pink flower is perfect for the image!

Majestic Blooms	Label Love	Stitched Hexagon STAX	Neenah Solar White 80 lb	Cotton Candy	Coral Berry	Crimson	Velvet
Frayed Leaf	Forest Glades	Evergreen	Versamark	Wow Rich Gold Embossing Powder	Heidi Swapp Gold Lame Color Shine	4mm Gold Cupped Sequins	6mm Gold Cupped Sequins
Misti Stamping Tool	3M Foam Tape	Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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Paris

Today's card was created for 3 separate challenges! Wow! I'll explain how it fits into the challenges at the end of my post.

This is a very simple card, but I think that's what makes it special. I started by creating a mask from some printer paper and die cutting a circle from the center. I laid it over my card base and used Washi tape to hold it in place on the top and bottom. I inked up my music background stamp with some gray ink and stamped through the circle to create the circle of music once the mask was removed. I stamped my sentiment and the Eiffel Tower directly on top of the circle in some black ink and then used a couple of Copics to add some gray shading to pieces of the tower. That was it! I love the simplicity!

I'm entering this into the Addicted to CAS challenge (music) because of the background piece. This week's Less Is More Challenge is a one layer card with something French. This definitely fits the bill! And the last challenge I'm entering is CASology (dizzy). Heights make me dizzy, so I think this fits that challenge as well!

 

Mon Cheri

Composer's Dream

Neenah Solar White 80 lb

Evening Gray

Memento Tuxedo Black

Copic Sketch Markers

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Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #15 Inspiration

I'm over on the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge blog today with a little bit of inspiration for the current challenge! I hope you'll head over to the blog and check it out!

Happy Birthday Watercolor

Today's card was created for the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge - Emboss It.

I simply heat embossed my sentiment and hearts in white embossing powder and then added some simple watercoloring over the top in Cracked Pistachio distress ink. I finished it off by splattering some water droplets for a bleaching effect and some droplets of concentrated color. I added just a few Sparkling Clear sequins for some shimmer.

Big Scripty Greetings	Written in Watercolor	Gift Card Layers	Ranger Watercolor Paper	Neenah Solar White 80 lb	Cracked PIstachio	Versamark	White Embossing Powder
Sparkling Clear Sequin Mix	5mm Be Creative Tape	Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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Tic Tac Toe Challenge 15

It's a brand new month and that means a brand new challenge from the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge!

For my card, I chose the middle row - word dies, sparkle, and color blocking.

I cut 3/4 inch strips from different colored cardstocks and adhered them side by side on a piece of white cardstock. I ran this through my die cutting machine with a stitched rectangle die and a shim to cut my panel. I then ran it back through my die cutting machine with the thanks word die. I used the negative piece (the panel) and adhered it to a card base. I retained the pieces that were cut from the word and adhered them in their proper places in the die cut to make the word stand out. I finished it off with some shimmer from some Sparkling Clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

While I was at it, I thought, why not make two cards for the price of one!

I adhered the actual word die cut to a white card base and added a few more sequins to create a simple card. I love that I can have two from this design!

Two cards for the effort of creating one! You can't ask for more than that!

Twice the Thanks	Stitched Rectangles	Bermuda Bay	Island Indigo	Night of Navy	Rich Razzleberry	Perfect Plum	Neenah Solar White 80 lb
Sparkling Clear Sequin Mix	5mm Be Creative Tape	Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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