Experiencing an interruption in service related to Hurricane Helene with no power! Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#709) challenge. This week, Claire has given us a Tic Tac Toe board. Nine possible combinations! Additional inspiration for design elements were influenced by both Just Add Ink (#721) Inspired By (#303), Tic Tac ToeContinue reading “Perfect Blend”
Category Archives: Tic Tac Toe Challenges
Vintage Birds – Thanks For Being You
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#707) challenge. This week, Ann has chosen CAS (clean and simple) as our style with a Nature theme. Additional inspiration for design elements were influenced by both Festive Friday (#168) and Tic Tac Toe (#256) to dress up my card a little bit. Here is the result:Continue reading “Vintage Birds – Thanks For Being You”
Mid Century Modern – Birthday
Hi again! I needed a guy card. Do you have trouble creating cards for guys? I find that simple shapes and earthy colors are ideal to work with. I selected to create a Retro style birthday card for Seize The Birthday (#290) in a loose Frank Lloyd Wright interpretation of his famous window designs. IncorporatingContinue reading “Mid Century Modern – Birthday”
Waves of Inspiration – High Tide Shine
Design Time: This round Cardz 4 Guyz (#354) is celebrating the Dawn and the Dusk. As an early morning riser, I went with Sunrise… The other challenges that informed my design decisions: Tic Tac Toe (#254) for Sunshine, Birds and Beach and Addicted To CAS (#265) for the Technique. Bringing them together, I chose theContinue reading “Waves of Inspiration – High Tide Shine”
Love & Affection – Sending a Smile
Welcome back! So happy you came for a visit. A few deadlines: Double Trouble (#172) partnering with If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#195) for a “Be Happy” theme and Color Dare (#612) Tic Tac Toe Board choices and I picked my favorites from the center vertical line. All three, bright and happy. InContinue reading “Love & Affection – Sending a Smile”
Textured Floral – Grateful Heart
Welcome back! A quick card for you today… Playing with the Freshly Made (#647) Sketch, choosing the Color Hues (#92) Duo for the CAS on Friday (#289) color requirements along with elements suggested by Tic Tac Toe (#253). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Textured Floral – Grateful Heart”
Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate (with cake)
Happy Saturday! Hope you are having an excellent weekend… So, lots of challenges for this one: Starting with a Tic Tac Toe board from Seize The Birthday (#288) which ties in nicely with Just Us Girls (#737). I selected the Tuesday Morning (#766) sketch and the Creative Colours (#151) palette and sharing with Krafty ChicksContinue reading “Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate (with cake)”
Changing Leaves – Thank You
Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#443) has a great sketch…lots of possibilities and Cardz 4 Guyz (#352) is asking us to use Metals in some way and I decided to combine the two. Additional inspiration: Festive Friday (#164) incorporating some of the elements from their Summer Olympics List and the Paper Craft CrewContinue reading “Changing Leaves – Thank You”
Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes
Hello again! Today is the day that Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog invites us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a Designer’s Card. The original card was created by Narelle Farrugia, who is one of Stampin’ Up!’s Artisan Designers. Her card is lovely. My take-aways from Narelle’s card are: Focal image, Distressed Layers, a LabelContinue reading “Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes”
Sketched Butterflies – Summer Birthday
Design Team time. Catching up with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#469). The card we are case-ing can be found on page 38 of the Annual Catalog. Each week, a card sample from the catalog is selected and we invite you to re-create it any way you like. The Tic Tac Toe (#251) board line: Butterfly,Continue reading “Sketched Butterflies – Summer Birthday”