The Paper Players #461: Tic-Tac-Toe from Jaydee

Yippee! The next card I worked on was for Halloween which happens to be my 2nd favorite type of card to make after Christmas! I was thrilled to see The Paper Players latest challenge from Jaydee was Tic-Tac-Toe:

And looky there...middle row across...Orange, Die-cut, and Halloween!

I got pretty inky with this one and did a lot of masking. The background was blended with Distress Oxide Inks. Then I splattered Copic Opaque White and stenciled some stars with Memory Box Starry Nights Stencil.  I used Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs, Crazy Things, and Pumpkinhead stamps and dies, coloring the images with my Zigs.  I just love that puppy...she looks just like my Sydney the Mini Schnauzer!  

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great week.  I can't believe it's going to be October but that means it's time to pull out the witches and goblins and decorate!

Happy Fall Y'all,

Annie

Freshly Made Sketches #404

Hi friends! I made a couple of cards today to play along with challenges.  The first card was for the latest Freshly Made Sketch #404:

Now as I look at it, I probably should have cut down the layer a bit more but I just couldn't do it!  The background stamp from Taylored Expressions called Bloomin' Background was so perfect for this sketch with the oval 'built in' with the background.  I spent so much time watercoloring with my Zigs, adding sparkle with my Nuvo Glitter pen, and white gel pen accents, I wanted to keep as many of the blooms as possible 😉.  I layered it on the card base after adding 3 hello black die cuts, glued together.  Hopefully I'll be forgiven!

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you had a great weekend!

Happy Fall Y'All!
Annie

Seize the Birthday #175 - Geometric Shapes

Hi Friends! The party continues over at Seize the Birthday and I'm the lucky Surprise Party Guest for September/October.  Every Challenge is always Anything Goes and a special Topping is included for extra fun.  It's not required to include the topping on your birthday card.  

Challenge #175 Topping is Geometric: 

 I enjoy adding Toppings so this time around I went with triangles for my geometric shape:

I started with black cardstock, Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer Paste, and an Abstract Triangle Stencil by KaiserCraft.  It's amazing how the glimmer paste takes on different looks depending on the cardstock.  The black cardstock brings out the gold tones.  Since this card is for a young man, I went with a simple birthday sentiment (MFT Impact Alphabet & Numbers) die cut out of black foam and gold cardstock.  

Here's another card I made since I had all the fixings out.  This one also used the Moonstone Glimmer Paste but on blue cardstock it took on a silver look.  The sentiment was from The Stamps of Life on a MFT triangle die cut stamped and embossed with Catherine Pooler's Something Borrowed ink.  I think this one could be the "girly" card :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you can join the birthday party!

The Card Concept #119: Beautiful Butterflies

Hi friends! The Card Concept is back from their summer vacation with a "Beautiful Butterflies" theme:

It was a very rainy day yesterday and I thought I would play with my Deco Foil.  It has been ages since I used those beautiful shiny sheets!  One of the foils I have is rainbow colored and I thought it would be perfect for TCC's latest challenge:

I used toner sheets from Gina K. (I think...I had taken them out of the packaging) and the rainbow Deco Foil to create the multi-colored butterflies for my clean and layered card.  The red stripes were foiled from Heidi Swapp's toner sheets and the Gina K. sentiment was also foiled in red.  Lots of foil action here and I had completely forgotten how difficult it is to photograph :(  I hope you get the idea of just how shiny this card is!

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoyed the last weekend of the summer (eek!).

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #458: A Color Challenge from Ann

Hi Friends!  When I saw the new color challenge over at The Paper Players this week, I immediately thought of Fall like many others did.  Great colors to ink up those leaf stamps with!

I tried to match the colors the best I could and added a little gold embossing for my 'neutral.'

Gina K. Sandy Beach Cardstock

Stampin' Up Very Vanilla Cardstock

Concord & 9th Give Thanks Stamps (sentiment)

Ellen Hutson Rustic Botanicals Stamps and Dies (leaves)

Ranger Very Fine Gold EP

Stampin' Up Cajun Craze ink

Catherine Pooler Peppermint Scrub & Day Dream ink

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you're enjoying the last few weeks of summer 😎

Seize the Birthday Surprise Guest!

Hi friends! I'm thrilled that I have been asked to be the Surprise Party Guest over at Seize the Birthday for September and October. It very quickly became one of my favorite challenges when I started playing and I'm so excited!  It is always Anything Goes for Birthdays but they also include a Topping that you can add if you'd like.  

For Seize the Birthday #174, the Topping is NUMBER. 

I started with a Neenah Solar White card base and die cut a rainbow watercolor panel I made and black cardstock for shading with Technique Tuesday's "By The Numbers"  die.  I glued them together, layered on the card base, and added the white heat embossed birthday sentiment from MFT with a piece of MFT striped DSP to finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you'll play along us!  We can't wait to see what you create.