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

The Paper Players #448: Joanne's Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Yay for a 5th week over at The Paper Players!  It means its a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge which I think are so much fun!

I went with the diagonal for this card: Die-cut, Yellow, & Florals.

The 'Mondo Sakura' (Ellen Hutson) was gold heat embossed and watercolored with Zig Clean Color markers.  The deckled rectangle (Honey Bee) was misted with yellow Distress Ink and layered on a Mango (Memory Box) card base. Some gold glittery leaves (Catherine Pooler Die) were added under the popped up Sakura floral cluster.  The card was finished off with a popped up gold heat embossed banner sentiment (Concord & 9th). I really like gold embossing...should do it more often!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you and yours have a fun (and SAFE) 4th of July!

Hugs,

Annie 

You're So Sweet

One more for today!  A sweet thank you card for the latest Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge:

I went with the third row, down: Fruit, Watercolor, and Free (Kraft, Wood, Embossed):

MFT Kraft Cardstock

Neenah Solar White

Mama Elephant Scalloped Rectangle

Cuttlebug Gingham Embossing Folder

Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink (for watercolor)

Catherine Pooler Inks

Catherine Pooler I Pick You Stamps & Dies

Brutus Monroe Raven EP

Balsa Wood Tape

Nuvo Glitter Gloss

May Arts Natural Twine

Thanks for visiting ~ Enjoy the weekend!

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #044

Hi There!  I'm playing along over at the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge:

I made this card while playing with my SU "Lots of Happy" refill kit.  You can see another one (my DT card) over at The Paper Players current sketch challenge. 

I was happy to see that this card works for the top row, across:  Stripes, Thank You, Add Dimension (Impress sentiment cut 3 times).

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a great week!

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #043

Hi there!  I'm so excited to be a Guest Designer for the newest challenge over at Tic Tac Toe!  I've really enjoyed playing this challenge and I'm very honored that the talented Design Team asked me to join them this week.

Here's the board:

I went with the bottom row across: Square, Die Cut, & Dots.

I used a couple of different stencils.  The blueberry layer was stenciled with VersaMark and SSS Circle Dots and the white square with Distress Ink and an all over dot stencil.  The SU dragonfly was watercolored, die cut, and layered over another vellum die cut.  The heat embossed sentiment is from the same Dragonfly Dreams stamp set.  Finally, I shined up the wings with Nuvo Glitter Gloss which are very sparkly IRL!

Thanks so much to the DT for the invite and thank YOU for stopping by.  Now, head over to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge for the details and play along!  

The Paper Players #388: A Color Challenge from LeAnne

Welcome back, Paper Players!  Our fab hostess this week is LeAnne and she has come up with a beautiful Color Challenge:

The photo inspired me to go with a floral theme for my 5 x 5 square card!

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

MFT Eggplant & SU Tranquil Tide Cardstock

Gina K. Wreath Builder Bundle (love this!)

MFT Wisteria & Eggplant Ink; Memento Cottage Ivy Ink

Nuvo Drops for accents

Please go check out the other team members' blogs for more colorful inspiration:

The Paper Players Design Team

• Claire
• Joanne 
• Jaydee
• Laurie
• LeAnne
• Nance
• Sandy
• Elizabeth 
• Jan

And just a few rules:

1. Create a new paper project.
2. Upload your project to your blog with a link back to The Paper Players.
3. Provide a direct link to your blog post for your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than FOUR challenges (including ours).

Thanks for stopping by ~ Come play with us!

I'd also like to link this card up to the current Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge (bottom row, across):

Oh Happy Day!

Well, this doesn't happen very often!  I made a masculine birthday card for a dear friend and noticed that it fit perfectly for the newest Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge!

I used the Top Row, Across: Twine, Bold Sentiment, and Red

The background was stamped with Memento London Fog ink, using MFT's Watercolor Stripe background stamp.  I splattered some red watercolor and added the Oh Happy Day sentiment die cut from Die-Versions.  I changed out the dot on the exclamation point for a red heart with Glossy Accents and tied the red/white twine at the top.  An easy one-layer card!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the first "Spring" weekend!

Pre-Spring Cleaning!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I thought I'd do some pre-spring cleaning of the craft desk this morning before the parade.  I also challenged myself to only use what I found on my desk to play along with a few challenges before putting things away!  

The first card is for Freshly Made Sketches:

On a Kraft card base, I layered the Distress Watercolor piece that had been embossed with a Prima Wave Stencil, watercolored with Distress Oxides, and die cut with a Wonky Rectangle (MFT).  The Adirondack chair die cut was from Stampin' Up's Seasonal Framelits in my die cuts "to be used sometime" stash.

The second card was for the current Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge:

I went with the Middle Row, Across - Watercolor, any Type of Accents, & Monogrammed.  I layered the Concord & 9th 'H' monogram stamp & die cut onto a Neenah Solar White card base that had been splattered with Distress Ink watercolor in Squeezed Lemonade. Die cut florals and enamel dots were added as accents.  H is for...Happy Easter!

The last card today was for the CASology challenge:

I saw my first bumble bee of the season yesterday, so I had to go with it!  The bumble bee is from Stampin' Up's Dragonfly dreams and I added the sentiment with my old label maker.  This will be another lunchbox note for my DGS! 

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you're having a wonderful weekend...with or without green beer!  Happy St. Patrick's Day!!   

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #37

Happy Monday! Today I'm playing along with Tic Tac Toe Challenge #37.  I've missed the last couple and really wanted to make the deadline this time!

I went with Floral, Gold or Silver, & Sequins on the diagonal:

This card was fun to make and could have gone several different ways.  I used PTI's Mighty Bloom Die and die cut the white layer.  Then I used Distress Oxides (Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, & Wild Honey on the second layer.  I also made a mask so I could use VersaMark on random petals and heat emboss with Ranger Gold EP.  After layering the negative die cut over the distressed piece, I mounted it on an Avery Elle Raspberry card base.  I popped up the gold embossed sentiment from a Ranger Letter It! stamp set and added some gold sequins.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great week! 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #32

Hi there!  Another Valentines card today that I'd like to link up to the following challenges:

Live Love Cards Community Challenge - Love

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #32 - Bottom row across: Sparkle (washi), Love (die cut), Free

I stamped the pink hearts down the left on white cardstock.  Then I stamped the dotted border and striped border and added a thin strip of silver glittery washi tape.  I die cut the 'love' die and finished it off with silver confetti sequins.  The white layer was added to a steel gray card base.  Here's a list of the products I used:

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, MFT Steel Gray, Bazzill Licorice

Ink - Catherine Pooler Be Mine (pink) and Black Jack (dark gray)

Die - Catherine Pooler Love Die

Stamps - Impress Brushed Heart, Stampabilities Scribble Heart, Catherine Pooler borders

Other - Your Washi silver glitter tape, Pretty Pink Posh silver confetti

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you're having a great week!

Heart Sprinkles

Hello!  Another big coastal storm is on its way, so before I lose power (fingers crossed that doesn't happen) I made a Valentines card for the latest Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge:

I went with the first row down: Pink, Doily, Sequins

Here are the products I used:
Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, Vellum, Bristol, American Crafts Silver Glitter Paper.
Ink(s) - Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry, VersaFine Black, VersaMark.
Stamps - MFT Donuts & Sprinkles (sentiment).
Die(s) - Mama Elephant Scalloped Rectangle, Lifestyle Crafts Dainty Doily, Concord & 9th Heart.
Other - Memory Box Heart Confetti Stencil, Ranger White Detail Embossing Powder, Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz, Silver Confetti Sequins, thin silver Washi Tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ time to batten down the hatches! Here's what it looked like 2 days ago with the last storm.  Photo courtesy of Kathy Klee...I DID NOT go down there 😨 

A Three-fer to start the New Year!

Hi! If you're looking for the new Paper Players Challenge, click <HERE>

Happy New Year!  The holidays are finally boxed up and I was itching to play along with some challenges.  It has been a couple of weeks away from the ink and paper.  Since there's three cards here, I'll try to make it a short post 😉.

First up is CASology's latest cue word - Encourage

I make school lunchbox notes for my DGS and this is one of my faves from Concord & 9th's Above Average stamp set.  He always gets 5 gold stars from Grandma!

The second card is for the Just Us Girls Challenge.  I hope to play a lot more this year!

LOVE is the word...this card reminds me of the wild and colorful 70's and I think that's all I'll say about that!  I do LOVE Stampin Up's Marbled Background stamp, Catherine Pooler's ink colors and all things Concord & 9th like these Love You So dies.

The third and last card for today was inspired by the latest challenge over at Tic-Tac-Toe:

I was inspired by the photo, especially the blue cups with hot cocoa and marshmallows, so I went with the diagonal - Stamping, Free, & Photo Inspiration.

My poor little fun foam marshmallows...there were three of them but one dropped on the floor and my Sydney (the Schnauzer) gobbled it up.  I'm sure it won't be the last time that happens!  The stamped sentiment and die cuts are from The Stamps of Life's "hotchocolate2stamp" set.  

Thanks for visiting today!  Here's hoping that 2018 is a very crafty year for all!

Just a Few More...

Hi there!  Christmas shopping is done, everything is wrapped, and woo hoo...all the cards have been mailed that needed to be.  I still have quite a few to do for the assisted living facility but I'm happy dancin' in the craft room today and would like to link up cards for a few challenges:

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #28 - Middle Row Down: Holiday, Die Cut, Metallic 

I used Canson Watercolor paper for the card base and masked off the center with a mask that I first die cut with a Papertrey Ink rectangle die that has torn-like edges.  I inked it up with Distress Oxide Antique Linen, applied Biscotti Perfect Pearls, and splattered gold shimmer spray from Hero Arts.  I wanted the Elegant Deer die cut from Sizzix to be the star of the show in gold metallic cardstock from MFT.  The sentiment banner was die cut from an Avery Elle die, stamped with the Gina K. sentiment, and heat embossed with Ranger Gold EP. 

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketches Sketch #317 as a jumping off point for the next card.

 

I was able to use scraps of DSP from The Paper Studio and Hero Arts on this card plus an extra mitten I had inked up from Stampin' Up's Smitten Mitten set that was sitting on my desk.  I added a few punched mini snowflakes from white glitter cardstock and called it done!

The last card I did today was for a friend that has a very busy doxie.  I just love this sentiment from Rubbernecker Stamps:

I'll be linking this up over at the Live Love Cards gallery for their December "Stripes" Challenge.

Thanks so much for taking a break from the hustle and bustle and stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Annie

New Baby Girl!

Finally!  My niece gave birth last week to their first child - a sweet baby girl named Kaleigh.  And...I'm a Great Aunt for the first time!  I made a card for the happy parents and would like to link up to the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #316 

Tic-Tac-Toe #27 (pastel, patterned paper, open)

Thanks for stopping by!  Now I need to get back to finishing my Christmas cards!  The products I used for this card are listed below:

Cardstock:  MFT
DSP: Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid; MFT Lucky Prints
Stamps: MFT Welcome Baby
Stencil: MFT Small Cloud
Dies: MFT Stitched Rectangles; MFT Bundle of Baby Clothes
Ink: Catherine Pooler It's a Girl; Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass
Other: Wink of Stella, Recollections paper flower, The Twinery pink/white bakers twine

The Leaf Blower Quit Working...

Yep, it did so what's a girl to do?  Make cards, of course!  Here's three cards I put together for a few challenges.  I'll keep the post short, I promise!

First up, it's a one layer card for the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge (Middle row down):

Lots of heat embossing on this one using 4 different types of EP.  I thought the slate gray cardstock would be "elegant."

The next card was to play along over at the Paper Craft Crew.  I just loved the sketch this week:

I was happy to ink up one of my new stamp sets from Stampin' Up called Smitten Mittens.  I AM smitten!

The last card is for CASology's latest cue:

Sharp antlers are everywhere around my neighborhood right now.  It's "Rut" season and all those handsome bucks are looking for girlfriends.  The way it's going I think there will be a LOT of fawns around here in the spring!

Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you're having a terrific weekend!