Tic Tac Toe Challenge 126

Hi Friends
Despite having a lack of mojo at present, I got my backside into gear having been inspired to play along with the current TIC TAC TOE CHALLENGE (No. 126). 

I saw the challenge details on the very talented Vicky Hayes' blog HERE. She's a new DT member for Tic Tac Toe.

For this card, I chose the TOP ROW (Red, Bookworm, Sentiment).

I simply stamped the Rubber Romance "Julia Loves to Read" image and picked a sentiment to go with it, then heat embossed them both in clear EP. Julia's dress and matching handbag were coloured with a red ProMarker and I used a light grey ProMarker to ground her! 

Lavinia Fairy Silhouette

Hi there

Today's base card measures 3.5" x 5.5" and was created from a larger snippet of Mango Melody SU cardstock.

The fairy was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink over a background created by spraying various Dylusions ink sprays over another snippet of white card. Additionally, I used a white Posca pen to add "stars" in the sky. I left room for a sentiment to be added to the bottom at a later date.

Inky ATCs

Hi there - thanks for dropping by.

Today I have a couple of Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) to share with you.

They both started off with backgrounds made by spraying Vibrant Turquoise and Fresh Lime Dylusions ink sprays onto white card.

After the inky background was dry, I added stamping, then used a brush to add Black Soot Distress Ink around the edges (and a little bit through the middle) of the ATC. 
I used a white Posca pen to draw around the star as well as a couple of stuck on snippets for extra detail. I added splatters with the same pen.

This ATC is much more CAS - consisting of the ink sprayed background and minimal stamping. 

The grungy circles are by Carabelle and the block sentiment is by Uniko.

Got this ATC idea from Kathy K's post HERE

LOVE all that white space!

INKY Artist Trading Cards

Hi there

I recently had loads of fun making some Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) and thought I'd share them with you today. Apologies in advance to my regular ATC swap partner (Kathy K) as some of these will no doubt find their way to her. 

I started by spraying various colours of Dylusions ink sprays onto white cardstock. Once the sprayed backgrounds were dry, I added all sorts of things over the top:

• pastes, paints and inks were pushed through stencils;

• a white Posca pen was used to highlight and splatter with;

• sponge daubers added ink around edges, as well as "dabbed on" circles;

• I did a lot of stamping and heat embossing;

• dimension was added to a couple of the ATCs by stamping and heat embossing butterflies and sentiments which were fussy cut and glued on.

Come and see the results:

Click on the photo to see more detail

I hope you liked looking at this colourful collection of 2½" x 3½" mini works of art!

Thanks for dropping by.

HAPPY CRAFTING!

You're Wonderful!

Hi there!

Today I'm  sharing a card I made for a good friend who is simply wonderful!

MATERIALS:

• Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles die cuts
• Aall & Create Flowers - stamped directly onto the wonky rectangle, and again onto another white snippet of card, coloured with Wild Honey distress inks then fussy cut out and added to the card with foam pads for dimension.
• Splatters from SU's Gorgeous Grunge set using the Wild Honey distress inks.
• Sentiment from a long-retired SU stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair Twilight ink.

Blue Spheres

Hi there!

Today I'm sharing a card that I'm hoping will be suitable for the male of the species. I find masculine cards more difficult to create, but this one came together pretty quickly using just two stencils and a sentiment stamp.

The gorgeous dimensional spheres stencil is by Funky Fossil. 

I brushed Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink (DOI) through the stencil, followed by Faded Jeans DOI around the edges of each sphere. I die-cut some circles and used them to mask off the spheres before adding the stencilled squares to the background in a darker blue ink.

This photo shows truer colours than the first photo.

Thanks for dropping by and for any comment you choose to leave.

HAPPY CRAFTING

That's torn it!

Hey there! Thanks for dropping by.

I've another masculine card to show you today, using papers that were already out on my desk from THIS CARD.

The lovely large leafy stamp came free from a recent Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine. I stamped the sentiment and leaves in brown ink in keeping with the earthy tones.

I cut the blue piece of card and both pieces of patterned paper to the same size as each other, then tore the papers at an angle (ensuring you could see the white tear). Next, I glued the stripey paper onto the blue piece of card, then the script paper on top of that and trimmed off the top excess. 

HAPPY CRAFTING

Masculine Birthday Card

Hey!

Today I'm sharing a masculine birthday card with you.

I usually find it difficult to make cards for men, but this one came together quite quickly using some earthy toned papers and a little die cutting. 

I used a snippet of white card for the base - scored and folded it in half, then scored the card front in half and folded it back on itself. Being a snippet, it was an odd size, so I had to make an envelope for it too! Folded up it measures 4" x 4.5".

Wondering where I'm going to write on it? It'll be on the nice white back!

Double Fold Easel Card

Today I'm sharing a "Double Fold Easel Card" which I made after seeing a video tutorial on You Tube HERE.

My version is below:

                                                                    

MEASUREMENTS

You need two sheets of A4 card, and using the following measurements, you can make TWO cards from them.

White base card: 11" x 4", scored at 5.5"
Coloured card: 3.75" x 10.25", scored at 2.5" & 5"
2 pieces of patterned paper: one measuring 3.5" x 5" and the other 3.5" x 2.25"

Showing the patterned paper added
to the coloured piece of card.

Showing the whole base card prior to decoration.

And here's my two all decorated:

Good use of two pieces of A4 card and some white snippets, eh?

  

It's straightforward to make and perfect for a special card, so why not give it a go?

HAPPY CRAFTING

One Layer Card - Blue butterfly

Hi and thanks for dropping by!

Today's card is only one layer and was quick and simple to make, using only 3 Visible Image stamps and 2 ink pads!

I used two grunge stamps in the medium blue ink, then stamped the butterfly over the top in a dark blue ink. 

I may add a sentiment at a later date.

HAPPY CRAFTING

Birthday Cake

Hi there,

I have a 5" square card to share with you today . . . full of birthday cake! Yummy!

Showing the sparkly pen on the cake cases
and the glossy accents on the plate.

I stamped the trio of cakes image twice so I could colour and fussy cut a couple of the cakes in order to decoupage them. 

I added glossy accents to the plate and a glittery pen on the cake cases for extra interest.

HAPPY CRAFTING!

Contemporary Anniversary Card

Hi there creative friends!

I have a contemporary anniversary card to share with you today.

Made with a snippet of SU patterned paper; stamps from Winnie & Walter's "Big, Bold & Happy" set and a tiny SU heart stamp.

Gelli Print Butterfly card

Hey there!

I have a 6" square card to share with you today, which uses up snippets of dark blue card and a lighter blue gelli print.

Thanks for dropping by and for any comment you care to leave.

Another hug card

Here's another hug for you . . . just in case you need one today.

It's a very similar card to THIS ONE . . . but in a different colour scheme, and it was one layer before I added the three flowers! 

Repeat Stamping

Hey there creative friends!

Today, I'm sharing two cards using repeat stamping WITHOUT any re-inking! 

You need a fairly juicy ink pad for best results. (I used VersaFine Onyx Black for the first card and Warm Breeze for the second card.) The technique is quick and easy to do, but has quite an impact.

If you try this technique out, my top tip is NOT to stamp all the way to the very top of your card . . . it looks out of balance (ask me how I know)! Leave that bit of white space near the top well alone!

Quite contemporary don't you think? 

Wishing you a wonderfully creative day.

Masculine Birthday Card

Hi there creative friends!

Today's card is a masculine one . . . come and see! 

The outside

The inside

• I started off with a bit of stencilling using green and blue Distress Inks and an Aall & Create stencil.
• Next, I stamped the SU grid stamp over the top and added a few splatters from SU Gorgeous Grunge as well as a sentiment.
• It still needed something else . . . so I decided on the white die cut cog wheels.
• I usually add a paper insert, but felt like a change, so, instead I stamped, stencilled, matted and layered the inside!

The CASE of the Marvellous Eileen Godwin

Hey there creative friends

Today I have unashamedly CASEd a card.

I was watching one of the uber talented and wonderful Eileen Godwin's You Tube videos and after seeing THIS ONE I went right ahead and made one for myself!

Very pleased with it . . . so THANKS very much Eileen . . . it was fun to make.

Wishing you a happy and creative day.

A New Home Card

Hello there creative friends

I was commissioned to make a new home card, and this is what I came up with:

I used a stitched circle die from The Works to cut out a gelli print for the background. Next, I stamped the vase of flowers (by Kay Carley) onto white card and used a smaller stitched circle to cut it out. I used Tombow marker pens to colour the flowers and ground the vase. Finally, I stamped the sentiment using VersaFine Clair Warm Breeze ink.

As this is a monochrome card, I'm joining in again with the current STAMPING SENSATIONS challenge.

Thanks for visiting today . . . it was lovely to see you!

60th Birthday Card

Hi there creative friends

I first saw this type of card on Sandy's blog HERE. I followed the link she gave to Splitcoast Stampers HERE, and proceeded to make the card below:

                                    

The decorated inside . . . 

                                   

I used SCS's instructions - which are great and worked out first time as it's pretty straightforward.

For ease of reference, the details are below:

BASE CARD

Piece of card measuring 5.5" x 11", scored down from the long edge at 1.75", 5.5" and 9.75".

Fold in half at 5.5" score line, then fold both flaps over. One flap goes over the top of the other.

PATTERNED PAPER (You only need ONE piece of 6" x 6" paper)

5.25" x 3.5" (adhere to main area of card front)

5.25" x 1.5" (adhere to largest front flap)

5.25" x 1.0" (adhere to smallest front flap)

CARD WRAP 

11" x 1" piece of card.

Wrap this around whole card and adhere the overlapping ends. Decorate with die-cuts or punched items and a sentiment, as desired.

I had a lot of fun making this card, and if you have a go, I hope you enjoy making one too.

HAPPY CRAFTING

Happy PALentine's Day!

Happy PALentine's Day! Wait, WHAT?

Yes, that's right, apparently Valentine's Day now appears to include PALentine's and GALentine's Day versions.

However, I'm willing to play along this year because we all need a bit of extra love and appreciation at present don't we? So, I'm sending all my Blog Pals a hug with the card below . . . to let you know I appreciate all your visits and comments. THANKS peeps . . . here's a card just for you:

The How To:

• First I took a piece of white card and stamped the Snoopy image in VersaFine  Claire (VFC) Twilight ink and stuck a mask over the top. 
• Then, using a home-made circle stencil, I applied SU Rose Red ink through the circle with a brush.
• Next I took my trusty Tim Holtz Flourish stencil and continued to brush the same ink through it with the circle stencil still in place.
• Once happy with the background inking, I removed the Snoopy mask and stamped the sentiment (made up from 2 different stamp sets) with VFC Twilight ink.
• Finally I die-cut the image using a Heffy Doodle stitched rectangle and matted it onto some Rose Red cardstock.

21st Birthday Card

Hello fellow crafters

I have a 6" square card to share with you today, commissioned by a friend of mine. 

I stamped the two separate Uniko birthday sentiments in Versafine Claire Twilight ink then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.

At the top of the card, I drew a curved line in pencil first, then went over it with a black pen to create the banner string.

Next, I die-cut the numbers and punched out the banner pieces from a couple of pink gelli print snippets. Self-adhesive black gems were added at each end of the banner, plus little pearl ones in the flower centres.

Green & Black Snippets

Hi there . . . do you wan't to see what I've been up to in my craft room? 

Of course you do! Here's an inky A6-size card with uses up a few snippets.

The card plus the snippets that made it!

HOW TO:

I inked up a tall, thin acrylic block with green dye ink, spritzed it with water, then stamped it onto the card front. The card base is made from 300gsm white card (from an A4 pack bought from Hobby Craft), so it takes wet stuff well!

I clapped wet hands over the card (once the ink had dried) and mopped up the splatters with blotting paper. 

I die-cut the flowers from a snippet of black card and glued them to the inky panel. For the little tab, I used an Itty Bitty circle punch by Stampin' Up! on another snippet and shaped it to make "SarnCandi". It was adhered to the tab with a foam dot for dimension.

MATERIALS:
Acrylic block
Green ink
Modern flower die from a French Company I can't remember the name of.
Itty Bitty circle punch by SU (retired)
Various snippets of card for die cutting

Foxy!

Hello!

Today I have a recycled card to show you.

I die-cut the fox from a shop-bought birthday card and matted it onto a snippet of orange card. I stencilled a background using brown and orange inks. Unfortunately, the orange came out yellow! Believe it or not, the stamped circles are the exact same orange ink pad as the yellow stencilling! I must remember that when brushing ink through stencils using an OLD ink pad, it comes out a significantly lighter colour than usual!

MATERIALS:

• Aall & Create A4 hexagon stencil
• Micro dots stencil
• Carabelle circle stamp
• SU Chocolate Chip ink
• Wild Honey Distress Ink
• Fox image recycled from a birthday card