PCC #331 - Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge - Stampin' Up! Sea of Textures Bundle

Happy Hump Day!  We made it half way through the work week!  That's a big Yay for me!  Of course Wednesday means yet another Paper Craft Crew Challenge.  This week is a fun Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge... I went straight down the 3rd row for mine.

So for sequins, Stitched Rectangular Dies and Green, I thought Nautical.  So here's what I came up with using the Stampin' Up! Sea of Textures Bundle along with the coordinating Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper.

My card base is an A2 base of Seafoam Green Cardstock.  I used the 2nd largest of the Rectangle Stitched Dies to cut a piece of the Tranquil Textures DSP and matted it with Tranquil Tide Cardstock.  I stamped the Octopus in Tranquil Tide on Whisper White Cardstock.  Once stamped, I used one of the smaller rectangles to cut it out.  Seafoam Green Ink was sponged on the Whisper white after the Octopus was stamped.  I also stamped some of the seagrass in Seafoam Green at the bottom of the stitched Rectangle.  The sentiment "You're one of a kind" was heat embossed in White on Tranquil Tide Cardstock and I used one of the skinny rectangles to cut it out.  I used snail to attached the sentiment strip and then used Dimensionals to attach the larger triangle to the center of the card.  I finished it off with three Sparkling Clear Confetti Sequins by Pretty Pink Posh.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina

PCC #282 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge with Stampin' Up Bubble Over Bundle!

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  We have officially made it half way through the work week!  That's a big Woo Hoo! for me!  My day job has been super stressful so I'm really happy to have evenings to craft!  Crafting really is my therapy but it I'm not sure about the saying that it is cheaper.  The person that said that must not buy as many craft supplies as I do!  lol

Well of course since it is Wednesday, it's time for another Paper Craft Crew Challenge.  This week's Design Team card is for this Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge.  

I chose to go straight across the bottom row with Lemon-Lime Twist, Vellum and Birthday!

I finally had the chance to play around with the Bubble Over Bundle.  It is so fun and I have to tell you that my favorite part of the bundle is the bottle caps that fit onto the bottles.  They look so realistic cut out in Silver Cardstock!   This was a super easy card to put together.  I used a Crumb Cake Card base and two layers of the coordinating Sale-a-bration Bubbles & Fizz DSP (free with a $50 purchase).  I added a layer of vellum over that to soften the busy background for the bottles.  Some loops of linen thread were attached with some Fast Fuse and the bottles (stamped in 2nd generation Lemon-Lime Twist and Soft Suede) were added with Dimensionals.  The outer labels for the brown bottles were cut in Basic Gray Cardstock and for the Lemon-Lime Twist Bottle the label was cut from Silver cardstock.  The inside of the labels for the brown bottles were cut from the bottle caps on the Bubbles & Fizz DSP.  The Birthday sentiment on the middle bottle was stamped in Archival Gray Ink onto Whisper White Cardstock.  After attaching the bottle tops cut out of silver cardstock, I added three to the lower portion of the card... maybe a few beers had been consumed!  lol  There is a list of the products used if interested.  Thanks for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

Product List

• Bubble Over Photopolymer Bundle [146082]
• Bubbles & Fizz Designer Series Paper [147244]
• Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086]
• Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978]
• Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932]
• Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]
• Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121044]
• Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856]
• Silver Foil Sheets [132178]
• Linen Thread [104199]

PCC #262 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge with FSJ Artsy Leaves

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  It's finally Fall y'all!  Well at least it is finally feeling fallish!  lol  As usual on Wednesday I'm over with the Paper Craft Crew.  This week's Challenge is a Tic-Tac-Toe that has so many options depending on which way you go.. I went straight down the middle with Baker's Twine, Fall and Punch or Die Cut.  

I knew I wanted to make a Fall card and remembered that I bought the FSJ Artsy Leaves stamp set last year and thought it was time to ink it up... or Versamark it up. lol

I stamped the leaves onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versamark and then heat embossed them in White.  I used my Tim Holtz Distress Inks and an Aqua Painter to color them in. The inks used to color the leaves were Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, and Mustard Seed. Once painted I used my heat tool to dry them and then sponged some Antique Linen Distress Ink around them going a little darker around the edges.  Avery Elle Wonky Rectangles were used to cut out the front panel.  I stapled a bit of scrap ribbon in the upper left corner.  For the Leaf over the ribbon I used a small piece of Bristol Smooth with the same ink colors blended in to cut the Lawn Fawn Fall Tiny Tag.   After I die cut the tag I used my Ink Blending tool to add more of the Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink around the edge of it.  Some Natural Baker's Twine was run through the tag and then tied in a bow.  I twirled the end of the twine with the edge of my scissors and then attached the leaf with foam squares.  I used some Ranger Matt Medium to attach the "thanks" wooden element to the front of the card.  The panel was matted onto a piece (retired) Mossy Meadow Cardstock and then adhered to a 110# Neenah Classic Solar White Cardstock A2 Cardbase.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

PCC233 Tic-Tac-Toe Shabby Chic Card!

Hey Friends!   What a rainy messy couple of days we've had here in Middle Tennessee.   For some reason when it's rainy, I always want to be at home so I was super happy to get home from work, put on comfy clothes, and make a card!   As soon as I got in on Tuesday, I fed the dogs and then went straight into the craft room.  I realized after about 20 minutes that all 3 dogs had followed me in there.  They don't like storms and there had been some lightning so I guess they wanted to stick close to their Momma!   I think we have one more rainy day but at least my Hubby will be home with them tomorrow while I'm at work!  

Since it's Wednesday, it's time for another Paper Craft Crew Challenge and this time we have a Tic-Tac-Toe for you!

For my card I decided to go straight down the middle column with Shimmer, Shabby Chic, and Flowers.  I hope this was Shabby Chic enough.  What do you think?

I used a retired Our Craft Lounge stamp set for the flowers called "Pretty Petals".  I wanted to gold emboss my flowers and watercolor and that seemed to be the only flower set I had that I felt would work.  Many of my floral sets are multi-layering sets that don't have the outline portion of the flower.  Note to self.. I need more flower stamp sets!!!  I started with an 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" SU Soft Suede Cardstock base that was scored at 4 1/4".  The top layer is a piece of Whisper White that measured 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" to completely cover the Soft Suede base.  I sponged the edges with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  I added some splatters of gold and black Fun Stamper's Journey Silks.  I made a nest of some Gold Metallic thread in the middle, adhered with SU Dimensionals.  The sentiment  was stamped in Stampin' Up! Early Espresso Ink and is from the Stampin' Up! Dragonfly Dreams stamp set.  I just love the font of the sentiments in that set!  After embossing the flowers and leaves in gold on Watercolor Paper, I watercolored them with Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  I fussy cut everything out and used my bone folder to give them some dimension. The flowers and leaves were adhered to the card front over the gold metallic thread with a combination of multipurpose glue, Stampin' Up! Dimensionals and Foam tape.  I added some Pretty Pink Posh Gold sequins because all cards need sequins.  LOL

To finish this one out I added some sparkle with some Clear Wink of Stella!  This card is for my Mom for her 83rd birthday!  I hope she loves it as much as I do!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina