Tic Tac Toe Challenge #083: Fangtastic Halloween

 Hello Friends!  Time for another Tic Tac Toe Challenge and a brand new board:

I went with the first row on the diagonal: Slimline Card, Splatter, and Green:

I LOVE making Halloween cards, even more so than Christmas.  This is my 2nd Slimline card ever and I have to admit, having the extra "real estate" is fun to play with! I stenciled the clouds with Distress Oxide Twisted Citron because it is my all time favorite green.  The little bats are from a Taylored Expressions set called "Gone Batty." It's an old set but I just love it...more than the bat that decided to sleep inside my patio umbrella...EEEK!  Anyway, I used simple Copic coloring on the bats and after generously splattering with my ink refill, I popped them up.  I added Stampin' Up black star sequins and Glossy Accents on the eyeballs.  Fangtastic!

Please head over to TTTC, check out the other DT member cards, and play along!  We'd love to see you in the gallery.

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #082

Hi Friends! There's a new board from the Tic Tac Toe Challenge and it's time to pick three and play!

I played along with the third row across:  Die Cuts, Sentiment, & Kraft.

I die cut the Lots of Leaves Cover Up (MFT) out of watercolor cardstock.  I know I'll be using this a lot this fall - love it!  I "smooshed" the leaf frame die cut into various Distress Inks on a piece of acetate (Crackling Campfire, Mustard, Wild Honey, and Rusty Hinge).  After it dried, I added it to a Kraft card base and splattered with gold metallic paints.  The Thanks die from Altenew was die cut 3 times from Gold cardstock and layered together for a nice thick sentiment.  The gold confetti sequins from Pretty Pink Posh finished off the card.

I also want to link this card up to Shopping Our Stash #429: Make a Mess!

My fingers were completely covered with ink after "smooshing" the die cut into all that Distress Ink and water...not once but again after it dried.  So fun but oh so messy!  

Thanks for stopping by and we hope to see you in the gallery!

Hugs,

Annie 

The Paper Players #508: Color Challenge from Anne Marie

 Hello Friends!  This week over at The Paper Players, Anne Marie is hosting a Color Challenge with some great Fall colors:

Sometimes Color Challenges make my head hurt trying to think of something unique that uses the colors we are challenged with.  I only had to look out my window at the many colorful trees this time to come up with a pretty simple card:

I used Blackberry Bliss for the card base and stamped the sentiment with the same color on a piece of Very Vanilla.  The leaves on the tree were first and second generation stamping of Cajun Craze and Pretty Peacock.  I also added some Nuvo Gold Glitter to the tree and a strip of gold glitter cardstock for "jazzing" it up :)  

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you're having a good week!

Hugs,

Annie

Seize the Birthday #199: Die Cuts

 Hello Friends!  Over the past few days, the air is very heavy with smoke from all of the wildfires in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.  Everyone has been told to stay indoors as it's so unhealthy.  But...crafting IS healthy, so I played along with Seize the Birthday's latest challenge today:

The Topping is to use die cuts only and you can add an optional stamped sentiment. I needed a masculine birthday card for next week, so I kept the card very clean and layered (just like my friend that its going to :)

I grabbed a great piece of plaid from Stampin' Up's Plaid Tidings DSP and die cut a layer of black cardstock to place on a Gina K. Red Velvet card base.  The candle is a layering die cut from Stamps of Life that I've had forever.  The sentiment is from an old rubber stamp by JudiKins that I heat embossed.  Very simple card ~ I wanted to jazz it up with sequins and ribbon but...it is a guy card! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by ~ Have a great week!

Hugs,

Annie

CASology #373: September

 Hello friends! I haven't played along over at CASology in soooo long and I just about missed the deadline on this one.  It has long been a favorite challenge of mine and I hope I can play more often in the future. 

Every year since September 11, 2001, I make a card to let someone know I am thinking of them. When I saw that the theme this time was September, I thought I would link my card up.  This year I used a photo of the Twin Towers and the Lights as inspiration to pay tribute to those lost.

I know it's a somber entry, but it's personal for me and my family.  September is not our "happiest" month.  I blended a DI Concord Preserves night sky and had masked off the tribute lights for each of the towers.  I used Tumbled Glass for the tower lights.  I splattered some shimmer spray and the 'Cityscape' die cut is from Savvy Dies, backed with white for night lights.  The sentiment is from Simon Says. I know the recipient will understand what I was trying to do. 

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #081

 Hello Friends!  Time for a new board over at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge!  This one had me thinking about Fall:

My card is following the third row down: Orange/Rust, Leaf/Leaves, and Plaid.

It all started with a gorgeous piece of plaid DSP from Stampin' Up's Plaid Tidings.  I loved the orange and purple together!  The purple card base was embossed with Renke's Grid embossing folder.  I added the plaid strip and a strip of orange glitter cardstock.  The leaves were created using Stampin' Up's Love of Leaves stamp set and Stitched Leaves dies.  On the stitched vellum oval, I layered the Memory Box Hello die cut with orange cardstock (2) and offset it a bit with a die cut from the orange glitter cardstock.  A few Pretty Pink Posh gold confetti sequins finished off this card. 

Thanks for visiting! We hope you'll find some time to play along with us this week!

Hugs,

Annie 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #080

 Hi Friends!  Are you ready to play along with a new Tic Tac Toe Challenge board from Team X?  It's a good one with lots of possibilities!

My card follows the first row across: Stripes, Masculine, and Blue.

I started with a piece of watercolor card and stenciled the wavy lines (stripes) with Distress Inks and a stencil from Simon Says Stamp and then layered it onto a Neenah Solar White card base.  The anchor was die cut 3 times with the 'Anchors Away' die from Spellbinders out of Glimmery Coal cardstock (SSS) and layered on a MFT circle die cut.  The sentiment from MFT's 'You Float My Boat' was heat embossed and tucked under the anchor.  I finished off the card with Waffle Flower Clear Enamel Dots that I colored with a blue Copic.

We hope you'll play along with us over at TTTC this week! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Annie  

Seize the Birthday #198: Add Gold

 Hi Friends!  A quick card today to play along over at Seize the Birthday's latest challenge.  The challenge is always a birthday theme but you can add a topping also if you'd like.  This week's topping is to "Add Gold:"

I did add a topping this week and went with a black/white/gold color scheme:

On a Neenah Solar White card base, I layered a piece of Bazzill's Gold Matte cardstock.  I inked up Hero Arts' Presents background and stamped on a piece of watercolor cardstock.  Using FineTec Metallic watercolors, I loosely and randomly colored portions of the presents before layering on top of the gold mat.  The Happy Birthday was die cut from the same gold cardstock and the shadow die cut from Bazzill Licorice cardstock.  To finish the card, I added some Catherine Pooler "Vegas, Baby" various gold sequins.  I maybe went overboard on the gold "topping" but I like the shine and sparkle!

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

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #506: Tic Tac Toe Challenge

 Hi Friends! I'm linking up to the latest Paper Players Challenge hosted by Ann where it is Tic Tac Toe week:

I played along with the 2nd row down:  Metallic, Embossing, & Thank You.

I usually make up Christmas-themed thank you cards for after the holidays so I thought I would get a jump on them.  I heat embossed the big Christmas Poinsettia Star (Picket Fence) with Ranger gold metallic embossing powder on watercolor cardstock.  The flower was loosely watercolored with Zig Clean Color Markers. The sentiment (Ellen Hutson) was die cut 3 times and layered up before adding to the card.  I finished it off with splatters of FineTec gold metallic watercolor.  

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you're having a good week and looking forward to some fun over Labor Day!

Hugs,

Annie