Tic Tac Toe Challenge #117

 Hello Friends!  It's time for a new Tic Tac Toe Challenge and this one brings on the sunshine:

I played on the diagonal with Die Cut, Friend, and Yellow:

The watercolored floral image is Freshly Picked Bouquet from MFT.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.  All are popped up onto an alcohol ink background on vellum and layered on a white card base.  A few SU Artistic Blooms finished off this card.

We hope you'll play along this week ~ thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players Challenge #535: Jaydee's Theme Challenge

 Hi Friends! A card today to celebrate Spring and finally some sun here! I'm playing along over at The Paper Players Challenge where Jaydee is hosting a fun theme:

Here's my card that I put together for my DIL:

I added a piece of MFT Petite Gingham DSP to a Stampin' Up Basic White cardbase. The fun image from Simon Says Stamp was colored with Stampin' Up Blends, die cut, and added to the card base.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set, die cut, and popped up.  I added a little butterfly sparkled up with Nuvo Glitter Gloss and some rhinestones to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hope you're having a good week (and some Spring sun)!

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #103

Hi Friends!  A new week and a new board from Tic Tac Toe!  

My card today is following the first row down:  Splatter, Flowers, and Green.

On a SU Granny Apple Green card base, I layered a piece of embossed (SU Scripty 3D EF) ombre DSP after splattering with white paint.  The SU Art Gallery floral was stamped with Daffodil Delight and Bumblebee, die cut, and popped up on a stitched scalloped rectangle.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set. I tied a bit of polka dot ribbon and layered the rectangle on top.    

Thanks for stopping by ~ we hope you'll play along this week.

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #525: Joanne's Sketch Challenge

 Hello Friends! I was finally able to play along with a challenge today...it's been a while!   I'm linking up to the latest challenge over at The Paper Players where Joanne has put together an easy sketch:

And to make it even more fun, I was finally able to play with new stuff from Stampin' Up!  My card is using the Art Gallery stamps and dies as well as the gorgeous Fine Art Floral DSP:

Using just one piece of 6x6 DSP, I cut the top panel using Mama Elephant's rectangle scalloped die, then flipped the DSP over for the background layer and popped up the scalloped die cut.  The artsy flower was stamped with SU's Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, and Crushed Curry and layered and popped up over the stem in Old Olive.  The sentiment is also from the same stamp set.  What a fun sketch!

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Hugs,

Annie 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #097

 Happy New Year and welcome back for another fun Tic Tac Toe Challenge!  Here's the board for this week:

I started with the first row down:  Flowers, Coloring/Ink Blending, and Stencil. 

 

I have this new stamp set from Concord & 9th called In Bloom.  As part of their bundle, it comes with the stamp, dies, AND these very cool stencils that you use to fill in the colors on your stamped image.  Since I did not feel like coloring with Copics or any markers (sometimes I just don't :), this set was perfect for my mood.  I used Distress Oxide inks with the stencils to ink blend and it was so fun and not nearly as stressful as "going outside the lines!"  In fact, I had so much fun, I did a second card using the first row across: Flowers, Twine/Ribbon, and Pink:

We hope you'll pick a row and play along this week!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

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 

Seize the Birthday #196: Tic-Tac-Toe

 Happy Monday!  Today I'm posting for Seize the Birthday's Challenge that includes a Topping of Tic-Tac-Toe:

I had every intention of using the Tic-Tac-Toe Topping and was going for the Third Row on the Diagonal: One Image, Flowers, Large Sentiment.  I'm not sure that the sentiment is "large" enough but here it goes:

I used an older Simon Says Stamp set called 'Sketched Flowers' and heat embossed the image with Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder on Bristol cardstock.  I watercolored the flowers by just dropping color using Distress Inks.  The leaves and sprigs were watercolored with FineTec metallic golds.  The gold embossed sentiment is from the same stamp set and Gold Confetti from Pretty Pink Posh finished off the card.  A very shiny card! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Have a great week!

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #073

Hi Friends!  Welcome back for another fun Tic Tac Toe Challenge with a new board:

My card is following the first row down:  Sequins, Peony, Orange

When I saw 'Peony' on the board, I knew I had to use an old wooden mount rubber stamp that I had purchased years ago from Impress (a local craft shop).  It was part of a Pen & Ink flower series and is so beautiful with its detail.  And...peonies were my Mom's favorite flower and she had some gorgeous ones in her garden. I stamped the peony with Catherine Pooler's Orange Twist ink and masked it off to stencil some dots (Renke Grid of Dots) with DI Tumbled Glass ink.   I then used Prismacolor pencils to add a bit more color to the flower.  The sentiment is heat embossed and also from Impress.  After layering up on the card base, I scattered a few blue sequins to finish off the card.  

Thanks for visiting and I hope you'll play along with us this week.  Remember, you have until next Thursday to link up!

Hugs,

Annie  

Seize the Birthday #187: Spring Fling

Happy Friday!  It's an optional Spring Fling over at the Seize the Birthday challenge this time:

We've had some spring-like weather the last few days and I'm starting to see the bees come out and get to work!  So, my card for the Spring Fling option had to include bees and blooms.  Normally, I'd be creating a card with raindrops and umbrellas!

On a Memory Box Sweet Corn card base, I added some Stampin' Up Laser Cut Specialty paper for my "trellis." The blooms are Meadow Blossoms from Concord & 9th, colored with Copics and die cut.  The busy little bees from Stampin Up's Honey Bee bundle were also colored with Copics and a little Nuvo Glitter Gloss added to their wings.  The sentiment is from Avery Elle's 'Handwritten Notes' stamp set.  I finished off the card with Stampin Up's Glitter Enamel Dots.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you're getting some sunshine were you are...it definitely helps!

Hugs,

Annie  

The Paper Players #482: Joanne's CAS Challenge

Happy Monday! Today I'm playing along with Joanne's CAS Challenge over at The Paper Players:

On a Neenah Solar White card base, I used Ellen Hutson's 'In The Weeds' stamp set and colored the flowers with Jane Davenport's colored pencils.  I die cut a mask for the flowers and stenciled some of Tim Holtz's 'Bubbles' hoping they looked a bit like water to go with the sentiment (from the same stamp set).  That's it...that's all.

Looking forward to the beginning of Spring and this was the perfect challenge for that. Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone is well!

Hugs,

Annie