Tic Tac Toe Challenge #115

 Hello Friends! Time for another fun board over at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge:

My card today uses the first row down: Dad/Father Image, Blue, and Die Cut.

On a Stampin' Up Misty Moonlight card base, I layered a grid embossed piece of Misty Moonlight before adding DSP from Stampin' Up's Plaid Tidings.  The amazing Hats Off stamp set and Hat Builder dies from Stampin' Up really make the hat look 3D!  I know I'll get a lot of use from this set for great guy cards.  

We sure hope you'll play along with us this week!  Thanks for stopping by and taking a look 😊.

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #091

 Hi Friends! Time for a new board over at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge:

I needed a winter masculine birthday card so I went with the first row across: Bow, Tree/Leaves, Brown.

On a Kraft card base I layered a piece of Ellen Hutson's woodgrain cardstock.  I die cut the layered pinecones and boughs from Stampin' Up's Peaceful Boughs stamps and dies, then popped them all the pinecones and splattered a little "snow."  The card was finished off with a sentiment stamped on Kraft and die cut 3 times for a chipboard look.  I also added the linen thread with a bow up at the top.  I almost forgot the bow part of the challenge!

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

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

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  

The Paper Players #493: Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Happy Monday!  A fifth week in May brings a Tic Tac Toe Challenge from The Paper Players:

I made a birthday card for my brother using the third row down: Birthday, Silver, Embossing.

He's very handy so the tool theme seemed to work perfectly.  I embossed the bottom 2/3 of the card front.  The die cut hammer and large sentiment are from My Favorite Things.  I added another little sentiment from Simon Says Stamp and some silver 'nails' from my bling stash.   

Thanks for stopping by ~ Happy June! Here comes summer....

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #064

Hello Friends!  Today I'm playing along using the new board from Joanne over at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge:

I needed a couple of Father's Day cards so I went with the middle row across: Twine, Patterned Paper, Masculine.  

Starting with a Stampin' Up Night of Navy card base, I layered on some gorgeous swirled rose gold DSP from SU's Everything is Rosy.  I die cut a corrugated navy circle and a rose gold #1 Dad die cut (from Die-Versions) and layered them over a nest of metallic twine from May Arts. This is one shiny card!

Thanks for stopping by ~ have a great weekend!

Hugs,
Annie

Seize the Birthday #190 - Monochromatic

Hi Friends! Seize the Birthday this week has a fun topping:

A fun challenge for me because I rarely make monochromatic cards.

I was going for a masculine nature birthday card using greens as my monochromatic color.  The Rubbernecker background stamp called Fern Shadows was inked up with SU's Pear Pizzazz.  The card base and die cut fern (Spellbinder) used Pear Pizzazz cardstock.  I added a piece of vellum, the fern die cut, and popped up the sentiment from MFT's Label Maker Sentiment stamp set.  A bit of May Arts' twine finished off the card.  The deckled die cut rectangles are from Honey Bee's deckled die set.  

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs,

Annie

Freshly Made Sketches #430

Happy Easter!  Strange day today...streamed church service and no family dinner.  But, all friends and family are doing well so lots to be thankful for.  With some time on my hands, I played along with a couple of challenges.  This one is for the latest Freshly Made Sketch:

I was going for a clean and simple masculine "hello" card and this sketch and the 'Say it in Diamonds' stamps from Catherine Pooler were a perfect match.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your Easter was a good one!

Hugs,

Annie