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 #113

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

I struggled with this one a bit!  I finally worked with the First Row on the Diagonal: Rainbow, Stickers, and CAS.

I rarely use stickers nor do I have very many but the April Paper Pumpkin kit came to the rescue!  The sun and cute rainbow popsicle saved the day along with the sentiment that comes in the kit.  I drew a little whimsical frame around the card front for interest and done...easy peasey!

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

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #111

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

This time I worked with the Right Column Down:  Flowers, Dragonfly, and Scallops.

This is a pretty simple layered card that lets the die cuts do most (if not all) of the work!  Here are the products I used:

• Stampin' Up Misty Moonlight cardstock, Vellum, and Basic White
• Stampin' Up Misty Moonlight ink 
• Stampin' Up Hand-Penned DSP (available May 4th)
• Stampin' Up Scalloped Contours Dies (available May 4th)
• Stampin' Up Scripty 3D Embossing Folder
• Stampin' Up Honey Bee sentiment
• Stampin' Up Detailed Dragonfly dies

Thanks for stopping by ~ We'd love to have you play along this week!

Hugs,

Annie

Seize the Birthday #212 - Spring Flowers

 Hello Friends! Cutting it a little close to play along over at Seize the Birthday where the topping this week is Spring Flowers.

Around here, nothing says Spring like pansies.  They are the first blooms to show up at the nursery!

Here's the products I used:

• Stampin' Up Fresh Freesia cardstock and ink (available May 4th)
• Concord & 9th Stripes background stamp
• Stampin' Up Pansy Petals DSP and Pansy Dies (Available May 4th)
• Stampin' Up White Crinkled Seam Binding (colored with Blends available May 4th))
• Mama Elephant Scalloped Rectangle
• Stampin' Up Happiest of Birthdays stamps
• Stampin' Up In Color Gems (available May 4th)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!

Hug,

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 #107

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

This week I played along with the first row down: Butterfly, Square, and Friend.

I kept it clean and simple to focus on the beautiful butterfly.  I masked off a square and used Distress Oxide inks to blend the background.  I also used a stitched rectangle die to add some interest around the square.  The butterfly was die cut from white cardstock and vellum, adding pearls to the body.  

Here are the products I used:

Stampin' Up Basic White cardstock and SU Vellum

SU Brilliant Wings Dies

SU A Touch of Ink (sentiment)

Taylored Expressions Stitched Rectangles

SU Pearl Basic Jewels

Distress Oxides: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Cracked Pistachio, & Broken China

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

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 #095

 Hello Friends!  It's the last Tic Tac Toe Challenge for 2020.  We'll be back in January to kick off a New Year.  This week we continue to celebrate the holidays with another fun board:

I had a hard time deciding which row to use this time - so many great choices!  Here's the first card using the 2nd row across:  Red, Die Cut & Poinsettia.  I used the Plush Poinsettia DSP from Stampin' Up which is flocked and so pretty on the vellum.

Then I made a second card following the 2nd row down: Bricks, Die Cut & Stocking.  I had left over bits from Stampin' Up's Tag Buffet that worked perfectly for the stocking against a brick embossed layer.

Hope you'll play along with us and that you have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  See you in 2021!

Hugs,

Annie

 

The Paper Players #514: Jaydee's Sketch Challenge

 Hi Friends! Well, I finally started my Christmas cards and put away Halloween.  I'm playing along over at The Paper Players with a great sketch from Jaydee:

I like the three focal points and was completely inspired by Joanne's gorgeous card from the DT.  Besides loving her choice of nontraditional colors, I had just received Stampin' Up's Sweetest Time stamps and dies and had not used them yet.  To change it up, I used traditional Christmas colors (SU Real Red, Just Jade, Shaded Spruce) and added gold accents with SU Beautiful Boughs dies.  

 Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the mojo boost, Joanne! 

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 

Shopping Our Stash #426: KISS (Keep It Simple Sister)

Hi Friends! Back again with my second card I made this weekend.  This one is to play along over at Shopping Our Stash where they are asking us to keep it simple.

 

This was a fun card to make.  I did a little bit of stenciling in the background with Distress Ink and then started making cocktails! I used a stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up called 'Nothing's Better Than' and popped them up on a scrap of DSP.  I really like the retro look of the glasses.

Thanks for stopping by ~ have a great week!

Hugs,

Annie

Shopping Our Stash #425: Black and White

Hi Friends!  I'm playing along over at Shopping Our Stash where they are looking for Black and White cards...one of my favorites!  

This card was pretty quick to put together.  I die cut a stitched black frame from Lawn Fawn and layered on a Neenah Solar White card base.  I used Stampin' Up's Party Panda stamp set to start the party.  I added a MFT die cut DSP balloon and popped it up over the smaller one from the stamp.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Hello Cupcake stamp set.  I finished it off with some Stampin' Up black stars.  

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #498: Fun and Fancy Folds

Hi Friends!  I'm playing along over at The Paper Players Challenge where Ann is hosting a theme of Fun and Fancy Folds:

I'll admit, I'm not a fancy fold cardmaker.  Once in a blue moon I'll give one a try but I thought it would be fun to play along since I had some time to make a few mistakes!  Maybe it's the measuring that messes me up but this time I only had to make the base card once so yippee for me 😊

It's a Stand Up card where the base was cut from Stampin' Up's Night of Navy cardstock.  The DSP is SU Tranquil Textures and the Octopus from SU's Sea of Textures stamps and Under the Sea Framelits. Being at the beach, this is one of my absolute fave stamps and dies.  I die cut MFT's Hugs out of the Night of Navy cardstock and then popped up the sentiment strip from SSS.  This will be heading to my DGS for an 'octopus hug' until we can actually hug in person again!

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

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #065

Hi Friends!  I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day! Today was a rainy one for me so I put together a card for the latest challenge over at Tic Tac Toe:

I played along with the third row across:  Wood, Gray, and Emboss

The background layer is MFT Gravel Gray cardstock that I embossed with Stampin' Up's Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder.  I dragged some white pigment ink across the woodgrain for a bit of a weathered look.  I die cut the Big Thanks die (Concord & 9th) on white cardstock that also has a woodgrain texture from Ellen Hutson.  The MFT flowers and Stampin' Up Honey Bee were popped up to finish off the card.   That 3D embossing folder is one of my faves ~ I love the way it looks like real planks!

Thanks for stopping by!

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

The Paper Players #490: Claire's Color Challenge

Hello!  The latest challenge from The Paper Players is a colorful one!

I used Concord & 9th's Wreath Turnabout stamp set and Stampin' Up inks for this card.  I added sparkly gold embossing for a neutral to fill in the wreath and added Glossy Accents to the berries.  The wreath layer and inside layer were die cut with Mama Elephant's Creative Cuts and added to the Melon Mambo card base.  I popped up the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp to finish off the card.  Happy colors make for a happy card!

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

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #488: Laurie's Sketch

Hi there! I'm posting for the new sketch challenge over at The Paper Players and I can't believe I am actually posting this early...for me!

Laurie came up with an easy peasy sketch that's versatile for any occasion. I'd been playing with a new stamp set (for me) from Stampin' Up called High Tide.  I thought the lighthouse scene would work great for the larger image:

I used Hero Arts' Wave & Sea Confetti Die for the background layer over the Neenah Solar White card base.  I die cut the lighthouse scene with MFT's stitched rectangle die and layered it onto some red cardstock.  I added a double bow of May Arts' red twine before popping up the lighthouse.  I also added some Nuvo Glitter Gloss to the light beam and Nuvo Seashell drops to the sandy beach to finish off the card.  I just noticed I didn't use quite as many layers as the sketch called for...oops!   Hope that's okay!

Thanks for stopping by ~ Have a good week!

Hugs,

Annie

Freshly Made Sketches #432

Hello Friends!  I'm playing along over at Freshly Made Sketches #432 today:

The Bird Ballad DSP from Stampin' Up really did most of the work on this card. I die cut the MFT Tag (BP5) out of pink cardstock and then die cut it again to inlay the DSP with the darling bird and flowers.  I stamped some leaves from SU Free as a Bird and than popped up the tag over another little strip of DSP.  I added the sentiment from Gina K.'s Tiny Textures and a bit of hemp cord to the tag to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great week! 

Hugs,
Annie 

Seize the Birthday #189: Food And/Or Drink

Hi there...back again to play along over at Seize the Birthday's latest birthday-themed Challenge with the optional Topping of Food And/Or Drink:

I put together this card for my nephew's birthday this week.  Unfortunately, he had to have a 'FaceTime' birthday party this year but I'm sure we'll make up for it later!

I used Stampin' Up's 'Bubble Over' stamps and dies for this card and the coordinating DSP and inks.  I haven't attempted too many fun fold cards but was happy with how this one turned out.  Here's a pic of the inside...

Thanks for stopping by ~ Have a great weekend!

Hugs,
Annie