Tic Tac Toe Challenge #227

 

I'm popping in with a last minute entry into the current Tic Tac Toe challenge.  Many of the board elements are fall/Halloween related but I took my card in a different direction.  My apologies for the sub-par photo.  It's been cloudy all day and it's the best I could achieve last minute.

I chose the middle row of 

Foil/Green/Embossing

to create a holiday card.

I hot foiled and die cut my sentiment.  The tree ornaments were die cut, embossed and then edged with ink.  I also embossed the background panel and lightly edged it with a very light blue ink before adding it to the card base.  I used some gold pearls to finish it off.

Supplies:

Birch Press Designs - Classic Ornament dies

Spellbinders - Merry Glimmer sentiment set

Stampin Up - Painted Texture embossing folder

Thank you so much for visiting!!!  Your time is much appreciated.

Jules

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #179

 

I'm popping in real quick to share the card I created yesterday for the current Tic Tac Toe blog challenge.  See if you can guess the three elements I chose for my card.

Did you guess Fall, Wreath and Stitching?

(Nothing like spending a frustrating 30 minutes hand stitching 

on a card panel only to later cover most of it up.  *sigh*)

I began by die cutting all of the elements from white cardstock, coloring them with Distress Oxide inks and then giving them all a good splatter with gold ink.  I masked off the top of a white panel in order to add some blended color to the bottom.  I used a pierced border die (unknown manufacturer) to add the horizontal holes which I then stitched with gold metallic thread.  The sentiment was stamped with crisp black pigment ink.  It was then just a matter of arranging the colored elements onto the card panel. After adhering the finished panel to a card base I added in a few rose gold jewels.

Supplies:

Cottage Cutz - Build a Grapevine Wreath die set

Spellbinders - Die of the Month Nov 2019 (pumpkin)

Honeybee Stamps - rose gold jewels

Ellen Hutson - You're a Treasure stamp set

As always, thanks so much for spending a bit of your day with me!

Jules

 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #177

 

Happy Labor Day to all of those in the US.  Today I'm joining in on the Tic Tac Toe challenge.  I chose the top row horizontally for my design.  Here's my card....

I used a mixture of different manufacturer's dies and colored cardstocks to create my fall themed thank you card.  I filled my red wagon with pumpkins and autumnal floral die cuts.  The wagon rests on a pattern of burlap and the entire panel is adhered to woodgrain kraft cardstock.  I used some dye inks to create a bit of shading on each of the elements.  These types of cards are indeed time consuming however I find them to be very therapeutic.

Supplies:

Hero Arts - Wagon and Accessories die sets

MFT - Freshly Picked die set

Altenew - Burlap Texture die

Simon Says Stamp / CZ Design - Simply Thank You stamp set

As always, thanks so much for spending a bit of your day with me!

Jules

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #147

 

Psssst.  I don't want to jinx myself but I'm actually in really good shape with regards to upcoming DT assignments.  So much so that I found some time to play along with one of my favorite challenge boards over at the Tic Tac Toe blog.

 

To create my card I used the left most column of Wreath, Shaker and Flowers.

I began by first splattering my black cardstock panel with gold metallic and white shimmer paints.  I then die cut a circle for my shaker container to sit in and filled it with gold sequins and tiny gold and white star confetti.  I surrounded the shaker with a wreath cut from kraft and white cardstocks to which I added in tiny black flowers.  I die cut the sentiment from kraft and black cardstocks and adhered it over the shaker bits.  The panel was then adhered to a heavy weight white card base.  The end result is a tad fussier than my usual cards but it's a perfect one to send out for any occasion.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp - Eucalyptus Wreath dies

HoneyBee Stamps - Hello dies

Sizzix - Geometric Winter die set

MFT - Circle Shaker element

Thanks so much for visiting my little crafty corner of the blogosphere!

Jules

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #106

 

I'm squeezing in crafty time whenever I can get it.  Today's card was created for TicTacToe Challenge #106 using the board below.  

The bottom row of Metallic Element, Gray and DieCut was a no brainer choice for me.  

This was made super simple because all of the die cut elements are from a single set.  I cut the geometrics from metallic silver cardstock and used a combination of different gray cardstocks for most of the elements as well as the card panel and card base.  The sentiment is heat embossed in white onto the same silver metallic cardstock as the geometrics. I finished it off with a generous helping of XXXX

Supplies:

Sizzix - Geometric Winter die set

Simon Says Stamp - Tiny Words stamp set

MFT and PTI - cardstocks

Trinity Stamps - Silver Stones

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #100

 

Today's card was one hundred percent inspired by the one hundredth challenge over at the Tic Tac Toe challenge blog.  Here's this week's board....

I'm in need of some cute thank you cards which helped narrow down the board for me.  I finally decided on the bottom row across...Thanks/Foxie/Gingham which resulted in this card....

I began by Copic coloring and die cutting my fox image.  I thought this soft gingham paper was a perfect compliment but to jazz it up just a bit I ran it though an embossing folder to create the large dotted texture in the background and then matted the gingham with a piece of gray cardstock.  The grayish green paper that I used to die cut the leaves is from the same paper pack.  I then stamped the front of a yellow card base with my favorite diagonal background stamp with white pigment ink.  Using the same Copic markers as his feet, I colored a piece of white cardstock from which I die cut the Thanks sentiment.  I heat embossed a sub sentiment on a piece of scrap cardstock (which actually matches the leaves far better than this photo is illustrating).  Then it was just a matter of piecing the card front together.  I rested the fox on the main sentiment and added the leaves behind him for some added interest.  And of course I finished off the card using some clear droplets.  I think he's one foxy fellow.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp - Eucalyptus Leaves die

Simon Says Stamp - Tiny Words stamp set

Simon Says Stamp - Bold Thanks die

HoneyBee Stamps - Feelin' Foxy stamp set

HoneyBee Stamps - Autumn Afternoon 6x6 patterned paper pack

MFT Stamps - All Lined Up Diagonally background stamp

Fun Stampers Journey - Big Dot embossing folder

Ellen Hutson - clear droplets

It's a New Year!  Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #093

 

It feels good to be back to challenges and creating just for the fun of it!  Today I'm playing along with the gals over at the Tic Tac Toe blog where the board this week is...

I created my card using the diagonal elements of Snowman, Winter Holiday and Gold.  

I cut the fun Snowman from different colors of cardstock (including Gold) as well as a scrap of green patterned paper.  The Be Merry sentiment, heat embossed in white, reflects a Winter Holiday which completes my board.  I used the background scrap leftover from yesterday's card to frame out the gray panel and adhered it all to a white card base.  Three white clay hearts complete the simple design.  

Supplies:

Spellbinders - Snowman die

MFT - All Lined Up Diagonally background stamp

MFT - Snowglobe sentiment stamp set

HAI - clay hearts

And because I've had this snowman die for years and just now opened it, I'm going to share this over at the NBUS blog as well.  

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

TicTacToe #086 - Guest Designer

I recently received a second Guest DT invitation over at the Tic Tac Toe challenge blog and you know I can't say no to that!  I personally think of their boards as "a challenge with options" so I'm very excited to play along with their team once again. Here is this week's TTT board...

 

The idea behind the challenge is to pick any trio from the board (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) and use those elements on your card.  As luck would have it (OK, it's not luck.  It's online shopping but luck sounds so much better, don't you agree?) I had some new goodies that perfectly fit the bill for the Harvest box which narrowed my options down to two trios.  I went with the vertical column of Harvest, Circle and Fall Sentiment for my card.

Perhaps it's the fact that a wagonful of pumpkins will never happen in Florida but I love this card!!!

I began with three die sets...one fall leaves, one pumpkins and one wagon.  I die cut the elements in various colors and then added a bit of ink distressing to the edges.  After assembling my ample Harvest I die cut a slightly off center Circle from a white cardstock panel.  I stamped the Fall Sentiment in the upper portion of the circle and then adhered my bountiful wagon to the lower portion.  I adhered the panel to an olive green card base and called 'er good.  

I hope you'll come play along with the gals over at TTT.  It's such a fun way to perhaps add something a bit different to your cards.  

Supplies:

HoneyBee Stamps - Itty Bitty Leaves die set

HoneyBee Stamps - Itty Bitty Pumpkins die set

HoneyBee Stamps - Little Red Wagon die set

Neat&Tangled/Simon Says Stamp - Hello Pumpkin stamp set

Poppystamps - Spinning Circles die set

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #081

Popping in real quick to share the card I created for the current TicTacToe challenge. They have a Fall/Halloween inspired board this week.  

 

I went with the diagonal elements of Truck, Pumpkin and Plaid to create my card.

The green plaid background is an older piece of patterned paper.  I adhered it to a side folding card base and then added a gridded die cut panel over the top.  I stamped, Copic colored and die cut the truck and pumpkins.  The pavement was created by ink blending over a stamped image.  I grounded the truck on the image and then added the sentiment strip underneath.  To maintain the the masculine vibe, I held myself back from adding any embellishments....and trust me, it was hard.  

Supplies:

Honeybee Stamps - Little Pickup stamp set and dies

Altenew - Many Thanks stamp set

Ink Blot Shop -  Get Grounded stamp set

Altenew - Layered Plaid Plate B cover die

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #080

Today's card was created with the new TicTacToe challenge in mind.  Here is this week's board.

I went straight across the top row, choosing Stripes, Masculine and Blue as my elements.  

My card is heavy on the card stock die cuts today.  I used dies to create the waves, the sailboat and the sun, putting them all together on a white panel to create an ocean scene.  The background was created using a striped background stamp.  I heat embossed the image in white onto a panel of blue card stock.  The sentiment was also heat embossed in white but onto a strip of black cardstock.  I adhered the whole thing to a card base made from Neenah Solar White 110 lb weight.  While this card could definitely go to a female friend, I think the nautical theme is perfect for a masculine card.  

Supplies:

MFT Sailboat die

MFT Striped background stamp

Impression Obsession - Wavy Edge dies

Altenew - Birthday Greeting stamp set

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Tic Tac Toe #078 - Guest Designer

One of my favorite online card challenge blogs has invited me to Guest Design for them this week and I couldn't be more excited!  Today I'm joining the ladies over at the Tic Tac Toe card blog for challenge #078.  Here's what's on the board this week.

For my card I went with the reverse diagonal of Balloon, Celebration and Any Color Ink.  And just to mix it up a bit, I went with a slimline design.

I chose three colors of Distress Oxide inks and did some overlapped blending of a large balloon stencil.  I used a fourth color for the balloon strings.  I stamped and white heat embossed the celebration sentiment onto a strip of black card stock and mounted the panel onto a black card base.  I finished it off with assorted matte enamel dots in coordinating colors.  I'm really happy with the look of this one.  Here's a closer look at the overlapped blending.

Supplies:
MFT -Big Balloon stencil
MFT - Bitty Birthday Wishes stamp set
Distress Oxides - Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Hickory Smoke
Assorted Manufacturers - matte enamel dots

Many thanks to the gals at the TTT challenge blog for featuring my today!  I hope to see some of you playing along!

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #077

I'm sure by now you can all tell that I love this Tic Tac Toe challenge.  Here's the new board.

I don't have a school bus stamp or die so that pretty much cut out three of the challenges.  Because I love Clean and Simple designs I ended up choosing the middle row of CAS, Tag and Presents.

I used an open presents die that I ran through my die cutting machine four times, once with each color of card stock.  I then pieced everything back in place with liquid glue onto a panel of white card stock.  I die cut a small tag (it's actually much longer but I trimmed it down) and used a very tiny alphabet set to stamp out the abbreviated "For You".  I fastened the tag to the card using some purple twine tied to the bow of one of the presents.  Finally I stamped the greeting with pigment ink, adhered the panel to a black card base and finished it off with a sprinkling of bling.  

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp - Brilliant Gift die

MFT - More Essentials Sentiment stamp set

MFT - Gift Tag die set

HoneyBee Stamps - Sentiment Alpha stamp set

American Crafts - twine  

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #076

The folks over at the TicTacToe blog have a new board up and for some reason I found this one extremely challenging.

 

I was in total avoidance of the crayon/pencil coloring square while also mildly ignoring the smile and glitter.  What's left?  

Animal --  Square --  Primary Color

Once I nailed down my chosen elements, the card came along fairly easily.  I die cut and assembled the elephant and adhered it to a small square of die cut blue card stock.  This particular square die has an accompanying frame so I chose a mid hue of blue for the border.  The sentiment was heat embossed in white onto deep navy card stock and the entire panel was adhered to a white card base of 110 lb. Neenah.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp - Picture Book elephant die

MFT - Square Shaker dies

Altenew - Birthday Greetings stamp set

Misc blue card stocks 

What I love most about these challenges is the ability to avoid/ignore the elements that make me squirm....and still get a really cute card out of the challenge.  :-)

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #075

Hello friends.  I'm happy to report that Hurricane Isaias was downgraded to a tropical storm overnight and turned out to be just a small blip on our radar.  Florida is now back down to only one State of Emergency. *shameful eyeroll*

Today I'm sharing another card I created yesterday during my productive pre-hurricane crafting session.  This card was inspired by this week's board over at the TicTacToe challege blog. 

For whatever reason I just wasn't in the mood for water, pool or sun (probably due to our weather) so I went for the middle row of blue, square and flower.

I started by die cutting the square of flowers from a both a blue card stock panel as well as a scrap piece of white card stock.  Fortunately for me, this die has all sixteen flowers embedded in it so there was no measuring involved.  I only needed the negative space for this design so I set the blue flowers aside for another project.  I created a stitched border panel in silver and adhered the smaller blue panel to its center.  I inlaid the white flowers back into the two middle rows but chose to pop up the top and bottom rows of flowers with foam dots to create some dimension.  I used a two piece sentiment die to create a stacked sentiment in blue and silver.  For the finishing touches I added silver gems to the centers of the popped up flowers.  Here's a closer look at the details.

Supplies:
Fun Stampers Journey - Tattered Blooms die
Altenew - Bold Thanks die set
Tonic Studios - Sliver Silk card stock
HAI- Silver Crystal gems

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #074

I'm finding myself rather hooked on the TicTacToe challenge boards lately and the current board is no exception. 

I was once again drawn to the right column, this time featuring Adventure, Beach and Palm Tree.  I happened to have one stamp and die set that covered all the bases.

Because there is so much to this stamp set I decided to expand the real estate by trying my hand at a slimline card.  I began by stamping and die cutting the individual events.  I then stamped the beach sand and created a very soft ink blended sky.  After that it was just a matter of assembling the scene.  I added a bit of soft brown edging to add to the vintage feel as well as few soft birds in the distant sky.  As my final touch I added a retirement sentiment because ...  just how perfect is that?

Supplies:
PaperTrey Ink - On the Wagon
PaperTrey Ink - Sand Swatches


There happens to be another beachy challenge going on right now on another blog.  With any luck I'll be back in a day or two with another scenic card to share.

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules

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Tic Tac Toe Challenge #072

This is my second post for today.  Please scroll down to see the new CC&S challenge card for this week.  

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I've just returned from a wonderful little getaway to North Carolina where I visited my son and his family and wow, am I'm ever ready to move.  Seriously.  The heat here in Florida (and let's not even venture into our shameful Covid numbers) is unbearable.  I gave myself a couple of days before hopping back in to some of my favorite online card challenges.  

For my first challenge, I'm back playing with the folks at the Tic Tac Toe blog.  I'm especially excited to play once again as my very first card entry two weeks ago earned me the distinction of being Designer's Choice.  Here's this week challenge game.   

Today I've chosen the right column of Stitching/Circle/Ice Cream to create my card.  The circle and the ice cream are obvious in my design. The stitching is a bit more subtle and is easiest to see on her wrist.

I began my card with some alcohol ink coloring/die cutting of the ice cream cone which I topped off with a bit of Glossy Accents.  The hand was also die cut, followed by a touch of ink blending to create the skin tone.  The focal circle was cut from leftover stenciled card stock that I will share with you tomorrow. *teaser, ha!*  The holes were cut from the circle using a specialty die.  (I love being able to add a little bit of interest to the inner circle by backing it with some bright card stock.) For the background I used a panel die to create the chicken wire effect and then popped out all of the negative pieces.  I selected a few of these pieces to pop back in and blended them with some ink prior to placement.  The sentiment was heat embossed in white onto a scrap of black card stock.  I finished it off with a little jewel on her finger and must say, I'm pretty pleased with the outcome.    

Supplies:

Avery Elle - Sweetest stamp set

Ellen Hutson - Handful stamp set, Hands die, Alpine Snowfall die

MFT - Stitched Stax Circle die

Kat Scrappiness - Woodgrain Frame Diamond panel die

I'll be back tomorrow with another challenge card.  

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #070

It's been awhile since I've created a card for a challenge that wasn't an assignment.  I've been eyeing this one for quite some time so today I dove in.  In the Tic Tac Toe Challenge the idea is to use any three items in a row on your card.  

I chose the right column (bicycle, embedded die, sparkle) for my card.  I dug deep in my stash for a bicycle die which I inlaid into the front panel which made the only other requirement very easy.  

I began by stenciling the pavers with some white pigment ink onto a light grey cardstock.  It's really difficult to see in my photo but I coated the dried pavers with a clear sparkle pen, thus filfulling my Tic Tac Toe challenge.  You can see the sparkle better in this closeup photo....

I then die cut the bicycle from the panel saving the little inner bits to replace later.  I stamped the tires in grey ink, heat embossed them with clear powder and then inlaid the wheels into the die cut area.  I inlaid the frame of the bicycle into the panel however the fenders were adhered over top of the wheels.  I finished the inlay by replacing the little bits of the grey card panel that I mentioned before.  The basket and heart balloons were also stamped and heat embossed with clear powder.  (I did a triple embossing on the balloons to give them a bit of glossy shine.)  The sentiment was stamped using the same grey ink and clear embossing powder.  

I'm wishing now that I'd made this a birthday card rather than a wedding card but oh well...next time, right?

Supplies:

PaperTrey Ink - Pedal Pusher stamp and die set

The Greetery - Pathway stencil

Penny Black - Love Balloons die

Distress Oxide Inks - Hickory Smoke and Speckled Egg

Tonic Studios - designer papers 

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules