Tic Tac Toe 102 A Green Hello

Hi peeps!  Time for a new Tic-Tac-Toe challenge with Betty on Team X as our hostess!  Here's her grid:

I actually made three cards for the challenge!  My first one uses the center column of Shades of Green, Word Diecut and Enamel Dots!  I pulled out some Toile Tidings Christmas DSP in Garden Green along with Forever Fern to get started:

I used the Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch:

I stamped some of the greenery on a piece of Very Vanilla, then added a couple of layers (got the printed DSP in the right direction this time!) and added a diecut sentiment in Pear Pizzazz and Garden Green on top, along with an Old Olive bow and a little Glitter Enamel Dot for fun:

A sentiment from Berry Blessings was stamped on the inside, along with another fern:

My second and third cards use some lovely older CTMH papers...they're so pretty, they don't need much embellishment at all!  This time, I used the top row of Thinking of You Sentiment, Shades of Green and Stenciling:

They are both mounted on Kraft paper card bases.  They also both use stencils from SU, using a Blender Brush and Soft Suede ink.  This one also uses some thick Baker's Twine and a little banner:

Here's a detail of the stenciling:

This one simply uses some Gold Metallic Pearls along with the stenciling.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts:

The eclectic patterns on the paper lend themselves very well to the stenciling!  And I always need encouragement cards, so these will be perfect, and they were easy to make, too!

I hope you'll play along with our Tic-Tac-Toe grid...so many different ways to create!  Check out what the DT made at our blog as well!  See you there!

Dana's neighbor took his sons and Cassidy to a neighboring farm to go sledding!

The hill behind the barn looked pretty steep!  I wonder where her hat went????

By the way the snow is flying around her feet, she must have been using them as brakes!!!

I wonder if the cows wanted to go sledding too?!!!  Thanks for popping by today!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Forever Fern
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz, Pear Pizzazz DSP, Toile Tidings DSP (ret)
Ink	Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Seafoam
Accessories	Glitter Enamel Dot (ret), Ornate Garden Old Olive Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies. Halo Hello Dies (Poppy Stamps)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Kraft, Skylark DSP (both Close to My Heart)
Ink	Soft Suede
Accessories	Gold Metallic Pearls, Thick Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Blending Brushes, Basic Pattern Decorative Masks (stencils)

Celebrating SAB

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  There are only a few more days left of Sale-a-bration!  I wanted to make a few more cards using some of the beautiful papers featured this year, so here we go:

I'm only sharing two today; the first one uses Flower & Field DSP and a couple of sentiment from Free as a Bird, and is also for the challenge from Global Design Project, which is to CASE the Designer:

I basically used her sketch, stamping the sentiments in Misty Moonlight to match those pretty flowers:

I love how the papers coordinate so well!

The second one uses the Berry Delightful DSP and Berry Blessings stamp set; it's a little busier for sure!  It also fulfills the Little Red Wagon challenge to use a tag:

I added a Pear Pizzazz frame along with some Pierced Blooms flowers in Blackberry Bliss and Rich Razzleberry, and tied it with the gorgeous Blackberry Bliss Striped Ribbon:

And since the TGIF challenge this week is to highlight SAB, I'm entering it there as well!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Cassidy built a crane with her latest STEM kit:

So clever!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

TCC148 Sweet Valentine

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Time for a yummy new Card Concept challenge!  Look at this delicious prompt Julie has for us this week:

 

I was inspired by those incredible-looking cupcakes with the raspberry and chocolate doodads on top!  Yowza!!  So here we go with my Clean and Layered card:

I began with the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

And I pulled out my favorite cupcake set, Papertrey's Cupcake Collection, and stamped it in hues of pink and brown:

The raspberry is from SU's SAB Berry Blessings, and the leaves are from Lovely You.  I created my own  brown glimmer paper with a wee piece of adhesive sheet and some Martha Stewart glitter, then punched out my "chocolate" heart embellishment to pop on top!  The sentiment, stamped in Garden Green, matches the plaid paper from the SAB Berry Delightful DSP

To fulfill the sketch, I added a few more glimmer hearts and a sprinkling of sequins.  My papers are from Carta Bella and Graphic 45, and I used a Reverse Confetti die to create the scallop border!  I haven't decided whether this will be a sweet birthday card or a Valentine's card...it could fit the bill for either one!  

So now I hope you'll pop over to the Card Concept blog and see what gorgeous confections the other designers created...and then share yours with us too!  Just be sure to tell us what style your card is...you can find all the styles and their descriptions on the blog!  Thanks so much for visiting me today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

The project continues:

I love how she's created her palette!!  And I think Mommy is having as much fun as she is!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Berry Blessings, Lovely You, Cupcake Collection (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Berry Delightful DSP, Soak Up the Sun DSP (Carta Bella), Botanical Tea DSP (Graphic 45), Misc Glimmer Papers, Adhesive Sheet
Ink	Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Strawberry Slush (ret), Pink Pirouette (ret), Chocolate Chip (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals, Martha Stewart Glitter
Tools	Big Shot, Lacy Scallop Frame Die (Reverse Confetti), Triple Heart Punch (ret)

Blueberry Blessings

 Happy Monday, peeps! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  It's hard to get back into the swing of things, isn't it?  I am feeling really lazy today!  I finally got a few moments to get into my craft room yesterday and make a thank you card for a special generous friend!  It gave me a chance to use some of the new goodies from the upcoming Sale-a-bration catalog!!  Berry Blessings and Berry Delightful DSP are available with a $100 purchase, and the DSP coordinates with the Sweet Strawberry bundle from the mini catalog!  I chose to use the blueberry image from the set because I think Pacific Point is a very under-used color!! Check it out:

I stamped the berries (Misty Moonlight and Pacific Point) and leaves (Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green) on a piece of Whisper White and diecut them with a Stitched Nested Label die:

then I mounted it on a card base that was embossed with one of the Greenery embossing folders, and added the plaid DSP and a Granny Apple Green border diecut with an Ornate Borders die:

The sentiment is from the new set called Lots of Heart, also available in the upcoming mini catalog!  I can't wait to play with these sets some more!  Thanks for popping in today!

A couple of family pictures from Christmas morning:

Playing a new game Cassidy got (What Do You Meme, Family version---really funny!) and a pic in from of the tree:

And Ginger in her Christmas outfit:

I couldn't get Eden to stand still long enough to take a picture of her, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!