Top 3 Tic Tac Toe #3

So many great projects for this challenge and such great takes on the tic tac toe board. There was a little of everything represented for this challenge.

Nancy 

Jenny 

PJ

Challenge 367 - Metallic Accents - Ends June 10th

We have an interesting sketch for you today. This leaves lots of opportunity to show off some great paper or make your own.

Optional Theme: Metallic Accents 

Donna

Kelly

Kaylin 

Heather

Melanie

Dianne

Masculine Card Blog Hop

I'm so excited start off the Try Stampin On Tuesday Masculine Blog Hop.  You are going to love visiting all of the participant's blogs and seeing all of the great cards that they have created.

I decided to make a beer card because what guy doesn't like beer?  I used a die set to to cut the beer bottles, caps and labels. I stamped the label with a cute little star stamp that I found in my collection.  I inked the edges of the bottles with Stampin Up Chocolate Chip ink for a little dimension.  I cut a label out of the same cardstock I used for the background with a nesting die and stamped the sentiment Enjoy the Little Things using SU Chocolate Chip ink.  

I used a scalloped stitched edge die to cut the striped patterned paper.  I used foam tape to popup the sentiment and the beer bottles. I tied a satin ribbon and decided to tie a knot instead of a bow to make the card a little more masculine. I finished the card using some stickles.

I think that this card can be used for a variety of occasions with the generic sentiment.

I hope that you will visit all of the other blogs in the hop and that you will get a lot of inspiration for creating cards for Father's Day. 

From Kelly

Kellly

Now Please go visit the rest of the Blogs on the Hop and then show us what masculine cards you are working on and link them below. 

Donna Scholz

Kaylin Krawczyk

VICKI MILYARD

Dianne Keough

Heather Heroldt

Sara Hoogendoorn

Melanie Richards

Top 3 Challenge 365

This week was a tough choice for sure. So many great cards using this sketch. Our Top 3 are...

Cheryl

Sandra 

Willa

Congratulations Ladies and thanks to everyone else that entered a card as well. 

Challenge 366 - Critter Crazy - Ends

Have fun with this sketch and remember that the oval can be any shape you like.

Optional Theme: Critter Crazy 

Libby

Donna

Sara H.

Heather

VICKI

Sharon

Dawn

Tic Tac Tue #3 - Ends May 27th

We have more masculine board today to prepare for Father's Day that is coming up. We cant wait to see what you come up with for this one. Please include which row/s you use it helps us a lot. Thanks!

Donna

(center vertical row: Emboss-Blue_Outdoors)

Vicki

(diagonal - green, blue, stripes)

Heather

(Green-Blue-Stripes)

Melanie
(Horizontal Row 3: Green - Outdoors - Oval)

Kelly

(Center Horizontal Row Wood-Blue-Distressed)

Dianne

(Center Vertical Row,  Emboss, Blue, Outdoors)

Top 3 - Challenge 364

This week we had a tough choice there were so many great cards and so many pretty butterflies. I know I personally love to see you use the optional theme and just as much love to see what other ideas you come up with to use the sketch or most everyone flipped the sketch a bit. Lovely job everyone. 

Sandra 

Robbi 

Heather Mills

Challenge 365 - Shades of one Color - Ends May 20th

This sketch can work great with our Resist technique challenge. 

Thanks to Donna for this sketch. 

Optional Theme: Shades of One Color

Donna

Sara H.

Vicki

Heather

Sharon

Libby

April Featured Projects

We had a few challenges with just a few entries so I decided to just do one post for this month.

Top 3 for Challenge 363

Sue



PJ 



Sandra 



Color Challenge - Mudmaven



Challenge 362 - Joanna

May Technique Challenge

Hello Everyone, Dawn here:

It is my turn for the monthly technique challenge.  

I am going to share with you -- color resist -- to try this month.
Now, you can use embossing powders and masks to hide where you want to avoid color but we're going to use a white crayon.

I like to use this technique when I'm on the go and don't have access to my craft room tools or heat gun. 

 It's just a dollar store crayon, nothing fancy at all.

You're going to need some ink to blend and a blending tool and a fun stamp. 

 I tend to work with flowers when using this technique and white card stock.  But I guess with the right choice of inks you could work with colored stock as well.

The stamp I'm using I got at Michael's during their 50% off stamp sale and it's by Cam & Chloe.

Stamp your image so you get a nice bold/clean impression and let it dry.  (I used StazOn only because my other ink pad needs to be reinked)  

Then just color in the areas you want to resist with your white crayon. 

 I'm going to color in the flower centers and petals.  It's that easy.   

You may need to tilt the paper in the light to make sure you have all the coverage you want, white on white can be hard to see under certain lighting.

Once you have everything covered that you want, let the color flow with your ink.

I'm going to use Distress Inks: Antique Linen,  Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac on one -- Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge and Fired Brick on the other --- just to give you two different looks on the same stamp.

This technique is great for single layer cards too where you mask off the area and stamp, color and blend.. because you're not using a heat gun, the paper won't warp on you at all. 

Once you're done and have the coverage you want - take a paper towel and wipe over your piece ... 

just trim it down (or not - if you masked it off) and add it to your fun.

I can't wait to see what you share with this .... let's have some fun!!

Here are my finished cards for this project

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Design Team Inspiration 

Kelly

Donna

Vicki

Heather