CardSwap - March - TicTacToe + Sketch

Time for my March Swap Cards for CraftMad - this time using a sketch + TicTacToe.

Card 1 - sketch + TicTacToe

For my first card, I started following the sketch, but as I played with it, the more I started following the TicTacToe as well.  In the end, I went with bottom row - neutral/ribbon/patterned paper.

First up, I stamped, coloured in and die cut some cats from the Uniquely Creative Purrfect stamp set, then placed them on some vellum circles cut with Spellbinders Circle dies.

Patterned paper was placed on the left side and white cardstock embossed with Dots using my Cuttlebug placed on the right side - a ribbon was used to cover up the join.  Vellum circles were then added to cardfront using double-sided tape.  To finish, cardfront edges were inked slightly to emphasis the edges, then added to the cardbase.

 

Linking this card with:

Allsorts Challenge #772 - Feathers or Fur

Shopping Our Stash #517 - Round and Round

Critter Crazy Challenge #84 - Anything Goes

Card 2

I played with some new stamps (new for me).  I recently received a prize in the mail from Christina of Flowers,Ribbons and Pearls.  Each Friday Christina has a giveaway for her followers and I was lucky enough to win in January and by February, the magazine & stamps were in my hot little hands!

 

Thank you so much Christina, and for the little extras in the package too!  you are most generous!

 

I was itching to have a play with these stamps - I usually struggle with cards for males and I think these stamps will really help with the creativity.

Following the sketch layout, I cut 3 circles and stamped them with some of the text/elements in StazOn ink.  I then used the 'road map' stamp and stamped that on some DP, then trimmed to size.  The 'tyre tracks' were stamped, then circles placed to follow the sketch layout.

The TicTacToe elements followed for this card were middle row:   masculine/die cut/ink.

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Noel

I have a new card to share today.

 

A little while back, I left a comment on Christina Griffiths' Blog and I won a prize - it was a Die Cutting Essentials magazine, which included a free die set.

It took a little while to get here .... all the way from the U.K. and this weekend I have had time to have a quick play. 

 

 

Inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #577, I used the snowflake & Noel from this free set and combined it with a Spellbinders Snowflake I already had. I die cut everything from silver holographic card & layered with black card to add dimension.  A strip was cut from black leathergrain cardstock scaps.  I thought the plain white background was a bit too plain, so I used some black, grey & silver inks to do some paint splatters, with a final touch of teeny tiny stars for some bling.

 

A Christmas Card fits in with the Happy Little Stampers AG Christmas Challenge , and the Christmas Crafts All year Round March Challenge of '3 red hens' or 3 of anything dictated the number of snowflakes .... all in all, the card came together relatively quickly.

 

         

 

 

The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown March Challenge of Black & Silver inspired my choice of colours, but sadly, I was too late to link my card up  (I will leave the link anyway - go visit and check it out)

 

 

 

Thank you again, Christina, I love visiting your blog and seeing your work.  I think I will enjoy playing some more with this die set.

 

ITEMS USED

Stamps/Dies:       Die-cutting Essentials Christmas Pillowbox Die Set, Spellbinders Snowflake

Inks: Distress Inks - Black, Grey, Silver

Cardstock:  White 300gsm, Black Leathergrain, Silver Holographic

Tools:  Cuttlebug

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Where have I been?

I've been to London to visit the Queen  LOL     I wish!!
Nothing quite so lavish, but I have been 'busy' doing 'stuff' and simply losing track of time :)

I did realise that I hadn't blogged about some things ............... so here they are.

Back in December, I participated in a White on White with Bling swap for CraftMad,

and this is what I received from my swap partner

Beautiful!

as a reminder, here is what I sent

In January, I won a giveaway from Christina, from  Flowers Ribbons and Pearls, and here are some pics

I am so looking forward to using the bling ......... I love bling!

I just love all the embellishments .... look at that hat!

Such a wonderful prize, Christina was so generous!

I have just made a card using some of the pink gems in the above photo (see next post for piccies)

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.