Challenge Guest Designer: Miriam Prantner

Hi! I'm Miriam Prantner and I'm really excited to be the guest designer for this challenge, thanks so much to Ka for having me!

Here's a little information about me:
I've been married to my husband Andrew for 15 years. We have two daughters, Ellie and Carina, and a beagle named Oshie. I live in Arlington, VA and have been crafting since I was a kid. When it comes to paper crafts, I started out as a scrapbooker, discovering stamps and the world of card making about four years ago. I have been designing stamps and dies for Neat & Tangled since 2013, and this year produced a class called Fresh Eyes on Your Cardmaking Supplies through Craftsy. Working and being a wife/mom keep me pretty busy, but I find time in the evenings to craft. I love experimenting, learning new techniques, and trying new products. When I'm not hanging out with the family or crafting, you might find me playing hockey or curled up with a book. You can follow me at my blog: Sooner Rather Than Later.

I was actually kind of challenged by the board. Usually I had two things where I had a good idea in which to take a project, but then the third item was a challenge.

I ended up choosing the bottom row: monochromatic, inlaid dies, and scalloped border.

I used some scalloped border dies from MFT to create an inlaid piece that was then trimmed it down to create the panel you see. I then used that gorgeous Branching Out die from PTI as a focal point over the panel.

To soften the transition between the scalloped panel and the card base, I added a vellum fishtail banner which was turned into a tag. The Lawn Trimming twine added some extra texture and interest too.

The Branching Out die was attached to the scalloped panel using my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. I like the movement you get in delicate die cuts when you don't adhere the whole thing. A little extra stability/adhesion was provided by the foam tape I used to attach the sentiment strip. The sentiment is from my Dala Horse set for Neat & Tangled.

I hope you like my card!

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Miriam is very generous and is giving our challenge participants a 50% off code to her class Fresh Eyes on Your Cardmaking Supplies. You can click on the link below and you will be taken to the site with the prize already reduced for you.

www.craftsy.com/ext/MiriamPrantner_10298_H

Thanks for stopping in today! Have a great weekend!

Challenge #11 inspiration with Shannon

Hello!

Shannon with you here today to share some inspiration for the current challenge.

For my card today I used the third row across, Inlaid design, Monochromatic, Scalloped border. I LOVE purple so I chose purple as my main color.

I started my ink blending some Lavender ink on white card stock. I then stamped my flowers and branches with various colors of purple using the Wild Peonies stamp set from The Ton. I lightly flickered some Dusty Concord Distress ink on my background and then moved on to my inlaid sentiment. 

I die cut my sentiment onto my main panel using the Hello Beautiful die from MFT, I die cut it again with lavender cardstock then adhering it into the negative space I created with my first cut.

I stamped my hello part of the sentiment from the Scripty Sayings stamp set from Lawn fawn. I adhered my panel on to a scallop card base which I created using the Sweet Scallops dies from Avery Elle.

To give my card the finishing touch I added Sparkling Clear sequins and Clear Droplets from PPP.

That's it for my card today!!

Hope I inspired you to play along with us!!

Can't wait to see all your pretty creations!!

xo

Shannon

Inspiration with Amina

Hello everyone

Hope you are doing well :)
I am back with another post to inspire you all creative people to participate in Challenge Eleven.

The grid for this challenge is

So for my project I chose yellow, ink splatters and scalloped border. I created a Library pocket using Altenew stamps, Martha Stewart scallop doily punch, yellow and beige card stock, some lace and black ink for splatters. Here it is

Hope you like it :-)

Thanks for stopping by

Love,
Amina

Challenge Ten Winners

Good morning!

We're here to announce our Challenge 10 winners! Many thanks to everyone that joined us in our last challenge! We loved looking through all of the cards and seeing everyone's creativity! So now on to what everyone really wants to know. The winners. We used Random.Org to determine our Champion and picked a few cards that really caught our eyes. So, without further ado, here are our winners!

Our 10th Tic-Tac-Toe Champion by random is...

Michele Ferguson from I Card Everyone

Congratulations, Michele! Your masculine card was such a clever design and so full of sweet and cuteness! We just absolutely think it's amazing and so creative! Love it!! Thank you for taking the time to share and link with us! Please email us at tictactoechallenge@gmail.com with the subject line Challenge 10 Winner. Please include your full name, address and your choice of stamp set above.

And here's our Honorable Mentions.

Nicole from Frau Vogeli

Bobby from Bits & Pieces

Tanja from Little Art Cottage

Amazing cards, ladies!
Thank you all for taking the time to create with us and share your talent with us!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Challenge Eleven

Hello! Welcome back to the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge blog! We are excited you are here and hope that you are inspired! For this challenge, please use the challenge board below using three elements in a row of your choice. You can create in any way you like as long as we can see the elements in your design.

You are playing for one of the following 3"x 4" stamp sets. The winner will get to choose the stamp set of their choice. If you already have all three in your stash, why not play to give one of these sets as a gift for one of your crafty friend? You can click on the links below to read more about each stamp set.

Neat and Tangled Heart of Gold Photopolymer Stamp Set

Newton's Nook Designs Newton's Naptime Photopolymer Stamp Set

Taylored Expressions Sunflower Bouquet Red Rubber Cling Stamp Set

And now for some amazing inspiration from our design team members.

Lindsey was inspired by the middle column down: mixed alphas, ink splatters, and monochromatic.

Shannon worked with the diagonal row from top left to bottom right: yellow, ink splatters. and scalloped border.

Olesya was inspired by the third row down: garden, twine, and scalloped border..

Nora chose to use the last row across: inlaid design, monochromatic, and scalloped border.

Tracie used the middle column going down: mixed alphas, ink splatters, and monochromatic.

Amina went diagonal from top left to bottom right: yellow, ink splatters, and scalloped border.

Thank you for joining us in our 11th challenge. Please read the "Challenge Rules" tab at the top of the blog to be eligible for the prize. You have until Wednesday, June 15 at 11:55pm CST to submit your entries. We can not wait to see what you create! HAVE FUN!

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