Challenge Fifteen Winners

Hello, hello, hello!

We're here to announce our winners for Challenge 15! Many thanks to everyone that joined us in our last challenge! We loved looking through all of the cards and seeing everyone's creativity! They were so inspiring and so much fun to read about. 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 15th Tic-Tac-Toe Champion by random is...

Rosali from I Love Stamping

Congratulations, Rosali! Your card is gorgeous, it's beautifully designed, and of course we love the color combination!! Truly fantastic! Thank you for taking the time to share and link with us! Please email us at tictactoechallenge@gmail.com with the subject line Challenge 15 Winner. Please include your full name, address and your choice of stamp set above.

And here's our Honorable Mentions.

Michele from I Card Everyone

Elizabeth from Paper Sweetness

Michelle from My Passion for Crafting

All of these cards were truly amazing and unique, ladies!
Thank you girls for taking the time to create with us and share your talent with us!

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Challenge Sixteen

Hello and welcome back to the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge blog! Today is the start of a brand new challenge. For this challenge, we included a photo inspiration as one of the element in the challenge board. If you choose the row without the photo inspiration, you may use the photo as part of your design as long as you include the other three elements just like DT Member Rachel did in her card (see below). 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.

Clearly Besotted Still A Hoot Photopolymer Stamp Set

Taylored Expressions Wild Flower Red Rubber Cling Stamp Set

Lawn Fawn Milk and Cookies Photopolymer Stamp Set

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

Nora was inspired by the middle column down: Hexagon, Misting, and Birthday.

Amina worked with the third row across: Clothespin, Birthday, and Patterned Paper..

Rachel was inspired by the middle column: Hexagons, Misting, and Birthday. And she also used the photo inspiration for her flower!

Varada was inspired by the last row across: clothespin, birthday, and patterned paper.

Channin used the first row down: Banners, Use Tiny Stamps, and Clothespin.

Judy worked with bottom row across: Clothespin, Birthday, and Patterned Paper.

Thank you for joining us in our 16th challenge. Please read the "Challenge Rules" tab at the top of the blog to be eligible for the prize. You have until Wednesday, August 31 at 11:55pm CST to submit your entries. We can not wait to see what you create! HAVE FUN!

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Challenge #15 Inspiration with Rachel

Hello, everyone! Rachel here today with some inspiration for Challenge #15 for you!

For my card, I chose the middle column - partial die-cutting, sparkle, and staple.

I started by stamping my flower image onto a white panel and then using a circle die to partially cut up to the tips of the flowers. I used my craft knife to carefully complete the window by cutting around the flowers. After I was sure everything was cut properly, I used my Copics to color my image. (Good thing I waited! I actually ruined the first panel I tried to cut!) Next, I heat embossed my sentiment in silver on some vellum and cut it out with stitched fishtail banner die. I stapled my sentiment to my card front to adhere it.

I added my acetate behind my window and then used lots of foam tape so my sequins would have enough room to shake. I carefully adhered my panel to a white card base and then added a sprinkling of sequins to the front of the card for some extra sparkle and to add a little more adhesive to the end of my sentiment. (It looked like it was going to fly away without them!)

Here's a close up of the sentiment since it's a little hard to read in the original photo. I hope you enjoyed my card and it inspires you to play along with us!

Splendid Rose	Stitched Circles	Stitched Fishtail Flag STAX	Neenah Solar White 80 lb	Vellum	Memento Tuxedo Black	Copic Sketch Markers	Versamark
Silver Embossing Powder	Sparkling Clear Sequin Mix	4mm Cornflower Sequins	6mm Cornflower Sequins	3M Foam Tape	Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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Challenge Guest Designer : Keeway Tsao

Hi everyone! I’m Keeway from kiwi koncepts, living in sunny California. I love all thing fine arts, from classical music to pop culture art, and grew up immersed in it. I didn’t discover cardmaking until 2015 when my best friend painted me a handmade birthday card, and I wanted to send a handmade card back. Since then, I have become completely captivated by the craft and the community, and started cardmaking and blogging every day since. You can find me at my blog Kiwi Koncepts.

I am very excited to be guesting with Ka for her Tic-Tac-Tae Challenge! I just love the concept of this challenge and all the interesting combinations you can use to inspire you to create your card. For today’s card, I decided to combine “Word Dies”, “Sparkle,” and “Color Blocking.” What an interesting combination! So this is how I interpreted it:

Color blocking is extra fun when you use bright colors, and I decided to use yellow (Mustard Seed), magenta (Picked Rasberry), turquoise (Peacock Feathers), and blue (Blueprint). I used washi tape to mask of areas of my A2 sized white card stock, and blending in the inks. I then die cut the word “happy” out, and set it aside.

I added some double sided tape to my A2 size base card to adhere some gold glitter for my “sparkle.” Now when I overlay my color blocked piece over the base card, I can see the glitter sparkling through the word.

I stamped “birthday” through the happy, and to add some extra cuteness, I added adorable dancing pandas right above the happy to complete the card. Hope you enjoy today’s card and was inspired to try out this challenge! Thank you so much for having and have fun! :)

Challenge #15 Inspiration with Judy

Hello, friends!  Judy here from Judy's Card Corner with a little inspiration for Challenge #15!

For my card, I chose the middle row across: Word Dies - Sparkle - Color Blocking.

I love how these inspiration boards encourage us to stretch our imaginations and think of combining elements that we might not have thought of on our own.  I love that!  :)  

I recently purchased this pretty Technique Tuesday "Budding Poppies" stamp set from an online destash sale, and I couldn't wait to play with it!  Paired with a color-blocked piece of card stock as my card base along with a glitter paper die cut sentiment...and, voila!

I started out by embossing the poppies with white embossing powder, coloring in with Copic markers, then wiping off the excess ink with a baby wipe.  I love how the subtle ink colors blended around the image!  Then I added a wash of blue watercolor to the rest of the background before I die cut it into a rectangle.

In addition to the sparkle of the glitter paper sentiment, I added ultra-fine glitter to the poppies for some extra sparkle.

I tied together the brown in the color-block pattern with brown glitter paper for the sentiment.

I hope you are able to join us for Challenge #15 and that I've inspired you to play along.  Thank you for stopping by!
Judy

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Technique Tuesday (Budding Poppies)
Inks: Copic markers, Versafine ink, watercolor paints
Dies: Papertrey Ink (Wet Paint - hello), Lil' Inkers (Stitched Rectangles)
Other: white embossing powder, DCWV glitter paper, patterned paper, ultra-fine glitter