It’s time for another Tic Tac Toe Challenge! How would YOU like to be a guest designer? Simply play along and each week someone will be chosen to be a future guest designer. Here’s this week’s challenge board…
The “No Sentiment” box popped out at me. I rarely make a card without a sentiment on the front so I thought I would challenge myself to use that element this week. I created a gift set of 3 x 3 cards.
I love to color (which may be one reason why I teach Pre K)! I have shared many different coloring techniques on my blog (using aqua painters, blender pens, sponge daubers, etc.) For this project I used my Stampin’ Blends and the Petal Passion Designer Series Paper.
The black and white designs are great on their own but I really like how you can customize the designs. The flowers are so vibrant using the Stampin’ Blends and trust me, it is so easy to do…the markers do the work for you!
Check out these videos from Stampin Up to learn more!
Click HERE to view the Stampin’ Blends brochure to see all the colors available as well as the Color Me Happy Kit and Stamp Set. Here’s a close up of each of the cards I colored.
I am thrilled the pizza boxes from the Holiday Catalog made it on Carryover List. They are perfect for 3 x 3 cards and envelopes or food items.
The DSP is 3 x 3 layered on a 3 1/4 Black square. I covered the top of the box with a 3 1/2 square of Rich Razzleberry and covered the sides with 1 x 3 1/2 strips in the same color. I added the gorgeous Whisper White Metallic Edge Ribbon as the finishing touch! You could easily give the set of cards in black & white and let the recipient color them or enjoy some “coloring therapy” and give the set complete as I have done. Either way I think it makes a nice little gift. I love having note cards on hand for any occasion and these fit the bill. Stamp a sentiment inside or write a personalized note.
Here’s a tip for when you color with the Stampin’ Blends…put a piece of scrap paper under the image you are coloring becasue the color will bleed through. You will want to adhere your colored piece to another layer. I cut my DSP in to 3 x 3 sqaures for this project. I colored then adhered them on to 3 x 6 Thick Whisper White Cardstock (scored at 3″). I hope this project inspires you to find time to create some handmade kindness!
You can purchase any of the products used to make today’s project from my online store or click on the images below for more information. I invested in all the Stampin’ Blends and realize that can be a bit pricey starting out; however, I suggest you break it up over the next 3 months during Sale-A-Bration (Jan. 3 – Mar. 31) and earn a FREE item each time (with a qualifying purchase)!
Come play along with this week’s Tic Tac Toe Challenge. Click HERE to see what the other design team members created!
Have a great day!
Just Stampin’
Jeanie
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Today I have a set of thank you cards to share with you (and one lucky winner). I am back home after moving my daughter to college and as promised I will announce the winner of the Candy Jar Contest from last week. But first let’s get to today’s card.
I used the Jar of Love stamp set and dies and the 2016-2018 In Colors to create a set of thank you cards. *It was featured in an article on homemade thank you cards on gifts.com. You can view it HERE.
I love making sets of cards to give as gifts. They are great for teachers (I know because I am a teacher and need a lot of thank you cards) as well as hostesses, friends, family… or contest winners!
I stamped the middle sized jar on a piece of whisper white cardstock with smoky slate ink. I stamped the leaves in emerald envy and 3 flowers for each card using dapper denim, flirty flamingo, peekaboo peach, and sweet sugarplum ink. I cut the flowers out using the Everyday Jars Framelits. I attached the flowers to the leaves with glue dots. Here’s photos showing the making of the card in Dapper Denim.
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Next, I stamped the jar on another piece of whisper white and stamped the sentiment in the same color as the flowers. I cut out the jar with the matching framelit and attached it on top of the other jar with dimensionals. I adhered it to a layer of emerald envy cardstock and attached a matching bow with a glue dot.
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I adhered the In Color Designer Series Paper to the card base and attached the jar layer with dimensionals. I love to make matching envelopes!
Here’s photos of each of the other cards in the set.
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What’s your favorite In Color?
I have to ship these cards so I put them in a wide stamp case. I also added some chocolate kisses…it just seemed appropriate as it was a candy contest. Check back tomorrow and I will share how to turn the stamp case in to a gift box as well as an alternative idea for a card box.
So, I bet you’re wondering how much candy was in the Jar of Love. Here’s another look at the jar from last week.
The Jar of Love was for my daughter and before I gave it to her I counted the number of days she would be away until she comes home for Christmas. She always kissed me goodnight so I put 91 (good night) kisses in the jar and 40 hugs (as needed) for a total of 131 pieces of candy. And the winner is….Ramsey! Congratulations Ramsey! You were the closest at 126! Email me (j.stark@myactv.net) your address and I will send this box of cards and candy to you. I so appreciate everyone who played along and all the comments on my blog.
Here’s a couple of pictures of my daughter’s dorm room after we moved her in. Do you recognize anything in the photos?
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Have a wonderful day!
Just Stampin’
Jeanie
You can purchase the products used to create these cards from my online store. Click HERE to shop or click on the images below. I always send a thank you gift each month when you order from me.
