Gallery Blooms for Paper Players 744

Wasn't Elizabeth's one-layer challenge both a bit daunting and a lot of fun? We got such creative entries, I can't wait to see what you do with this Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge from Jaydee.

I do like a TTT challenge and for this one, I've used the first column as inspiration: CAS, Flowers, Postal Element. 

I've been playing around with Gallery Blooms quite a bit lately, mainly because I really love the big spray of flowers in the set. I started by stamping it in Tuxedo Black onto my white card front. I coloured it using Petunia Pop, Daffodil Delight and Shy Shamrock Stampin' Blends.

I used a sentiment from The Right Words, a sentiment only set that is proving to be invaluable. Not only does is have a group of really useful sentiments in a variety of fonts, each sentiment come in two parts so you have the option of using a related sentiment on the inside of your card. 

Then it was time to employ the postal element of the grid: Perennial Postage dies. I cut out a postage stamp from the centre of the blooms. Then I popped it back into place using dimensionals - which means that I also employed the Eclipse Technique. 😀

I used Iridescent Pearls as embellishments.

As I worked, I wondered what it would look like on a coloured base, so I did the same thing again (almost) by using a Petunia Pop base. The birthday sentiment is also from The Right Words and I used some Shy Shamrock embellishments to finish off. 

Which line of the Tic-Tac-Toe will you choose as inspiration?

You can see what the rest of the design team have done, and link up your entry, at The Paper Players page.

Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:

1. Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
5. Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!

Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile (on leave)

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier - You are here

Stef Perry

Eliz Stewart

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The Paper Players 369 - Design Team Card

Jaydee's fabulous tic tac toe challenge at The Paper Players gave us some real beauties in the gallery. I know I had about five favourites and it was hard to just pick one! So, I'm looking forward to seeing what you all do with LeAnne's lovely theme challenge this week.

I've had my eye on a set called Lovely as A Tree for some time. It's been in every annual catalogue I've ever seen from Stampin' Up. I read somewhere that it's the set that holds the record for being available for the longest time. So I've havered but recently I used some Stampin' Rewards and added it to my order.  I'm so pleased I did. It's an all-season set but the lone pine makes a great Christmas tree.

The Eclipse technique has been all over the internet in recent weeks and this challenge seemed like a good chance to try it out. You can use any die for this technique but I also recently added the Large Letter framelits to my collection and wanted to try them out too. They were something else I'd wanted for a long time but the expense of them put me off. I was lucky enough to earn them almost for free, using my Demonstrator flex points - another good reason for joining up with Stampin' Up.

The trees are a mix of gold embossing and Garden Green. I like the effect of adding in a part emboss of the Softly Falling folder to give the illusion of snow, too.

We'd love to have you join us this week at The Paper Players. There's just a few things to remember, if you do:

1. Create a NEW paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, total. Entries linked to more than 4 challenges, including ours, will be deleted without notification.
5. Have fun!

If you live anywhere in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up demonstrator, I'd love to help you with ideas and Stampin' Up products. Please message me through my Facebook page, linked in the sidebar of this blog or leave a comment below. If you live in New Zealand and you would like to join my Stampin' Up team, message me for a chat.

Ingredients - All products Stampin' Up.

Card: Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Whisper White

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree

Inks: Island Indigo, Garden Green, versamark

Other: Large Letter framelits, Softly Falling embossing folder, sponges, gold embossing powder, foam strips