JOY OF SETS TIC TAC TOE CHALLENGE #JOSTTT015

We are into another month's challenge over at Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe and our grid this month has been chosen by Laura Geffert.

I chose to go with the diagonal line of Birthday, Masculine and Paper Piecing. 

I started out with some old SU DSP for the background and layered some of the Come Sail Away DSP with the lighthouses on it.  I then used the lighthouse from High Tide for my tag and added some twine.  The paper piecing came with the same paper and the That's The Tag framelit and sentiment.  Quite fiddly putting all those little bits of paper back in but effective.  I added a retired navy brad to finish off the card.

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STAMPIN UP'S THAT'S THE TAG

I've been playing with a new set - now if you are a regular to my blog you will know i like to use old stamps sets and I'm not always about buying the latest trends!  This set is a great example. It comes with matching tags - though to say they are matching is a bit misleading as they really are just oval tags but still fun.

I've made two separate cards for two separate challenges using the same set.

The first one is for Addicted to CAS whose code word is Daisy.  One of the tags has a daisy tag in it but I wanted to do something a bit different with it.  I found a couple of rolls of old Washi tape I hadn't used and stuck them over a piece of cardstock trying to keep the colours flower like and bright.  I then used the die cut to cut out the daisy shape out of the washi piece plus another black one.  I then paper pieced all the little pieces out of the washi'd die cut and added them into the other blank piece.  It almost forms a slight mosaic.  As this is a CAS challenge I simply added a stem and some leaves in Lemon Lime Twist from Stampin Up's Jar of Love together with the cute little saying.

My other card is for CAS Colours and Sketches#332, where they combine both challenges - as follows:





I've used some of the new Designer Series Paper from Stampin Up as the background on to some green card stock.  The die is another one of the die cuts from the same set but you can add the stars to cut out.  I've layered a piec eof Emerald Envy behind the Pistachio to show the stars better.  I then cut the same stars out of some other SU DSP and stuck them either side of the tag.  The sentiment is in Berry Burst which is the nearest I had to the Primrose Petals and the ribbon is non SU.

 

TRY STAMPIN ON TUESDAY #TSOT419

Our sketch challenge today at TSOT has the added option of using some embossing.

I used the Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Embossing folder from SU.  I used Crumb Cake card stock and then inked it up with some retired SU Chocolate Chip ink.  I used Lots of Lavender for my main image inking it in Blackberry Bliss and then stamping off for the background image.  I used a Spectrum Tri Blend pen for the leaves.  I added some very old SU ribbon and some non SU gems which are a sparkly purple green colour and very pretty.  The sentiment is from another retired set That's The Tag stamped in Blackberry Bliss and coloured in with the Tri Spectrum blender pens again.

I'm also including my card in the Double Trouble Anything Goes challenge - we will be doubling up with them at Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe next week so look out for double the fun soon.