Tic-tac-toe Blog Hop Challenge

Hello and welcome to our newly re-vamped monthly blog hop! This month we at Ink.Stamp.Share are participating in a Tic Tac Toe challenge. Now this is my first time doing this challenge, but the rules are simple. We are given a 'board' and we just choose a line and utilize all three items in that line on your card. Got it? Let's play!

Here's our Tic Tac Toe board:

For my card, I decided to do the top horizontal line which consists of Christmas, Embossing and Circle. And here's what I came up with...

Fun, huh?! The moment I saw the candy cane I immediately saw a sled. And who better to ride a Christmas sled than a Christmas Bella?! I thought she looked cute! 

For instructions on how I created my card, I made a video tutorial down below. Full disclosure, I did the video in a rush and made a few mistakes in the process so I apologize for that! If you have any questions, just lemme know. 

Thank you for joining me today and please continue to hop along with our creative team and see what lovely projects they have created for this challenge! Hope to see you next time. Happy crafting!

MATERIALS USED:

Bella & Friends stamp set                                          Balmy Blue cardstock

Candy Cane Season stamp set                                 Whisper White cardstock

Winter Woods stamp set                                            Silver Foil Sheet

Peaceful Noel stamp set                                            Cherry Cobbler cardstock                  

In the Woods Framelits                                              Night of Navy ink pad

Candy Cane Punch                                                    Balmy Blue ink pad

2" Circle Punch                                                          Berry Burst ink pad

Softly Falling Embossing Folder                                Versamark

White embossing powder                                          Vellum

Wink of Stella                                                             Santa's Workshop Memories & More

Frost White Shimmer Paint                                        Big Shot

Roll Call List

Laura Mackie

Cindy Mitchell-Clark

Karen Pearmain

Sandra Roberts

Deb Naylor

Jo Blackman

Sue McDonald

Janey Backer

Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Linda Handford

Sandrine Jse

Shirley Merker

Ginger Rabesa

Phoebe Borromeo-Carr

Jacqueline Bobeldijk-Schilder

Melissa Tennison

Tricia Butts

the Animal card

I was asked to make a card for my co-worker's kid sister. She's five and she'll be undergoing heart surgery, and to help cheer her up we're giving her a card with some words of encouragement. So of course I wanted to create something special for her! This is what I came up with...

I decided to make her a card full of cute animals..something fun! Luckily, we have a whole bunch of stamp sets of these cute critters...Bella and Friends, Hedgehugs, Animal Outing, Party Pandas, Bird Banter, This Little Piggy, A Little Wild, and We Must Celebrate. I used both current and retired sets, stamped all my images, colored them in, then cut them out. Then I created a collage with these cute animals. My background was sponged in four different colors, and my sentiment is from the Healing Hugs stamp set.

And that is today's card. I really hope she'll like it and help her through her recovery! Thanks for stopping by and see ya next time!

Year of the Dog

Calgary has been in a deep freeze a few days ago, with temperatures 
of -30 but -41 with the wind chill. BRRRRRRR. 
So what do you do when it is this cold outside?! Why, craft of course!!!

I decided to stay in my craft room all day and plan for my year ahead. I needed

inspiration as to where to start though, and I found it in the Chinese zodiac signs.

Apparently, 2018 is the Year of the Dog! Well, hey, I love dogs! So I have 

decided to make use of my Bella and Friends stamp set (one of my faves)

for this week's card...and I came up with this.

This is a quick and simple card to make, and I think it looks so cute! 

This would be an adorable birthday card for a kid...it looks cartoony. Video tutorial

of how I made this card down below.

And of course, I could not end this blog post without showing you guys my

darling Tayla! She is a Cavapoo (King Charles cavalier spaniel crossed with

a toy poodle), she's six, and she is our sweetheart! She has the sweetest

temperament and we just love her to pieces.

Anyway I hope you guys are all staying safe and warm. 

Have a lovely day, crafters, and I hope to see you next time!

PRODUCTS USED:

• Tempting Turquoise cardstock
• Whisper White cardstock
• Basic Black cardstock
• Bella and Friends stamp set
• Wink of Stella
• Tombow Multipurpose glue
• Dimensionals
• Paper Snips
• Memento Ink pad