Your Festive TicTacToe Challenge Cards

Good Morning Ladies, 

Welcome to your favourite day of the week, it's my favourite as I get to share your amazing designs. 

I know that Christmas is just about 3 days short of being 6 month away but we do need to make a start on the cards as its the one occasion that we send 20/30 + cards, although I do buy some cards now for people that don't really understand the time and love that goes into hand making a card, which helps.  I hope that you enjoyed the challenge,  I know I did.

Here are your amazing Challenge cards....

Brenda

Brenda has created the only Birthday card of this weeks challenge and I love it ! Such a lovely design and I really like that embossing folder! 

Brenda's Description:

I picked Blue, White and dry embossing
The EF I used is from Crafter’s Companion - can’t remember what it’s called.
I cut strips of card in my chosen colours, sellotaping them together then embossed the joined together card.
In wrapped some twine around covering the joins (ribbon looked naff)
Cut a few flowers using Tim Holtz dies then added a sentiment."

Thanks so much Brenda, I really love your card XXX

Karen

Karen has used one of Sue Wilson’s original Festive dies,  I love this one, I can't remember if I have it or whether I used Pat's,  either way I really love it. Especially in this colour way!

Karen's Description:

"Here’s a cc which covers quite a few of the tic tac toe 

White - Snow - Dry embossing 

Blue -White - Dry embossing etc etc

SW die cut and embossing folder"

Thanks Karen, such a fantastic Christmas card XXX

Michele 

Two fantastic Christmas cards from Michele for this weeks challenge. 

Michele's Description:

2 challenge cards. First one made using a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (snowflake)+ gems. Blue/embossing /snow . Second card made using a topper from Hunky-dory Festive furry Friends book. Snow/white/ribbon (on the presents) which is cheating a bit but I lost my enthusiasm last night!

Thanks so much Michele for two lovely Challenge cards XXX 

Sonia

Sonia has designed some amazing Christmas cards for this weeks Festive TicTacToe Challenge, I really love the wreath design of the first card, the cours you have used are just perfect,  such a lovely red. 

A lovely snowflake themed card , that paper is lovely and perfect for that style of card.

Now onto the third card, I love this design Sonia, so different,  I really love how you have left it black and white too, a perfect clean and simple card.  

Sonia's Description:

My first card is red and green. I used the Memory Box Catalina Wreath die, and Britannia Dies poinsettia. The sentiment is from LOTV.
My second card is dry embossing, snow and blue. The main snowflake is the Crystal Snowflake from Britannia Dies, the others are from a couple of Memory Box dies. The sentiment is from Inkylicious.
My third card is clean and simple. Unfortunately I can’t remember where I got the stamp from, but found it whilst rummaging through my Christmas stash. I also can’t remember where the star die is from but it came in a set and think I bought it from Hobbycraft. The sentiment is from LOTV

Thanks so much Sonia for your amazing Challenge cards XXX 

Cheryl 

Cheryl rediscovered an old Hunkydory Christmas Card Kit and used it to create her challenge card, I had a couple of their kits, they are lovely quality and I love the style of yours Cheryl. The good thing about them was that you got everything you needed apart from adhesive,  so you could get on with some batch card making.

I really like the different colour of these particular cards

Categories: Snow/Decorative papers/Red &Green

Janet 

Janet has pulled out all the stops for this weeks challenge, making two lovely cards and a beautiful cracker style gift box.

I have the same magazine freebie that you used for your first card Janet,  it stamps really well, I used it on vellum too and it gave a great image.

Your second card would really make someone's day and that gift box is just stunning! 

Janet's Description:

My first card this week was made using stamps which were free with a C.mag a couple of years ago (I think).

I used Red/Green/coloured with markers/White

My second card I made using a die which was free with Tonic's C.mag last year.

I used Red/Green/Clean and Simple

For  my last offering this week I made the cracker using a Tonic die bought a couple of years ago.

I used blue/'White/Ribbon"

Thank you so much Janet for your amazing projects for this weeks challenge. 

Maria

Three amazing Christmas cards from Maria for our Festive TicTacToe Challenge this week.

Maria's first card is a traditional Santa decoupage, such a lovely design.

Maria's second card is made with some lovely special effect paper, giving a lovely snowy look to the card.

Maria's third and final card is made with an absolutely gorgeous Decorative paper, those little robins are so cute, Maria has finished the card with a pretty ribbon and a lovely foiled tag.

The categories Maria used are:

Papers/ Green-Red/ Snow

Snowflake/ Embossed/ Blue

Ribbon/ Red-Green/ Paper

Thank you so much Maria, your cards are so lovely XXX

Lilian 

Lilian has used one of Sue Wilson’s Stained glass effect dies for her card for this weeks Challenge.

Lilian has coloured the image with pens and then added glossy accents(I think) to give the real stained glass effect.

Lilian used Categories: 

Red&Green/Coloured with pens/Sparkle

Thanks so much Lilian for such a lovely Challenge card XXX

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Thanks so much Ladies, I know it seend odd to be making Christmas cards on a a warm June day, you have made some incredible challenge cards.

I hope that you all have an enjoyable Sunday,  we will be making sure that Paul has an amazing,  relaxing day! 

Sending love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra

xxxxxx