Your Challenge cards

Good Sunday Morning Ladies,

Well, it's my favourite day of the week, where we have inspiration in abundance, you have all made some incredible cards this week, you'd never know that you were all working from the same Tictactoe grid either!

So here we go...….

Brenda

Brenda has made a stunning Scalloped Circle Birthday card, I love the shape, it's just lovely to see something different.  Brenda has used texture paste with glitter to create that wreath, it's so pretty.

Brenda used categories Circle/Flora/Texture to create this beautiful card.

Thank you so much Brenda for making time to take part and making this gorgeous card.

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 Karen

Three fantastic cards from Karen this week, two beautiful birthday cards made using some beautiful, intricate dies and one of the 'fold flat' aperture cards, I love how you have got the animals peeking through the aperture, so much fun, perfect first birthday card.

Here is Karen's description:

"Here’s three cc The first two were inspired by John Lockwood and based on Sue W’s description of an aperture card she showed on her blog They’re for friends who are celebrating their birthdays tomorrow and Saturday So I’ve gone for Aperture/Floral/Celebrate

The third is for a friend’s little boy who celebrated his birthday yesterday but Charlotte is going to his party on Sunday and it’s based on Jenny McGuire’s shadow box card I have to say it looked better in my head and on my first attempt I managed to put the red liner tape on the wrong edges So it’s aperture/celebrate/Fancy fold
I’ve sent a few photos of it so will let you decide which ones to use It’s all Serif apart from the SW stitched animals.

Thank you so much for 3 amazing Challenge cards, I really appreciate you making the time to take part each week 

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 Lilian

Oh Lilian, I absolutely love the poinsettia stamp that you have used on your Christmas card, stamping and embossing it in gold was an inspired idea, the shade of red you have used looks almost illuminated, which maybe the reflection from the embossing, the embossing folder you have used is amazing, I like the fact that using that folder you could create a fantastic card base with one folder.

The postage stamp style card base is lovely, unusual too.

Lilian used categories:  Floral/Gold/Sequins

Thank you so much for taking part Lilian, I really do appreciate it.

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Lorraine

Lorraine has designed a gorgeous foiled card for this weeks TicTacToe Challenge, using some stunning Stampin' Up! Foiled card, I have this collection but never used it, frustrating now that it's retired! Lorraine has teamed this beautiful card with Kraft card which works brilliantly.

Lorraine used categories:  Gold/Circle/Sequins

Thank you so much Lorraine for a fantastic challenge card.

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Lynda

Lynda has made two amazing cards for this weeks TicTacToe Challenge, the first card used the Oak Tree from 'Lovely as a Tree' stamp set, it looks like you are viewing it through a window on this card.

Lynda's second card uses her favourite stamp set (at the moment) 'Dandelion Wishes' from Stampin'Up! 

Lynda's Cards used Categories:  Circle/Texture/sequins

                                                      Floral/Gold/Sequins

Thank you so much Lynda for two gorgeous challenge cards, I really appreciate your support in these challenges.

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Maria

Oh Maria it's so lovely having you  back from Holiday and taking part in the challenge, I love your cards! This challenge card is a fantastic Christmas challenge card, that wreath is so lovely, those little gingerbread men are so cute!

Maria used categories: Gold/Circle/Celebration for this lovely Christmas card.

Welcome back my lovely, I look forward to seeing you very soon, Paul has suggested a Friday, we just need to sort it with Karen, Brenda, Margaret, Sue and hopefully Pat. 

Thank you for taking part.

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Michele 

Michele has made a fantastic 'Fancy Fold' card for this challenge, I'm not sure what this fold is called, it looks like steps/stairs, that shade of Blue is so lovely, mixing the silver with the different shades of blue gives a real 'frosty' winter feel to your card.

Michele has used categories: Fancy Fold/Silver/Celebrate

Thank you so much Michele for another amazing challenge card.

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 Sue

Sue has made a lovely aperture style card using a Sue Wilson leaf die, Sue has used the die to cut through the top layer of card, then matted the white layer onto the pink using foam tape to raise it up, Sue then placed the die cut piece through the sentiment adding a little dries clear glue so that it sticks to that second pink layer, giving the effect of looking through the window to see the decorative die.

Love your technique Sue!

Thank you so much for taking part this week, I know you were busy!

XXX

Well, what did you think?? another amazing display of cards, all using different techniques and products to create cards from the same grid.

We lit the coal fire last night as it was so chilly, it was so warm and cosy, the problem comes when you have to get up and leave the fire to go to another room, thats when you realise how much heat it gives out.  Last night was definitely a 'hot water bottle' night.  I do have an electric blanket (although I haven't seen it since we moved) but I am a little wary about using it, it says that this particular one can be left on all night but I was too afraid of getting electrocuted!  The other thing is that I am like the 'Princess and the Pea' story, I cannot bare the slightest crease in the sheets so having those wires under the sheet was a definite No!  You can't beat a hot water bottle!!

Stay warm and dry today my lovelies, enjoy your Sunday,

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxxx