Friday, June 10, 2016

Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge Guest Designer



Hey everyone!  I'm guesting over at the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge this week.  

I was actually quite challenged by the board.  It seemed like in every row there were two spaces where I had a good idea, but then the third item threw me for a loop.

I finally decided to go with the bottom row:  inlaid design, monochromatic, and scalloped border.

I used some scalloped border dies from MFT to create an inlaid piece that was then trimmed it down to create the panel you see.  I then used that gorgeous Branching Out die from PTI as a focal point over the panel.  

To soften the transition between the scalloped panel and the card base, I added a vellum fishtail banner which was turned into a tag.  Some Lawn Trimming twine added extra texture and interest.  



The Branching Out die was attached to the scalloped panel using my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher.  I like the movement you get in delicate die cuts when you don't adhere the whole thing.  A little extra stability/adhesion was provided by the foam tape I used to attach the sentiment strip.  The sentiment is from my Dala Horse set for Neat & Tangled.

Please stop by the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge blog to see the whole board as well as inspiration from the Design Team.  Hope you will play along too, there are prizes!  

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20 comments:

  1. Love everything about this. Great design, layers and colours!

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  2. You sure ACED the challenge! Love this monochromatic, scalloped theme and the inlaid dies all in one!

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  3. Congrats on the GDT! This is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. So elegant! I love it! You always make grey looks wonderful! TFS

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  5. Very pretty...love the inlaid look and the cool tone grays.

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  6. Fabulous card!! I love the die inlay and the grey scale!!

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  7. Fabulous design and color scheme!

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  8. Gorgeous, Miriam ... chic, stylish and so lovely in monochrome! Hugs, Anita :)

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  9. How gorgeous! This card is so elegant all in grey!

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  10. Congrats on being the GD, Miriam! This is so sophisticated & elegant!

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  11. I love this, Miriam! It's perfect!

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  12. This simply oozes elegance, girl! What a beautiful, monochromatic look!

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  13. Gorgeous....simply gorgeous! Love those wonderful shades of gray and your incredible design!

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  14. Ack! You had me at monochromatic gray!! Loooove the way this all lays together! #bigfan :)

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  15. I am amazed at the way you can make any color combo look beautiful EVEN black and grey - BIG kudos to you!! This is stunning!!

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