Let your light shine

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a fun Tic Tac Toe board for you:


  Here is what I created for your inspiration:

I used the first column: tone on tone, sponging, blue or pink.  I started with a very pale gray card stock, masked my rectangle and sponged (actually I used my blender brushes, but that's the new sponging) on the blue rectangle, making it darker around the edges and fading into the center.  Then I stamped the lighthouse and the birds with the same blue ink I used to sponge the rectangle (that's where the tone on tone comes in).  Then I used a very light gray to add the clouds (which is also tone on tone with the gray cardstock).  I die cut three stitched banners and stamped my sentiment on one.  After I adhered the strips in place, the card still needed "something", so I added four blue enamel dots for some more tone on tone.  Very simple, but I think it makes a great masculine card.  I sent it out this morning to an older gentleman at our church for his birthday.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Cape Hatteras Light", "Clouds", and "Sandcastle" (I used just the little birds)

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle and "Blueprints 25" stitched banner

Challenges:
Creative Fingers #187--anything goes
Unicorn Challenge #55--masculine
Crafts Galore #76--anything goes
Creative Inspirations--let's here it for the boys
Paper Funday--anything goes with the optional twist: make is masculine
Dare 2 B Artzy--masculine
Crafty Creations #140--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #442--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
C.R.A.F.T. #558--masculine
CAS(E) This Sketch #375--sketch

Krafty Chicks #510--stamp act
Crafty Catz #509--anything goes with the optional twist: CAS
Sweet Stampin'--masculine/Father's Day
Crafty Friends #137--anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #137--anything goes
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes