Sitting Cardinal

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 chose the very first column: ribbon, kraft red and white, stitching (I used a stitched rectangle die for the patterned paper panel.  I combined the cardinal image and the pine branch by doing some masking.  Then I colored the image and heat embossed some frantage powder around the edges of the panel.  I also added some around the red panel underneath it.  There is a bit of gold glitter in amongst the powder so I have a bit of sparkle, too!  I stamped the sentiment several times in a nice dark black ink and accented it with a couple red pearls.  Since I have a tree branch, I have used all of the elements from the board, except candy and gift bag or box.  I love Tic Tac Toe challenges; they are basically "create your own" challenges.  They're so fun!

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 "Cardinal", "Pine Branch" and "Christmas"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Sugar Pea Meant to Be Sent--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #256--anything goes

Creative Knockouts #379--Tis the Season

Cute Card Thursday #663--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #536--Stamp Act

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

Crafting Happiness #29--mostly red