Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Friendly Christmas

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:
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Here is what I created for your inspiration:
 I used the top row: Teddy Bears, stitching, gems/pearls AND the first column: Teddy Bears, Dimension, glitter.  I had a lot of fun using different elements on this one, specially the glitter and glitter paper!  I'm definitely a glitter girl.  I cut the "it's almost Christmas" stamp apart so I could stamp just the "Christmas!" on my card base.  Then I masked the "Merry" from the Christmas stamp so I could stamp and heat emboss that on a piece of black card stock to finish the sentiment.  I colored up the sweet little kitty to match my new kitten, who is pure black with just a little white patch under his chin.  The photo below show the poinsettia and the chunky glitter I used to make it sparkly!

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 "Feline Friendly", "it's almost Christmas!" from the Holy Crap Set and "Christmas"
Dies: Spellbinders "Layered Poinsettias"; MFT free with $60 purchase stitched die
Punches: Fiskars "Apron Border"

Challenges:
Cut It Up #188--Tic Tac Toe--I used the bottom row: sketch, brads & bling, patterned paper
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #119--anything goes
Crafts Galore #70--anything goes
The Cutie Pie #142--Christmas cuties
Pattie's Creations#165--animals or bears
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Die Cut Divas--winter/Christmas
Sheepski Designs #33--Your favorite things (kitties, glitter, patterned paper, dies and glitter!!)
Creatalicious #176--anything goes with the optional twist: winter
Creative Inspiration--festive fun
2 Crafty Critter Crazies--anything goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge #17--anything goes
Winter Wonderland--anything Christmas goes
Paper Funday--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas holiday
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Kat Scrappiness--happy holidays
Incy Wincy--Christmas with NO red or green
Double Trouble #44--Wrap it up Thing #1: use at least one holiday patterned paper (mine is from a holiday pack), Thing #3, ribbon and or bows (it may be a stretch, but my bear has a bow around his neck), Thing #2: play along with Artsy Stamper's winter holiday challenge
Artsy Stamper--winter holidays
Shopping Our Stash #410--happy holidays
Cuttlebug Mania--Christmas
Art Impressions Stamps #271--animal cards
Time Out Challenge #150--Merry and Cheerful
Crafty Catz #486--anything goes: last minute Christmas cards
STAMPlorations Theme and prompt--stamps + holiday

Sweet Stampin'--Christmas
Atlantic Hearts Sketch #346--sketch

Make My Monday--anything Christmas goes




32 comments:

Glittered Paws said...

How sweet - I have always loved this image - is so versatile. Awww a new kitty in your house - how sweet. We have a sweet calico named Callie that rules the roost. Anyway back to the card - what a beautiful layout, and so many elements to look at. Great job on this challenge.

Esther Asbury said...

What a sweet card! I never would have thought to do it up in black and white, but it looks so classy and elegant! I love the sparkle!

Donna said...

This is stunning in black and white, very elegant (and cute) and the sparkle make it even more elegant and beautiful!

Laurie Unger said...

This is such a sweet image and you used it wonderfully in this weeks TTT challenge.

Sladjana Perisic said...

Such a sweet image of the little bear. I love that you've left it black and white. Thanks so much for playing along in the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge. Good luck with your entry and hope to see you again. Sladjana (DT for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends)

Suzanne Reynolds said...

Great interpretation of the sketch and what a super black and white card. Adorable bear with the little bow and love the glitter and scallops. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble and ArtsyStamper. New challenge starts this Friday so don't forget to check us out, pairing up with Color Dare...hope to see you there.

Golden Goddess Designs said...

Heather, what an adorable card! every element is perfect. thank you so much for sharing with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week.

Alicia

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

A beautiful monochrome card Thank you for joining us at Ike's World Challenges. Good luck Ginny DT for
Ike'sWorld challenge
My Blog As I do Rodos

Cut It Up Challenge Blog said...

There's so much I love about this card, Heather, but my favorite part is the sentiment - white on black + black on white. So creative! I also love how it looks like a peek into a window, and that adorable image of the cat snuggling up to the teddy bear.

Thanks for playing Tic-Tac-Toe with us at Cut it Up!

Evelyn
http://mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com

Pattie G said...

This is so cute! It goes perfect with our current challenge “Animals or Bears” at Patties Creations Design Challenge. Thanks for joining us…
Pattie
Artist and Owner

Patti J said...

Absolutely adorable, Heather! Never would have thought to pair this image with your colors, but it's a big winner! Great card, thanks for inspiring!!!

Tone K. said...

Beautiful card and really, really cute image :)
Thanks a lot for joining us at Creatalicious! :)

Cindy C. said...

Awe such sweet image, and you made it both cute and elegant by using just black, white and silver. Thanks for joining in our December challenge at Die Cut Divas.

Jill V said...

Great design - the stitched detail in the background is fantastic and the teddy bear is adorable. So fun that you used two rows from the tic tax toe grid. Thanks for playing along with us at Time Out!

Alyson Mayo said...

That image is just so sweet - love the unusual colour combination. Thanks for sharing with us at Atlantic Hearts :)

Joy Wilson said...

I just love your sweet card! The bear is darling and fits our challenge theme perfectly! Thanks for joining us and good luck with your entry!
Hugs, Joy
Joyfully Stamps
Patties Creations Design Challenge

Claudia's kaartjes said...

This is realy amazing. So nice. Well done Thanks for entering you card at Cuti it up
Supertoffe kaart, echt geweldig Leuk dat je meedoet met onze challenge bij Cut It Up
hugs
Claudia
DT Cut IT Up
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Donna Walls said...

Lovely card, I can almost hear the kitty purring! Thanks for sharing with us at The Paper Funday Challenges and best of luck in the draw! Donna - DT Member

Beverly said...

Hi Heather,
I adore you kitty. I have two mayself, and am working on a digitals set featuring them. Perfect for our holiday challenge! Thanks so much for entering it in our Artsystamper Digitals Challenge! Good luck in the draw,
Bev aka Artsystamper

Aimeslee Winans said...

Heather, a really pretty card - love the glitter strips, the stitching, the cat's grayish black color and the black and white sentiment. xxo

Pat K said...

Adorable image on this lovely mono card Heather. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin. Pat K xx

pssmitty papercrafts said...

This card is so cute! You captured all of the sketch elements perfectly! Thank you for sharing with AHSC.

Basslady said...

a very sweet card!

thank you so much for playing along with us at make my Monday challenge!

hugs and kisses from germany,
Silvi

Jessica Shier said...

Love your monotone card with the cute little Teddy bear. Adorable! Thank you so much for joining us over on the Art Impressions blog for Challenge #271 Animal Cards. ❤❤❤

Melanie R said...

Extraordinary card, Heather! The black and white is done perfectly and the images are just the best. Enjoy the new kitten - I am a lover of cats - and thank you for playing along at Double Trouble #44.

Donna said...

Super cute card Heather!
Love the monochrome colour scheme!
Thanks for celebrating the holidays with the crew from SHOPPING OUR STASH!

Arlene said...

Just so sweet! So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas.

MadeByMeghanK said...

What a darling pair! Thank you for joining the Challenge at Kat Scrappiness! Please come again!- DT Meghan Kennihan Visit my blog - MadeByMeghanK

Melanie said...

A lovely card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our "anything goes + optional winter” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…

Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)

(DT Crafty Friends)

(DT The Sketchy Challenges)

(DT Simply Create Too)

(DT Kreativtanten)

Craftyfield said...

Love the sketch and the cute image, this is a beautiful Christmas card! Thanks for playing with us at STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt challenge!

Redapple39 said...

I just love this black and white creation

Renee H

Shona Hamill said...

Gorgeous card, thanks for sharing with us at the Cutie Pie challenge. Hugs, Shona xx