NEW TIC TAC TOE CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello blog friends!  

The House That Stamps Built has a new challenge for you each month and it will be a Tic Tac Toe challenge.  

If you know how to play TTT, you'll find this fun and a great way to use up some of your stash.  The object is to take one item from each grid in the direction of vertical, horizontal or diagonal and create a card using those items.  

Here is this week's TTT 

Here is my card.  You can see I used the vertical center selection - Glitter, Blue and Snowman.  

Stamp used for this card are RI#2719-K "Lg. Pine Tree" and #2714-D, "Sm Pine Forest", #4714-L "Snow Skating", #4603-F "Got Snow?" and #8805-K "Snowflakes".  

We hope you'll join the new challenge this week and have some fun with it.  You can enter the challenge and get all the details at The House.  Don't forget, there's a monthly drawing for all the entries in the challenges for the month and one will win a $25.00 gift certificate for Repeat Impressions stamps.  If you use RI stamps on your project you'll get two entries.  

I was remiss in not welcoming our newest DT member last week.  Please join me in welcoming our newest DT member the very talented  Donna , we're so glad she's part of our design team.  Welcome, Donna!!! 

Here are links to all the Rock Star members for more inspiration for this challenge.  

Deonna - Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Patti J - Shirley 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous week.

3D BACKGROUND STAMPING

Hey there Junkies!!! 

I'm here with a really fun technique for you to try.  I don't know if it's been done before, however, it "just happened" at my craft table as I was stamping today and I loved the results.  

I started with a piece of Valentine designer paper from a 6x6 "American Crafts" pad I bought for $2.50 at AC Moore (I think). It's hard for me to pass up a deal on paper.

Anyway, I put the paper in my MISTI and using this new background stamp from Technique Junkies January Release, called "Love Overlay", I first stamped it with a dye ink called "Raspberry Jam" by Hero Arts. Without moving my stamp, I cleaned it and then moved the paper over to the left about 1/8". This time I stamped with Memento Black Tuxedo ink. Once more, I cleaned the stamp, after making sure the ink was dry, I then brushed anti static powder over the paper, moved the paper over another 1/8".  This time I used VersaMark ink and after stamping with it, I sprinkled Ranger Queens Gold ep over the paper and heat embossed it.  Next I used a stitched frame die to cut out the image and then sponged Distress Inks, Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar on the panel.  

I adhered it to a card layer of "Eggplant" cs (by GKD).  I absolutely loved how that bg stamp showed itself off with this technique.  It looks so dimensional but it's only one layer!  

To finish the card, I die cut the word "Love" several time in the "eggplant" cs (A Savvy Stamp Die) and in gold paper.  I layered them one on top of the other and layered that against a banner die from MFT, also cut in "eggplant" cs. 

I hope you grab yourself some crafting time today....it's fun there!