Tic Tac Toe Candy game cubes

 Well happy hump day peeps...today I'd like to share a project I've been working on for sometime now. It's a tic tac toe photo cube game. This was from Carolee's Creations...I made this for the challenge over at Tiddly's Challenge Blog but I missed the deadline....but anywhooo, I hope you enjoy this little project I put together....

here's the matching card...all the pattern paper is from the Teresa Collins checking it twice Christmas stack...loooove it!!! lol!!! I used one of those dollar store plastic snowflakes (and some smaller ones)--wrapped it in twine and added a Tim Holtz ceramic tile...

This is the inside of the card...rubber stamped nut cracker and greeting is from Recollections...

this is the top view...I used all different types of chipboard for the x's and o's...some fluff...silver ribbon...some dollar store glass garland...and the little mini nut cracker in the center with a tree ornament and a berry bunch ....

this is the side view....here I added a plastic reindeer that I got from the $ store....trimmed off the legs and screwed him with a wooden knob to make handles on each side...I also added some Provo Craft metal feet to raise the game up off of the table...

the back view...

here's the wooden tray that I decorated with the pattern paper....

do you see the little silly reindeer peeking out...lol...all of the boxes are stuffed with nuts and candy except for the center box....

here's the greeting with the pop up misfits...lol...the digis are from Tiddy Store...

this center box I decorated with the green paper instead of the stripped...I was going for something alittle different and out of the norm...lol...here I have left the tabs on the outside instead of tucking them inside...so if you push down on them the little Christmas critters pop out...how cool...lol...a happy accident..

Well blogland...here's my greeting to you... and a special shout out to all of the Inksters...this was made for all of you!!!! I hope everyone has a very Merry Chriatmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!!!! Hugs from Charm City!!!

Tiddly Inks Christmas-Holidays or a Wintery Scene Challenge

Happy wet and raining Saturday morning peeps...it's such an aweful day outside, so I thought I'd play in my playroom today...I really should be getting Christmas decorations out, but it's just one of those days. You ever have one of those? I've been having major problems with blogger lately. I can't seem to upload photos to blogger using IE...so after, seems to be a long time, I think I figured out how to get around it by using google chrome. I'm not to sure if I like it, but at least I can upload photos to get them up on my blog....any-whoooo, today I have some cards I made for the challenge over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog...it's their last challenge of the year.....ENJOY!!!!!!

Here is Mr. Sid in all his glory....images are from Tiddly Ink Store...MS punches...EK leaf punch..Sizzix tree die..for the life of me I can't remember who the paper is from...I colored all in using distress inks and added a layer of Stickles...the snowflake in corner I wrapped some MS twine around it....

here's the inside.....here I used another image from Tiddly Ink Store....what I pictured with this joke was Sid (on front) was all infested with "polar"oids..that's why he was so huge...lol....and then you open the card to a smaller snowman after he had gotten his issue taken care of and went back down to normal...ha ha....

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I used more stickles...distress inks...border punches....tree die...

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ok here's another joke card I made using a different snowman from Christy's collection over at Tiddly Ink Store.....I think this one is my fav snowman so far....I used white glitter paper for snow border...cut the trees out from paper collection (at which I can't figure out who's it is)...colored in images with distress inks...stickles...Recollections glittery ribbon...

ok ok...I know this isn't a Tiddly image...but I just couldn't resist adding a Simply Betty stamp on this card to...he just fits so well...here I let the paper do the scene,...another dollar store plastic snowflake cut in half....rubber stamped the greeting and bird...wet embossed them using embossing powder...distress inks for coloring and of course another layer of stickles....

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now how cute is Bot? I absolutely just love the Bot Family that Christy has over  at Tiddly Ink Store....and this little darling is no exception....I decided to make a stand alone card....I printed this out onto a 8 1/2x11" size of water color paper...cut out...then cut layer after layer after layer after layer...ha ha ...no but there is alot of layers in there with one of them being a layer of chipboard....I also use wet glue for each layer,,,this just gives it more sturdyness...I used disteress inks for coloring...stickles and added some lights hanging from his antlers.....

just a side view

here's the inside greeting ...just a simple one...rubber stamped and added EK leaf punches behind it with a few pearls....

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Well this is all I have for this Saturday morning...I do hope that you come and play along with the lovely Inksters over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog....they would love to have ya for the last challenge of the year.....and now that I think I have figured out my puter issues I do have more projects to share that I've been working on too...So make sure you stop on back in a couple of days...I'm even trying to get a goodie package together for a give away....and let me tell ya, I have been purging my playroom to...so the mound keeps getting bigger and bigger....I hope you all have a wonderful and sunny day....Hugs from a very wet Charm City.....

Thank You

Happy hump day peeps....I know..I know..it's two days in a row...I tell ya, I'm going to get back into the swing of things little by little....The sun is shining right through my window here blinding me as I type ......so that makes me believe it's going to be a lovely day in the neighborhood...lol......Well any whooooo--I just wanted to pop in here and say good morning--and to share a card I made a couple days ago.......ENJOY!!!!!

This card (sorry for the photos--it was raining all day yesterday) was made using bits and pieces of past cards that I was working on and never had finished...the background was made using distress inks...and then I sprayed a layer of silver shimmer spritz from Tsukineko....kind of cool stuff...then embossed using distress embossing powder for the snowflakes....hand dyed doily for flower--used a Magnolia stamp--MS punch--Prima flowers and other odds and ends.. here's the inside...you can kind of see the snowflakes...I actually made this background back at Christmas time for a card, but never finished it.... **************** I hope that everyone has a sunny day....I'll be back...I would love to share some of my Christmas projects that I made using stuff from around the house.....Hugs from a sunny Charm City

Tiddy Inks--Macabre Monday--PaperTake Weekly Challenges

Happy Sunday Peeps...So much has been going on here that I finally broke down and took some time for myself yesterday and this morning.....so this will be a quick post, but I will come back later to fill in the details on how I made this. So if you're interested, please stop back later.....ENJOY!!!!!!

I needed something for my front door and this is what I came up with...I made it for the following challenges.....3 of them...can ya believe it...I'm lucky just to make something, let alone it fit for 3 challenges.....wooty woot woot...lol.....

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Tiddy Inks--Good-Bye Summer--Hello Fall

Macabre Mondays--HDH105--P.M.S.

PaperTake Weekly--Anything Goes

this all started with the glitter alpha's...I was just going to make some little scored Florette's for the letters to sit on, but it ended up being quite a huge piece...

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to make the background medallion, I used 2 sheets of 12x12 cardstocks in 2 different colors/papers of choice...

cut 6x12

going across the top should be the 6" and down the 12"

now score every half inch

fan fold

glue all sides together to make this medallion

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images from Tiddy Inks. (tree-spider web backgound-christmas ornaments)...I used silver glitter (dry)--glitter glue and Distress embossing (weathered wood--fences)...red distress stickles for the hair...border punches (gooey-birds-fence)...alphas from ColorBok which I adhered to skewers and trimmed off....I really need to add some ribbon to them....and just added little dots of silver glue and added black pearls to go around the frame.....I colored everything in with distress inks...

just a closer shot... I really need to do something with the halloween ribbon...it's just not finished...lol....I popped the center frame up using poster board but I doubled the thickness....this gave me room for the skewers to stick into... I hope everyone has a wonderful sunny day...I'm off to make a cake and a pot of lasagna....and I'm behind...lol....I'll be back later to update....Hugs from a cloudy Charm City...

Macabre Monday HDH095 From the Bone Pile

Good evening everyone...Happy Pre-Fourth for our American families here...I have always enjoyed this holiday with all of the family get together, fireworks and not to mention all of the grilling...off the smell of someone cooking on a grill in the neighborhood...yummy...lol...

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Tonight I wanted to share a card I made for Macabre Monday over at HDH....ENJOY!!!!

the challenge this week was to use your scaps....and what a great challenge this was...this is something that I don't normally do, so they just keep piling up...

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pattern paper (pebbles inc.) were scraps I had that I just made a card for a week or so back...I thought it was perfect for this image(just inklined) to...I had the tag already stamped and inked, all I added were the pearls, clock hands --ribbon --image and the rub on...

Well peeps...I am off to bed...I do hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend....stay safe....Hugs from Charm City...

HDH093--and Happy Father's Day

Good Morning blogland. Today marks for a special day for all of you father's out there. I hope you enjoy your day with your families.

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Today is a quick post to share a card I made for Macabre Monday Challenge over at HDH093. It's been awhile since I've had a chance to play along and I really enjoyed this challenge. Distressing---Love it!!! ---ENJOY!!!--

here I used an image from Kenny K-Anime Girl--colored her in with Prisma pencils--I also got to use the Skulz (from the eye popping line from Gloria--love your new stuff there girlie) pop dotted onto a bat sticker from Recollections--Inkadinkado greeting--Recollections for splat rubber stamp, skull and rhinestones--Making Memories metal moon--MS and EK for border punches--Deckled embossed die from Spellbinders--Pebbles Inc for paper...other sequins --front view-- here you can see that I bowed out the top border to give it some dimension...torn the paper and added a little stone for an accent... ***************** Well Peeps...I'm off and running for the day...we have a very busy one scheduled ahead of us...I hope everyone has a sunny day filled with alot of memories to cherish....Hugs from Charm City......

Beer..helping ugly people (DTD)...plus one

Happy Sunday morn peeps....I can see a glorious day coming on here in Charm City...yesterday was sunny and very warm here...it felt great to have my windows open....today I'd like to share a couple cards...first one is for the challenge over at DudeTime Doodles....I was happy as pie when I seen this one....and the second card was one I had made a few weeks back....not to sure if I really like it......let me know what you think...ENJOY!!!!!

now look at this image....it's the mug o' ale image from Bonibleaux Designs...doesn't this just scream "manly"?...so the challenge this week is to use the inspiration photo make an easel card...it has to be a guy themed card to.....I forgot to upload the inspiration photo....just click and it will take you to it....it's a fun one...I used DCWV citrus papers--stickles--spellbinders dies--MS border punch and some pearls and honkin eyelets...lol....I have had this little quote on a sticky note for a month or so and thought it was perfect for this challenge with the mug....lol....but when you think about it, it is sooo true...lol....

lol...gotta love a cute quote that fits a man... here's a side view.....I kind of bent the die border in half to use as a stopper for the front of the card..... and here's a second card that's been sitting here trying to get some love from me....I just don't know if I can...I'm just not feeling it....I actually liked it until I added the silk ribbon with the flowers and such...oh well..it's a finished card.... ******************* Well that's all I have for today....I do hope that everyone has a sunny day and thank you so much for stopping in.....Hugs from a sunny Charm City.....

In a Sweet Pea Dream Anything Goes Challenge

Hey Peeps---just a quick post to share the card I made for the challenge over at In a Sweet Pea Dream...anything goes.......ENJOY!!!!!!!

I used the image from plate 19 at Sweet Pea Stamps....I cut an oval shape so that this is hung in the center using black beads....it is 3 sided......the photos really don't do much justice, because this is white and black....the camera gave it a little tint....paper from Kaiser and Tinkering Ink...border punches MS and Recollections....Prima flowers...Lil Davis Designs for the acrylic flower center...

the inside view...the center of the card has a half inch fold to accommodate the 3 dimensional heart.... a closed view...this does actually folds flat... inside left

inside right....the quote is actually from Sweet Pea but from another plate......

this is just the view of the front and back together...I decided to use the same pattern paper to the backside....

I am also enterring this for Stamp Something--for you Valentine

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Well thanks bunches peeps for stopping in today....I really need to get a little nap in....Hugs from Charm City.....

Well Butter my Butt...lol...

Good morning blogland....how's your day going for you? Mine, busy...need to do a bunch of errands, hit the library up today and then back here to do my daily chores....but before I take off for the day, I wanted to share a card I had made for Kenny K's Challenge this week.......ENJOY!!!!!

Now how cute is this...lol...I thought this image was really cool to make another unusual Valentine's Day card....what do ya think? A little out in left field...lol.....

I used Cheyenne from Kenny K...the cactus from Graphics Factory....and the sentiment from Rodeo Randy Set from Boni Bleaux Designs....MS border punch...distress inks and I also used Krylon Antiquing paper spray....that's where the coffee looking paper comes from....I embossed it using Sizzix embossing folders and then just deeply sprayed the paper.....I just love how deep and rich looking it turned out..... here's the inside....isn't this little cupid (graphics factory) just the cutest....to me it looks like he's crashing through the sky to deliver a Valentine's....lol....

this is the left side...I used a rubber stamp from Sweet Pea...

this is the right side...I used one of those huge brads to add the greeting....

and here's what the spray looks like if you are interested...I purchased this from Mike's over in the spray paint section....there are other types of paper spray there as well...you ought to stop and check them out....play some...you might be surprised.....

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I am also entering this into:

PaperTake Weekly

Sweet Pea

StampIt Crazy

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Well that's all I have for today.....I hope you have a sunny day...hugs from Charm City....

OMG!!! Already!!!!!

Good Monday Morn blogland....I am sorry to report that the Steeler's did not take another championship......boohoo....but on a lighter note, Green Bay really worked for it so therefore deserve it...Good Job Packers....WTG!!! But we will see you next year...well I hope anyways....2 years in a row for my number one and two teams...now that would be a statistic for the future.....

Anywhoo, I have a really quick post today (forgot to post this yesterday) using some free images from Graphics Factory....all you have to do is sign up and you get to get free images...just make sure you read their policy.......ENJOY!!!!!!!!

right now I am so hooked on cowboy/rustic type images....do you have a special someone that totally forgets about Valentine's Day? Well why not send him a friendly reminder.....lol...the little cupid image is actually the colored image that I lightly colored in with distress inks...the saloon and cowboy are black and white images.....Recollections border punch...I hung some doo dads on a swirl paper clip on the side and some rhinestones at the top with the greeting....

well that's it for today...I'm sorry I haven't made trips to see everyone, but I will soon....very soon.....I miss everyone.....and I want to say a huge thank you for stopping in....Hugs from Charm City.....

the house that LOVE built-- paperbag

Wooty Woot!! It's Saturday...it is abit dreary outside though, but at least I'm not out in it today....thank goodness...our weather here has been tremendous...as I'm sure it has been where you live....so what better way than to stay inside and play......I made this card for the challenges over at Kenny K's (my favorite things) and Stamp Something (use a digi)......ENJOY!!!!!

I just loved this image from Kenny K (Carmen Electrafying) ...it reminds me of DH's secret fantasy of me coming home with a stamp like this....well he is just going to keep it a fantasy cuz it ain't happening....lol...not that I'm against these stamps, but my body is...things have already gone south, so this would not be a good addition...get my drift...lol....I paired it up with a Magnolia Haunted House...I added MS punches (favorite things...lol)...and on the gate punch I embossed using Distress embossing powder....I just love this stuff..it gives it a sandpaper feeling....paper from Making Memories.....colored everything in using distress inks.... and here (left inside of card) I used Dr. Strange Glove (use a digi) from BoniBleaux Designs.....lol...isn't he just dawling....I remember a cartoon with the Flintstones that there was a DR. Love or something like that...they were held captive in a castle with these flying dino's...anyone else remember that segment of cartoons they had on....or am I the only weird one.....I so can't remember where I got this saying from...sorry....

and here's the other side.....here I used rubber stamps from Stamp Scapes (fir row--tree trunk trio--crooked path)....and Inkadinkado (rolling hills--camper).....I masked the images as I stamped them to make a scene.....my thinking was that the main house was the waiting room and then when you went in to see Dr. Love you had to go down this pathway to the "exam room"....lol.....you can see the tag that pulls out from the right side pocket....

here's the tag...I just used another piece of embossed gate punch and made that into a handle to pull the tag out....added a brad that says love that was embossed to.....

the complete inside of the card.....

here's the tag...you can see the brad better with the embossing.....

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Well that's all I have for this dreary Saturday......I hope your day is filled with sunshine and alot of smiles.....hugs from Charm City......