Beautiful You - Joy Of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge #JOSTTT0015

Welcome to another Tic Tac Toe Challenge.  This month our grid has been chosen by Laure Awsom Geffert. I confess I struggled with this grid - partly because I left things until the very last moment again!  When will I ever learn?

I decided to use Silver, Weather and Paper Piecing for my project.

I had a quick look on my stamp set shelves and came across a set called Beautiful You.  I have used this set a lot but for some reason, I have not it used for a long time.

I love the artistic feel of this stamp set and, as I fancied a spot of colouring it was perfect the perfect choice.

Here are the colours I used for my project.

Crumb Cake

Petal Pink

Pool Party

Pretty Peacock

Here is my project.

To create the Beautiful You card

Pool Party 29 cm x 10.5 cm scored at 14.5 cm

Pretty Peacock  10 cm x 14 cm

Watercolor Paper 9.7 cm x 13.7 cm

ww 10 cm x 14 cm (regular weight card)

To create the panel

First stamp the image using Stazon ink.  I then used an Aqua Painter and ink squished into the lid of a Pool Party ink pad to create a feint watercolor wash around the image.

I made a mask by stamping onto a sticky note and cutting out.  Place over the stamped image.

I used an image from a stamp set called Very Versailles and second generation Pool Party ink to create a background.

Top Tip

I always save any masks in the stamp case so that they are ready the next time I need them.

To colour the image

I used an Aqua Painter to colour the image and the following colours of ink:

Crumb Cake - hair

Petal Pink - skin

Pretty Peacock - dress

To assemble the card

Adhere the stamped panel to the Pretty Peacock layer with Tombow.  I find Tombow works best with this heavy weight card, especially when it is still slightly damp.  Did I mention I was making this project at the very last minute?

A piece of the lovely Scalloped Linen Trim has been wrapped around the panel, adhered on the reverse with double sided tape.

I then used dimensionals to adhere the panel to the card front.

I stamped the umbrella onto a scrap of Designer Series Paper and carefully cut out and adhered to the umbrella with Tombow.

I stamped a sentiment onto a panel of ww using Stazon and added and some branches stamped in Pool Party ink.  I also stamped on the envelope.

At this point I realised I had forgotten something; something rather important. The silver  element of the challenge!

After a frantic search through my embellishment stash I came across some Metallic Pearls - oh the relief!  I added several to the branch on the front of the card.

Here you can see all three elements of this challenge in one tiny photo - silver, weather and paper piecing.

Here is the completed card and envelope.

So pleased I pulled the Beautiful You stamp set off the shelf; I enjoyed colouring this lovely image using two of my favourite colours and, I know just the person to send this card too!

Why not head over the the Joy of Sets Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team have made of this fun challenge HERE there are some lovely projects this month!

If you haven't tried a Tic Tac Toe challenge before or a box card why not give it a go; if you are stuck in a rut or suffering from crafter's block you might just find it useful!  You can also enter our challenge and share your project - there is a chance you could be our next guest designer and hop along with us next month! 

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. 

Thanks to Laura for choosing our grid this month and to Fiona for keeping organised! 

Happy crafting.

Susan xx

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