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Tic-Tac-Toe for the Cardz 4 Guyz # 363

Jan 7, 2025 | Cardz 4 Guyz | 2 comments

Welcome to the first Cardz 4 Guyz challenge of 2025! Melanie, our host for C4G #363, chose Tic-Tac-Toe for the theme. You can find her game board below. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

Here’s my Tic-Tac-Toe card using the center vertical line using blue, snow, and winter sentiment:

Here’s the game board:

Measurements:

  • The Night of Navy base measures 8-1.2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
  • Trim a piece of Balmy Blue to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
  • After embossing a piece of white cardstock using the Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder, trim it to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
  • Trim a piece of DSP (I used the retired 12″ x 12″ Bearly Christmas DSP) to 4 by 2-1/2 inches
  • Trim a coordinating piece of DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
  • Don’t forget to punch a 1-inch circle from DSP and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
  • Use a piece of scrap Balmy Blue for the sentiment banner
  • Crop a snowflake from white cardstock using one of the Frozen Edges die set, but any snowflake die will work
    • HINT: I went down the proverbial rabbit hole in videos one night and stumbled across one for creating faux enamel looking die cuts. It’s so simple, and looks gorgeous – before cropping, add a piece of packing tape to the cardstock! I used it very often for my Christmas cards, and will be using it again and again for the rest of my card making time.
  • Trim a piece white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card

What I Did:

  • The only place where I used dimensionals was under the sentiment banner
  • I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the rest of the elements of the card, including the snowflake
  • Use an embossing buddy to wipe down a piece of cardstock for the sentiment banner
  • Stamp your sentiment using VersaMark ink and cover it with white embossing powder
  • Heat set your sentiment, then crop it using one of the Greetings of the Season dies
    • HINT: This bundle is being carried over from the mini-catalog which ended in December. If you need more dies for sentiments, I highly recommend this set! Take a look at the different dies below:
  • I used a Balmy Blue marker to outline both the embossed white cardstock and the sentiment banner
  • Stamp the snowflakes on the white cardstock for the inside corner in Balmy Blue
  • Use Night of Navy ink to stamp the sentiment
  • Finally, add a clear ribboned adhesive backed enamel to the center of the snowflake
  • With that, you’ve finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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What’s New?

It’s a new mini-catalog!

It’s Time for Sale-a-Bration!

Both of these promotions start today, January 7, 2025. Take a peek at some of the items from the mini-catalog & Sale-a-Bration:

SAB:

Mini-Catalog:

Since the Mini-Catalog and Sale-a-Bration are not live at the time that I am writing this, I can only share a few images. However, the digital catalogs will be available when this post goes live.

Again, thank you for stopping by!