C24C - Tic Tac Toe ....

... Morning! It's the first of the month and that means we have a new challenge for you at Christmas 24 Challenge - C24C#29. For the next two weeks we have a Tic-Tac-Toe grid for you to pick a line and use on your Christmas card. I picked the left hand line down - Die Cuts, Design Paper and Pearls. Here's my card:

Stamps: Uniko - Peace on Earth

Inks: Gina K - Soft Stone; Memento - Grape Jelly

Dies: MFT - Very Merry and Bright

Accessories: White Card; Kaisercraft DP - Christmas Jewel; Pearls

I'm submitting this card to Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - FNF#512 where the theme is Christmas.

This is a quite clean and simple. I found a piece of Christmas design paper which is bold and has lovely foiled snowflakes and used the large word die to cut the greeting. I used the negative space piece to help position the words, removed the paper and left the words bold on a white card. In my stash I found a strip of tiny black pearls exactly the right length and placed them below the word bright. A nice clean, simple card. On the inside, I cut a piece of design paper for the mat layer and on the white panel I stamped a couple of doves in soft grey and added a sentiment in purple.

Using this large die made it very easy to make a second card. I used the negative space left in the design paper on a black card:

Stamps: Uniko - Peace on Earth

Inks: Gina K - Soft Stone; Memento - Grape Jelly

Dies: MFT - Very Merry and Bright

Accessories: White Card; Kaisercraft DP - Christmas Jewel; Pearls; Glitter Paper

I used a piece of pale lilac glitter paper to go behind the design paper as the black card didn't give enough definition to the letters. I trimmed the paper to be slightly smaller than an A2 card. I added lots of tiny dark grey pearls to the centres of the snowflakes. The pearls in the letters are where the snowflake centres would be. On the inside, I used the glitter paper for the mat layer and stamped the same doves and words on the white panel.

This was fun. Using the large word die made it easy to make two cards at once. I really enjoyed seeing all the lovely cute animals cards for our last challenge. I can't wait to see what you make using the Tic-
Tac-Toe grid. Don't forget to visit our Christmas 24 Challenge blog to see more inspiration cards from the rest of the design team.

Before I go, I'd like to wish all my family and friends living in Wales

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

The national flower of Wales is a daffodil and there are some flowering in my garden - spring is on the way. Bye for now - see you again soon.