KAITLYN'S BIRTHDAY

After a week off I'm back with this week's challenge at The Paper Players, and the lovely Claire has put together a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge for us. 

The Paper Players: PP664 - A Tic Tac Toe Challenge from Claire

I'm pretty sure that Claire's intent was that we would make a fall card, judging by the various elements in her grouping, but Friday was my youngest granddaughter's 9th birthday, and I thought I would take care of two things by using Claire's challenge to kick-start Kaitlyn's card. I chose the middle row across as my inspiration - patterned paper/die cut/sequins or enamel dots.

I started my card with a die-cut background from Papertrey Ink - "Birthday Bash", which I cut from white card stock. I stamped two adorable stuffed animals from AALL & Create (#249 "Dog Toys"), masking to overlap the images and colored them with Copic markers. I stamped a third one on a scrap of white and colored and fussy cut him. I mounted the stamped and colored die cut panel to a panel of patterned paper so that it would show through the circles and stars and attached all of this to a white 4-1/2"x 6" white card base. I added a fussy cut sentiment from Avery Elle's "Peekaboo Pets". I die-cut a PTI #9 twice - once from the same printed paper and a second time from a white card stock and glued them together so it would have a bit more thickness. I overlapped the fussy cut stuffed toy with the 9 and attached them to the face of the card with dimensional foam, lining up the 9 with the background stripes. The final step was to add several enamel dots in various colors and sizes, and a tiny, stamped heart on the little guy on the left. The coordinating envelope is made from lightweight paper.

PS: My granddaughter LOVED this card!

Anyway, have at it! Make any kind of card you wish - just make sure you've selected one of the horizontal, vertical, or diagonal rows for all of your elements - and share it with us. I always like the Tic-Tac-Toe challenges, and I'm sure you do as well! 

On a personal note: This "Birthday Bash" background die from PTI has been a favorite of mine for quite a few years and I've used it on many cards - most notably on this one I made 8 years ago for Kaitlyn's one-year birthday party:

  

I don't have a photo of the inside of this invitation, but I computer-generated the message "One year old is what you are!" plus the invitation information and a really cute photo of her. In the ensuing years between one and nine, this kid has become quite a force to be reckoned with!