Two birds with one stone today…. MonoMonday and #tictactoechallenge – #tttc003 !!!  🙂

I am so excited to play along with these very talented designers from the Tic Tac Toe Challenge! I continue to be inspired by these paper crafters every single day!  🙂

Today’s MonoMonday …. it’s a Pool Party all the way down the wedding aisle!

Along with making this card for MonoMonday, this was my first entry into the Tic Tac Toe Challenge (#tttc003), where the necessary elements for the challenge were…Blue, Rectangle and Twine.

This beautiful floral image, as well as the sentiment is from the Floral Phrases stamp set. I used Pool Party ink throughout the project with both Pool Party card stock for the sentiment piece and a sheet of patterned Pool Party from the Subtles DSP for the card base layer.

There are several (rectangular) layers and here are the measurements:

• Card base – With Vertical Orientation – 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
• Pool Party Patterned DSP –  4″ x 5-1/4″
• Whisper White Layer – 3-1/2″ x 2-1/2″
• Pool Party Patterned DSP – 3-1/4″ x 2-1/4″
• Whisper White Focal Image Layer – 3″ x 2″
• Sentiment Pool Party Card Stock Layer –  4″ x 7/8″
• Sentiment Whisper White Layer – 4″ x 5/8″

After I stamped the floral image in Pool Party, I went back and randomly filled in parts of the image with the Pool Party Stampin’ Write Marker. I also added a little clear Wink of Stella to some areas of the flower (…really hard to see that though 🙁 )

After I arranged all the layers to my liking, I wrapped a few rounds of white twine around the end of the sentiment piece and tied a triple bow. I adhered the white layer of the focal image directly to the DSP, but for the top two layers, I used some dimensionals around the perimeter to make the floral image layer pop even more!  🙂

My finishing touches were a string of pearls from the Pearl Basic Jewels and just a few teeny tiny pearls were added randomly around the card. I also finished the envelope flap off by adhering a piece of the Pool Party DSP and trimming around the flap. (You know how I feel about naked envelopes 🙂 )!!!  I added some additional matting to the inside of the card and stamped the “Wedding Wishes’ sentiment from the Floral Phrases by just popping it inside the top right corner of the card…leaving plenty of space for someone to leave their own special message!

I hope you liked my MonoMonday and my TTTC3 challenge card for this week! I would love for you to leave me a comment and let me know what you think! All of the products I used for this project are now available for purchase. I have the items listed below.

When you do make a purchase, please remember to use the June Host Code – Y4BSSJQX  so that I can continue sending a free thank you gift at the end of the month! 🙂

If you are not currently working with a demonstrator, I would love to have you as a customer. I offer excellent customer service and free items with qualifying orders. And there is always that little thank you gift at the end of the purchasing month that I am happy to send you! If you would like a copy of the new Annual 2017-2018 Catalog, just email me and I will be happy to pop one in the mail for you.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments! I would love to hear from you!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you get a chance to visit again soon!

Happy Stamping!

Lori

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