Monday, November 26, 2007

Tic Tac Toe, Anyone?




Hi!

I'm so excited about this project! I've been wanting to make one of these tic tac toe boards for a while, and the new images from C.C. Designs are just the perfect size! The adorable penguin is from the new Little Bit Kit Winter Playtime, and the darling Snowman is a Little Single Bit called Little Snowman. Both will be available December 7 at All That Scraps. This game really came together pretty easily. The images were stamped with SU! Basic Black ink and colored with Prismacolor Pencils & Turpenoid. I used SU! punches (1 3/8" circle punch and scalloped circle punch) to make the game pieces. The game board base is a 9 1/2 x 8" piece of Bazzill Nightmist Canvas cardstock. The playing board is a piece of BasicGrey Figgy 6x6 paper. I simply measured 2" squares and drew the lines with a Sharpie marker. It is matted on a 6 1/4" square piece of white cardstock. The header is a 8 1/2 x 1 1/2" piece of white cardstock. The letters were die cut with my Cuttlebug and Olivia Alphabet, and I used a Quickie Glue Pen to adhere them to the cardstock. Since the board will be handled quite a bit, I didn't want to embellish with anything that would pull loose or be in the way. I decided on a row of snowflake eyelets I found in my stash. The whole thing stores easily in a gallon-size food storage bag.

I thought this would be a great game to have on a snow day, when friends are over, or during holiday travel time! It would make a cute gift, too! My kids have already been playing with this one! Try making a tic tac toe game for your family or for a gift -- if you do, I'd love for you to leave a link here so I can see it!

Thanks for visiting -- I really do appreciate it so much, and I love hearing from you! Have a great day! :)

15 comments:

Dawn Easton said...

oh oh oh! I've GOT to try this with snowmen! Maybe I could use the Merry & Bright set?! I was going to do one of these in a little CD case so the kids to take it and go. Love your idea of having it out to play...it'll get tons of use! Christina you rock!

Tricia said...

Brilliant!! :) Such a great idea!! And those images are precious. :)

rt said...

Oh, this is cute!

Anonymous said...

OOOOH that is soooooo cute!!!! Darling job!!!!

Deb said...

So, so, so cute! What a fun idea - and great for little friends!

Anonymous said...

Such a great idea and totally adorable!

Ali Manning said...

This is very cute!

Dawn Easton said...

Thanks again Christina for this awesome project! I sat down and worked on this for the past couple of hours! I haven't loaded it to my blog but I did put it in my SCS gallery! I linked to your blog too!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/733340?cat=3256

Tracy said...

Love this idea!! Thanks so much for sharing!!

Carolyn King said...

oh my....this is just the most adorable thing ever! love it!!! Creative, clever, perfectly done!

Way to go---and you look so YOUNG to have four kids!!!

Tina said...

Wonderful and great idea!

Lauren (mytime) said...

Oh way cute!!!! I want one :D
And your Lulu card is precious too. Love the pop of black.

Anonymous said...

CUTE!CUTE! my girls love tic tac toe!!! Thanks for sharing!

Hope

Tip Junkie said...

Too cute! This would make a cute gift for a friend or neighbor.

a Seeker of the TRUTH said...

Awesome. great gift if your on a budget. truly inspirational. thanks for sharing.merry Christmas
hugs Julie