Spring Tic Tac Toe

I wanted to show you my entry for the My Favorite Things Guest Designer Challenge -- to use animal stamps on your project. I love these challenges -- and I'd love to be the Guest Designer! Heck, I'd love to design anything for Kim and MFT -- I just love those stamps! :)

Remember the tic tac toe board I made for Christmas? I figured this challenge was a good reason to make a spring game! My little girls love to play tic tac toe, so now they have a couple boards to choose from! The altoid tin is from Gina K. Designs, and it will hold the game pieces when they're not in use.

This was fun to make -- not very complicated, just a lot of coloring! :) Thanks for visiting today -- I'll have a Mother's Day card to show you tomorrow! Have a great day!

Stamps: Eggstra Special Easter (MFT) Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black (Tsukineko) Cardstock: pink textured (Bazzill), Regal Rose, Whisper White Paper: Two Scoops 6x6 pad (BasicGrey) Other: Altoid Tin (Gina K. Designs), Copic Markers, 1 3/8" circle punch, scallop circle punch, white gel pen, Chick-A-Dee buttons (SEI), soft subtles brads, dimensionals, glue dots

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! :)