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Around the World On Wednesday Blog Hop-July 2025- Tic Tac Toe and CASE with Gallery Blooms

Posted on July 9, 2025July 8, 2025 by Theresa's Treasures

Hello and welcome! I am Theresa McEntee, creator of Theresa’s Treasures Paper Crafts. Today I have the pleasure of participating in the Blog Hop with Around the World on Wednesday (AWOW).

2025 marks a special milestone. We are celebrating 5 fabulous years of creative inspiration together! In order to honor the occasion, we are CASEing (Copy and Selectively Editing) one of our talented members each month. This month we are happy to focus on Aurélie Fabre.

The AWOW team put together a thematic hop to give you some inspiration for your own crafting. Tic Tac Toe is this month’s theme.

I chose shadow, circle and texture from the Tic Tac Toe. Aurélie’s style is know for texture, techniques and layers. This made creating a card to CASE hers loads of fun!

My Project for today

This card was made using the Gallery Blooms stamp set and Dies. I used the Stampin’ Blends in: Secret Sea, Cloud Cover, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Calypso Coral and Peach Pie.

The leaves and flowers are die cut with the Gallery Bloom Dies from the Beautiful Gallery DSP.

The Pecan Pie cardstock circle is die cut with the Spotlight on Nature Dies.

The vintage-style is created by using a Sponge Dauber to apply Pecan Pie Ink to the edges of the DSP on each panel.

Supplies

Gallery Blooms stamp set and Dies
Spotlight on Nature Dies
Simply Said stamp set for sentiment
Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper (DSP)
Cardstock (cs): Pecan Pie, Calypso Coral and Basic White
Sponge Dauber
Ink: Early Espresso and Pecan Pie
Blends as stated above
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Mini Glue Dots
Stampin’ Up! Trimmer
Gold 1 1/2″ Open Weave Trim
2025-27 In Color Flat Pearls

Measurements

Pecan Pie cs card base: 5 1/2″ x 12″ (see pattern below)
Pecan Pie cs: 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ (to die cut the circle)
Calypso Coral cs: three at 3 3/4″ x 4″ and six at 1 1/8″ x 1 7/8″
Basic White cs: 3 5/8″ x 3 7/8″ and scrap for stamping the flowers
Beautiful Gallery DSP Calypso Coral design: two at 3 5/8″ x 3 7/8″
Beautiful Gallery DSP Grey Granite design: six at 1″ x 1 3/4″
Beautiful Gallery DSP to die cut the leaves and flowers

Pattern for Card Base

The pattern below is for Imperial measurements in inches. Note: The card that Aurélie did may have been in Metric, but I am only showing the Imperial.

The AWOW Team

I am so glad you have joined me today in this worldwide hug that stretches all the way from Australia to Alaska across twelve different time zones. Below is an image of the whole crew and where they are from around the globe. Such a talented and wonderful group of people! You will want to visit everyone to be sure to see all the fabulous projects!

We all love sharing the joy of creating with you through projects from our individual parts of the world. I hope that you will be filled with lots of inspiration!

See More Inspiring Projects

Blog Roll

Jan Clothier – NZ
Leonie Stuart – AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith – AU
Cheryll Miller – AU
Marga Bultena – NL
Ximena Morales – DE
Aurélie Fabre – FR

Kelly Taranto – US
Chris Smith – US
Theresa McEntee – US

Bree Renwick – US
Lori Willcox – CA
Teri West – US
Cheryl Hamilton – US

Thank you so much for visiting today. I hope you enjoyed learning more about our projects. Have a most wonderful day!

Theresa

Supplies

tams# 95065

Product List

165213 $53.00	163580 $35.00	163756 $17.00	147114 $9.00	161665 $9.00
166688 $10.00	161717 $14.00	122925 $14.00	166780 $14.00	165196 $12.50
165715 $9.00	165192 $8.50

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Cardz4Guyz Challenge #278- Things With Tails and Stampin’ Up!® Turtle Friends with the Stampin’ Blends Alcohol Technique

Posted on September 3, 2021October 26, 2021 by Theresa's Treasures

I have such an exciting and fun card to share today! The cute Turtle Friends stamp set and Turtle Punch come together with the Stampin’ Blends Alcohol Technique for this cute card.

Stampin’ Blends Alcohol Technique

What you will need to do this technique is 99% Isopropyl Alcohol, a plastic dish for the alcohol, a paint brush, a straw, vellum card stock and the Stampin’ Blends Alcohol Markers. I recommend the Stampin’ Up! brand of vellum because it is thicker than the other brand I tried. The thicker vellum doesn’t curl as much when it dries.

I cut my vellum card stock to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Using a light, medium and dark color of Stampin’ Blends Marker, I randomly colored in blotches to fill the paper. Here I am using Dark Fresh Freesia, Dark Highland Heather and Dark Blackberry Bliss. (For the turtle card, I used Dark Pool Party, Dark Bermuda Bay and Dark Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blends Alcohol Markers.)

I filled in the spaces for this piece with the Dark Misty Moonlight. Next, dip the paint brush in the dish with the alcohol in it, and then dab it onto the vellum card stock. You can blow through the straw to help the alcohol spread, making neat patterns with the ink. I used my Stampin’ Up! Heat Tool to spread the alcohol and also to dry it. Use the low setting so you don’t melt the vellum.

When the vellum card stock is dried, use a glue stick or spread the Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue in a thin continuous layer on the back. Adhere to a piece of Basic White Card Stock. Now you just get the other basic pieces for a card together and Viola! you have a fun and cool card!

Back to the Turtle Card

The Scalloped Contour Dies make the waves on the Vellum Alcohol Technique card piece, as well as on a 5 x 1 1/2 inch Misty Moonlight Card Stock piece. These were adhered together slightly layered, then adhered to a 5 x 3 3/4 inch Pool Party Card Stock embossed with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. Next, the Pool Party card piece was adhered to the 5 1/4 x 4 inch Misty Moonlight Card Stock. To finish, adhere the Misty Moonlight/Pool Party card piece to the front of a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch Basic White Card Stock card base.

Now for the turtles. The images were stamped onto Basic White Card Stock in Memento ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends Alcohol Markers in Dark Pool Party, Light Bermuda Bay and Light Misty Moonlight. Bermuda Bay ink was used to stamp the turtle’s shell. The little bird and the “Happy Birthday” sentiment were stamped in Misty Moonlight ink. I used a scrap of the Alcohol Technique card piece on the inside.