We’ve made it through another week, and now it’s Friday again, which means it’s time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week we have a Tic Tac Toe challenge for you.  Use any three challenge ideas in a row from the following tic tac toe board to come up with the elements you need to include in your creation, along with a digital image.

I decided to go straight down the middle of the board for my card.  I chose the digital image of Rhubarb the bear holding a sunflower.  The corners of the image panel were punched to give the concave rounded shape, and then highlighted with teeny brads.  I drew in the grass by hand so Rhubarb wouldn’t look like he was just floating around randomly.  Although I do have the “I {heart} you” sentiment in digital form, I decided to use the clear stamp version of it today because it was easier to get that positioned on the card where I wanted it.

I also tied in one of the Splitcoaststampers.com Hope You Can Cling To challenges with today’s card.  Victoria’s challenge is to use strips behind the focal image.  I used three different colors of ribbon for my strips.  This was the first time I tried putting ribbon through my Xyron machine and using that for my ribbon adhesive.  It worked wonderfully, except that the ends of the ribbons that I peeled off the backing first frayed.  So I put those ends on the right where the focal panel covered that up.

We’ve had some changes in the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Design Team.  We’re sad to see several people leave, but happy that Cynthia and Tricia have joined us!  Please go check out everyone’s blogs, which are all linked in the left sidebar, and give them some bloggy love.  Then go play tic tac toe and share your creation over at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge website!  You have until midnight eastern time Thursday, October 11 to link your work.  We’d love to see what you create!

Supplies for today’s card:
Digital Image: Rhubarb’s Sunflower (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Sentiment Stamp: Love From Cocoa (SNSS)
Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip (Stampin’ Up); Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: printer ink; Chocolate Chip (SU)
Other: mini brads (Recollections); Apricot, Taupe and Chocolate grosgrain ribbons, ticket corner punch (SU); markers (Copic)