Tic-Tac-Toe x2

Hi there! I'm working on a few challenges this weekend, and the current Paper Players Tic-Tac-Toe challenge jumped to the top of the pile:

Here's my card, then I'll explain:

 

I have The Heaplet to thank for this one.You see, as I was putting away things from my last card, I walked past The Heaplet (well, one of them, this one is next to the paper cutter) and I spied this piece of pretty textured purple card stock. When I looked at the challenge grid, I saw the diagonal of Purple-Embossing-Birthday, but I also looked at the bottom row of Patterned Paper-Ribbon-Purple. What you see here is Purple Patterned Paper with an Embossed Birthday sentiment, held to the card with Ribbon. Two, two, two rows in one card! Whoot! *ahem*

I pulled a piece of black patterned paper from the same Heaplet and put it under the purple layer for some contrast before I stuck it to the white card base.

That ribbon is some of the oldest ribbon in my collection, and yes, I'm quite proud I used a bit of it.

Once I got the idea in my head, this took about 15 minutes to execute. I think the most time I spent on any one part was warming up the heat tool for the embossing. Seriously.

Okay, I'm going back in for more. Thanks for stopping by!

Stuff I used: vat/pint of clear embossing powder purchased many, many years ago from Viva Las Vegas Stamps, misc ribbon, misc purple card stock, mist black patterned paper, hole punch, and the following:

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