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Thursday, March 14, 2024

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY ~ a card and matching tag!

Hi friends!
Jules has a fun challenge for us this time at SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY!
The Topping is to make a coordinating tag and card combo!

Here I used MFT:  RAM Number Fun 3 because I have a grandson who will be celebrating his 3rd birthday next month!  I love all the Number Fun stamps she has made, it makes it easy for those kid birthday cards!  And he happens to love Giraffe's!!
 
Please join us with your tag and card combo, we would love to see your card in the gallery! 
And please do check out all the inspiration at the STB blog with our designers and our Party Guests:


Heart Hugs, friends!



Friday, March 8, 2024

COLOR HUES # 82 ~ TURQUOISE & GREEN

Hi Friends!
I love this combination!
This is one of my favorite older stamp sets from Altenew called "Best Mom"
I colored it up with copics in the turquoise and green colors and did a partial die cut with it and added a PTI soft stone striped designer paper to the bottom. The turquoise gems are from Pinkfresh and the sentiment is from an older PTI set called Happy Hydrangea.
 

Heart Hugs, friends!



Thursday, February 22, 2024

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY ~ RED AS MAIN COLOR

Welcome to another SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE where our Hostess is JoAnn and the topping is using RED as the main color on your birthday card!


Here I used a Lisa Horton EF:  Buttercup Bloom.  It comes with an outline die cut which is really nice because it gives all the impressions in the leaves and flowers from the embossing folder.  So I cut it twice once with white card stock and then red.  I managed to cut out the red flowers and leave the white leaves.  I did dab on a bit of Lunar Paste:  slippery when wet on the center of the flowers.
My sentiment is from MFT:  Anything but Basic Birthday Wishes
My red coverplate is a Pinkfresh Floral & Diamond Tile Coverplate that I decided to cut at an angle.
 
We have lots of inspiration for you over at the blog from all our Party Guests and the Design team.]
Please welcome:
 
 
I look forward to seeing your card in the gallery! 

I did make another mostly red birthday card and thought I would share it also:

I used a Spellbinders: Hearts EF, 
Penny Black:  Together Forever (bear with balloons)



Heart Hugs, friends!



Thursday, February 8, 2024

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY ~ SPLATTERS by Glenda

Hi friends!  Today it is all about "splatters" on our birthday cards for Seize the Birthday.
Glenda is the lead on this challenge!

I used the same fun SSS Party Balloons embossing folder that I used in January, this time I ink blended some greens and blues on my card before embossing it. This particular ef comes with one balloon die, so I cut out a couple of balloons and strategically placed them over 2 balloons.   I added some Twisted Crepe dies from the Greetery cut with gold mirror paper and the sentiment is a PTI DIE.  I splattered with gold ink to tie it all in.  
I think this card is fun and festive!
So the challenge is to use splatters on your birthday card, that is the "topping", if you don't want to use the topping, then you are free to make any kind of birthday card and still play along with us!
See you in the gallery! 
And please check out the design team with all their fun inspiring splatters!
Our Special Party Guest for the next two months is Deborah Wheeler


Heart Hugs, friends!



Thursday, January 25, 2024

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY ~ KRAFT + ANOTHER COLOR

HI FRIENDS!
Today I am hosting this Seize the Birthday Challenge 
I decided it would be fun to have a color challenge, I love KRAFT with just about any other color, today I am using aqua, but I am going to let you choose what other color you would like on your card to go with the kraft!  If you don't want to play along using the "topping", you can still be a winner by joining us and just make a birthday card!
I used a PTI Birthday Balloon stencil with Peacock Oxide ink.
My die sentiment is from Altenew.
 
I am excited to see your kraft + a color on a birthday card!  I will see you in the gallery!
And don't forget to check out our design team, they have amazing cards for your inspiration!

 

Heart Hugs, friends!



Thursday, January 11, 2024

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY ~ wet or dry embossing by Cathy

Welcome to the first challenge for SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY for a NEW YEAR friends!
Happy 2024!!

Cathy is our host and is asking us to do dry or wet embossing on our birthday cards!
So many fun embossing folders out there and especially new 3-D ones!

This card was inspired by one made by iminhaven she used the same SSS party balloons folder but a different sentiment die.  I loved it!  I bought this folder because it had balloons on it and so I knew it would be used a lot, then I saw the card by Lisa on IG and knew I wanted to try my hand at it!
My sentiment die is from GinaK: birthday with a shadow die
I used a variety of bling from Pinkfresh.

I really love all the white space and the simplicity of this card design, thank you Lisa (even though you don't know me) for the inspiration!

Friends, I hope to see you in this new year with more birthday cards and this time find a new or old embossing folder and join our challenge.
 
As always the design team has more cards to inspire you, you can always make any kind of birthday card if you don't want to use the topping of "wet or dry embossing".! 

And we have THREE SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US who have fantastic inspiration for you as well!
LOLL: HERE
KAREN:  HERE 
MARINA:  HERE

Heart Hugs, friends!