Welcome back! I am back from a few days of R&R and getting in a quick clean and simple card for a few challenge deadlines. Playing with: Shopping Our Stash (#556) for the subject; Seize The Birthday (#313) to add some embossing; Krafty Chicks (#786) for the card style and sharing with We Love StampingContinue reading “Special Delivery – A Cat in the Bag”
Category Archives: Seize The Birthday
Layers of Beauty – Birthday
Welcome back! Hoping you are having a wonderful Saturday. Play time! The challenges: Double Trouble (#198) and the 3-2-1 game (Layers, Patterned Papers, Sentiment) with a twist to create a Fan Fold and use the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#677) Layout. Additionally, I was influenced by Seize The Birthday (#312) to use Black andContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Birthday”
Amber Autumn – Birthday Plaid
Welcome back! Happy Friday. Hoping you have great plans for the weekend. Playing with Claire’s current color suggestion from Paper Players (#750) and the Seize the Birthday (#297) No Flowers theme. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base and the Acorn Branch was popped up with Dimensionals. A funContinue reading “Amber Autumn – Birthday Plaid”
Epic Celebration – You’re Awesome
I have the pleasure of being invited to be Guest Designer with Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#8) for August. As always, the theme includes Birthday, Engagement, Wedding, Anniversary and Sympathy (BEWAS) with an option. This month the option is International Youth Day. I opted to create a Teenage Birthday card with a Back-to-School twist.Continue reading “Epic Celebration – You’re Awesome”
Hello Cupcake – A Fabulous Birthday
Hi again! Catching up from being on holidays and those deadlines that I still have a chance to meet. Birthday time: Seize The Birthday (#309); Inkspirational (#346); and Ellibelle’s I Spy (#28). Choosing the Inspire Create (#197) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Hello Cupcake – A Fabulous Birthday”
Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday
Welcome back! Glad to be back. We had a 24-hour power failure due to those strong pop-up summer storms yesterday and I think I had withdrawal symptoms. Anyway, catching up with Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog featured stamp set, Gallery Blooms, and pairing it with the Color Hues (#112) Palette and selecting to create aContinue reading “Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday”
Charming Day – Floral Impressions Birthday
Hi again! Isn’t it fun when you have some time to play and create? Trying to get ahead so I have time to enjoy the weekend Seize the Birthday (#307) gave us the option to create a Fancy Fold card, and I tried my hand at a Gate Fold Book Bind using the lovely Facebook’sContinue reading “Charming Day – Floral Impressions Birthday”
Bella & Friends – Birthday
Indulge me…Stampin’ Through The Catalog featured Artisan Constanze Wirtz yesterday and we are invited to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) her card. Constanze created a CAS (clean and simple) card, a favorite style of mine, featuring Animals, Die-Cut Framing, soft coloring and a ribbon. These are my takeaways. My design choices were influenced by: FarmContinue reading “Bella & Friends – Birthday”
Have The Best Day – Gallery Blooms
Welcome back! A busy day ahead, so getting this card done first thing. Happy Wednesday. Those April Showers sure begat those May Flowers and that is the order of the day. The challenges: Inspired by (#335) Pretty Florals and Wood Elements along with the suggested Sketch; Seize The Birthday (#305) to add Flowers; Four SeasonsContinue reading “Have The Best Day – Gallery Blooms”
Textured Botanicals – Happy Birthday
Welcome back! A new day and a few new challenges…and the end of the month. Both Just Us Girls (#772) and Seize The Birthday (#304) have technique challenges to use Stencils. Over at Addicted to Stamps & More (#491), we are challenged to Make Our Mark, and I am making mine with a few self-madeContinue reading “Textured Botanicals – Happy Birthday”
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