Seize the Birthday #323 Add a Tag

 Hi there Crafty Friends! It's time for another Seize The Birthday Challenge.  

Jules is our host for this challenge and her chosen Topping is for us to 'Add a Tag' to our Birthday card.    If however you are not in to our 'toppings' option, you can make any kind of  Birthday Card.

I decided to use some of my old and coveted patterned paper from Basic Grey and made 2 cards using the paper and a new (to me) co-ordinating stamp/die set from Pinkfresh Studio.

Stamp & Die Set:- Keepsakes of the Heart

Sadly, I've forgotten the brand for the tag. I think it's Avery Elle, but it's at our beach house. 

You can see more from our talented Surprise Party Guest, Jennie, as well as Leslie our Guest Designer and the rest of the team at  Seize the Birthday Challenge blog.

I hope you'll find time to join us. Remember, the topping is optional, so if you prefer Anything Goes, that's fine,  so long as it's birthday themed. 

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PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE MARCH'26 Reminder

  It's the 3rd Saturday of the month, so it's time to remind you about  Penny Black Saturday Challenge.  This month our theme is 'ANYTHING GOES' or Optional: 4 Legged Friends.

Once again I used a stamp from Penny Black Puptastic Stamp set. I really love the look on this dog's face! 

You can see more inspiration from our talented Design Team at our blog. 

I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

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Time Out Challenge #309 - Theme Chalenge

 Hi there Crafty Friends! IA new challenge has begun at Time Out and it's a Theme Challenge. 

The theme is to 'USE A CLEAR ELEMENT OR ELEMENTS ON YOUR PROJECT'.

Think sequins, enamel dots, gemstones, stickers, and nylon thread,  to name a few. Also, clear elements like acetate sheets or window plastic can be used on handmade cards to create shaker windows, floating elements, interactive overlays, or full transparent card bases.

I have made a Shaker Card, but instead of using Acetate, I recycled a clear bag, which is much easier and less fiddly. 

Well this is a riot of colours, isn't it?!!

Although I toned the colours down a bit.

The cute stamp set is from Stamping Bella. I coloured the images with Polychromos. I had to add the strip of patterned paper to give the girl somewhere to stand:)

 The arch die is from The Greetery and the strip sentiment is from Uniquely Creative. 

The background of the window was smooshed with Distress Inks. 

You can see more inspiration from our talented Guest Designer, Verena Shapiro of Simple Stamper,  and the rest of our fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. 

I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

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Seize The Birthday#322 Use Green as Main Colour

 Hi there Crafty Friends! It's time for another Seize The Birthday Challenge. 

JoAnn  is our host for this challenge and with St Patrick's Day coming up soon, she wants us to Use Green as Main Colour. Of course, if you are not in to our "toppings" option, you can make any kind of  Birthday Card.

I took this opportunity to make a card that would suit any Gender. 

The background stamp is from Penny Black. I used various shades of green Karin Markers.

The Dragonfly die is an old fave, also from Penny Black.

The sentiment is another oldie from Taylored Expressions. 

We have a new Surprise Party Guest joining us this month - the talented  Jennie Maier.  

We also have Valerie from INKspirations  joining us as Guest Designer. 

You can see their gorgeous cards and more from our  talented Design Team at  Seize the Birthday Challenge blog.

 

I hope you'll find time to join us. Remember, the topping is optional, so if you prefer Anything Goes, that's fine,  so long as it's birthday themed. 

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PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE MAR '26

 Hey there Crafty Friends! It's the first Saturday of the month, so we have a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge up on the blog. 

Our theme this month is 'ANYTHING GOES or the optional twist 'Four-Legged Friends'.

I created a scene with stamps from Penny Black Puptastic Stamp set and patterned paper.

These dogs are so cute!

If you'd like to be considered for a guest designer spot for a future challenge, please add 'GDT' after your name on the link-up...and remember to check back to see if you've been chosen!

 You can see more inspiration from our talented DT at our blog. I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

I'm also sharing my card at the following challenge:-

                       I Spy With My Little Eye ........Something You Love (Challenge No. 34)

I love my Dogs and who doesn't love a duckling:)

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TIME OUT CHALLENGE #308 CASE the Designer & Celebrating our Birthday

 Hi there Crafty Friends!  

It's time for a new TIME OUT CHALLENGE. This week we want you to CASE a gorgeous card made by the uber talented Stef Perry of Perry Papercrafts.   We are also celebrating our 12th Birthday! Woohoo! Read all about the history of Time Out at our blog.

I made 2 cards because I was so inspired by Stef's card!

this is Stef's gorgeous card...

My CASE is very literal, but I love red roses and  so I have probably not changed much from the Muse card, except that I used one flower and Watercolour instead of Copic colouring. In my first card I changed up the layout. 

The stamp is one of my very favourite, from Stampers Anonymous, called French Garden.  Is used Karin Markers direct to stamp and blended with water on the stamp and then on the card. 

The Embossing Folder is from Stampin Up. The Sentiment in the above card is from Spellbinders. 

Instead of a sentiment in this card, I added some script and a label for a Vintage feel and gold splatter. 

Waffle Flower Crafts is our generous sponsor offering a $25.00 store credit as a prize for our Challenge Winner, who will also get an invitation to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

We have the very talented Verena Shapiro of Simple Stamper (on Instagram) as Guest Designer for this challenge.

You can see Verena's beautiful card and more inspiration from the rest of our fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. 

We are so happy to be celebrating our 12th Birthday and 

hope you'll have the opportunity to join us this challenge.

I'm also sharing my card at the following challenges:-

STAMPING SENSATIONS 

Theme: Spring (1st card)

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Seize the Birthday - #321 Anything with Wings

  Hi there Crafters! It's Jenny here and I'm so happy to be hosting this challenge for Seize the Birthday. I've always been addicted to butterfly, dragonfly and bird stamps/dies etc and I don't think I'm the only one, so I hope you enjoy the Topping I've chosen ... 'Anything with Wings'.

I've used Primacolor Pencils again to colour this gorgeous image from Penny Black Stamp called Perch.

I was colouring every day when I was non weight-bearing after foot surgery and I need to get back to it again, because practice definitely helps. I made this a few months ago and it was one of my best efforts.

Our Surprise Party Guest is Helen Brammer from Helen's Craft Haven.  We also have Rachel joining us as Guest Designer. 

You can see Helen's gorgeous card and more from our  talented Design Team at  Seize the Birthday Challenge blog.

 

I hope you'll find time to join us. Remember, the topping is optional, so if you prefer Anything Goes, that's fine,  so long as it's birthday themed. 

I'm also sharing my card at the following challenge:-

              Garden Party No. 12 - Anything in (or from) a Garden

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