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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