Seize the Birthday #306 Use a Frame

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

Ashwini is our host for this challenge and she wants us to include a 'FRAME' on our Birthday Card.   If you are not in to our "toppings" option, you can make any kind of  Birthday Card.

I used Pinkfresh Decorative Frames Press Plate with Gold Foil - it worked beautifully!

The flowers and sentiment were also Hot-Foiled. 

You can see more from our own talented Surprise Party Guest 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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Happy Birthday AAA Challenge

 Hi there Crafty Friends! Guess who's having a Birthday? AAA Challenge are celebrating 10 years! Great achievement! 

This is a simple and CAS card using Spellbinders dies and Hotfoil plates. The cardstock is a shimmery blue, which is difficult to photograph. 

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

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Time Out Challenge #260 Striped

 Welcome back Crafty Friends. It's time for a new Time Out Challenge and this week we want to see STRIPES on your card.

I thought it was about time I used my Hot oil goodies and this is what I made...

All supplies are from Spellbinders.  The butterflies were coloured by sponging with Distress Ink. I used Hot Press water-colour paper and Altenew paints for the die-cut flowers. To finish I added a bit of bling from Uniquely Creative. 

This winner of our challenge will win a $25 credit from our generous sponsor - Lawn Fawn and will also have the chance to be Guest Designer in a future challenge.

 Our incredibly talented Guest Designer this week is  Karen Rogers of kareN stampZ

You can see more inspiration from our  fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. 

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

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Playing with Hotfoil and Die-cuts

 Hi there Crafty Friends! I made a card! Yay! You haven't seen any recent makes from me for quite a while because my Mojo has been sadly missing! However this week I received some new products, including some gorgeous Hotfoil Plates from Altenew. 

You probably can't see, but the card stock is a beautiful soft peach colour and is also shimmery. The foil colour is rose gold. It's very difficult to photograph, but you get the idea. I used Karin Markers direct to the stamp, spritzed and sprinkled a touch of Cosmic Shimmer Powder before stamping.

Stamp & Die Altenew Leaf Clusters

Hotfoil Plate and Die Altenew Exquisite Marble, Altenew Sweet Sentiments

I chose these colours when I saw the photo at this month's Altenew Inspiration Challenge. Mindy is the host and check out the photo she chose...

I'm also sharing this card at :-

A couple of months ago I had 2 of my wonderful (crafty) friends to stay for a few days at our beach house and that was the last time I've managed to make a card until today. 

Well I did manage to make a few that weekend, so here oner using gorgeous dies and Glimmer Hotfoil plates from Spellbinders. 

The embossing folder was a 'must have' as soon as I saw it, because it reminds me of pressed metal, one of my loves! 

I used a mix of shimmer and glitter card stock for the flowers.

I'm sharing this card at:-

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE

Anything but Square

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Another Collection of Cards to Share

 Hi there Crafty Friends. I'm still in a card-making drought, so I'll share a few more old (but never shared) makes.

First up is a card using some beautiful stamps and Embossing Folder from Altenew and a Hot foil sentiment from Spellbinders.

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE (moodboard)

Next up -  I felt it was about time I played in a 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge. I used to be on the DT and this is my first visit since then!

This cute stamp is from Colorado Craft.

I'm also sharing at :-

To finish , I have a card for Seize the Birthday Challenge using an old Sugarpea Designs stamp set I borrowed at a craft retreat.

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52 CHRISTMAS CARD THROWDOWN (TECHNIQUE NOV'22)

 It's the last challenge of the month at 52 CCT challenge and our host Fabiola, wants us to  use 'STENCILS' on our Christmas cards for the Technique Challenge. 

I mentioned in my last post about purchasing a gorgeous stamp/stencil/hotfoil/die co-ordinating set from Pinkfresh Studio. This time I used the Hotfoil Plates and Stencil to create a CAS Mixed Media card.

I embossed the card base with my favourite Stampin Up Embossing Folder.

The Ornaments were foiled with Spellbinders Black Foil. Although it's hard to see in the photo, it is very pretty. I used Pinkfresh Studio inks to colour them, using the stencil and an Altenew Blending Tool. The foliage is made with a Tim Holtz die and randomly embossed with gold ink.  The sentiment is stamped, gold embossed and die-cut. 

I hope you'll visit the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown blog to see what the rest of the team and our talented guest, Trina created with these colours and then be inspired to join in the challenge!

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