make it pop!

The Seize the Birthday Challenge this week, courtesy of Ashwini, is make it pop! I popped up my die cut sentiment using some alcohol ink letters.

Hope you can play along with us! Check out the blog for the rest of the marvelous creations from the DT as well as our  Surprise Party Guest Bonnie and previous winners Lisa and Deepti.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you have a terrific day.

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday - 4½" x 3¼"

Ink: Ranger Alcohol Ink

Paper: Yupo, white and black card stock

Accessories: MFT Happy Birthday Die, Sizzix Connect the Dots embossing folder

wonderful wheels

Our new challenge at Seize the Birthday, courtesy of Julie, is wheels. After much pondering, I went easy and CAS. I found ferris wheel patterned paper, inked the edges, foiled the sentiment and added some sequins.  I'm really happy with how it turned out - hope you like it too. Thanks for the challenge Julie!

Hope you can play along with us! Check out the blog for the rest of the wonderful creations from the DT as well as our new Surprise Party Guest Bonnie and our winner Alcohol winner Carol. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you have a terrific day.

Glenda

Card details:

Birthday Wishes - 5½" x 5⅜ "

Ink: Distress Ink - Hickory Smoke (patterned paper edges)

Paper: cream card stock, SU! patterned paper

Accessories: Spellbinders Hot Foil plate (sentiments), sequins, gold foil

bursting with balloons

Hey crafty friends! Hope you're enjoying spring or fall where you are. We might FINALLY be getting some warm temperatures here soon - can't wait. There is a joke that Canadians' favourite pastime is talking about the weather... I'm definitely feeling that lately.

This week at Seize the Birthday we are playing with balloons, courtesy of Vicki.  I had many iterations of balloon cards (that look nothing like these) before I settled on the first one. Then I was hunting through some stamps when I across a hot air balloon stamp that I had never used before so decided to make another one. Also found some patterned paper that I had been hoarding (surprise surprise) that suited the balloon well. The patterned paper is sparkly but it's hard to see. One sassy and one whimsical - do you have a favourite?

Hope you can play along with us! Check out the blog for the rest of the beautiful creations from the DT as well as our Surprise Party Guest Hilary and our Things in a Garden winner Claire. This is Hilary's last challenge with us - thank you so much for all of your fabulous creations!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a terrific day! Always appreciate your comments.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

Woo freakin' Hoo - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Taylored Expressions (cat and sentiment), Hero Arts (background)

Ink: VersaMark, Versafine Claire Nocturne, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks (for watercolour)

Paper: green and white card stock, Tim Holtz Distress White watercolour paper

Accessories: Glossy Accents, Tim Holtz water brush, MFT stitched rectangle dies, clear embossing powder

Happy Birthday - 5.5"x4.25"

Stamps: Unity (balloon), A Muse (sentiment)

Ink: Versafine Claire Nocturne, Versafine Black, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks (for watercolour)

Paper: grey card stock, Tim Holtz Distress White watercolour paper, American Crafts patterned paper (retired)

Accessories: MFT stitched rectangle dies, clear embossing powder, Trinity Stamps bling, Tim Holtz water brush

drinks & inks

Happy April everyone! Hope all is well. Here on the west coast of Canada it is mostly feeling/looking like spring although I would always be happy with warmer temperatures.

Our topping at Seize the Birthday this week is alcohol, courtesy of Shirley - this can be alcohol inks or alcohol images or both! I did both :). I've used these dies a lot - thought they were perfect for this challenge.  The embossing folder is a relatively new acquisition for me and I quite like it. This is also one of those cards that is a random size - I sized the card to fit the design, rather than other way around.

Hope you can play along with us! Check out the blog for the rest of the awesome creations from the DT as well as our Surprise Party Guest Hilary.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a terrific day! Always appreciate your comments.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

Cheers - 6.25"x4"

Stamps: none!

Ink: Ranger Alcohol Inks

Paper: green and white card stock, Yupo paper

Accessories: Hero Arts Martini Glass die, Paper Smooches Cheers die, silver foil, Tim Holtz Dotted Embossing Folder

glorious garden

Happy Thursday crafty friends! Hope you're having a great week so far.

At Seize the Birthday, our fearless leader Nancy has pick the theme of things in the garden. I recently got this ginkgo leaf stencil and I'm loving it.  I figure there could be ginkgo leaves the garden ... hopefully Nancy agrees.  I just did random blending with a few different Distress Oxide inks and I love how it turned out - CAS but striking.

Hope you can play along with us! Check out the blog for the rest of the glorious creations from the DT as well as our new Surprise Party Guest Hilary and the overall winner from our red, white & another colour, Anagha.

Thanks for stopping by! Always appreciate your comments.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

Hope your day is magical - 5.25"x5.75"

Stamps: Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole Totally Random Sayings Volume 2

Ink: Versafine Black, Distress Oxide inks

Paper: grey and white card stock

Accessories: Trinity Stamps bling, Taylored Expressions blender brushes, TCW ginkgo leaf stencil

card for a kid

My apologies crafty friends for this late post (it was supposed to up yesterday).  Life is a little non-linear for me right now - that's my excuse.  Haha.

Linda chose card for a child as the Seize the Birthday theme today.  I confess that I struggle with card for kids but when I was at my crafty retreat in January, I borrowed a great set from a friend and it made it easier! I coloured the images with watercolour pencils and added some foils splatters in the background.

Hope you can play along with us! Check out the blog for the rest of the fun creations from the DT as well as our new Surprise Party Guest Hilary and the overall winner from my initials challenge, Deborah.

Thanks for stopping by! Always appreciate your comments.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

Hope your day is magical - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: SU! Magical Day

Ink: black pigment ink

Paper: SU! patterned paper, watercolour paper, white card stock

Accessories: Spellbinders splatters foil plates, silver foil, watercolour pencils, Tim Holtz water pen

red, white and ... purple

I am thrilled with JoAnn's Seize the Birthday challenge this week because it incorporates my favourite colour - RED! She has asked us to do red and white plus one other colour.  I would normally go easy & safe and pick kraft, maybe yellow or orange.  However, I decided to really challenge myself and go with purple. I love purple too but it's not the first colour I think of to go with red. Let me know your thoughts... had fun playing with my new-ish hot foiler (confess to going through more than a bit of red foil to get that sentiment right).

I'm hoping you can join us to play along. What amazing colour combo will you come up with? Be sure to check out all of the colourful creations from the rest of the team as well as Surprise Party Guest Stephanie (thanks for playing with us for the last couple of months!) and previous winner Claire.

Thanks for stopping by and have a terrific day.

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday - 5"x3.5"

Paper: white card stock, SU! Blackberry Bliss

Accessories: Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foiling System, Hero Arts dots hot foiling plate, Pink Fresh happy birthday hot foiling plate and accompanying die, EK Success corner rounder punch, SU! enamel dots

interesting initials

It's my turn to pick them theme at Seize the Birthday! I was trying to find something unique for a theme so I chose something fun and personal - use your initials! 

For example - my initials are GJW so I could use things such as green, garden, jungle, jars, water, waves, etc.You can also use your first and last initial or perhaps all three, as a few of our Design Team Members have done. Lots of options, so I hope you have some fun with it!  

I have used all three - G (green), J (jewels) & W (waves)

We have Stephanie joining us as our regular Surprise Party Guest and Melanie Hungerford as our previous overall winner. Check out the blog for all of the fabulous designs.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a terrific day,

Glenda

Card details:

Wishing You the Best Birthday - 4.25"x5.25"

Stamps: Hero Arts Let's Celebrate (I seem to have a thing for this set lately)

Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Oxides, Versafine Black

Paper: vellum, white & black card stock, Distress heavy stock

Accessories: Honeybee gems, Tim Holtz dies, EK Success corner rounder punch, Taylored Expressions blending brushes, Altenew Ribbon Waves 3D embossing folder

colourful candles

This week at Seize the Birthday, Colleen has chosen the theme candles. I don't have a lot of options for candles in my stash so I decided to make my own with some washi tape. The flames were made by inking up some paper with distress oxides and then die cut with the drops from this die set.  Really happy with how this turned out - I credit my local crafty friends (J & D) with suggesting that I layer the flames.

Be sure to check out the rest of the creative creations from the rest of the team and our Surprise Party Guests. Hope you can join us!

Thanks for stopping by and have a terrific day.

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday to you

Stamps: none!

Paper: white and black cardstock

Ink: Distress Oxides Ink

Accessories: Spellbinders Artful Brush Etched Dies, Lawn Fawn happy birthday to you die, washi tape

wonderful wings

Happy 2023 to all! Wishing you all the best for the upcoming year.

The first Seize the Birthday challenge of the year is courtesy of Cathy and it is 'winged things'. Birds, butterflies... airplanes. Went very clean and simple with my card. 

We've changed up a few things for the challenge this year so please check out this post from Nancy with all of those details. One bit of good news from that post is that the fabulous Jules Peddicord is staying on the STB Team (most excellent news!). Also check out the creations from our DT and our new Surprise Party Guest, Stephanie. 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a terrific day.

Glenda

Card details:

Wishing you the best birthday - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Hero Arts Let's Celebrate, Stampin' Up Sent with Love

Paper: black card stock, watercolour paper

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Abandoned Coral, VersaFine Clair Nocturne

Accessories: corner rounder punch, Tim Holtz water brush, enamel gem, clear embossing powder

CASE the STB DT

It's our last Seize the Birthday challenge of the year.  So hard to believe! I fell like i say this every year but this year seems to have gone by so quickly... and it's been a weird year, that's for sure!

Barbara came up with a fabulous idea for a challenge - CASE a member of the Seize the Birthday Design Team.  So if you want to play along, head over to the STB blog and scroll through the DT posts to pick something that inspires you!  

I couldn't decide on just one so I picked two!  We have such great designers on our team.  The first one was inspired by this card of Nancy's. The mottled flower was made by splashing some water on the Distress Oxide ink.

This second one was inspired by this card from Jules.

Am sad to say that Jules is departing and heading over to Color Hues Color Challenge.  While I'll miss her here, I look forward to her creations over there!

Be sure to check out the blog for all of the team's creations.  Really looking forward to the gallery for this one too!

Enjoy the rest of your 2022 and all the best for 2023.

Take care,

Glenda

Card details:

Inspired by Nancy

Stamps: PTI

Paper: white card stock

Ink: Distress Oxides

Accessories: stencil and dies from Tim Holtz

Inspired by Jules

Stamps: Trinity Stamps

Paper: white, black and blue card stock, A Muse green shimmer paper, SU! silver paper, orange scrap

Ink: Versafine Black

Accessories: SU! Math embossing folder, Tim Holtz drink die, SU! circle punch

so many stars

It's so hard to believe that we at Seize the Birthday are on our last couple of challenges for 2022! This year seemed to fly by. First off, I'd like to welcome our new team member, Linda Snodgrass!  So great to have you joining us Linda.

This week's challenge, courtesy of Ashwini, is to use several of one thing. I made it easy on myself and used a stencil! The stencil, stamp and dies are all relatively new to my stash and courtesy of a couple of friends. 

Hope you can join us this week!  Be sure to head over to the blog to see the spectacular creations from the rest of the DT and our Surprise Party Guest, Åsa.

Always appreciate the comments!  Hope you have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend.

Thanks,

Glenda

Card details

Today is all about you

Stamps: Julie Ebersole/Ellen Hutson All About You

Paper: white and black card stock

Inks: Versafine Black, Tim Holtz Distress Oxides

Accessories: Julie Ebersole/Ellen Hutson All About You Die; star stencil

wicked colours

I'm really having a hard time believing it's November next week. In the spirit of the end of October season (lol), Vicki has chosen Hallowe'en theme for us at Seize the Birthday this week. I quite love these colours together and even though I'm not really a Hallowe'en celebrator, I thought I would build a Hallowe'en-ish sentiment. A little hard to see but the card base is dark purple.

Be sure to check out the blog for the rest of the fabulous designs from the rest of the team and our Surprise Party Guest, Åsa.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a terrific day.

Take care,
Glenda

Card details:

Wicked Wishes - 4.25"x3.75"

Stamps: Julie Ebersole/Ellen Hutson Stay Cool & Organic Elements, Cathy Zielske Simple Sentiments 2 (wishes), A Muse Wicked

Ink: SU! Blackberry Bliss & Tangerine Tango, Versafine Black, Distress Ink Mowed Lawn

Paper: SU! Blackberry Bliss and white card stock

Accessories: Honey Bee gems

fabulous faces

I have to admit that I was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to come up with something for Shirley's faces (human or animal) challenge for Seize the Birthday. Animals and people are not my strong suit! Then I remembered my new Abstract Faces dies from Tim Holtz.  I love how this turned out.  It's hard to tell the difference between the purple (card base, 'hair' and earring) and the black (face). 

Be sure to check out the blog for the rest of the fabulous designs from the rest of the team and our Surprise Party Guest, Åsa.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a terrific day.

Take care,
Glenda

Card details:

Have a Beautiful Birthday

Stamps: Hero Arts Let's Celebrate

Ink: SU! Blackberry Bliss

Paper: white card stock, green scrap paper, SU! Blackberry Bliss, Mango Medley and Soft Sky

Accessories: Tim Holtz Abstract Faces Dies, gems, SU! Maths embossing folder

Case me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton

'Tis the season for Case me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton. I'm always thrilled when Michelle invites me back! All the details on this fun project are here.

It's always a challenge to pick a card to CASE as Michelle is so talented and I love so may of her cards. This is card I made...

The card that I CASEd is this one layer CAS beauty...

Head on over to Michelle's blog to see her creation and what card of mine she chose to CASE!

Thanks again Michelle!

To all of my Canadian friends, hope you're having a wonderful Thanksgiving long weekend whether you are celebrating with friends & family or just chillin'.

Glenda

Card details:

Merry Christmas - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: A Muse - snowflakes; PTI - sentiment

Paper: white card stock

Ink: Versafine Black, Distress Oxide Broken China, Hero Arts white ink

Accessories: clear embossing powder, gems