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.
25 May 2023
make it pop!
11 May 2023
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!
27 April 2023
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?
13 April 2023
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.
23 March 2023
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.
10 March 2023
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.
23 February 2023
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).
09 February 2023
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!
26 January 2023
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.
12 January 2023
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.
24 November 2022
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.
10 November 2022
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.
27 October 2022
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.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a terrific day.
Glenda
13 October 2022
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).
Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a terrific day.
Glenda
09 October 2022
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...