bodacious balloons

We are being very celebratory this week at Seize the Birthday... it's all about balloons! I have to admit that I have a hard time with balloons.  Luckily, when I was working on my cards, I had access to my friend's stash of balloon goodies.  I could decide which one of these to post so am sharing both of them... which one do you prefer?

Hope you can join in! Be sure head over to the blog and the team some crafty love.

Hope all is well in your world crafty friends.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday (blue & white) - 3.75"x5"

Stamps: A Muse

Ink: Versafine Black

Paper: SU! Soft Sky, white card stock
Accessories: SU! balloon punch, SU! maps embossing folder, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots & Swirl embossing folder, SU! word window punch, EK Success corner rounder punch, twine

Card details:

happy birthday - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: A Muse sentiment, SU! Balloon Celebration

Ink: SU! Lucky Limeade & Gorgeous Grape, Hero Arts turquoise ink

Paper: white card stock
Accessories: SU! balloon punch, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, SU! word window punch

terrific texture

Greetings crafty friends!  Hope your week is going well so far. I was lucky enough to have a four day weekend last weekend.  Three days is the normal Easter weekend but some places give the Monday off ... and my office was one of those places. We don't celebrate Easter but we did had a somewhat-productive, somewhat-lazy weekend. Hope you had a great weekend... whatever you got up to.

This week we are playing with texture over at Seize the Birthday. I used an embossing folder for the background and then layered the die cut for some extra texture. Blue isn't my favourite colour but I am pretty happy with how this turned out!

Hope you can play along with us this week!  Be sure to check out our special party guest, Tenia Nelson, to see her fabulous creation.  It's been great having her join us.  Also, give some crafty love to the rest of the STB DT and check out the blog for the rules.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the comments! Have a great weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday to you - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Memory Box Best Life Typewriter Sentiments

Ink: SU! Denim

Paper: SU! Soft Sky, white & scraps of blue
Accessories: SU! embossing folder, My Favourite Things die

celebrate you

Hey crafty friends... hope all is well in your world! Seize the Birthday this week is a free for all ... which I always appreciate.  Sometimes I find the themes a bit stressful... lol! Playing around with some goodies I have had for a while but haven't used much. Hope you like it.

The fabulous Tenia Nelson is with us as our Surprise Party Guest.  Be sure to give her and the rest of the DT some crafty love over at the blog.  You'll find all the rules & regs there as well.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the comments! Have a great weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

celebrate you - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Neat & Tangled

Ink: SU! Cool Caribbean & Crumb Cake

Paper: white & kraft, SU! Soft Sky
Accessories: SU! celebrate die, enamel dots

spring into spring

Happy spring northern hemisphere friends!  I think it *might* have finally arrived here but I'm not holding my breath... we often say "wait 5 minutes and the weather will change." ;)

Spring is our theme over at Seize the Birthday.... hope you can join us.  This card was inspired by one I saw at my *almost* local store Crafty Capers. There is some Wink of Stella on the heart but it's tough to se.

The super talented Tenia Nelson join us as our Surprise Party Guest for the next couple of months.  Be sure to give her and the rest of the DT some crafty love over at the blog.  You'll find all the rules & regs there as well.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the comments! Have a great weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

birthday wishes - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Hero Arts

Ink: Tsukineko Pearlescent Ivy

Paper: Jillibean Soup, SU! Very Vanilla
Accessories: EK Success corner rounder punch, My Favorite Things Heart Tree Die, Wink of Stella

dots & stripes

Happy Thursday friends! Hope all is well in your world. Not much new to report with me... haven't had much time to craft lately.  Busy with a bunch of other things... mostly fun stuff.

It's dots & stripes week over at Seize the Birthday! I tried to incorporate as much of both as I could... not sure if it's too much or just right! It is my favourite colour combination though. :)

Really excited to have the very talented Tenia Nelson join us as our Surprise Party Guest for the next couple of months.  Be sure to give her and the rest of the DT some crafty love over at the blog.  You'll find all the rules & regs there as well.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the comments! Have a great weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

birthday wishes - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Mama Elephant

Ink: SU! Real Red

Paper: SU! Real Red, My Favourite Things Black & White Basics patterned paper, white card stock, striped scrap

Accessories: circle punches, enamel dots, red ric rac

woo freakin' hoo

It's almost March crafty friends! I don't know about you but I'm wishing for spring in a big way. We had an unusual and excessive snow fall this month which was not fun... but I really shouldn't complain but we didn't have excessively subzero temperatures that some of the rest of Canada had.

Our theme this week at Seize the Birthday is make us laugh! I realize that I have very few funny stamp sets... because I'm pretty sure I used this set last time we had this theme.  Must remedy this... my friend and snarky card maker extraordinaire teammate Lindsey will be very disappointed in me. By the way, there is some Wink of Stella sparkle on the balloon but it's hard to tell.

Be sure to stop by the blog for all the rules & regs and to give some crafty love to our Surprise Party Guest Julie and the rest of the team.  

Happy March! Have a terrific day and wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:
Happy Birthday - 4.25"x5.5"
Stamps: Taylored Expressions Party Grumplings
Ink: Ranger Archival Ink, Versafine Black
Paper: SU! Night of Navy & Lemon Lime Twist, watercolour paper
Accessories: Derwent watercolour pencils, Wink of Stella, water pen 

floral CAS

Happy Thursday crafters!  I'm always amazing how quickly two weeks fly... here we are again with another Seize the Birthday challenge.  It's 'anything goes' this week... I made this one at my crafty retreat last month.  Really loving this colour (of course) so you may see it pop up fairly regularly here.... stayed pretty clean and simple with it.  I used a blender pen for some tonal variation and decided to go out of the lines to go along with the doodle flowers. Hope you like it!

Be sure to stop by the blog for all the rules & regs and to give some crafty love to our Surprise Party Guest Julie and the rest of the team.  

Thanks so much for stopping by...hope you have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:
Happy Birthday - 4.25"x5.5"
Stamps: Papertrey Ink (sentiment) & Stampin' Up! (flowers)
Ink: Versafine Black, SU! Merry Merlot
Paper: SU! glimmer paper and Merry Merlot
Accessories: SU! enamel dots, blender pen

b&w

Hard to believe it's the end of January!  Hope you've had a great month.  I had a great crafty retreat a couple of weeks ago... I wish I could do that once a month!

At Seize the Birthday this week we are doing black & white.  I always find this a bit intimidating but I got into a grove and managed to make two!  Hope you like them. Please forgive the misaligned enamel dots on the second card - didn't notice until I was posting the picture (*gasp*)

Be sure to stop by the blog for all the rules & regs and to give some crafty love to the rest of the team. 

Happy February and have a great weekend!

Always appreciate you stopping by.

Thanks,

Glenda

Card details:

celebrate - 4.25"x5.5

Stamps: Memory Box Best Life Typewriter Sentiments, SU! PS You're the Best

Paper:white card stock, My Favourite Things Black & White Basics patterned paper

Ink: Versafine Black

Accessories: Paper Smooches note card die, washi tape, enamel dots, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Card details:

happy birthday - 4.25"x5.5

Stamps: Memory Box Best Life Typewriter Sentiments

Paper:White & black card stock

Ink: Versafine Black

Accessories: Paper Smooches note card die, washi tape, enamel dots, SU! Maps embossing folder

happy stamping

Happy Thursday crafters!  The theme at Seize the Birthday this week is stamping.  I find it interesting that I started off paper crafting with stamping and now, so many years later, I quite easily make cards without stamping *gasp*. So I like that stamping was a must for this card.  Went kinda' clean & simple with this one... stuck with my favourite colour.  Hope you like it.

Be sure to stop by the blog for all the rules & regs and to give some crafty love to the rest of the team. 

I'm off to a crafty retreat with my friends this weekend!  I get to spend all weekend chilling out and crafting with some of my favourite people.  Zero responsibility. Pure bliss.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday - 4.25"x5.5

Stamps: Altenew Halftone Happy

Paper:White & black card stock, SU! Merry Merlot

Ink: Versafine Black, VersaMark, SU! Merry Merlot

Accessories: enamel dots, SU! Swirls & Curls embossing folder, A Muse white embossing powder, heat gun

confetti celebrations

Happy 2019 crafters!  Hope this year is treating you well so far.  No major complaints for me... I had a great Christmas and had a bit of time off. Did have to work a bit but I enjoy my job so it's all good.

So it's time to get back into the swing of things for Seize the Birthday. Before I get into the challenge, a few announcements. We had the fabulous Sandy step down from the team :( - her and her fabulous creations will be missed but hopefully we'll see her in the gallery a bit. So coming in to join the team is Cathy Roffey! Really looking forward to having her on the team.  Welcome Cathy! Also, we have a brand new Surprise Party Guest for January and February and that is Julie Beech!  Looking forward to having you play along with us Julie.

Our topping/option this week is confetti! This one was a bit tough for me so I went the easy route and just used some confetti patterned paper.  I started with a shaker card but wasn't totally happy with it so I made another with the leftover paper.  I'm sharing both with you... which is your favourite?

Hope you can play along with us!  Be sure to check out all the instructions over at the blog and give some love to the rest of the team.  

Wishing you all the best for 2019! Thanks so much for stopping by.  Always appreciate your comments.

Glenda

Card details:

Best Day #1 (non shaker) - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Avery Elle Pegasus Duo

Ink:SU! Bermuda Bay Ombre Ink Pad

Paper: SU! Lemon Lime Twist, glitter paper & confetti patterned paper; white card stock

Best Day #2 (Shaker) - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Avery Elle Pegasus Duo

Ink:SU! Bermuda Bay Ombre Ink Pad

Paper: SU! Soft Sky, Purely Pomegranate & confetti patterned paper; white card stock

Accessories: sequins, acetate, My Favourite Things stitched rectangles dies

Challenge Michelle a Christmas Card

I was lucky enough to be asked to play along with Michelle Lupton's Challenge me a Christmas Card!  I challenged Michelle to make clean and simple CAS Christmas card.

I took some shimmer paper and did some green splatter. Then gold embossed merry and stamped Christmas.  Next, I scored two lines along the left side and then adhered to the base. It's hard to see the shimmer and the gold embossing so I took a close up.

I really do love CAS soooo much.... so I whipped up another one!  Just did a quick watercolour over the snowflake and then added the sentiment.  Put a little sparkle in the centre (the second photo shows that).

So thrilled that Michelle asked me to play along!  Be sure to check out Michelle's fabulous card.

Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season. Thanks for stopping by. Always appreciate your comments!

Glenda

Card details:

Merry Christmas - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Lawn Fawn happy happy happy add-on

Paper: Stampin' Up Merlot and shimmer paper

Ink: Stampin' Up Merlot, Versafine Black, Mr. Huey's Bookworm Mist

Accessories: Gold embossing powder, scoring tool

Peace & Joy - 4.25"x4.25"

Stamps: Avery Elle Holiday Bouquet (sentiment), A Muse snowflake (retired)

Paper: Stampin' Up Very Vanilla, watercolour paper

Ink: Distress Ink Broken China, Stampin' Up! Merlot

Accessories: glitter, water & paint brush

Tag - you're it!

Happy Thursday friends and happy Thanksgiving to my American friends.  It's our last Seize the Birthday challenge for 2018 and we are playing with tags.  I played with my Distress Oxide - I've used them so rarely so I am still learning but I think this turned out ok.

Thanks so much to our fall Surprise Party Guest, Marianne!  She's been fabulous ... be sure to head over to her blog and give her some love.  Remember to head over to our blog as well... check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the team.  All the rules & regs are over there too. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a terrific holiday season and I look forward to seeing you in January!! I'll try to do a few posts in December.  

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday tag

Stamps: AlteNew

Paper: Ranger Tag, black card stock

Ink: Distress Oxide, Versafine Black

Accessories: washi, enamel dots, Happy die from Altenew

clean & simple

Seize the Birthday is doing clean and simple this week! This is my favourite style ... especially when I whip up something like this that I love. Red is usually my go to colour but I do love purple too but forget to use it... must remember to use it more often.

Check out our fall Surprise Party Guest, Marianne!  Be sure to head over to her blog and give her some love.  Remember to head over to our blog as well... check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the team.  All the rules & regs are over there too. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

celebrate - 4.25"x4.25"

Stamps: AlteNew

Paper: white & black card stock, SU! Blackberry Bliss

Ink: SU! Blackberry Bliss

Accessories: Simon Says Stamp you die, SU! enamel hear, EK Succses corner rounder punch

fall foliage

Thursday is almost done in my time zone so I'm just squeaking it in...my apologies for the lateness! Our topping this week at Seize the Birthday is foliage.  I have lots of leave stamps but couldn't make them work.... so grabbed some leafy paper.

Check out our fall Surprise Party Guest, Marianne!  Be sure to head over to her blog and give her some love.  Remember to head over to our blog as well... check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the team.  All the rules & regs are over there too. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

celebrate - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Paper Smooches

Paper: white, SU! Cajun Craze, scrap of patterned paper

Ink: SU! Cajun Craze

Accessories: twine, A Muse pearls, EK Success circle punch

celebrate you

Hey crafty friends! We are having a little reprieve from the fall weather with a whole bunch of sunshine this week!  I'm a summer lover so I'll take the warm temperatures.  I actually don't mind the rain in the winter either though... better than snow!

Seize the Birthday is 'topping free' so I started mucking around with some watercolouring and a vellum layer.  Hope you like it!

Check out our fall Surprise Party Guest, Marianne!  Be sure to head over to her blog and give her some love.  Remember to head over to our blog as well... check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the team.  All the rules & regs are over there too. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

celebrate - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Neat & Tangled 

Paper: black, grey & blue card stock, SU! shimmer paper

Ink: Versafine Black, Tim Holtz distress inks

Accessories: water, pant brush, sequins, vellum, SU! celebrate die