Welcome to another Seize the Birthday Challenge! Vicky chose feathers as the topping this week. I don't have any feather dies or stamps so I went with a bird. Tried to just make it simple and elegant. The card base is a dark purple - oh purple, how I love you but how difficult you are to photograph.
24 October 2024
fine feathers
14 October 2024
Case Me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton
It's that time of year again when I'm joining the fabulous Michelle Lupton with Case Me a Christmas Card. I'm always so honoured that Michelle invites me back!
10 October 2024
dazzling dots
26 September 2024
celebrate
Nancy picked our Seize the Birthday challenge this week - use the word celebrate. I have lots of celebrate stamps but wanted to try something different. Used a bunch of scraps for the letters and stacked some below to give some dimension. The martini glasses are done with silver paper and also stacked to give dimension.
12 September 2024
sensational stripes
At Seize the Birthday this week, Linda has challenged us to stripes! I love stripes but I decided to incorporate my stripes a little differently this time. They are subtly in the background, thanks to a embossing folder. I'm still always a little surprised when I don't use a stamp on a card - lol. Does that happen to you?
11 September 2024
a little note
It's a been a minute since I played along with the Color Hues Challenge but fall is definitely in the air and I'm feeling the rust and green colour combo. I got these Tim Holtz leaf dies recently and hadn't used them yet so thought it was a good opportunity. I smooshed a couple of Distress Oxides for the green (Mowed Lawn & Pine Needles) and swiped a regular Distress (Rusty Hinge) for the rust.
22 August 2024
rad retro
Our Seize the Birthday challenge this week was chosen by Jules and it's retro! Always fun. I love typewriters but don't have a typewriter stamp so borrowed one from a friend. I think of this colour combo and big stripes as being retro so thought it would make a good background. I tried to find a marker that matched the blue paper but nothing was quire right so I paper pieced it. The sentiment was printed off the computer and then I stamped around it.
08 August 2024
cute critters
At Seize the Birthday this week, JoAnn is getting us to play with cute critters. I have to admit I'm not usually a critter person but I do have a cute little shark die that I had never used and some new ocean dies... so that all made the task a little less daunting. Snagged a bunch of patterned paper and pulled together this little underwater scene.
25 July 2024
tic tac toe
Happy challenge day crafty friends! Lucky me - it's my turn to pick the topping at Seize the Birthday. I was trying to be creative so I came up with a tic tac toe board. Pick a straight line in any direction (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) and incorporate those three things on your card.
I went diagonal from lower left to top right. Not a surprise as I love CAS and slim line. I did a mini slim line for this card. These dies were a recent purchase and I thought the tall present would go really well on a slimline card. The colours on the gift were made using Distress Oxides.11 July 2024
fantastic fruit
Happy Thursday crafty friends and welcome to July! We are finally getting some hot weather here and I love it. It's time for another Seize the Birthday challenge and this time, Colleen has picked fruits for the theme. I don't have a lot of fruit stuff so I decided to have them be more of an accessory instead of the main part. I love these fun Happy Hour drink dies. I couldn't find the ice cube die from that set so had to improvise with the negative of a mesh die from another set (which I can't remember the name of). The drink and fruit colours are courtesy of Distress Oxides.
27 June 2024
sensational stars
Happy Thursday crafty friends. So hard to believe it's the end of June! It seemed to fly by for me. It's time for another Seize the Birthday challenge and this time, Cathy has picked stars for the theme. I recently got this die set and decided that would be the perfect way to add a star to my card. I also recently got some Distress Mica sprays so I used those too.
13 June 2024
double stencilling
Happy June crafty friends! We have a fun challenge at Seize the Birthday this week thanks to Barbara. It's double stencilling... I was nervous to try it (because I hadn't done it before) but it ended up turning out really well. If you want a demo, check out this video. I realized that a more open stencil was best underneath and a smaller/finer/more detailed one was best over top. The bottom stencil is from the Hero Arts Petals duo and the upper one is Tim Holtz Splash.
23 May 2024
magnificent metallics
Ashwini has picked the theme of metallics for our Seize the Birthday challenge this time around. My first card was completely different and didn't I didn't love it. So I went back to one of my standby techniques - alcohol inks. Much happier with this.
09 May 2024
beachy
Hope everyone is having a great May so far! Life is a little hectic as a started a new job on Monday but I'm looking forward to the new challenge. I have a few new crafty goodies too (not used on this week's card) and hope to have some time to use them soon.
Our beach theme for Seize the Birthday this week was picked by Vicki. I dug out an old wood mounted surf board stamp and did some watercolouring with Distress Oxides. The background is blended Distress Oxides. We took surf lessons when we were in Costa Rica late last year - so fun but really exhausting!
25 April 2024
off the edge
It's time for another Seize the Birthday challenge and Shirley has chosen off the edge. I love this challenge and decided to do a tipsy martini off the edge. There is a bit of sparkle (Wink of Stella) on the martini but it's hard to see.