This week at Seize the Birthday we have a terrific challenge courtesy of Jules. We are creating cards wtih matching tags. I used the cone flower stamp from one of my favourite stamp sets from Taylored Expressions & Lori Craig, Field Notes.
14 March 2024
dynamic duo
05 March 2024
turquoise & green
22 February 2024
regal red
I was over the moon when I saw JoAnn's theme for this week's Seize the Birthday challenge. It's RED! It's my favourite colour. I went very CAS so the red would shine - the splotches remind me a bit of flower petals. The sentiment is one I love but haven't used it for a while. Hope you like what I've come up with.
20 February 2024
Colour Hues - Lilac & Mint
For some reason, I seem to gravitate towards colour challenges that will REALLY challenge me. This time it's lilac and mint from Colour Hues. I don't have any trouble with the darker purples and greens but this pastel combo is challenging! Used some Distress Oxides to make a smooshed watercolour background, and then stayed CAS with the rest ... hope you like it.
08 February 2024
sassy splatter
Happy Thursday crafty friends! It's my turn to pick the theme at Seize the Birthday. I went for something fun and easy - splatter! I decided to do some rainbow splatter with my Distress Oxide inks. I was having trouble figuring out how to finish the card (there were a few different starts) and was then inspired by this card by my friend Cheiron.
25 January 2024
krafty
Welcome crafty friends! At Seize the Birthday this week, Colleen has chosen the theme kraft plus another colour. I love using kraft so whipped up two cards with different colours.
11 January 2024
elegant embossing
Happy 2024 crafty friends! Hope the new year is treating you well so far.
Cathy has chosen wet or dry embossing for the first Seize the Birthday Challenge of the year. I inked up an embossing folder with some distress ink. Love how it turned out!
23 November 2023
falling
Welcome to Seize the Birthday's last challenge of 2023. Wow! So hard to believe. It's been another fun year and I look forward to all the fun challenges in 2024.
Barbara has chosen fall stuff for our challenge this week. I have some long retired pumpkin stamps that I pulled out for this. I used some Distress Oxides with some water & paint brush and 'painted' right on the stamp. I love how they turned out and made a few more cards similar to this for some fall birthdays.
09 November 2023
natural neutrals
Be sure to pop over to the blog to check the rest of the terrific creations and give some love to our new Surprise Party Guest Loll and previous winner Jolanda.
26 October 2023
starry sky
We are looking skyward at Seize the Birthday this week. Vicki chose 'add a sky'. I am not very good at making scenes so I just decided to do a starry sky. I blended some Distress Oxide inks and then did some white splatter. Pretty happy with how it turned out!
12 October 2023
hot pink & lime
Happy crafty Thursday friends! For Seize the Birthday this week, Shirley has chosen the colour combo hot pink & lime. If you visit here often you know that my relationship with pink is a little tenuous - lol. However, I love green and do like pink and green together. I picked up these cone flower dies recently (thanks to seeing how well Nancy uses it!). Tried to keep this pretty CAS - brushed some Distress Oxide on to the pink card stock to give it a little more depth. The leaves are Distress Oxide ink on white card stock.
Be sure to pop over to the blog to check the rest of the bold creations and give some love to our Surprise Party Guest Stephanie and previous winner Karen.
28 September 2023
regal repetition
It's another crafty Thursday for the Seize the Birthday team. Nancy has chosen repetitive die cuts and I *might* have bought this new die with this card in mind. ;) I must confess that I just LOVE how this turned out and sent to a good friend whose birthday was yesterday. (I did NOT love all of the gluing that was involved though - lol). The leaves are patterned paper and the colour on the petals is just some quickly brushed Distress Oxide ink.
15 September 2023
Color Hues - Lindsey's Legacy Hop
Hey crafty friends,
Today, I'm honoured to be joining a very special challenge with the team at Color Hues!
In conjunction with their normal colour challenge, The Color Hues Design Team and a few guests (like me), from their sister challenge Seize the Birthday, are participating in a Blog Hop!
Collectively as a team, we are hopping in memory of our dear friend, fellow card maker, and Design Team member, Lindsey Martin-Penny, who sadly passed away last year from a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer.
The purpose of this hop will be to honor Lindsey, celebrate her life and all that she loved, as well as spread the word to raise funds for Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer Research.
How can you Help? You can find all the fabulous details and the start of the hop HERE!
In honor of Lindsey, the team has created a variety of cards using her favourite colour combo of Purple and Red. (I love these colours too!) Lindsey was a team mate but also a friend - was so fortunate to be able to meet her & her husband a few times in person. Miss her a lot.... I made a card in her honour that I know she'd appreciate.
Thanks so much for joining us!
Take care,
Glenda
p.s. This is one of two posts that I've done today in honour of Lindsey. Here's the other one.
Lindsey's Legacy Hop
Welcome to those who've come from Tracey's blog....
Today, we are hopping in memory of our dear friend and fellow cardmaker, Lindsey Martin-Penny, who sadly passed away last year from a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer.
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Lindsey’s husband Burke thought it would be a great time to sell off her many craft supplies, with all of the proceeds going towards Lindsey’s Legacy Fund for Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer Research in cooperation with The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
The purpose of this hop will be to honour Lindsey, celebrate her life and all that she loved, as well as help spread the word to raise funds for clear cell ovarian cancer research. You can help in one of several ways!
14 September 2023
fabulous fall
Welcome to September at Seize the Birthday. Linda has chosen fall colours as our topping this week. Admittedly, fall is not my favourite season (summer lover here) but do love the colours that come with the season. Normally I would do red, orange and yellow but decided to go a little non-traditional with this card. I was inspired by this card by Ardyth.