dynamite dies

Happy crafty Thursday friends.  Can someone tell me how it came to be the end of August?!? Wasn't it just May?

Thanks for stopping by for our Seize the Birthday Challenge.  JoAnn has asked us this week to just use dies, no stamping.  Well, I just got this new Waffleflower Happy Submarine die set as a gift from a friend so thought it was a great time to use it.  I don't have a lot of word dies for birthdays (not sure why) but thought this celebrate worked well.

Hope you can play along with us! Be sure to check out the blog for the rest of the dynamite creations from the rest of the team, as well as our Surprise Party Guest Lynda.

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

Glenda

Card details:

celebrate-  4½" x 5 ¼"   

Paper: white, yellow, orange & blue card stock, A Muse pink & black shimmer paper, SU! green glitter paper, SU! patterned paper, Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Cardstock Silver Sparkle, vellum, scrap of navy shimmer paper (behind vellum, manufacturer unknown)

Accessories: Waffleflower Happy Submarine die set, Spellbinders die set, Paper Smooches celebrate die

cheers

Happy  Thursday crafty friends.  It's funny/punny time at Seize the Birthday.  Thanks to Jenny for this topping! I'm not really a punny person and for some strange reason I don't have many funny sentiments either (really should remedy that!) but I managed to pull together this colourful card.  I do love a cocktail so finding some drink dies was definitely not a problem!

Hope you can play along with us! Be sure to stop by the blog to see the fun creations from our design team and welcome our Surprise Party guest Lynda and previous winner Cassandra.

Hope you have a terrific day and wonderful weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

navy + teal

I seem to decide to play along with Colour Hues when it's a colour combination that I hardly ever put together! Maybe it's my subconscious telling me I need to get out of my comfort zone! LOL. I do love how these colours came together - thank you Karen for the challenge.

Used some Distress Oxide inks on the stencil and then a hot foiled sentiment. The enamel dots are navy (even though they look black in the picture).

Hope you're having a great week and thanks for stopping by.

Glenda

square with a twist

Happy challenge day crafters!  It's my turn to pick the topping at Seize the Birthday and was trying to think "not too difficult but a little bit different.  So, I went with two things that I really like but don't do often - a square card and a non-white card base.  Even though I love kraft card bases, I hardly ever do them so I did two of them for the challenge.

Hope you can play along with us! Be sure to stop by the blog to see the spectacular creations from our design team and welcome our Surprise Party guest Lynda and previous winner Rachel.

Hope you have a terrific day and wonderful weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

who is counting?

Happy Thursday crafty friends!  Hope you're having a good week.

The topping this week at Seize the Birthday is numbers (one or several) courtesy of . I have been clinging to this piece of patterned paper FOREVER and finally broke down and used it.  I just love the font of the numbers.

Hope you can play along with us! Be sure to stop by the blog to see the brilliant creations from our design team and welcome our new Surprise Party guest Lynda and previous winner Fran.

Hope you have a terrific day and wonderful weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

who is counting?-  4½" x 5 ¼"   

Stamps: Papertrey Ink

Paper: white card stock, Jillibean Soup patterned paper

Ink: SU! Lucky Limeade

Accessories: EK Success edge punch, SU! enamel dots & circle punches, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher stapler, mini paper clip

blue + pink + yellow

Happy Thursday crafty friends!  Hope you're having a good week.

The topping this week at Seize the Birthday is blue, pink and yellow, courtesy of Barbara. I like how when they blend together, it gives you a rainbow (learned this from my super smart & crafty friend Jenn Shurkus).  Kept this CAS to let the colours shine!

Hope you can play along with us! Be sure to stop by the blog to see the colourful creations from our design team and our Surprise Party guest Kathy 

Hope you have a terrific day and wonderful weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

Happy birthday-  4½" x 5 ¼"   

Stamps: Hero Arts

Paper: white card stock

Ink: Versafine black, Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Oxide Inks - Broken China, Mustard Seed, Festive Berries

Accessories: Tim Holtz stencil, enamel heart, EK Success corner rounder punch

yellow + black

Hey crafty friends and happy official summer to those in the northern hemisphere! Just a quick hello to go along with this yellow and black card for Color Hues #135.  Went clean, simple and bold for this one. I always want to be bold when I put black and yellow together - lol.  I really like tone on tone but it's not always easy to see in photos.

Thanks to the fabulous Carol for this wonderful challenge and thanks to you for stopping by!

Have a great day,

Glenda

Card details:

just because -  4½" x 5 ¼"   

Stamps: A Muse

Paper: black & white card stock,

Ink: Versafine Black, Distress Oxide Mustard See

Accessories:SU! Word Window punch, EK Success corner rounder punch, Spellbinders dies

very vellum

Happy Thursday crafty friends!  Hope you're having a good week.

The topping this week at Seize the Birthday is vellum or acetate.  I have a new daisy chain die from Lawn Fawn and I thought I would layer some vellum daisies on top of the white daisies.  A bit hard to see but it looks cool in person.

Hope you can play along with us! Be sure to stop by the blog to give some crafty love to the design team, our Surprise Party guest Kathy and previous winner Kerry.

Hope you have a terrific day and wonderful weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

just for you -  4½" x 5 ¼"   

Stamps: AlteNew

Paper: navy & white card stock, yellow patterned

Ink: SU! Night of Navy

Accessories: Lawn Fawn dies, gems, vellum

sweet treat

Shirley has chosen Sweet Treats for our Seize the Birthday challenge this week. I love this martini die but I've never used it to make an espresso martini so thought it would be a good time to use it - I definitely think of espresso martinis as dessert! The tone on tone cream looks better in real life - especially like it with the embossing in the background.

Hope you can play along with us! Please check out the blog give some craft love to Surprise Party Guest Kathy, previous winner Stef, and the rest of the design team.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting,

Glenda

Card details:

sweetest day -  4½" x 5 ¼"   

Stamp: Unity

Paper: cream, espresso and kraft card stock

Ink: Distress Vintage Photo

Accessories: Spellbinders dies

cute critters

Hey crafty friends! Apologies for missing the last challenge and for not commenting over the last while - had a card done (really!... most people know I'd happily skip a pink card) but life happened.  Happy to be back.

Nance has chosen Feature an Animal for our Seize the Birthday challenge this week. I've had this turtle for a while but not sure I've ever used it, so i thought it was time.

Hope you can play along with us! Please check out the blog and welcome our new Surprise Party Guest Kathy Schweinfurth and previous winner Tracey.  Also give some crafty love to the rest of the design team.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting,

Glenda

Card details:

celebrate -  5 ¼" x 4½"  

Stamp: Paper Smooches

Paper: green, blue & white card stock, green & blue shimmer paper, sparkle paper, scrap patterned paper

Ink: Versafine Black 

Accessories: Spellbinders dies

gorgeous gardens

Happy Thursday crafty friends.  Linda has picked our Seize the Birthday topping for this week and she wants us to make a spring garden. I decided to go big & bold with my flowers.  I'm really happy with how the green background makes the pink & orange flowers pop.

Be sure to head over to the blog to see the glorious creations from our Surprise Party Guest Jennie M, previous winner Bonnie, and the rest of the design team.

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

Glenda

Card details:

for you - 4½" x 5 ¼" 

Stamp: Paper Smooches

Paper: orange, pink, blue & green card stock

Ink: Versafine Black 

Accessories: Spellbinders dies

terrific tags

Happy Thursday crafty friends. Jules has picked our Seize the Birthday topping for this week and she wants us to use a tag. I just wanted to use a bunch of fun little bits ... and this is what I came up with.  The card base looked a little bare so added a splotchy stamp with Versamark ink.  I seem to have trouble putting a tag on a card that is straight up and down... always has to be at an angle.  lol.

Be sure to head over to the blog to give some crafty love to our Surprise Party Guest Jennie M, previous winner Leslie Miller, and the rest of the design team.

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

Glenda

Card details:

best wishes - 4½" x 5¼" 

Stamp: Spellbinders

Paper: kraft & green card stock, graph paper

Ink: Versafine Black & Versamark

Accessories: tag die, SU! circle scribble die, ribbon & twine, enamel heart

glorious green

Happy Thursday crafty friends.  JoAnn has picked our Seize the Birthday topping for this week and it is Use Green as Your Main Colour. Green is one of my faves so really enjoyed this JoAnn. (Full confession - this is my second card for this challenge.  Wasn't completely happy with the first one - lol).  Got out my long neglected alcohol inks, put on a wee bit of gold and this is how it turned out.  There is a close up just to see the gold on the edge and the texture on the leaf.

Be sure to head over to the blog to give some crafty love to our new Surprised Party Guest for March and April, Jennie M (welcome Jennie!), previous winner Valerie (congrats on winning my challenge!) and the rest of the design team.

I'm also entering this into our sister challenge, The Color Hues Challenge.

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

Glenda

Card details:

celebrate - 3⅛" x 5 ⅜"

Stamp: Spellbinders

Paper: Yupo, white and green cardstock

Ink: Ranger Alcohol Ink Limeade, Versafine Black

Accessories: Tim Holtz/Sizzix Artsy Leaves dies, gold marker, ProvoCraft embossing folder

wonderful wings

Thanks again to all of those who play along with my CAS+dies topping last time at Seize the Birthday.  It was a wonderful gallery!

Sticking to a CAS mode again this week for Jenny's anything with wings challenge.  I love travelling so 'wings' always makes me think of flying, hence the airplane! I used some patterned paper for the background and just coloured in the hearts. Edged the white panel with some of the blue ink just to make it stand out a bit better.  Figure this sentiment would suit well for a birthday... what do you think?

Hope you can play along with us! Be sure to check the blog to see what our Surprise Party Guest, Helen, previous winner, and the rest of the design team came up with! This is Helen's last week with us - thank you so much Helen for your wonderful creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Always appreciate the comments,

Glenda

Card details:

new day, new adventures - 5½ x 4¼

Stamps: Spellbinders (sentiment), SU! (image)

Paper: white & yellow card stock, patterned paper

Ink: Distress Oxide Broken China

Accessories: Tombow marker, enamel dot

CAS + dies

It's the first challenge in February for Seize the Birthday and it's my turn to pick the challenge.  If you visit me a lot, you know one of my favourite styles is clean and simple (CAS). I decided to spice up the CAS topping by adding dies. Used some abstract shape dies and one of my favourite colour combos for my card.  Hope you like it!

Hope you can play along with us! Be sure to check the blog to see what our Surprise Party Guest, Helen, previous winner Valerie, and the rest of the design team came up with!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Always appreciate the comments,

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday - 4¼ x 4¼

Stamps: Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole Totally Random Saying Vol. 3

Paper: white, red, kraft and black cardstock

Ink: Versafine Black

Accessories: Swiss Dots embossing folder, Tim Holtz Abstract Elements dies