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

wanderlust

Happy Thursday crafters!  We have a travel theme this week at Seize the Birthday.  I love to travel and love travel theme craft supplies (I *might* have picked this theme ;) ).

Feel free to share a favourite travel destination in the comments!  I've been lucky enough to travel a lot so it's hard to pick one but I do love warm, tropical locations.  I loved being in Australia the year I turned 40 - I loved the really warm evenings, sitting outside with a cold beverage.  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:

wondrous birthday - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Altenew, Concord & 9th

Paper: Stampin' Up! Merlot & Kraft, white card stock.

Ink: SU! Merlot & Versafine Black

Accessories: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Tim Holtz embossing folder wood veneer camera, washi tape

dynamic die cuts

Happy September!  Well, I'd rather it was still August... or better yet July... but oh well here it is.  I'm a summer lover and that will never change.

At Seize the Birthday, we are playing with die cuts or punches.  I went with some big, bold die cut stars on this CAS card.  Hope you like it!

We have a new Surprise Party Guest this month, 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 and apologies for the late post.  Have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

It's time to celebrate - 4"x5.25"

Stamp: Hero Arts

Paper: white card stock, SU! glitter paper

Ink: Versafine black

Accessories: SU! star dies

radiant rainbows

Ok, I'm doing this at the last minute so no time for chit chat!  LOL.  Kidding of course, but it is almost 10 pm the night before and I just finished retaking a photo of my card for this week.  I took one quite a while ago but it didn't show the colours well so had to take another tonight.... although I almost forgot (thanks Nancy!).  The photo isn't as bright as I would like but I was having trouble keeping the colours true when I was mucking around in PhotoShop.

We are playing with rainbows this week at Seize the Birthday.  I decided to a stained glass effect on this butterfly.  There is also a vellum butterfly in behind, but it may be hard to see.  Hope you like it!  It was a great way to use up some paper scraps but it was a little fussy to put together.

Hope you can play along with us this week!  All the details on how to play along are on the blog. Give some crafty love to our spectacular summer Surprise Party Guest, Trina Pham, and the rest of the team.

Have a terrific day and wonderful weekend.  Always appreciate your thoughtful comments! Also, please do not talk about the end of summer ;).  Fall does not start for a few more weeks and I am holding on to summer for as long as I can. :D

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

celebrate - 4.25"x4.25"

Stamp: SU!

Ink: Versafine Black

Paper: black, white and yellow card stock, SU! Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Lemon Lime Twist, Soft Sky, Blackberry Bliss

Accessories: Concorde & 9th butterfly die, SU! stitched square die, vellum

simply said

Ok, can someone tell me how it got to be the middle of August already!?!?! (By the way, did you know that there is a item of punctuation that is called an interrobang?  It's a combination of a question mark and an exclamation mark.  Here's a podcast that talks about it... 99% Invisible) I digress... I am very shocked that it is already the middle of August.  The past couple of months seem to have flown by.

Over at Seize the Birthday, we are having a 'no topping' week. As is my norm, I went CAS.  I love kraft card bases but seem to forget to use them!  Also, I love square cards too... just for something a bit different.  Hope you like it.

Hope you can play along with us this week!  All the details on how to play along are on the blog. Give some crafty love to our spectacular summer Surprise Party Guest, Trina Pham, and the rest of the team.

Have a terrific day and wonderful weekend.  Always appreciate your thoughtful comments!

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday - 4.25"x4.25"

Stamp: Papertrey Ink

Ink: Versafine Black

Paper: kraft and white card stock, SU! Tangerine Tango, Lemon Lime Twist, Elegant Eggplant, Soft Sky

Accessories: Simon Says Stamp die

wonderful water

Happy August!  Where did July go??  Feels like it just flew by. Hope all is with your crafty selves. It's challenge time over at Seize the Birthday and we are playing with water (watercolour, rain, streams, ocean, rivers, etc).  I went with smooshy watercolour!  Hope you like it.

Hope you can play along with us this week!  All the details on how to play along are on the blog. Give some crafty love to our spectacular summer Surprise Party Guest, Trina Pham, and the rest of the team.

Have a terrific day and wonderful weekend.  Always appreciate your thoughtful comments!

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamp: Papertrey Ink

Ink: Distress Ink, Ranger Archival black

Paper: watercolour paper

Accessories: star die, paste, glitter

super duper stripes

Happy Thursday crafters!  Hope all is well with you.  It's my birthday month so I've been celebrating a lot... in addition to celebrating my new job.  ;)
Over at Seize the Birthday, we are playing with stripes for our option/topping this week.  I went quite clean and simple for this card... I think it works.  :)

Hope you can play along with us this week!  All the details on how to play along are on the blog. Give some love to our summer Surprise Party Guest, Trina Pham, and the rest of the team.

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

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday to you- 4.25"x5.5

Paper: white and black card stock, SU! card base

Accessories: Lawn Fawn die, gems

stunning sequins

Happy July friends.  Hope everyone is doing well... especially those on summer vacation!  I'm doing the opposite right now - celebrating a new job!  It's in a new field for me, away from marine science, but I will still be doing research in a really great work environment.  Really excited to have my long unemployment stint finally come to a close.

Over at Seize the Birthday, we are playing with sequins for our option/topping this week.  Sequins scare me a bit, to tell you the truth.  I managed to throw a few on here and think it looks ok.  Hope you do too.

Hope you can play along with us this week!  All the details on how to play along are on the blog.  Give some love to our new Surprise Party Guest, Trina Pham, and the rest of the team.

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

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday - 4.25"x5.5

Stamps: Hero Arts

Paper: grey & black card stock, watercolour paper, vellum

Ink: VersaMark, Distress Ink Abandoned Coral

Accessories: white embossing powder, sequins

happy solstice

Happy first day of summer to those in the northern hemisphere!  It think it has finally arrived here... hope it has where you are too.

Over at Seize the Birthday, we have an 'anything goes' challenge this week.  I went pretty CAS with this card.  Absolutely love this die... just used some Distress Ink, water and a paint brush to colour it.

Hope you can play along with us this week!  All the details on how to play along are on the blog.  Give some love to our Surprise Party Guest, Sonja K, and the rest of the team.

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

Glenda

Card details:
Happy Birthday - 3.5"x5"
Stamps: Papertrey Ink
Paper: white card stock, watercolour paper
Ink: Versafine Black, Distress Ink
Accessories: EK Success corner rounder punch, A Muse gem, Memory Box Prim Poppy

Beach bums

We are getting summery over at Seize the Birthday this week with a beach theme!  Can't say that it feels like summer here today but we did have some great weather a couple of weeks ago so hoping it returns soon.  Summer is definitely my favourite season.

Here's the card I whipped up, hope you like it!

Hope you can play along with us this week!  All the details on how to play along are on the blog.  Give some love to our Surprise Party Guest, Sonja K, and the rest of the beach bums! 

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

Glenda

Card details:
Let's Have Drinks - 5.5"x4.25"
Stamps: Cathy Zielske (sentiment) & Sweet Stamp Shop (images)
Paper: red and white card stock
Ink: Versafine Black
Accessories: Copic markers, Glossy Accents, MFT stitched rectangle die

pretty patterns

I have been doing my best to use up my patterned paper recently so this week's challenge at Seize the Birthday is right up my alley.  I'm really happy with the combination of patterns and the colours.

Hope you can play along with us this week!  All the details on how to play along are on the blog.  Give some love to our new Surprise Party Guest, Sonja K, and the rest of the DT.

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

Glenda

Card details:
happy birthday - 5.5"x4.25"
Stamps: PTI
Paper: SN@P! Color Vibe patterned paper, white card stock
Ink: Versafine Black
Accessories: washi, Tim Holtz tiny attacher, EK Success corner rounder punches, SU! enamel, Paper Smooches notepad die, SU! silver fine wire

29 again?

We are playing with numbers over at Seize the Birthday this week.  I made this quick and easy card and gave it to my hubby who had a 'big' birthday earlier this year.  I think he appreciated it more than if I had put his real age on! ;)

Hope you can play along with us this week!  All the details on how to play along are on the blog.  Give some love to our new Surprise Party Guest, Sonja K, and the rest of the DT.

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

Glenda

Card details:
29 again? - 5.5"x4.25"
Stamps: Paper Smooches
Paper: cream and white card stock, SU! patterned paper
Ink: Hero Arts
Accessories: MFT stitched rectangles

Happiest of birthdays

Hey crafters!  Hope all is well in your world as April comes to a close.  Hard to believe - wasn't it just January yesterday? We are currently experiencing some summer-like weather here on the Canadian west coast.  I'm hoping the temperatures keep getting warmer as I love the heat.

It's a free week over at Seize the Birthday!  I die-cut some watercolour paper that was smooshed with Distress Inks.  Tried to keep it pretty CAS and I think it turned out well.

Hope you can play along with us this week!  All the details on how to play along are on the blog.  Give some love to our Surprise Party Guest (it's Kim's last week - been great having her!) and the rest of the DT.

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

Glenda

Card details:
happiest of birthdays - 5.5"x4.25"
Stamps: Papermade Bakery (retired)
Paper: white card stock
Ink: Versafine Black, Distress Ink Seedless Preserves, Mermaid Lagoon and Twisted Citrus
Accessories: Concord & 9th flower die, SU! silver string & gems, EK Success corner rounder punch

Awesome & vibrant

Kinda' like me right?  Awesome and vibrant?  LOL....

Happy Thursday crafty friends.  Hope you're having a great week.  I love our challenge this week over at Seize the Birthday - vibrant colours.  I went CAS with mine and added little hits of awesome  bright colours.  Really like how it turned out.

Hope you can play along with us this week!  All the details on how to play along are on the blog.  Give some love to our Surprise Party Guest and the rest of the DT.

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

Glenda

Card details:
hope your day is awesome - 4.25"x4.25"
Stamps: Altenew Half Tone Happy
Paper: white card stock
Ink: Versafine Black
Accessories: Neat & Tangled Awesome dies, vellum, SU! enamels, washi tape

birthday birds

Hey crafty friends!  Welcome back to another Seize the Birthday challenge.  We are playing with our fine feathered friends (birds) for our challenge this week.  I pulled out some bright and cheerful bird paper for my card.

Hope you can play along with us this week.  All the details about how to play are on the blog.  Check out the fabulous creations from the rest of our team and Kim, our Surprise Party Guest.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a terrific day.

Glenda

Card details:

birthday wishes - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps:  Mama Elephant

Paper: SU! Soft Sky, My Mind's Eye Here is Happy, cream card stock, fuchsia card stock

Ink:VersaMark

Accessories: A Muse white embossing powder, EK Success circle punches, Paper Smooches speech bubble, Copic fine line marker