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.

June means time for a new Surprise Party Guest and for the next two months, it's the terrific Julia Aston. Be sure to give her, and the rest of the DT, some crafty love for their stunning creations over on the blog.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Glenda

Card details:

birthday wishes - 3.5"x6"

Stamps: Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole

Inks: Versafine Black, Distress Oxides - Mowed Lawn & Uncharted Mariner

Paper: black & white card stock

Accessories: gems, MFT stitched circle die, Tim Holtz Splash Stencil, Hero Arts Petals stencil (one of two in the set)

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!

Be sure to stop by the blog and give some love to the team as well as our Surprise Party Guest Loll and previous winners Marina and Karen.

Wishing you and your family & friends all the best for 2024.

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

Today is all about you - 4¼" x 5½" 

Stamps: Essentials by Ellen - All About You

Inks: Distress Oxide Mustard Seed, Versafine Black

Paper: white and black card stock

Accessories: black gems, Essentials by Ellen - you die, Crafts Too Daisies embossing folder

glorious garden

Happy Thursday crafty friends! Hope you're having a great week so far.

At Seize the Birthday, our fearless leader Nancy has pick the theme of things in the garden. I recently got this ginkgo leaf stencil and I'm loving it.  I figure there could be ginkgo leaves the garden ... hopefully Nancy agrees.  I just did random blending with a few different Distress Oxide inks and I love how it turned out - CAS but striking.

Hope you can play along with us! Check out the blog for the rest of the glorious creations from the DT as well as our new Surprise Party Guest Hilary and the overall winner from our red, white & another colour, Anagha.

Thanks for stopping by! Always appreciate your comments.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

Hope your day is magical - 5.25"x5.75"

Stamps: Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole Totally Random Sayings Volume 2

Ink: Versafine Black, Distress Oxide inks

Paper: grey and white card stock

Accessories: Trinity Stamps bling, Taylored Expressions blender brushes, TCW ginkgo leaf stencil

so many stars

It's so hard to believe that we at Seize the Birthday are on our last couple of challenges for 2022! This year seemed to fly by. First off, I'd like to welcome our new team member, Linda Snodgrass!  So great to have you joining us Linda.

This week's challenge, courtesy of Ashwini, is to use several of one thing. I made it easy on myself and used a stencil! The stencil, stamp and dies are all relatively new to my stash and courtesy of a couple of friends. 

Hope you can join us this week!  Be sure to head over to the blog to see the spectacular creations from the rest of the DT and our Surprise Party Guest, Åsa.

Always appreciate the comments!  Hope you have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend.

Thanks,

Glenda

Card details

Today is all about you

Stamps: Julie Ebersole/Ellen Hutson All About You

Paper: white and black card stock

Inks: Versafine Black, Tim Holtz Distress Oxides

Accessories: Julie Ebersole/Ellen Hutson All About You Die; star stencil

lime & navy

At Seize the Birthday this week, we are joining our sister challenge, Color Hues Color Challenge to celebrate their 2nd birthday! Their colours are navy & lime green. 

I love this colour combo but am lacking a bit of mojo these days so kept things pretty basic. There is some Wink of Stella on the silhouette but it's difficult to see.

This post will be like any other, as far as the winners go, each challenge blog will pick its own winner. So double your chances!

A big welcome to our new Surprise Party Guest, Åsa Johansson! Be sure to check out the blog to see what she and the rest of the team have created.

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

Glenda

Card details:
Happy Birthday - 4.25" x 5.5"
Stamps: Ellen Huston/Julie Ebersole Totally Random Sayings Vol. 3
Paper: SU! Night of Navy & watercolour
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Twisted Citrus & SU! Night of Navy
Accessories: Tim Holz Die, Wink of Stella, green pearls

sassy stitching

How did it get to be May? That is a rhetorical question of course but it feels like this year has been flying by! Still not very warm here.... getting a little impatient. LOL.

It's our first Seize the Birthday challenge in May and that means we have a new Surprise Party, the fabulous Lorraine Aquilina (of Simon Says Stamp Design Team fame).  Welcome Lorraine! Shirley has picked our challenge theme for this week and it is stitching (real or faux). I chose real as I always need an excuse to use my sewing machine (which it very close to my craft table).  Pretty CAS as if often the case with me.

Hope you can join us!  Be sure to check out the spectacular creations that Lorraine and the rest of the team have come up with over at the blog.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend,

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole Organic Elements & Totally Random Sayings Vol 2

Paper: white card stock

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Oxides, Versafine Black

Accessories: sewing machine stitching, gem

#cardsforukraine

I am joining Seize the Birthday's sister challenge, Color Hues Color Challenge, in honouring Ukraine today with a yellow & blue challenge (for the Ukrainian flag). My words are few about what is going on in the world.  I'm trying to find a balance between staying informed and keeping my mental health intact. That said, I am so glad to be joining them today... just to put some some crafty love out into the world.

After some false starts, I finally made a card that I'm happy with. I made a 'stencil' by running my sunflower (the national flower of Ukraine) die through my die cutter with some masking paper. Used some Distress Ink to blend this sunflower background.  Fortunately, a random scrap of blue paper I found just happen to match with a couple of enamel dots I had lying around.

It would be great if you could join Color Hues with this blue and yellow challenge (or their regular challenge for this week). All the details are on their blog. I'm so honoured that they asked me to join in.

With the state of the world at the moment, I hope you are being kind to yourself and others. Taking time away from the news to relax and do things you enjoy.

Thanks for stopping by.

Glenda

Card details:

Thinking of you - 4.25"x5.5"

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

Ink: Tim Holtz Mustard Seed Distress Ink

Paper: White card stock, scrap of blue card stock

Accessories: SU! sunflower die, MFT stitched rectangle dies, enamel dots

blue & gray

Happy 2022 crafty friends! Hope all is well.  I can just say that it's "been a week" and therefore I'm a couple of days behind on my Seize the Birthday post. Apologies!

There were many iterations of a blue and gray card before I came up with this one.  Should always just stick with CAS if I am struggling!

Be sure to pop on over to the blog to check out the colourful creations from the design team and welcome our new Surprise Party Guest, Vicky Hayes!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.
Glenda

Card details:
Happy Birthday - 6.25"x4.5"
Stamps: Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole Organic Elements & Totally Random Sayings Vol. 3
Inks: Altenew Sea Glass & SU! Smoky Slate
Paper: gray & white cardstock
Accessories: vellum, pearl, ScorPal, MFT Stitched Rectangle die cut

a bunch of beverages

Over at Seize the Birthday, Jules has picked a beverages theme this week! No surprise... when it comes to a beverage theme, I picked cocktails! I used vellum for the martini glass and then some silver paper for the drink part - I've seen some shimmery drinks online lately but never actually consumed one.

Be sure to pop on over to the blog to check out the delicious creations from the design team and our Surprise Party Guest, Carol McFarland. 

Hope you have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday

Stamps: Trinity Stamps (martini glass and sentiment), Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole (shapes & lines)

Ink: Versafine Black, Versafine Claire Nocturne, Caroline Poole Daydream, Green Tea & Sauna

Paper: white card stock, MFT patterned paper, Yupo silver sparkle paper 

Accessories: Tim Holtz tiny attacher, washi tape, Trinity Stamps dew drops, vellum, clear embossing powder

sassy stripes

We are playing with stripes at Seize the Birthday this week (courtesy of Vicki). I love stripes and normally I would use striped patterned paper (because I have a lot of it).  However, I had been wanting to try this technique from my friend Cheiron. Cheiron loves rainbows so decide to do rainbow alcohol inks in her honour. The stripes speak for themselves so kept the rest of the card clean and simple.

Hope you can join us! Please welcome our new Surprise Party Guest, Jenny!  Looking forward to see what Jenny creates during her time with us.  Be sure to give some love to her and the rest of the design team.

Hope you have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

Happy birthday

Stamps: Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole

Ink: Versafine Black, Ranger/Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks

Paper: Yupo, white card stock

Accessories: Tim Holtz tiny attacher, MFT stitched rectangle die

sketchy

It was the 1 year anniversary for our 'shelter in place' this week. Wow - hard to believe! What do you do to occupy your spare time right now? I've been really good at reading, exercising and eating ... not so good at cleaning the house, yard work, or practicing languages and piano.  ;) Just grateful to be healthy, to be able to go outside, to be employed and to be able to see friends at a distance.

I got to pick the challenge for Seize the Birthday this week... so I pulled together a sketch.  Thanks Ashwini for "blogifying it"! I was inspired by this card of mine, just flipped on it's side.  This card was not at all what I initially envisioned... I like it but don't love it ... but I'm posting it anyway.  LOL!  Maybe I'll warm up to it.

Hope you are able to play along!  I always love sketch interpretations.  There are some brilliantly creative ones from our Surprise Party Guest Carol and the rest of the DT over at the blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you are staying healthy and sane (mostly anyway)!

Glenda

Card details:
Oh happy day - 6.25" x 4.25"
Stamps: Mondo Gerbera from Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole, Loads of Wishes from AveryElle
Inks: Versamark, VersaFine Clair in Nocturne, Distress Oxides
Paper: watercolour paper, black card stock, SU! Granny Apple
Accessories: clear drops from Studio Katia, white embossing powder, clear embossing powder, SU! embossing folder, sewing machine

oranges & blues

Playing along with another Color Hues challenge - orange & blue. I have to admit that I struggled with this one... took more than one try to come up with a card that I was happy with. As a note - there is Wink of Stella on the flowers but it's challenging to see. 

Even though this was challenging, I am loving Color Hues. Especially when it's bright & bold colours like this.

Hope you're having a great week. Hard to believe it's almost the end of October! 

Thanks for stopping by.

Glenda

Card details:

just because - 4 ⅛" x 4 ⅜"

Stamps: Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole Totally Random Sayings Vol 2, Stampin' Up Painted Poppies

Paper: watercolour, Jillibean Soup orange polka dots, A Muse blue shimmer, cream card stock

Ink: Archival black, Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon & Spiced Marmalade

Accessories: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, orange & blue twine, Wink of Stella

cream & gold

Playing along with Color Hues #3 - gold and cream.  I was inspired by this card from the CAS guru Jen. One thing I realized with this card is that gold is really hard to photograph!  LOL.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Canadian friends - a little strange this year! A bunch of my family were together last year and this year we'll be having a Zoom get together on Sunday - family from BC to Ontario.  Looking forward to it!

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Glenda

Card details:

hello friend - 4.25" x 5.5"

Stamps: Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole Totally Random Sayings 2, Taylored Expressions/Lori Craig Field Notes

Ink: VersaMark

Paper: cream and black card stock, A Muse gold shimmer 

Accessories: Concord & 9th Butterfly die, Cuttlebug Swiss Die embossing folder, Nuvo dots, gold embossing folder, vellum

sassy scraps

How did it get to be October already? Fall is not my favourite season but I really can't complain about the weather so far. I've been continuing my habit of the last 6 months of having my coffee outside in the morning... I'm a little more bundled up now and some mornings I have to be under cover but the fresh morning air is lovely. 

We are pulling out all the scraps at Seize the Birthday this week thanks to Lindsey! A couple of these strips were cut from a pristine piece of paper but the majority are scraps - including the white square (it is the negative of a die cut).  I have so many scraps so I love this challenge... it was so fun to pull together a rainbow with a variety of patterns. It's pretty simple but I'm happy with it.

Hope you can join us :). I know you have scraps.... like all card makers! Be sure to check out all of the scrappy creations from the team and our Surprise Party Guest Angie!

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you're enjoying your October so far.

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday - 3⅞" x 5⅛" 

Stamps: Ellen Hutson/Julie Ebersole

Ink: Versafine Black

Paper: white card stock, patterned paper scraps

Accessories: A Muse pearls

glint of gold

Ack!  How is it almost September? I fell like the last two months have just disappeared! We've had a great summer so can't complain too much.  

At Seize the Birthday this week, we are all about the gold thanks to TaeEun! I had another card ready but then I got some new goodies (the Field Notes Kit) from Lori Craig & Taylored Expressions that I had to play with.  There is gold embossing & the little paperclip. I also used my new-ish set from Julie Ebersole & Ellen Hutson for the sentiment. Gotta love it when I can create with goodies designed by two of my favourite crafters!

I know you'll have fun with this! Be sure to check out the blog to see the glorious gold creations our Surprise Party Guest Jen and the rest of the team came up with. This is Jen's last week with us - we'll miss her!

If you're looking for a new colour challenge, be sure to check out the new one Nancy has created - it's called Color Hues! I love playing with color so can't wait to play along.

Wishing you a terrific day and wonderful weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday- 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Field Note Kit, Ellen Hutson

Ink: VersaMark, Versafine black, Altenew grey

Paper: grey card stock, watercolour paper, vellum

Accessories:  Derwent Watercolour pencils, Tim Holtz water brush, gold and white embossing powder, Jillibean Soup baker's twine, EK Success notebook edge punch