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

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

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

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

Christmas supplies?!

It's our last challenge of the 2025 at Seize the Birthday and Ashwini has challenged us to use Christmas supplies. It's a doozy for me! My creative brain only wants to use Christmas supplies for Christmas cards - lol. So I had to make it easy on myself - sorry Ashwini! I grabbed a Christmas stencil that is easily used for other occasions and made a CAS, single layer card.

Hope you can join us! Please check out the blog to see what fabulous creations the design team, our Surprise Party Guest Johanna, and previous winner Liz, have come up with!

Always so grateful for the comments.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend. It's been a fun year and I look forward to what we create for Seize the Birthday in 2026!

Take care,

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday  - 3"x 6"

Stamps: Hero Arts

Paper: kraft card stock

Ink: Versafine Balck, Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Ink Antique Linen (edge), white pigment ink

Accessories: red pearls, Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Sparkle Fade stencil, EK Success corner rounder punch

twist on a treat

Nance (happy birthday to you!) has chosen Favourite Fall Treat for the Seize the Birthday topping this week. I'm taking a slightly differently take on this! I'm in a lot of denial about fall because I am 100% a summer person... but one of my favourite things to do in autumn is to walk and kick my feet through big piles of leaves. So that is my favourite fall treat ... I have to find something positive about autumn! I used my Artsy Leaves dies with some smooshed Distress Inks for this leafy card.

Hope you can join us! Please check out the blog to see what fabulous creations the design team, our Surprise Party Guest Johanna, and previous winner Stephanie, have come up with!

Always so grateful for the comments.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend.

Take care,

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday to You - 4.25"x 5.5"

Stamps: Waffleflower Sweet Lattice

Paper: watercolour paper, white card stock

Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip, Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Inks

Accessories: Tim Holtz/Sizzix Artsy Leaves

splish splash

Happy Thursday crafty friends and welcome to another Seize the Birthday Challenge! Shirley has chosen splish splash for our challenge! I feel like you could have a variety of interpretations of this - rain theme, ocean theme, watercolouring (which has a lot of options itself)... No surprise that I chose an ocean theme.  I used some Distress Mica Spray with a stencil to make my ocean background.

Hope you can join us for this fun challenge! Be sure to hop over to the blog to see the other excellent creations by the rest of the team and Surprise Party Guest, Johanna Rundell,

Always so grateful for the comments.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend.

Take care,

Glenda

Card details:

Oceans of Joy - 3.75" x 6"

Stamps: Spellbinders Typewriter Adventure Sentiments

Paper: watercolour paper, shimmer green, white, black & orange cardstock, scrap of yellow patterned paper

Ink: Versafine Black, Distress Mica spray

Accessories: Spellbinders Underwater Tunnel and Marine Life dies, Tim Holtz stencil, enamel dots

stencilling CAS

It's our fearless leader Nancy's turn to pick the topping at Seize the Birthday this week!  She is a woman after my own heart by picking CAS & stencilling. I love both and I love how this card turned out.  I have used this design a lot lately, in a variety of ways, to pull together quickie, 5 minute cards.

Hope you can join us for this fun challenge! Be sure to hop over to the blog to see the other excellent creations by the rest of the team and welcome our  Surprise Party Guest, Johanna Rundell, and previous winners Milla and Bonnie.

Always so grateful for the comments.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend.

Take care,

Glenda

Card details:

Birthday Wishes - 4¼" x 5½"

Stamps: CZ Designs

Paper: white and black card stock

Ink: Versafine Black, Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn

Accessories: enamel dot, Tim Holtz/Sizzix Thinlits Artsy Flowers, Simon Says Stamp stencil, EK Success corner rounder and washi tape

extraordinary embossing

It's September... so hard to believe! I'm not ready to let go of summer yet so I'll be wearing my sandals and skirts for as long as I can ... I'm laughing because it is a running joke here in Canada that we talk about the weather A LOT! 

This week Jenny has picked embossing for the Seize the Birthday topping. It may be hard to see but I've used a Swiss dots embossing folder for the sections on this.  I got this fabulous die set recently and it was the best way I could figure out to incorporate embossing.

Hope you can join us for this fun challenge! Be sure to hop over to the blog to see the other excellent creations by the rest of the team and welcome our new Surprise Party Guest, Johanna Rundell, and previous winner Rachel.

Always so grateful for the comments.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend.

Take care,

Glenda

Card details:

You Make a Year Older Look Fabulous - 5" x 5"

Stamps: MFT Sassy Pants Birthday Greetings 2

Paper: white & gray card stock

Ink: Versafine Black, Distress Oxides

Accessories: enamel dots, ProvoCraft Swiss Dots embossing folder, Spellbinders Reel Color dies

black & white

We are excited to announce that we have a new team member at Seize the Birthday!  Nancy (Nance) Salked is our newest member and we are thrilled to have her.  Be sure to check out her wonderful creations.

Linda has chosen a black & white topping for this week.  I always think clean & simple and classy when I think of black and white.  I used some patterned paper, a tall & narrow gift die and a swirly embossing folder for this one.  Really love how it turned out.

Be sure to check out the blog for the beautiful creations from the design team and our Surprise Party Guest Karen Letchworth. Hope you can play along with us - using the topping isn't mandatory but we love it when you do.

Always so grateful for the comments.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend.

Take care,

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday - 3 ¾"  x 7" 

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

Paper: white & black card stock, striped patterned paper

Ink: Versafine Black

Accessories: Tim Holtz Bigz Gift Wrap die, Provocraft embossing folder

flower free

Happy Thursday crafty friends.  So hard to believe it's mid August!  Where is my summer going?!?! I'm a such a summer person - it's my birthday time, I love the warm weather & being outside, I love cold drinks on the patio and fresh produce. 

Jules has picked no flowers as our topping at Seize the Birthday. I love this topping as I'm a guilty as the next person at defaulting to flowers... but it's really not that hard not to use flowers.  I chose a to do a CAS card with some rich colours and using a new stencil.  This stencil reminds me of RADAR, so using the 'sending' sentiment was appropriate because it makes me think of transmitting wishes, like RADAR transmits radio waves. OMG - I'm such a nerd. Sending this off to a special person, along with a book, for their birthday next week. 

Be sure to check out the blog for the fantastic creations from the design team and our Surprise Party Guest Karen Letchworth and previous winner Cassandra. Hope you can play along with us - using the topping isn't mandatory but we love it when you do.

Always so grateful for the comments.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend.

Take care,

Glenda

Card details:

Sending Birthday Wishes - 3 ¾"  x 5 ½" 

Paper: white & black card stock

Ink: Distressed Oxide - Mowed Lawn, Uncharted Mariner, Villainous Poison 

Accessories: EK Success corner round punch, Tim Holtz Wheel stencil, Spellbinders Mini Everyday Sentiments & die cut, frosted gems

yellow & green

Happy Friday friends! Hope you've had a good week.

I've decided to use my new dies again today (see yesterday's post) and play along with Color Hues. In the background is some sparkly texture paste run through a stencil.

Always so grateful for the comments.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend.

Take care,

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday - 4 ¼ x 5 ½ 

Ink: Distress Oxides Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Iced Spruce

Paper: white & black card stock, Distress Watercolour paper

Accessories: Altenew Daisy Spray, Spellbinders Mini Everyday Sentiments hot foil plate & die, Distress Sparkle Texture Paste, Tim Holtz Leafy Layering stencil

birthday heart

It's JoAnn's turn to pick the topping at Seize the Birthday and she wants us to add at heart to our card. I have a couple on mine.  The hearts are both dark purple but as usual, it's hard to photograph.

Be sure to check out the blog for the rest of the lovely designs from the rest of the Design Team as well as our Surprise Party Guest Amanda and previous winner Julia.

Hope you have a terrific day.

Take care and thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

Birthday Love- 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: CZ Designs

Ink: SU! Blackberry, Versafine black

Paper: white & black card stock, SU! Blackberry Bliss

Accessories: gem, Tim Holtz/Sizzix heart die, embossing folder

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?

Be sure to stop by the blog and check out the spectacular creations from our Surprise Party Guest Karen, previous winner Helen, and the rest of the design team.  Hope you're able to play along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday - 4¼" x 5½"

Stamps: none!

Paper: SU! Real Red, white, black & gray card stock

Accessories: Provo Craft Distressed Stripes embossing folder, Spellbinders Sweet Happy Birthday wax seal & silver pen, Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems dies, Honey Bee Stamps black wax, SU! fine metallic string in red, silver & black

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.

Really need to try to play along with this fun challenge more often.  The team always has such great creations.

Thanks for stopping by.  Always appreciate the comments.

Glenda

Card details:

a little note - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamp: A Muse 

Paper: white card stock, watercolour paper

Inks: Distress Oxides Mowed Lawn & Pine Needles; Distress Rusty Hinge

Accessories: Tim Holtz Artsy Leaves dies; SU! Word Window punch

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.

Thanks so much to Julia Aston for being a great Surprise Party Guest over the last couple of months. We welcome Bonnie as our previous winner guest this week. Be sure to head to the blog for all of the details and give some crafty love to the rest of the team for their terrific creations.

Hope you can join in the fun this week! Thanks so much for stopping by.

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday - 3½" x 6" 

Stamps: A Muse 

Inks: Distress Oxides, Versafine Black

Paper: white & yellow card stock

Accessories: Tim Holtz Bigz Gift Wrap die, SU! Maths Embossing Folder, TCW Random Stars Die, gem

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. 

Head over to  the blog to give our Surprise Party Guest Julia, previous winner Fran, and the rest of the DT some crafty love for their spectacular creations. Hope you can play along with us.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Glenda

Card details:

Cheers to You - 5½" x 4¼"

Stamps: MFT

Inks: Distress Oxides, Versafine Black

Paper: white, black and grey card stock, silver paper, vellum

Accessories: Tim Holtz Happy Hour dies, Sizzix Connect the Dots Embossing Folder

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)

turquoise & green

Happy that I got my self organized enough to do another Color Hues Challenge.  This time it's a combo that I love - turquoise and green.  I got out some Tim Holtz dies and went super CAS for this one (the gem in the right corner is green - it's hard to see). The Abstract Element dies are so fun to play with. The design team over there knocked it out of the park too - love all of their creations!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Glenda

Card details:

You're pretty terrific - 4.25"x4.25"

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays

Inks: Versafine Black

Paper: white card stock, scraps of green & turquoise paper

Accessories: gems, Tim Holtz Abstract Elements, EK Success corner rounder punch

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.

Be sure to head over to the blog to welcome our new Surprise Party Guest Stephanie - super excited to have her join us as I've admired her crafting for years! Also give some love to the fabulous creations that the rest of the team has created.

Another thing that I do like about fall is all the great produce - we are lucky to have lots of local growers close by where I live plus the wee bit I grow at home. Yum!

Have a terrific and a wonderful weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

celebrate

Ink: Distress Oxides Villanous Potion, Ripe Persimmon, Ground Espresso and Mowed Lawn

Paper: white and brown card stock

Accessories: white paint, Tim Holtz Stencil, SU! celebrate die