stamp free

Today Jules has a super fun challenge for us at Seize the Birthday - no stamping!  I feel like I can do no stamping without thinking about it but when I have to think about it - feels like way more pressure (LOL). I decided to just focus on the sentiment and pull out some alcohol inks.

Hope you can join us! Please be sure to check out the blog and give some crafty love to our Surprise Party Guest Amanda and previous winner Chris.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Always appreciate your comments.

Have a wonderful day,

Glenda

Card details:

Celebrate You - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: None!

Ink: Ranger alcohol inks

Paper: white & black card stock, 

Accessories: gems, SU! dies, Provocraft embossing folder

magnificent metallics

Ashwini has picked the theme of metallics for our Seize the Birthday challenge this time around.  My first card was completely different and didn't I didn't love it. So I went back to one of my standby techniques - alcohol inks. Much happier with this.

Be sure to stop by the blog to see the marvelous creations from the rest of the team as well as Surprise Party Guest Jolanda and previous winner, Johanna.

Have a terrific day and a wonderful upcoming weekend. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Glenda

Card details:

Have a wonderful birthday - 5.5"x4.25"

Stamps: Waffle Flower Sweet Lattice Sentiments

Inks: Tsukineko Champagne, Ranger alcohol inks

Paper: Yupo, white card stock, shimmer paper

Accessoreis: MFT stitched rectangle die, Tim Holtz alcohol ink blower

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.

Be sure to check out the blog to see the rest of the design team creations as well as our Surprise Guest Designer, Deborah Wheeler .

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday

Stamps: Papertrey Ink

Inks: Versafine Black, Alcohol Ink

Paper: white card stock, Yupo paper

Accessories: gems, MFT Stitched Rectangle Die, Stitched Square Die, gems

spectacular shapes

The latest challenge at Seize the Birthday is shape cards, courtesy of JoAnn. I pulled out my rarely used hexagon dies for this card. It's a great way to use an alcohol ink panel that was sitting around.

Hope you can play along with us! Check out the blog for the rest of the beautiful creations from the DT as well as our Surprise Party Guest Izzy.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you have a terrific day.

Glenda

Card details:

Best Wishes - 5" x 6"

Stamps: Paper Smooches

Ink: Ranger Alcohol Inks, SI Blackberry Bliss, Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers

Paper: white & black card stock, Yupo

Accessories: Hexagon dies

celebratory circles

Welcome to our new circular challenge at Seize the Birthday! Our circle/circles theme this week is courtesy of Colleen.  Lots of Cs happening - Colleen's circle challenge - lol! My card this week was not an idea that I came up with on my own but it was inspired by Michelle Lupton.  Sometimes I have alcohol ink panels that don't work as a whole but they do well 'cut up'. Thanks so much for the idea Michelle and thanks for the challenge Colleen!

Hope you can play along with us! Check out the blog for the rest of the cool creations from the DT as well as our new Surprise Party Guest Izzy and previous winners Prudence & Andrea .

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you have a terrific day.

Glenda

Card details:

Celebrate - 3½" x 8

Stamps: none!

Ink: Tim Holtz/Ranger alcohol inks

Paper: black & white card stock, Yupo

Accessories: Spellbinders hot foil plate & die (for sentiment), Tim Holtz die, circle punches

make it pop!

The Seize the Birthday Challenge this week, courtesy of Ashwini, is make it pop! I popped up my die cut sentiment using some alcohol ink letters.

Hope you can play along with us! Check out the blog for the rest of the marvelous creations from the DT as well as our  Surprise Party Guest Bonnie and previous winners Lisa and Deepti.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you have a terrific day.

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday - 4½" x 3¼"

Ink: Ranger Alcohol Ink

Paper: Yupo, white and black card stock

Accessories: MFT Happy Birthday Die, Sizzix Connect the Dots embossing folder

drinks & inks

Happy April everyone! Hope all is well. Here on the west coast of Canada it is mostly feeling/looking like spring although I would always be happy with warmer temperatures.

Our topping at Seize the Birthday this week is alcohol, courtesy of Shirley - this can be alcohol inks or alcohol images or both! I did both :). I've used these dies a lot - thought they were perfect for this challenge.  The embossing folder is a relatively new acquisition for me and I quite like it. This is also one of those cards that is a random size - I sized the card to fit the design, rather than other way around.

Hope you can play along with us! Check out the blog for the rest of the awesome creations from the DT as well as our Surprise Party Guest Hilary.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a terrific day! Always appreciate your comments.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

Cheers - 6.25"x4"

Stamps: none!

Ink: Ranger Alcohol Inks

Paper: green and white card stock, Yupo paper

Accessories: Hero Arts Martini Glass die, Paper Smooches Cheers die, silver foil, Tim Holtz Dotted Embossing Folder

love for Lindsey

Well, this is the hardest post I've ever had to write. My friend, and fellow Seize the Birthday teammate, Lindsey Martin-Penny has passed away from cancer. I'm absolutely gutted that this beautiful shining light, with all of her sass, humour, realness and kindness, is gone.  I was so fortunate to be able to meet Lindsey in person a few times and share some meals and laughs with her and her husband. In her last few days, I was sending her little videos from the beach (and maybe some photos of cocktails from my recent birthday party) and even when she was so sick, she had her love of life and sense of humour out in full force. She will be so missed by so many people and she'll always have a place in my heart.

Today the Seize the Birthday Team is playing along with their Sister Challenge - Color Hues where Lindsey was also a Design Team Member. This challenge was to be hosted by Lindsey, so the Design Team wants to honour and celebrate her beautiful, creative life by sharing "Lindsey Inspired" projects using her Blue and Purple combination, along with things she loved the most, as inspiration. 

We hope that you will join us as we pay tribute to our 

dear friend and teammate.

Here are a few of her favorite things:

humor, cats

gardening/flowers

love of reading

friendship

wine

tea

*If you are a regular at Color Hues and/or Seize the Birthday you might also know that Lindsey loved Clean and Simple cards too.

Here's my purple and blue wine card:

I have toasted Lindsey with a glass of wine (and maybe a cocktail too - cause she liked those as well) and trust it is always happy hour wherever she is right now.  She loved red almost as much as I do so I added just a wee pop of red in her honour. She had been commenting lately on how much she liked my alcohol ink cards lately so I thought it would appropriate to use it for this card.

We would love for you to join us and you can find all the details along with inspiration from both of the Design Teams over at the Color Hues blog below.

Special Tribute @ Color Hues

Thanks,

Glenda

beautiful butterflies

We are playing with another spring theme over at Seize the Birthday this weekend. Nancy picked butterflies or hummingbirds.  I don't have any hummingbirds in my crafty stash so butterflies it is! I love my Concord & 9th butterfly die.  I used it with an alcohol ink panel... and I liked it so much that I decided to make two. Let me know your favourite.

Please be sure to see the beautiful creations Surprise Party Guest Deepti (this is her last week, thank you Deepti for the fabulous creations!) and the rest of the STB team have come up with over on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by! Always appreciate your comments. Have a great day.

Take care,

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: Paper Smooches

Paper: black & white card stock & Yupo paper

Ink: Tim Holtz/Ranger alcohol inks, Versafine die

Accessories: Concord & 9th butterfly die, A Muse pearls, heart enamel sticker

cheers to green

Time for another Seize the Birthday challenge and JoAnn has picked a green & white theme.  Perfect for St. Patrick's Day and the arrival of spring in the northern hemispheres. I thought I would go very celebratory with my card this week. Playing with my alcohol inks again (it's become a bit of a habit!).

Please be sure to see what Surprise Party Guest Deepti Aggarwal and the rest of the STB team have come up with over on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Glenda

Card details:

cheers - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: none! *gasp*

Paper: Yupo, SU! Lucky Limeade, white & black card stock

Ink: Ranger/Tim Holtz alcohol inks

Accessories: Hero Arts martini die (including lime slice), Paper Smooches cheers die, Sizzix Connect the Dots embossing folder, Trinity Stamps bling

ornate ocean creatures

Those who know me well won't be surprised that I picked the Seize the Birthday challenge for this week. I have a love for all things ocean so picked ocean creatures. Another thing that shouldn't be a surprise is that I've been playing with my alcohol inks again. This was not the first try at this background (I go through a lot of Yupo paper - need to find it in bulk for cheap!) but I'm really happy with how it turned out. The jellies are done with shimmer paper but it's hard to tell.

Every time I play with ocean stuff, I remember I don't have decent size shark stamp that I love (I have a small one). I need to remedy this as I love sharks probably most of all sea creatures. Jellies are pretty cool though too.

Please be sure to give our new  Surprise Party Guest Deepti Aggarwal a very warm welcome.  She is so talented and I look  forward to seeing what she comes up with during her time with us!  Also give some love to the rest of the STB team over on the blog.

I know the world feels heavy right now but I hope you can be kind to yourself and do something you love (like craft!).

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Glenda

Card details:

celebrate - 5"x7"

Stamp: PTI

Paper: Yupo, white card stock

Ink: Versafine Black, Ranger/Tim Holtz alcohol inks.

Accessories: Memory Box Jellyfish die, SU! word window punch, Trinity Stamps bauble

sparkle and shine

Happy Thursday crafty friends! The theme at Seize the Birthday is sparkle & shine thanks to Cathy.  Believe it or not, this card has sparkle and shine on it but it's hard to see! The alcohol inks used are pearls with some sparkle in them, the flower die is shimmer paper, the background off-white paper have a little bit of sparkle and there is sparkly embossing powder on the sentiment.  The camera and lighting weren't being very cooperative.

Be sure to check out the spectacular creations from the team and our Surprise Party Guest, Vicky.

Thanks for stopping by and have wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

Birthday Wishes - 3.5"x5.25"

Stamps: CZ

Ink: Tim Holtz/Ranger Alcohol Ink Pearls, Versafine Claire Nocturne

Paper: SU Shimmer paper, A Muse Shimmer paper, black card stock, Yupo paper

Accessories: MFT Stitched Rectangle Die, Tim Holtz Floral Silhouette Die

piece of cake

Happy Thursday crafty friends.  Can't believe it's October tomorrow!  Months just seem to fly by right now. Autumn is firmly entrenched here.... even though it's not my favourite season, I'm still enjoying the fresh air and the beautiful colours.

Shirley has picked our Seize the Birthday challenge this week - cakes!  I recently got this new cake set from Reverse Confetti and decided to make a bit of a whacky cake.

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

Hope you have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

Happy Birthday

Stamps: Reverse Confetti (cake), A Muse (sentiment - retired)

Ink: Versafine Black, Ranger Alcohol Ink

Paper: Yupo, white card stock

Accessories: Martha Stewart Glitter, Glossy Accents, SU! Word Window punch

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

furry friends

Happy Thursday friends! This week at Seize the Birthday we are doing furry creatures this week! Thanks to Cathy for this challenge. I confess -  I have very few furry creatures in all of my stamps.  So I pulled out a less obvious furry creature - a unicorn!  Hope that still counts. Nothing says unicorn like rainbows and glitter so I went all in!

Hope you can join us this week for some fun furry friends creations (or just birthday of course). Head over to the blog to see what our Surprise Party Guest, Lynda and the rest of the team came up with.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day and terrific weekend.

Glenda

stunning spring

Hope you are well! I'm very happy because the warm temperatures have finally started to arrive here - hope they stick around.  It perfectly ties in with our theme at Seize the Birthday this week - spring flowers.  Thank you TaeEun for the challenge (she always has the most amazing floral cards so this is very appropriate for her challenge!).  Grabbed an alcohol ink background for this otherwise CAS card. 

Hope you can join us this week for some spectacular spring creations (or just birthday of course). Head over to the blog to see what our Surprise Party Guest, Lynda and the rest of the team came up with.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day and terrific weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

happy happy - 3.75"x 5"

Ink: Ranger alcohol inks

Paper: white card stock, SU! Old Olive & Pacific Point, Yupo paper

Accessories: Simon Says Stamps daisy & happy dies, A Muse pearls

whole lotta hearts

Welcome to February friends!  Everyone I've been talking to this week says "where did February go?". I am in agreement - January seemed to fly by even though I don't feel like I did much. Struggling a bit with pandemic fatigue... really itching to get on an airplane jet off to far away lands.  It's been too long... just trying to be patient and keep myself busy with reading, exercise and video chats!

So in honour of February, we are playing with hearts over at Seize the Birthday.  The theme is courtesy of our fearless and amazing leader Nancy! I love using hearts (especially since I don't make Valentine's Day cards) for birthday cards and 'miss you' cards.  When I first envisioned this card, the hearts were going to be running the same way as the alcohol ink. However, when I started building it, I decided it looked much better with them being oriented in opposite directions.  What do you think? Now wondering if I should have put some bling on it.... oh well. This card is pretty CAS and didn't take long to put together.  Which is exactly how I like it... remind me to tell you about the card I made for the next Seize the Birthday challenge.  It was quite the opposite to this one as far as how long it took... "insert eye roll here"

Hope you can play along! Be sure to check out the lovely creations from the rest of the team and welcome our new Surprise Party Guest, the fabulous Carol Mayne! Really looking forward to having her join us.

Hope you are keeping well and thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend.

Glenda

Card details:

happy birthday- 4 ¼" x 5 ½"  

Stamps: Cathy Zeilske

Ink: Versafine black, SU! Real Red, Ranger Alcohol Ink Watermelon

Paper: white, Yupo

Accessories: MFT Hearts Entwined die

Case Me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton

Happy December!  I'm honoured and excited that fellow science nerd and card maker Michelle Lupton invited me back again this year for some Christmas card fun. I have lots of Christmas cards left over from previous years so won't be making any new ones to send... but it's always but to play around with my Christmas crafty goodies. 

This year, the challenge was to be inspired (CASE) one of Michelle's cards to create a Christmas card (and she will do the same for one of my cards). From Michelle (because she worded it so well): 

CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything - but it's not about just copying a card. It's about getting inspiration from cardmaking friends, but making a new card that is our own.

 

I chose this adorable card and created this card. I wonder if I should have added some sparkle somewhere but overall quite happy with it! I might make a few more to send to some very special people.

Be sure to head over to Michelle's to see what amazing creation she came up with (I don't get to see it ahead of time so I am excited to see)!  I always love her cards and know it will be fabulous.  

Thank you so much Michelle!  It is always a pleasure and an honour.

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenda

Card details:

Peace & Joy

Stamps: Avery Elle Holiday Bouquet

Paper: Yupo paper and white card stock

Ink: Versafine Black, Ranger Alcohol Inks - Stream, Citrus & Sailboat Blue

Accessories: Lawn Fawn snowflake dies, Tim Holtz air tool

radiant rainbows

It's a cheerful day over at Seize the Birthday! We are all about rainbows this week.  I love bold and bright colours so this is right up my alley! I recently got into alcohol inks (I know - really late to the party) so have been doing a lot of mucking around.  Still need to practice some more but happy with how this one turned out.

I know you'll have fun with this! Be sure to check out the blog to see the colourful creations our Surprise Party Guest Jen and the rest of the team came up with.

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

Glenda

Card details:

Just for You - 4.25"x5.5"

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays

Ink: Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks, Versafine Black

Paper: Black and white card stock, Yupo

Accessories: Simon Says Stamp You die, MS silver glitter, gem