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Thursday, March 28, 2024

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY ~ SPRING FLORAL by Linda

Hi Friends, well the date says it is spring, but I suppose depending on where you live it may be still winter or even another season!
I am going with SPRING!

Linda is our hostess this month and selected a spring floral for our card topping.  You may always make any kind of birthday card if you don't want to do the floral thing!
This is from The Greetery:  Spring Meadow.  It has stencils and a die to go with it, no stamping!
I used a Pinkfresh Floral and Diamond tiles coverplate but embossed it instead of cutting with it.
It gives a nice texture to the background.
Our Surprise Party Guests are: Deborah you can find her card HERE 
 and Deb you can find her HERE
Please check out the Design Team and all their wonderful springy cards!
See you in the gallery!!
 
 
 



Heart Hugs, friends!



Tuesday, March 19, 2024

COLOR HUES #83 CREAM & BLUE

Hi friends, today I am playing along with the Color Hues Challenge # 83  Cream & Blue
 
I love that you can use hues of the colors, not a specific color name.
 
 
I have been playing with a new to me PTI set called Scribble Balloons and the set has some gifts also besides balloons!
And the sentiment is also new from  SSS CZ Birthday Basics.  I loved this sentiment the first time I saw Cathy Z use it.  And I thought it was perfect to go along with these birthday gifts.
the inks are from Pinkfresh Studios, the scallop is from Gina K ML 4.
 
I actually made a couple of these cards because I was very low on masculine kind of cards and I tend to go for balloons or candles for guys and of course they need to be in blues or greens!

 
 But I did have to make a feminine card in pinks and reds!!



I just wanted to show you the different balloons and gifts in the set!
I think this last one is my favorite because I placed in on a piece of foiled paper from Gina K called Flurries and it is foiled with a piece of silver, it makes the card really sparkle!
 

Heart Hugs, friends!



Thursday, March 14, 2024

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY ~ a card and matching tag!

Hi friends!
Jules has a fun challenge for us this time at SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY!
The Topping is to make a coordinating tag and card combo!

Here I used MFT:  RAM Number Fun 3 because I have a grandson who will be celebrating his 3rd birthday next month!  I love all the Number Fun stamps she has made, it makes it easy for those kid birthday cards!  And he happens to love Giraffe's!!
 
Please join us with your tag and card combo, we would love to see your card in the gallery! 
And please do check out all the inspiration at the STB blog with our designers and our Party Guests:


Heart Hugs, friends!



Friday, March 8, 2024

COLOR HUES # 82 ~ TURQUOISE & GREEN

Hi Friends!
I love this combination!
This is one of my favorite older stamp sets from Altenew called "Best Mom"
I colored it up with copics in the turquoise and green colors and did a partial die cut with it and added a PTI soft stone striped designer paper to the bottom. The turquoise gems are from Pinkfresh and the sentiment is from an older PTI set called Happy Hydrangea.
 

Heart Hugs, friends!



Thursday, February 22, 2024

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY ~ RED AS MAIN COLOR

Welcome to another SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE where our Hostess is JoAnn and the topping is using RED as the main color on your birthday card!


Here I used a Lisa Horton EF:  Buttercup Bloom.  It comes with an outline die cut which is really nice because it gives all the impressions in the leaves and flowers from the embossing folder.  So I cut it twice once with white card stock and then red.  I managed to cut out the red flowers and leave the white leaves.  I did dab on a bit of Lunar Paste:  slippery when wet on the center of the flowers.
My sentiment is from MFT:  Anything but Basic Birthday Wishes
My red coverplate is a Pinkfresh Floral & Diamond Tile Coverplate that I decided to cut at an angle.
 
We have lots of inspiration for you over at the blog from all our Party Guests and the Design team.]
Please welcome:
 
 
I look forward to seeing your card in the gallery! 

I did make another mostly red birthday card and thought I would share it also:

I used a Spellbinders: Hearts EF, 
Penny Black:  Together Forever (bear with balloons)



Heart Hugs, friends!



Thursday, February 8, 2024

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY ~ SPLATTERS by Glenda

Hi friends!  Today it is all about "splatters" on our birthday cards for Seize the Birthday.
Glenda is the lead on this challenge!

I used the same fun SSS Party Balloons embossing folder that I used in January, this time I ink blended some greens and blues on my card before embossing it. This particular ef comes with one balloon die, so I cut out a couple of balloons and strategically placed them over 2 balloons.   I added some Twisted Crepe dies from the Greetery cut with gold mirror paper and the sentiment is a PTI DIE.  I splattered with gold ink to tie it all in.  
I think this card is fun and festive!
So the challenge is to use splatters on your birthday card, that is the "topping", if you don't want to use the topping, then you are free to make any kind of birthday card and still play along with us!
See you in the gallery! 
And please check out the design team with all their fun inspiring splatters!
Our Special Party Guest for the next two months is Deborah Wheeler


Heart Hugs, friends!