Seize the Birthday #318 Make your own Snowflake Background

Hello Crafters,

Welcome to the start of a brand new year - 2026! We've got some wonderful challenges lined up, and I am excited to kick things off. It's Barbara, and I will be your host for the next two weeks.

 I looked up January themes on line for some inspiration.  Snowflakes was one that caught my eye. In addition, I thought a background of snowflakes would be fun. I'll call it a blizzard of snowflakes.   I hope that you have fun with it too! 

You can also enter anything goes birthday theme card. 

This is my first card. 

I use W plus 9 snowflakes dies. After cutting out the snowflakes, I used the negative as a stencil. With Gina K's Turquoise Sea ink I sponged the snowflake stencil over the background. The die for that is Pink Fresh Stitched Scallop Rectangle die. I sprinkled a lot of Picket Fence Twinkle lights on the die cut snowflakes and popped them on a rectangle of vellum. I finished with some gems from my stash. 

This is a look at the inside. 

For my second card (I could not help myself) 

I made a shaker card.

I started with Power Poppy's Handmade stamp. I used embossing powder in silver for my background. The I placed a oval die cut twice for my shaker element. This oval glitters with lots of SU Pacific Point ink and more glitter. The sentiment is from my stash. 

Our new Surprise Party Guest for the next two months is Helen Brammer! 

Helen

We also have Stephanie Severin joining us for this challenge, as she was our overall winner from our last challenge of the year!  

I hope that you play along with us for this challenge. There are so many ways you can do your background. You can also get some inspiration form the team Here

and our Surprise Party Guest 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

DD Jan 7th 2026 - 10th Birthday Challenge.

Theme:  Birthday (it's our 10 year)

Time sure goes by fast these days and now we at Double D Challenge are 10 years old. We are celebrating with a new challenge for the next two weeks of the new year, 2026.

What a prize there is for a random winner! 

Supplies foe this card: Simon says stamps and die call festive balloons. 

Background is embossing folder Plaid from Pink & Main where I applied ink and then embossed. 

I was inspired by the balloons and the color pink. 

Prize contains 4 things Alpha stickers~Die~EB folder~stamp set

Please take a look at the blog to see what the team has done Here

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Double D Challenge - Santa and/or Snowman

Darlene is our hostess for the last challenge at Double D for this year. 

Come on over and make a card with a Santa or Snowman on it. 

I had a lot of fun with this one. 

I love the vintage look of these Santa's and Snowmen. 

The Prize for a random winner

My card

Yes, it folds flat for mailing and so much fun to make. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA7ACKqNDcA

Here is where you can see how to make the base of this card. No dies are required. 

Then decorate it any way that you like. 

I used the Stampendous die called Santa Hugs to make the Santa and reindeer. 

This is a 5 X 7 card. I found the die still available on eBay. 

Some poinsettia flowers and leaves and the sentiment is a die that I have had for a long time. 

You will have fun if you click on the Double D Blog for this challenge for more inspiration.

Merry Christmas to all 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Double D Challenge - Christmas Wrappings

Our next challenge at Double D fits right in the Holiday spirit. I am sure that you are busy with the shopping and wrapping and baking, but just look at this inspiration board. Take a crafting minute to join us this next two weeks. 

(Christmas bows, ribbons, tags, packages,
xmas designer paper counts as xmas wrapping paper
just have fun with it)

Here is the prize for a random entry!

My card for this challenge. 

Supplies for this card are:

Power Poppy Stamp Cozy Cupful's image and sentiment

GKD ML 3 & 4

Gold card stock

Twine and gold strip paper from my stash

White gel pen

Please see the inspiration from the team Here

Happy crafting! 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Double D Challenge - Fall Colors

Hello crafters it is time for another challenge at Double D! This next two weeks our theme is Fall colors! The perfect time of year to make fall cards. Next week will be Thanksgiving in the US. You could combine these colors with a thanks card. Just saying! I would love to see what you enter. 

Here is the mood board for you. 

Of course, there is a prize for a random winner. 

My card for this challenge. 

This cover die has been in my room for a long time. I am sure that I got it from Kathy Krug as she gave me tons of die cuts.  It just spoke out to me to use it for this challenge.  I do not know the manufacturer.  

Using glue and gilded flakes in gold and copper, I cover some of the leaves.

Simply put it on a background and added the die cut sentiment from The Greetery. 

Please take a look at the bog to see what the team has done for this challenge. 

Happy Thanksgiving to all. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!