Seize the Birthday #320 - CAS with dies

Thank you Glenda for This challenge. I love using my dies I think they make the cards special and have lots of texture. Something Hallmark can't do.

                                       

Here is the card that I did with just dies. 

PTI Big Beautiful Blooms die for the flower

Spellbinder Christmas foliage border

Yana's layered script sentiment.

You can always make a birthday theme project is you are not into toppings. 

Remember you get a chance to be a designer with our group if you use the topping and get picked.

Don't forget to take a look at the blog for more inspiration from the team.

Remember that our Surprise party Guest this month is Helen

And our design guest Valerie 

I am also entering this card in 

A Cut Above Challenge 

Anything goes for this Challenge as long as you use a die cut. 

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DD - February 4, 2026 - Vintage/Shabby Chic

Our next challenge at Double D is 

  Vintage / Shabby Chic

Our hostess is Diane

Art Impressions window die, Flowers from my stash, I made my woodgrain background with ink and stylus added some leaf impression vellum., and a bit of burlap. Those leaves are actually ribbon. I am not really a vintage crafter, but I do like it. This was the best for me. I was inspired by the flowers. 

Here is the inspiration board that Diane did for you. 

Of course there is a prize for the winner. 

Be sure to go to the Double D Blog for more inspiration. 

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Seize the Birthday #319 Rainbow of colors

Welcome to the next challenge at Seize the Birthday! Cathy is our hostess and this is her challenge for you. She called it a Rainbow of colors. 

This challenge was easy for me! A rainbow of colors means that I can use my inks to make a fun background. That is what I did for this challenge. After sponging on my rainbow of colors I use a GINA K stencil to sponge on some Versamark. Then I sprinkled it with some glitter and all I needed to do next was add a sentiment. Here is my card

If you don't use the topping, just make sure that your creation is a birthday theme. 

Of course this card sparkles so much more in real life wish you could see it.

You can do it too, and I would love to see your creation. 

Remember to check out the to see more inspiration. You can find them HERE 

Our surprise party guest for this challenge is Helen. You can see her bog Here. 

Remember if you enter this challenge, you maybe a quest designer for the next challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

DD - January 21, 2026 - Friends

Hello crafters! This new challenge from Darlene at Double D Challenge, really brought back some memories! It simply called Friends. Just look at the mood board for this challenge. Does it bring back some old or even new memories? I will tell you about mine in the description of my card. 

Here is the fun mood board for you inspiration. 

As always there is a prize for a random winner

I lived and worked in Wisconsin and there is a fun place to go to anytime of year. You may have heard of Door County Wisconsin. My friend, Sharon had a cottage there and invited a small group of friends for a girls weekend. I loved those times when we could enjoy food, shopping and relaxing times together. As the day ended, there were girly/romantic movies to watch on the TV. This stamp reminded me of those good times. Sharon is gone now and there are no girly weekends anymore. But I have the sweet memories. There is a name for every girl image in this stamp. 

Using the Stamp from Art Impressions and Master Layouts 4 from Gina K, I colored up this image with my Copic markers. 

I even finished the inside. 

I would love to see your friends favorites. Check out the blog for more inspiration. 

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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 

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