Thursday, July 23, 2026

Seize the Birthday #331 - Square card + non white base


Glenda is the hostess for this next challenge and she wants us to make a Square card, but this is a twist as the base must not be white. I quickly made a square card, but forgot the non white base. Easy fix, and I just sponged on pink ink to my white base. Lol  It is amazing how quickly you can fix a mistake. 


If you are not doing the topping, just make it a Birthday theme card. 


Here is my card.

Card stock : Watercolor paper and Spellbinders Chiffon 
Dies:  Gina K Master Layouts #3, Fluttering Fall Bundle 
Stamps. Fluttering Fall Bundle
Ink: Gina K Lt. Carnation, Sand Stone
Stencil: Gina K Crazy Daisy 
Pearls Gina K 


The inside


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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Double D - Your Favorite Fruit

The next two weeks at Double D Challenge is going to be a lot of fun.
Darlene has made this inspiration board that will make your mouth water. 
Lets get to it. 


                        

My card!


The inside

Spellbinders large die of the month the Strawberry Patch
Gina K design paper for the background
The GREETERY seagrass basket


Looking forward to seeing your entry in this challenge.
For more inspiration check out the blog here

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Thursday, July 9, 2026

STB - #330 One or more Numbers



Cathy is the host for the next two weeks and she has chosen Numbers! 
Use One or More. 
Thanks Cathy for a great Birthday Challenge. 




I had an idea of what I wanted to create, but went to Pinterest to see more. There I found the card that I wanted to make exactly. To my surprise, it was one of my teammates at Seize the Birthday who did it. 
I will give Jules the credit and I didn't much improve it. 

I loved this so much that I just CASE it. 

Here is my card

I cut up so many numbers from scratch paper that I can make lots of cards with numbers. 
Supplies are:
MFT numbers die
Computer generated sentiment in the center
Embossing Folder From Sizzix Happy Birthday
Gina K Sentiment from So Many Sentiment stamp

If you are not using the topping, please make it a Birthday Theme
Remember if you use the topping, you may get a chance to be our next guest designer. 

It is so easy to use the topping on this challenge I hope to see lots. 

Please stop over at the blog and take a look at what the team has done for this challenge.

Our Surprise Party Guest is Lynda 
And our guest from the last challenge


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Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Double D Challenge - Potpourri

 Theme:  Potpourri (def: A mix of things)

For this challenge use anything you see,
can be an object, a mix of colors, a shape/design
For example, sun, cloud, rainbow, an arch shape,
the colors etc.  Just have some fun with it.



My card




Stamp, Die and Sentiment are PTI Flower Favorites
Card base, GKD Jelly Bean Green
Inks SU, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango
GKD Jelly Bean Green, Grass Green. Cherry Red
Pink Fresh die Notched Corner Frame

Be sure to check out the teen blog for more inspiration here

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Thursday, June 25, 2026

Seize the Birthday - # 329 Blue, Pink, Yellow

It my turn to be the host for this next challenge at Seize the Birthday where we have a topping for you to use, but if you just make it a birthday theme, that will work as well. 


For my challenge, I have picked the  colors of Blue, Pink and Yellow. You can do pale or more dramatic look with brighter colors. You can include the neutrals, like black and white but no gold or silver for this one. 



The supplies for this card are:

Swiss dot embossing folder
Gina K cover plate Bubbles
Altenew Garden Cosmos dies
Card stock spellbinder Windy, Chiffon and Gina K, Lemon Drop
Ink Gina K, Cranberry and Ice Spruce Distress ink 
Sentiment is PTI on vellum and heat embossed

But remember if you do use the toppings you throw your hat into the ring to become a designer on our next challenge.



Please stop over at the blog and take a look at what the team has done for this challenge.

Our Surprise Party Guest is Kathy


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