Can you believe it? This is our 200th Celebration post of this Birthday Challenge.
What a celebration we have planned for you.
Read carefully so that you will enter correctly and have a chance to win.
For this challenge we want you to make a card and/or project that is inspired by the graphic below. Whether it be the colors, the balloons, the watercolor vibe, or the numbers etc... Whatever sparks your creativity. However for this challenge only, we are asking you to explain in your post how exactly you were inspired!
Remember for this challenge only, we are asking you to explain in your post how exactly you were inspired!
So we are NOT having an option of Anything Goes
for this challenge.
I was inspired by the entire logo as it is a new one for us this year
and I love it so much.
For this card I used, Simon Says die, Balloon Bouquet, Penny Black Happy Birthday die. Inks are Distressed Oxide Squeezed Lemon, Dusty Concord, and GKD ink in Bubble Gum Pink and Turquoise Sea.
Remember Nancy is offering 2 Twenty-Five Dollar Simon Says Gift Certificates
4 Mystery Design Team Members have prizes up on their blogs.
That is a total of 6 chances to win a prize.
I hope that you will be inspired!
Just to refresh, here are the rules to win again
1. You must enter the challenge and tell how you were inspired.
2. You must make a comment on each of the Design Team Blogs including the Surprise Party Guest.
3. I will pick a random winner from that group of qualified winners.
Please continue to hop to all of the other team members. They have great stuff to inspire you and who knows, there may be another surprise around the corner. What do you have to lose?
Our Surprise Party Guest is....
BINGO!! I am one of the mystery team members that is offering a prize. I have three Newton's Nook stamp sets that I will send to a winner. Two 6 X 4 and one 3X4 set.
All three will go to one winner.
Here is the blog if you have not come from there. http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/
Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!
Absolutely love your blended background.
ReplyDeleteI love your pretty card. Sorry I cannot enter at this time. Looks like you are very generous with the prize.
ReplyDeleteWonderful blending and use of the logo colors.
ReplyDeleteAwesome job with the card and the post my friend! I can see the logo plain as day on your card, you even have the colors in the correct place! Well done and thanks for being one of the mystery prize hosts! Those are great stamps!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous background! Such a lovely card with the balloons.
ReplyDeleteBarbara, I too LOVE this logo, the colors are just so awesome, my favorites! Fabulous card and thanks so much for donating extra goodies for the prizes!
ReplyDeleteYour background is perfect for those balloons Barbara. Love your card.
ReplyDeleteThanks for offering your prize. Good luck to everyone.
OH Barb this is absolutely AWESOME! Love your overall design ... truly mimics the logo! GREAT job and wonderful inspiration! I sure hope I get time to join in the fun!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome card, as usual. LOVE your blending, makes the white greeting pop. fabulous prized, Girly. Hope you have lots of entries!!
ReplyDeleteI love YOUR card so much, Barbara! The blended card panel is perfect for the inset balloons and sentiment. And some lucky person is going to have a whole lot of fun with the stamp sets you are offering!
ReplyDeleteThe logo is great inspiration and your card looks super with these wonderful colors!
ReplyDeleteThe logo is great inspiration and your card looks super with these wonderful colors!
ReplyDeleteThe logo is great inspiration and your card looks super with these wonderful colors!
ReplyDeleteHi Barbara! I love your card. I'm trying to learn how to do the oxide ink backgrounds, and yours is awesome. Thanks for the inspiration. I'm working on my card for the Seize The Birthday challenge, and can't wait to play along. Thanks for the FAB inspiration.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Karen L
www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com
Beautiful background and I love the balloons tucked behind the bold sentiment! Thanks for the inspiration:)
ReplyDeleteThis card is cheerful, love how the white die cut pops out from ink blended background.
ReplyDeleteSo much fun! Love the colored balloons with the die cut included
ReplyDeleteBeautiful background and great take on the inspiration piece.
ReplyDeletePerfect card. Love the beautiful blended background, lovely balloons and that beautiful die cut sentiment. Awesome. Hugz
ReplyDeleteWhat a great inspired background you created for your birthday balloons - and what lovely prizes to a lucky winner!
ReplyDeletePerfect take on the logo Barbara, your ink blending is seamless and gorgeous! Cathy x
ReplyDeletePerfect take on the graphic! Your card is lovely and the colours look great. - Charlotte/Lady Joyful
ReplyDeletelove the card so cute
ReplyDeleteI love your ink blending in those happy colors!!! You've recreated the logo so beautifully on your card!
ReplyDeleteLove the logo too and great card, congrats with the 200th challenge and what a fab price to win, thank you so much, hugs Blankina PS Iam making my card to join ..
ReplyDeleteI love this logo too, its one of my favs from blogland. Your card looks super. Hopping on by via Seize the Birthday, Hazel xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blending, and such a perfect rendering of the logo colours.
ReplyDeleteI love the logo as well! Beautiful card. Lovely colors used for the background.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors you have used. And love the layout as well.
ReplyDeletetake care and be safe during the covid 19..
Love your soft blended version of the logo background Barbara, and the fun balloons!
ReplyDeleteLove your ink blended background!
ReplyDeleteWhat a charming card! Love the beautiful color blending in your background. That would be a wonderful background for anything at all, wouldn't it! Thank you also, for making such a wonderful card out of the logo, Barbara!
ReplyDeleteI love the background technique you've used. I think it really reflects the logo. Wonderful card. And thanks for the extra chance to win.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty background! I hold my breath in anticipation of the fun effects every time I splash a little water on the distress inks! Love your card and know you had fun creating it!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card. Fantastic ink blending
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely birthday card with these 2 balloons. I love how you cut them out and then popped them back in :). Background is great too!!
ReplyDeleteI love your card. The background spatters make the card sing!
ReplyDeleteLove the bright and cheerful colours. So uplifting.
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What a beautiful smooth blended background Barbara! Love the way the balloons are hiding behind your sentiment and the touch of black of their strings. Vicky x
ReplyDeleteThis background is so beautiful! The white sentiment just pops and I love that you tucked the balloons in.
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