Seize the Birthday #313 Embossing

Jenny has chosen Embossing for our topping in the challenge at Seize the Birthday.

This Challenge is fun and an easy one to enter. 

Remember, if you use our topping, you have a chance to be a guest designer. 

 I want to welcome our next Surprise Party Guest.  We have Johanna Rundell joining us for the rest of the year. 

Welcome, Johanna!  We are delighted to have you with us. 

We also have Rachal Ball with us today as she was the winner of the last challenge using our topping. 

Here is my card with examples of dry embossing and heat embossing. 

Here is a better view of the gold heat embossing and you can also see the Swiss dot dry embossing. 

     If you are not into the topping for this challenge, 

remember to make it a birthday theme. 

Gina K Designs Sentiment Summer kit

Gold Base cardstock

Ivory cardstock

Master Layouts 4

Gold embossing powder

Copic markers

Sentiment Gina K Signs of Spring stamp set

Gold pearls from my stash

Swiss Dot embossing folder. 

Hop over to the blog for more inspiration and to see the Surprise Party Guests. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Double D Challenge - Music Theme

I made most of these last cards for challenges ahead of time as I knew that we would be traveling again. We just came back from Ireland and Scotland.  My hubby has been to Ireland, but this is my first time there. I can tell you that a 17 day bus trip is not for us. But we saw many amazing sights and met new friends. Next bus trip will be shorter. We are too old! 

This is the inspiration board that Diane did for us. 

This is the prize

My card made long before I knew that MFT was going out of business. 

Boy I guess that I used more of their stamps and dies than I thought. 

Here is another card using the bunnies. 

MFT Strike up the Band

Pink Fresh Notched Corner Frame

Blue foil paper Design paper from my Stash

Vellum 

Simon Says Stamp Just a Note die.

Check out the Blog for inspiration and them go make a card. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Mushrooms for a Challenge

I am entering this card in the new Challenge for September at A Cut Above. This challenge is anything goes with a die cut. I made this card a bit ago for another challenge, but did not need it. It was placed aside until now. I am a lucky girl to be able to use it here on this challenge. 

 4

The supplies for this card are:

The Greetery BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden.

I also used Gina K ML 4  I love that scalloped edge.

Some design paper ? From my stash

Gold foil card stock

Birthday greeting is Memory Box 

Circles that I die cut with my smallest circle die for the background. 

I colored the toadstools with Copic markers choosing fantasy colors to match the design paper. 

Lots of texture and layers to the card. 

This Challenge last a month, so you have time to create and enter. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Seize the Birthday Challenge - #312 Black and White

                            Hello Birthday card crafters! The best way to have plenty of birthday cards on hand to give out is to enter out challenge regularly. 

This next challenge is a color challenge is from Shirley,  using only Black and White.

 

                                       

I would like to take at minute to welcome our newest team member to the family.

 Welcome Nancy Salkeld to Seize the Birthday Challenge. This is her fist challenge with us. 

My card

Supplies for this card:

GKD white and black card stock and sentiment Floral Friendship

Penny Black Curvature dies

Altenew Adore You Stamp and Die

Spellbinders EF Knock on Wood

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well...you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Be sure to stop by the blog to see the team and our Special Party Guests Here. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Double D Challenge - Butterflies

        Here it is August and we have another challenge for you crafters. Darlene has found some lovely butterflies for this simple challenge. They come in some many colors, your pick.  

         

The prize 

My card. I am crafting this season from my older stamps and discovering that there is a wonderful supplies to make fun cards. So gratifying for me. 

Spellbinders The Botanical Solarium 

Hero Arts Sentiment  Layering Swallowtail Butterflies

Spellbinders Circle Die

Altenew Painted Butterflies stamp and die

Inks GKD Sunkissed Coral and Butterscotch

You really need to stop by the blog for more inspiration. 

Then so and make a card and enter it in this challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Seize the Birthday #311 No Flowers

What? No flowers for this topping at the next challenge at Seize the Birthday? Well that was my first thought and it maybe yours too. But when I thought about it, what fun there is in challenging our card making capabilities. I found many things that could be the subject of my cards. I have been searching in my older stamps and dies and found this ice cream truck. I when one step further and made it a fancy fold as well. It was fun. So thank you to Jules for this challenge.

My Card

See how I did the fancy fold so that it can sit on display. 

Supplies for this card are:

Stamp in Up Tasty Trucks stamp and sentiment. 

Pink Fresh Nested Hexagon double stitched die

Design paper and ice cream cones from my stash ( great to finally use them)

This card can be propped open and stand up on your table for display. 

I already said that! Lol

If you are not using the toppings, just make it a birthday theme. 

Be sure to get the the blog for the other team members and our Special Guest designers. 

 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

New embossing folder possibilities

I recently came upon a new to me challenge. It is called Freshly Made Sketches. 

I was impressed with some of the teams designs, especially when I could use a new purchased spellbinder embossing folder. How fun is that? This card was so easy that I had to enter it as it turned out better than planned. 

Let me show you.

This embossing folder has many different postage stamp images. I selected a few and colored them in and then cut them apart to make this card. 

Embossing folders are Swiss dots, and Spellbinders Postage Mosaic

I used watercolor paper, you can see that the color is more ivory than the white base. I liked that. 

Sentiment is Always and Forever heat embossing with gold.

 ( I do these in batches and have them ready to use)

A few gems and it was complete. 

I will be entering this card in the Freshly Made Sketchs #698 Challenge 

Go over that see what it is all about. 

I am closing up my craft room for a few weeks as we are headed out for another adventure.

This time to Ireland and Scotland. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Word Art Spice of life

I was recently invited to make an card and enter it in a new to me challenge, 

called Word Art Wednesday.

I love adding a Bible verse to a card and that will be my new challenge for me. 

I made this card with the verse which is on the blog to copy and paste. 

Stamps: Colorado Craft Big and Bold Spice of Life and matching die

Ink: Memento Black

Paper: Gina K Designs Barely There Cardstock

Embossing folder Spellbinders Tufted

Dies: Lil'inker oval die

Gems from my stash.

I am entering this card in the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Here

and A Cut Above Challenge Here

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Double D Challenge - Bee Happy

The Double D Challenge for the next two weeks is all about the Bee'S 

Check out the inspiration board and Diane did for this one. 

As soon as you see my card, you will know what inspired me. I am anxious to see what inspired you. 

Of course, here is a prize the a random winner, but if you don't enter you have nada chance to win. 

I actually made this card a while ago, but it still makes me smile. The background reminds me of busy bees and I and glad that I used the hexagons too. Notice that I die cut the large hexagon from the background and inset the flowers and bees. Those are some very BIG bees! Probably Queens! 

GKD ML 1

Embossing Folder Dimensional Fab Florals

Pink Fresh Nested Hexagon Double Stitched die

Ragged Daisy die Poppy Stamps

Bee die and stamp and sentiment from a friend unknow stamp and die. Very old! 

Hop on over to the blog to see the inspiration from the team. They are fantastic! 

You will find them here. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Seize the Birthday Challenge #310 Use your favorite color

JoAnn is our hostess for this challenge and as you see the theme is 

Use your Favorite color. 

My favorite color as long as I remember has been blue, but for this challenge 

I wanted to change it up a bit and I used teal. 

I used a lot of supplies for this card. It is a good thing that I have a lot of supplies! 

Let's start with Pink Fresh Twisted Pattern die. 

I just added some stitched lines on that. 

For the background,  I took out my Paper trey Ink Stencil called Open Your Heart 

and used Distress oxide ink called Speckled Egg for the falling hearts. 

The flowers, sentiment and leaves are from Gina K Designs 

stamp and die called Delicate Flowers. 

My  DieNamics die hearts was used the hold the sentiment. A few added gold pearls form GKD. 

Copic markers are BG72, 74 and 78

along with G 94 and 99

If you are not doing the topping, make sure that it is a birthday theme. 

Here are more inspiration for you on the blog and be sure to give some love to our Surprise Party Guest

Karen. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Double D Challenge - For the Kiddos

Welcome to a new challenge at Double D. Boy, this one was a hard challenge for me I have to admit. I didn't have any of these Disney characters in my stash. Recently there have been some Spellbinders dies out there that would fit, but I did this post way before that. If I am honest, this is the second card that I made for this challenge.  I hope that you just have fun with this challenge, as that is the way that I chose to go. 

Here is the inspiration board for you. 

The prize for a random winner. 

My card was just a kiddo card. I have a granddaughter that will love this one

 I could even give it to my daughter in law. 

Supplies for this card are pretty simple"

My Favorite Things stamp and die called New Best Friends Design paper from MFT

Penny Black die, curvature

Copic markers to color. 

Boy, now that MFT has gone out of business, I realize the I will really miss them,

 but cherish the supplies that I have. 

I can't wait to see what you do for this challenge, just have fun and make a card. 

The team has more inspiration for you too HERE

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Seize the Birthday Challenge #309 - Food and/or Drink

Glenda is the host for this next two weeks and she has suggested that our challenge be 

Food and Drink! 

If you are not interested in the topping, you can do a birthday theme. 

Then if course, anything goes. 

This is my example for you. 

No decision here, I went with drink as I had a die set that I was itching to use.

MFT has a bunch of dies and I used most of them.

Long stemware and Bar Basics for starters. Then added Drink Decor and Christmas Garnish and for the sentiment, Raise a Glass stamp from MFT. Now that they are going out of business, I really cherish this dies even more. 

 Gina K Master layouts 2 for the frame. 

We have Karen Letchworth joining us for the next two months. 

check out the Seize the Birthday blog for more inspiration.  

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!