Seize the Birthday Challenge #307 Fancy Fold

Hello Crafters! I am your host for this next challenge. I picked a fancy fold for the topping. 

If you are not into toppings, you can just make it a birthday theme.

 

But remember if you use the topping, you have a chance to be a guest designer with us. 

Here is my inspiration for you. 

Supplies for this card:

Pink Fresh Folk Edge Circle

Altenew Fragrant Peony

GKD Radiant Roses greetings

Stampin Up ink Tangerine Tango

Distressed Oxide ink Rustic Wilderness

PTI design paper

I was inspired by Libby and you can find that site below. 

But remember there are tons of examples out there for fancy folds on YouTube. 

Our Surprise Party Guest is Wanda Cullen  https://cullen-arycreations.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

STB #297 Use Something New

I hope that you all have a great Holiday Season. You may have done some crafting or took some time off. But now, its time for a new challenge here at Seize the Birthday. Let's get back to making those birthday cards that we all need. 

Our first challenge of 2025 is, Use Something New and Cathy of our hostess. I bet that you all have something new that was purchased, or it could have been around for awhile but have not used yet. Let's get going 

 

Here is the card that I made with some new dies. 

Inside

The supplies for this card are:

Spellbinder Infinity Punch and Pierce plate

Spellbinders Tweet Cardinal from Celebrate the Seasons 

The Greetery Curly Q Streamers, and the leaves are from Warm and Wonderful 

Distressed Oxide Ink Rustic Wilderness

If you don't want to use the toppings, just make it a birthday theme. 

Amanda Mertz is our Surprise Party Guest for the next two months.

You can find her cards Here

We also have two Party Guests this post. 

Valerie

and 

Denise

Please take a look at the team Blog for more inspiration. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                                     

Double D Challenge - Fall Plaids

It is time for another challenge at Double D and this time it is Fall Plaids.

Diane has selected these images for your inspiration, and I was inspired by the top left. 

The Prize for a random winner

                                             

Here is my card 

Honey Bee Lovely Layers Rose Die

Penny Black Border Die

MFT 6X6 patterned paper Country Fair

Hop on over to the blog to see what the team has for your inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                               

Sieze the Birthday #251 Ashwini-Many of Something

                                                         

It is November I can't believe that we are getting close to the end of the year and November is the last month that Seize the Birthday Challenge posts.  We take the month of December off to refresh! 

This month Ashwini is the host and she has chosen the topping, Many of Something. You don't want to miss this one. Get out your crafty supplies and play along with us. 

                                                         Here is my inspiration for you. 

    My background has many of these things. Not sure what they are. Balloons or Flowers, You decide. 

I used Simon Says background stamp ( Flora) and die cut ( Happy Birthday) as you see in the picture. 

The technique that I did on the background is heat embossing and then some watercolor over the top. It was a day when I made many backgrounds that I could use later. This one came in very handy. The sentiment is one that you will see many times on my cards as it is easy and I love it. Some gold foil strips on the side and bling from my stash complete this card. 

And if you are not into toppings, just make sure that it is a Birthday card. 

       

 Surprise Party Guest

Asa

Give her some love and the rest of the team too. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                                       

Seize the Birthday #243 - Purple, Blue, and Green

                                         

You are in the right place! This is the Seize the Birthday Challenge! It does look like my post from yesterday, but this is a different one.  It has the same theme and my thought was that I can make a card that looks very different with the same colors. So here I go. 

Colleen is our host and this was her pick of colors. 

Remember if you are not a toppings crafter, you can just make a birthday card. 

Here is the one I did for this challenge. 

I went searching in my bits box and up popped this background that I did some time ago after listening to a Jennifer McGuire video. I used a die from MFT called Snow Drift and double-sided tape and glitter.  I know it is called snow drift, but in this case, I think it looks like waves and water.  I went with that theme for my card. 

Going waaaaay back to an old Stampin Up stamp set called Fishy Friends, I stamped and hot embossed the fish and the starfish from that set. Then I water-colored them. 

That sentiment is an old Gina K Duo, do you remember those red rubber ones? 

Our Surprise Party Guest is Karren Johnson and you will find her blog here. 

Don't forget to check out the Seize the Birthday blog too 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!