Seize the Birthday Challenge #325 Primarily Pink.

                         Nancy is our host for this challenge and the title is Primarily Pink

If you use the topping on your entry, you have a chance to be a guest designer for the next challenge. 

But if you decided not to use the topping, just make is a birthday theme. 

Here is  my card. 

Spellbinders Floral Fence of togetherness. embossing folder

Altenew Sunshine Floral Fence from Craft Your Life

Inks, the stress oxide Spun sugar, Simon says blush Jeanie Kay designs Jellybean Green, Grass Green

Pearl embellishments from Gina K Designs

Our Surprise Party Guest is Jennie Maier 

The winner from the last challenge using the topping is Heather

I am also entering this card in the Color Hues Challenge #131 Coral and Green 

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!

STB #298 - Kraft and Red

For the next challenge at Seize the Birthday we have a color challenge. 

Glenda has chosen RED and KRAFT 

We have a new team member as well. Her name is  Jenny Martin.

Welcome Jenny to the team. 

Here is the card that I made. 

Supplies for this card are:

Altenew Nordic Wonderland 3D embossing folder and die. 

GKD master layouts 2

Red Pearl pen by Viva

Kraft and red cardstock from Gina K. 

Be sure to go to the blog for Seize the Birthday for more inspiration, or just to see what the team has for you. 

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! 

                                                                     

SYB #281 Any Color plus Green

Time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday!

Nancy, our leader is the hostess for this challenge. 

She is asking us to pick a color, any color and add green.

Of course, neutral colors are allowed. 

If you are not into toppings, just make it a Birthday card! 

But if you use our topping, you may have a chance to be a quest designer. 

Here is my card for this challenge. As I needed a masculine birthday card, I went with this theme. 

I knew that I would choose blue to go along with the green for this challenge. I had already made a panel from Gina K Thick Brush stencil and used the poly-glaze foiling sheet too. That was my background panel. 

The die in the front is Spellbinder small die of the month, Gift Border

I die cut that from black shiny packaging. 

The bows are foil paper in green and gold.'

using master layouts from Gina K, I framed the card and popped out the gifts. 

Happy Day is from the same Spellbinder die. 

The team has more inspiration for you Here. 

Our Surprise Party Guest for the next two months is  Jolanda Johnston

 Melanie Hungerford is also with us as she was the winner from the last challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                               

Seize the Birthday Challenge - #279 Coordinating Tag and Card Combo

Jules is the hostess for the 279th Challenge and she has chosen a super topping. 

If you are not into the toppings, just make sure that it is a birthday theme. 

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

 I love to see what you can do with this topping. 

Of course, you can just make a birthday card too. 

My Card

This card happened to be a happy surprise! I had some previous fun images that I was trying out new techniques. There they were on laying on my desk and that is how card and tag started.

Using a reverse embossing technique on this Altenew Zero Waste Flowery Pattern embossing folder. I then die cut oval. I tossed it and it landed on this negative foiled piece from Gina K Thick Brish stencil.  It is adhered to a black card base. 

The tag is also using the reverse stencil technique. 

Here is the technique that I was trying. 

You never know here the inspiration will come from. 

Debrah Wheeler is our Surprise Party Guest for February and March.

You can find her creations here

Check out the Seize the Birthday blog for more inspiration. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                             

DD 8th Birthday/ Anniversary - Bronze

This is a new crafting year 2024! 

We at Double D Challenge are Celebrating 8 years ! 

Can you believe it?

Here is our inspiration board for your projects. 

As you can see I was inspired by the drinks and the bronze. 

Supplies for this card are : Tim Holtz embossing folder, My Favorite Things Stamp and die, Long Stem Barware, Dink Decore garnish and Raise Your Glass stamp. 

Another look at the cocktails. 

Prize is for ONE winner

Altenew Floral Frame Stamp set & Project sheet
Spellbinders Hand Drawn Scallops EB folder

Scrapbook.com Glitter Brush Marker

Please stop over that the DD blog to see how that team did their cards.

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

   

Now for some exciting news! These two ladies are starting another challenge.

 It will be called WORD POWER!

This will be a monthly challenge that beings on the FIRST Thursday of each month and ends on the LAST Thursday of that month.  There will be badges for a Winner & Top 3 available.

Seize the Birthday Challenge #268 Make it Musical

Jules wants us to make it Musical and that is what I did. 

Let's see what you can do.  

Here is my card.

The supplies that I used for this card are: 

Tutti Designs nesting circles

Frantic stamper Musical Score

Gina K Ephermera

Some drops from my stash. 

If you are not a toppings kind of crafter, Anything Goes is for you. 

But remember, if you use the toppings, you have a chance to be a guest designer. 

Just remember to keep it a Birthday Theme!

Surprise Party Guest

Is Izzy and here is her blog

https://www.izzyscrap.com/

Also remember that there is more inspiration from the team here. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                              

Seize the Birthday #250 Halloween Colors

Wow! Here it is the #250th Challenge at Seize the Birthday Challenge. 

Vicki is our hostess and has chosen the Halloween colors for it. 

This is the topping that we have for this challenge, but if you want to just make it a birthday card that is great too. 

I added Halloween images to the colors and I had this stamp set with Witches hats that I wanted to use. 

Here it is. 

The supplies for this card are; Simon Says stamp called, If the Hat fits.  Love that! 

Stampin' Up WebWishes, and Winter Scattered Flakes stencil by Memory Box. 

I sponged the background with green and purple inks by Gina K and colored the hats with my Copics. 

I thought it needed a little shine and added some silver sequins. 

The inside! 

Take a look at the blog for more inspiration and the Surprise Party Guest for this challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                                 

Double D - Purple- Blue-Green, All or One

 Darlene is challenging you with this fun idea. You can choose to use all of the colors or just one. This inspiration board is filled with gorgeous colors and I did all three. 

The prize for a random winner 

 

                       Supplies:  EF Cuttle bug

                                       GKD Hearts and Flowers and sentiment

                                        Spellbinder A2 curved borders 

                                             

Be sure to visit the blog for even more inspiration. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                                     

Seize the Birthday challenge #242 - Metallic

Here it is July and I hope that you have some plans for your summer.  Maybe it is a vacation somewhere as we all know our vacation has been to stay home for the last two years. 

We have one planned for this month and another for the fall. So I am busy making cards ahead of time for the Seize the Birthday Challenge. 

For this challenge, Cathy is our host and she has chosen Metallics. 

If you are not a toppings kind of crafter, just make sure that your entry is a Birthday theme.

Here is my card. 

 This card started out a bit different than it ended up. I took the 3D embossing folder from Altenew called Spoon Daisy and embossed it on foil card stock. In hindsight, I probably should have spritzed it lightly with water.  Because I didn't do that, the card stock cracked.  Next, I tried to make it look antique by rubbing dark ink on it. 

  Warning, ink on foil does not dry. 

How did I manage to save this hot mess? I used a sanding block to rub over the raised areas and then fussy cut the daisy out. Adhered it to black background and then on a base of Turquoise Sea and added the Happy Birthday sentiment. 

I am calling this a save! 

Here is a better picture of the antique look.  I think this could be a masculine card. 

With just some card stock and one EF I made a card.  

I sure hope to see what you can do. No hot foil machine or Minc foiler?  You can still make a metallic card. 

We have a new Surprise Party Guest for the next two months 

She is Karren Johnson and you can find her blog here. 

Be sure to see the Seize the Birthday blog for more inspiration. 

      Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                                                    

Double D Challenge -Creatures under/in the Sea

Our new challenge at Double D for the next two weeks is........

        Creatures in and under the sea.

      From Team Diane.     

                    

                                                             Here are some ideas for you. 

                                                     

      

I am in the process of cleaning my crafts and using things that I have been saving.  

This is a Copic coloring of a class that I took with Kit and Clouder, several years ago. It is still available and is on sale.  I decided to make a card out of it as it was great for this challenge. 

The digi is from the class and is called Underwater Magic. I colored it with Copic markers. It was a bit larger, but I only needed to cut off one inch to make this 5 1/2 inch square card and turn it into a Birthday card. I used the sentiment from MFT called Gill Friends. 

Here is the prize  

Be sure to take a look at what the others on this team for your inspiration. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                                     

Seize the Birthday #237 - Butterflies or Hummingbirds

Our toppings for this challenge are butterflies or hummingbirds chosen 

by Nancy as our host. 

But if you are not a toppings person, just make sure that it is a birthday card. 

Here is my card.

Supplies: GKD Navy and gold  cardstock, Fluttering Fall Bundle, Background is Simon Says outline butterflies embossed in gold. Frantic Stamper Die Lattice Beauty Edge. 

The sentiment is Hony Bee Buzz words die cuts in gold.

Please stop by the team blog to see what they have made for this challenge.

Our Surprise Party Guest is Deepti Aggarwal . 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!