Seize The Birthday - Things In A Garden

 

They're flowers, Jim, but not as we know 'em!

Hello, we've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday - Things In A Garden, chosen by Nancy.  So I did these funky Zinsky Art flowers from PaperArtsy.  The largest one's a bit triffid-like, isn't it?

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous garden-themed beauties from the rest of the team and our surprise party guests, then play along with us - you can do any birthday-themed project if you don't fancy gardens this week.

Seize The Birthday - Card for a child

It's a new challenge at Seize The Birthday, and Linda has chosen Card for a Child.

The males are always more difficult to make cards for, but this set from Funky Fossil works for children and adults alike these days.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see some more fabulous creations from the STB team and our surprise party guests, and play along with us.  You can always play along with our Anything Goes birthday theme.

Seize The Birthday - Use Red, White + 1 Colour

 

Hey, peeps!  Our new challenge is up at Seize The Birthday, brought to us by JoAnn.  She wants us to use red, white plus one colour.

I went for brown for the chocolate that the little mouse is carrying.  The sentiment die is from MFT and, of course, when you cut it, you're left with either the letters or the negative, depending on how you're going to use it.  I couldn't waste the negative, so I made a companion card.  Love it when you get a twofer!

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see what extra colour our guests and the rest of the design team have made, and join in with us.  If you don't want to use red + white + 1, you can always play along with our Anything Goes birthday.

Seize The Birthday - Use Your Initials

 

Hi, Our latest challenge at Seize The Birthday is up and running.  Glenda's chosen the theme - use your initials.

I've gone for S for silver and B for blooms.

I treated myself to a Spellbinders Glimmer foil machine, and so far, I've had mixed results.  I've tried every type of card, and settled on one that gives the best results, bu it's still very hit and miss.  I can use the same sentiment on the same card twice in succession and get different results.  Fortunately the bad bits all get cut away with the die.  So I wasn't hopeful at all with my first attempt at the splatter because I wouldn't be able to cut anything away, but to my surprise it turned out perfectly.  So I didn't try again, haha :)

The floral stamp and die is from Altenew.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see how the design team and our surprise guests have used their initials, then join in using your initials - or if you'd rather not, just play along with any birthday themed project.

Seize The Birthday - Candles

Helloooo! We've got a new challenge at Seize The Birthday, with an optional theme of Candles, chosen by Colleen.

I was rummaging in my stash and found this stamped image of a birthday cake with candles, so it just needed colouring and and blinging up a bit.  It's an old woodblock stamp, couldn't tell you what make.  The background was also in my stash so I just die-cut it with a Penny Black die.  And added some splatter. The sentiment is from Uniko.

If you don't want to use our candles theme, you can still play along with any birthday-themed project.  Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see what our surprise guests and the design team have created, then play along.

Seize The birthday - Winged Things

 

Hey there, Happy New Year!

We've got our first challenge for 2023, chosen by Cathy, and it's Winged Things.  I got this fun flamingo a few months back from Stamp Addicts, so it was a no-brainer for me.  The Bottoms Up sentiment is also from Stamp Addicts, but the lower sentiment is from Avery Elle Inside Birthday Greetings.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous winged things creations from our surprise party guest and the design team, and play along with us.  You can always play with our Anything Goes birthday theme.

Poinsettia Christmas

 

I've been playing with the Penny Black Scarlet Majesty cling stamp, one of my absolute favourites.  This first one is on mixed media paper using Distress Inks, with a touch of black pen to add tension.  The sentiment is from Tim Holtz.

I'm entering this into Penny Black Saturday challenge - Christmas.

I did this next one on Hunkydory Ink Me card and went for a cleaner image, adding shading with coloured pencils.  The sentiment is from Uniko Studio.

I'm entering it into The Flower Challenge - Christmas

While the stamp was still in the MISTI I spritzed and stamped off and got this image.  It needed a little help, so I outlined it and added veins for a bit of definition.  The sentiment is from MFT.

I'm entering this one in Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

I got a couple more stamp-offs that you can see in this group picture.  Not a bad morning's work, eh?