Seize The Birthday - Furry Friends

Hello, we've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday, and our toppings theme is Furry Friends, chosen by Cathy.

I went for this cute little Anita Jeram Ice Cream mouse, with a couple of sentiments and ice cram parlour tile background all from Colorado Craft Company.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team and our surprise party guest, Loopylou.

If you don't feel like playing along using Furry Friends you can always join in with an Anything Goes birthday project.

STAMPlorations Inspiration #317

Hello, it's time for some more inspiration over at STAMPlorations, and today my inspiration was in turn inspired by Michele Ferguson's post where she made four cards from a split-4 design using my set Layered Poinsettias, proving that poinsettias aren't just for Christmas.  Actually, I've still got my Christmas poinsettia plant, which is thriving - I can't bear to throw away a healthy poinsettia.

I CASEd Michele in my post here where I used bright colours and a stamped sentiment, but this time I wanted to use blues and greens, and I also used dies for the sentiments instead of stamps.

Actually, the first card isn't one of the split-4, it's my stamping off panel for when I wanted second and third generation stamping on the split-4 sheet.  And like I say, I can't bear to throw away a healthy poinsettia ;)  

So here are the finished cards:

Congrats die

Happy Anniversary die

Celebrate Big die

So I still have the last section of the panel to use.  Maybe I'll make it into a Christmas card?

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 prize code.  When you're shopping at STAMPlorations you can get 20% off by using my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY.

STAMPlorations Inspiration #316

 

Hello!  We've got some gorgeous inspiration for you at STAMPlorations today.  I decided to make a slimline anniversary card using Deepti's Better Together.  The tiered cake fits perfectly on a DL sized card.  I added a hint of colour with Tombow pens and a Happy Anniversary diecut from sparkly card.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog to see what my teamies have made, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 gift code to the store.  Whenever you're shopping in the store you can get 20% off purchases by using my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY.

Seize The Birthday - Spring Flowers

 

Hello!  We've got some gorgeous spring flowers for you at Seize The Birthday.  The topping, chosen by TaeEun, is optional, so if you're not a flower person you can still play along with any birthday project.

 

My card is a complete CASE of Michele Ferguson's set of cards here.  Michele used my set Layered Poinsettias to create one sheet of four card toppings, and they were gobsmackingly gorgeous!  So I had to make my own set :)

I built up my masterboard in the same way Michele did.

Then chopped the sheet into four and added the Happy Birthday sentiment.

I used Distress Inks, which don't give as full coverage with solid stamps as other inks, but I like the grungy/distressy look.  Next time I'll go for an even more distressed look.

I could have chosen any of the four for my feature card, because I love them all!

Thanks for the inspiration Michele!

Now pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team, and from our Surprise Party Guest, Lynda of Loopyloocards.

Inspired By Cupcakes

I had to play along with the current (nearly closing) Inspired By Challenge - who isn't inspired by cupcakes???

 

I love these Big and Bold cupcake stamps by Colorado Craft Company.  I did a bit of no-line colouring using Ink On 3 Fadeout ink to stamp the outline, then colouring with Distress Inks, Zigs, Tombows, watercolour pencils - basically anything to add colour.  I love that the sentiment has a matching die.

I'm also playing along with Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Clean and Simple.

STAMPlorations Inspiration #315

It's Inspiration Tuesday over at STAMPlorations, and today I've made a quick sympathy card.  The colour block background was made by inking and spritzing an acrylic stamp block and pressing it onto the card, then half-lifting, pressing and lifting till I was happy with how the colour was collecting.  As the colours started to turn to mud where they meet, I blotted some of it up with the corner of a tissue.

I stamped the images from Deepti's Wooded set and made the sentiment from Blossom Overture, stamping it to line up with the bottom of the colour block.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 gift code to the store.  Whenever you're shopping in the store you can get 15% off by using my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY.

Tickled Pink

 

What do you do with a mop-up panel full of pinks?  Stamp a flamingo, of course!

(I didn't think to take the photo till after I'd cut it out!)

I stamped the leaves from the same set (Colorado Craft Company - Tickled Pink Flamingo) onto my card base using spritzed Distress Ink, then added the flamingo, the flower posy and sentiment.

I'm entering this into Just Add Ink - Just Choose Two.  I chose Feathers and Petals.