Hello, I've picked the theme for the latest Seize The Birthday challenge, and I've gone for Faux or Real Stitching.
Hello! We've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday - Butterflies or Hummingbirds.
I stamped the image with InkOn3 Fade-Out ink, then watercoloured using Distress Inks. I watercoloured an extra piece of card with the same colours and diecut the Birthday sentiment.
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 to the store. Whenever you're shopping in the main store you can get 20% off by using my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY.
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Hello, we've got some more STAMPlorations Inspiration for you today. I've used two of my sets, Big Monsters and Little Monsters to create this card.
I painted some circles with Distress Oxides then stamped the images and sentiment for a quick and easy card.
Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team and don't forget to comment for your chance to win a $15 prize code to the store. Whenever you're shopping in the store, don't forget to use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY for 20% off your order.
Happy stamping!
Hello, we've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday - Signs of Spring, chosen by Lindsey. How appropriate that the song 'Blackbird' by The Beatles is playing randomly in the background.
The diecuts and script stamp are Tim Holtz, can't remember whose stamps I used for the sentiment.
Check out how the rest of the team and our guest designer Deepti have interpreted the theme over on the blog, then come and join us! If the spring theme isn't your bag, you can still play along with Anything Goes as long as it's birthday-themed.
Hello! We've got a new theme for you over at Seize The Birthday - Stripe It Up! I love this Fluff Your Tutu stamp from Technique Junkies, and it's perfect for this challenge.
Pop along to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous stripe inspiration from the rest of the team, and from our surprise party Guest, Deepti, then play along with us. If adding stripes isn't your thing, you can still play along with our Anything Goes theme, as long as it's birthday-related.
Hello, got some STAMPlorations Tuesday inspiration for you!
I found this background in my stash - Distress Oxides over the Droplets stencil. I love the feel of sponged oxides, so soft. I turned it upside down because - well, just because. The CUTplorations Bloomdala Bliss mandala makes a perfect doily for the sundae and macaron from Sugar Rush and the cup from Sketchy Coffee Cups.
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 to the store.
Hello, we've got a new challenge for you today at Seize The Birthday - Green and White, chosen by JoAnn.
I stamped my image from a set by Stamps By Me, added some highlights with Bundled Sage and Mowed Lawn, then added a smooshy background with diluted Mowed Lawn. Can't remember whose sentiment it is, as I made the card a few weeks ago and didn't make a note of it!
Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous green and white inspiration from my teamies, and our surprise party guest, Deepti, and play along with us. If green and white isn't your thing, you can always play along with our Anything Goes, as long as it's a birthday project.
Hello, and welcome to a new Seize the Birthday challenge! It's Glenda's turn to choose the topping, and she's gone for ocean creatures.
I went for a Jane Davenport mermaid swimming happily with some Hero Arts jellyfish (rather her than me!). The printed polka dot sentiment disc is from my stash. The mermaid die set comes in separate parts for you to assemble, so I used brads to attach it, then left the arms and tail free so that they could be moved.
If ocean creatures aren't your thing, you can still play along with us with any birthday-themed project. Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see what my teamies and our surprise birthday guest, Deepti, have created, then join in the fun. See you in the gallery!
Hello! It's Day 2 of STAMPlorations special release of snarky quotes from the Queen of Snark herself, Chris Dring. Today's set is called, appropriately enough, Some Snark.
I've used an ATC from Retro People, sloshed some colour on it and added the snarky quote, cut into strips.
This next quote cracks me up, I love its charm :) And I'm really good at it :) :)
Again, an ATC from Retro People, a bit of colour sloshing and a stapled quote.
Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some fabulous inspiration from Chris and the rest of the Inspiration Team, and don't forget to leave a quote for your chance to win this fun set. The sets are on pre-order here until 15 March.
Hello! We've got a special release for you at STAMPlorations over the next two days from our newest designer, Queen of Snark, Chris Dring!
Chris has come up with these two fabulous snarky sets, and today we're focusing on Hot Mess (we can all identify, right?!). The quotes are perfect for using with the ATCs colourables.
My next card uses another Retro Fashionista and the Rolls stencil.
Hello! As part of the Seize The Birthday Team, we've been invited by Colour Hues to create blue and yellow cards to show support for Ukraine during this awful time. The national flower of Ukraine is the sunflower and, although these flowers are officially daisies, they're near enough for me. The flowers are Altenew, the sentiment is STAMPlorations. The background is a representation of the Ukraine national flag.
Pop on over to the Colour Hues blog for more support for Ukraine in the form of cards. I'm off now to offer more support by donating clothing, bedding, towels, toiletries, sanitary items (imagine having your period and not having access to tampons etc!), baby formula and nappies (again, imagine not having formula or clean nappies for your baby!).
Let's hope peace is restored as soon as possible.
Hello! Got some Tuesday Inspiration for you over at STAMPlorations, pretty quick and easy. I'd made a stripy background using Distress Inks and the Plaid Maker stencil so I put it to good use with City Girl. I just sloshed a bit of colour on her raincoat then fussy cut her and mounted her onto the stencilled background.
Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 prize code. Whenever you're shopping in the store, you can get 20% off by using my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY. Happy stamping!
Hello, time for some Tuesday inspiration at STAMPlorations. I've been raiding my bits and bobs stash and, inspired by @sylvievlys on instagram, I gathered together a few random items in vaguely coordinating colours, and threw 'em together!
You've got some Carved Houses, Faerie Door, Super Hero building, Fowl Play chicks, a heart from Two of Us, and a flower from Groovy Shoes. The stamped marks are from Art Marks 2, and I doodled round the edge of the background, which was a mono print using Bloom Boldly stencil.
Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team, and if you leave a comment you're in with a chance of a $15 prize code for the store. Don't forget to use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY whenever you're shopping in the store to bag yourself 20% off.
Happy stamping!
I used a 3D embossing folder and mirri card to get this fabulously shiny background. I photographed it under the window, and it captured the rainbow of colours beautifully! The beer glass is from a Tim Holtz die set.
Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Design Team and our Surprise Party Guest, Vicki aka Crafting Clare, and play along with us. If you don't want to include sparkle and shine, you can still play along with any birthday-themed project.
Hello, time for some more Tuesday Inspiration at STAMPlorations. I've been rummaging through my bits and bobs stash and found this flower, which was a leftover from my playdate with Michele here where we both used Layered Citrus in a non-citrusy way. You can see this flower at the end of that post. I simply fussy cut it to use on this card.
I mounted it onto a smooshed inky background, and added a sentiment from Party Time.
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 to the store. Whenever you're shopping in the store you can bag yourself 20% off your order by using my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY.
Happy stamping!
Hello, and Happy New Year from the Seize The Birthday challenge! We're starting off 2022 with a colour challenge chosen by Colleen - Blue and Grey. This is a great colour scheme for a masculine card.
I used Anita Jeram Conga Line stamp and die to get the party started. I followed the markings on the packet, but just used Hickory Smoke. The hats were coloured with Prize Ribbon, and highlights and patterns added with a white Posca paint pen. The garland is from The Greetery and cut from silver glitter paper.
Pop on over to the Seize the Birthday blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Design Team and our Surprise Party Guest, Vicki aka Crafting Clare, then play along with us. If blue and grey don't float your boat, you can always play along with any birthday-themed project.
