Red, White and Blue Gnome

It's ages since I played in challenges, and I've noticed that some challenges are closing, or numbers are dwindling, so it seems to be not just me.  Anyway, I'm going to try to play in more challenges more often.

So, this card is for two challenges:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Colour Challenge Blue, Red and White

and Inspired By - Gnomes

The gnome image is from Two Jays Stamp Co. and the sentiment die, background stencil and its are Tim Holtz.

Hopefully I'll be back in the not too distant future playing in another challenge or two!

Seize The Birthday - Many of Something

 

Hello!  We've got a great challenge for you this week at Seize The Birthday - Many of Something, chosen by Ashwini.

I've gone for 'many' animals, and 'many' numbers in the background.  The animal stack is MFT and the sentiment are Altenew.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see how the rest of the team and our surprise party guest have interpreted this challenge, and join in with us - you can always play with any birthday-themed project if you don't want to use our topping.

Seize The Birthday - Halloween Colours

 

Hello, a new theme for you at Seize The Birthday, chosen by Vicki - Halloween Colours.

I went with a Halloween-type card, even though it's not a big thing in the UK, just so I could use my new EEK! die set.  The web background was already in my stash, so the card came together pretty quickly.  I didn't have a spider stamp so I stamped a circle, drew some legs and added some eyes with white pen.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team and our Surprise Party Guest, Asa, and play along with us.  If Halloween colours aren't your thing (but it needn't be Halloween-themed card anyway), you can still play along with any birthday-themed project.

Seize The Birthday - Faces, Human or Animal

 

Hello, it's my turn to chose the topping for Seize The Birthday, and I've gone for Faces - human or animal.

I've used a Zinski Art stamp set from Paper Artsy on a Gelli plate background from my stash.  The Birthday Wishes stamp is from Hero Arts.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team and our Surprise Party Guest, Asa, and join in the fun.  If the theme doesn't float your boat, you can still play along with any birthday-themed creation.

Seize The Birthday - CAS (Clean and Simple)

Hello, we've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday - Clean and Simple.  Easy Peasy :)

I have several versions of this flower in my stash, stamped and coloured in different ways.  Unfortunately I didn't make a note on every one what I had used.  I'm pretty sure this one was watercoloured with Distress Inks.  I don't know what brand the stamp is, because it wasn't mine.  The sentiment stamp and die set is from The Stamp Market.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more beautiful CAS inspiration from the team and our Surprise Party Guest Asa, and play along with us.  If CAS isn't your style, you can still play with any birthday-themed project.

Seize The Birthday - Food, Glorious Food

Hello, we've got a new theme for you at Seize The Birthday - Food, Glorious Food, chosen by our much-missed teamie Lindsey prior to her untimely death.

I went for this ice cream by Colorado Crafts, and a sentiment stamp and die combo from The Stamp Market, and a 3D embossed panel by Altenew.  The stamped image in InkOn3 fade-out ink had been in my stash for months.  Interesting fact - while you can still see the fade-out image months afterwards, it disappears before your eyes when you use Distress inks as watercolours, so I challenged myself to use coloured pencils.  That way I could still see the stamped image as I worked.

Then I challenged myself to using only Sharpies (and a bit of black and white pen to highlight) on another stamped image.  Which do you prefer?

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see what food the rest of the team and our Surprise Party Guest Asa have brought to the table, and play along with us.  If you don't want to use food as your theme, you can still play along with our Anything Goes theme.

Seize The Birthday - Collaboration with Colour Hues

We've got a fun collaboration for you this week at Seize The Birthday - we're teaming up with Colour Hues to use Navy and Lime as our theme.

I made a stencil from MFT Party Balloons and sponged Twisted Citron and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks onto my card, adding a stamped and diecut sentiment from The Stamp Market.  I used Catherine Pooler Lime Rickey for the sentiment.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog and see what the rest of the design team and our surprise party guest have done with this fabulous colour combination, and play along with us.