Seize The Birthday - Square card + non-white base

Hello!  We've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday - make a square card with a non-white base, chosen by Glenda.

 

Or if square cards aren't your thing, you can still play along with our Anything Goes theme.

For my card, I started off with a mop--up piece, which looked like a couple of large flowers in a garden

and I thought it would go perfectly with the new-to-me Tim Holtz French Garden CMS487 set.  I wasn't actually making this as a square card at this point, but decided it would work for this challenge, so I cropped it, matted it with dark pink and layered onto a pale pink card base.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team and from our surprise party guests, and join the party!

Seize The Birthday - Use One Or More Numbers

Hello!  We've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday, chosen by Cathy - One Or More Numbers.

But if you don't want to include numbers, you can still play along with our Anything Goes theme.

Rather than choose a big focal number, I took a leaf out of Ashwini's book after seeing her card, and went for unobtrusive numbers.  The stamps, stencils and die are all Tim Holtz.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some fabulous inspiration from the team, and from our Surprise Party Guests, Lynda and Fran, and join in the fun!

STAMPlorations Birthday Celebration - Day 5

Welcome back to Day 5 of the STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! 

My first card uses All Things Coffee Ephemera Cut-Outs and All Things Coffee Clear Stickers

and my second card uses Flowers and Coffee Focal Fronts, All Things Coffee Ephemera CutOuts, and stamps from my set And Coffee

Head over to the STAMPlorations blog to see all of today's gorgeous team projects. Leave a comment letting us know which of the new featured products is your absolute favourite for a chance to win it! 🎂🎉

STAMPlorations Birthday Celebration - Day 3

It's Day 3 of the STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! 

My first card uses Nostalgia #1 Ephemera Cutouts along with a Happy Birthday diecut.

This second card uses the Nostalgia #1 Ephemera Cutouts again with Big Birthday Cakes Colourables 

and the tag also uses Big Birthday Cakes Colourables.

Head over to the STAMPlorations blog to see all of today's gorgeous team projects. Leave a comment letting us know which of the new featured products is your absolute favourite for a chance to win it! 

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STAMPlorations Birthday Celebrations - Day 1

It's the STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration!  We've got a week of celebrations for you, with new products and daily giveaways.

Head over to the STAMPlorations blog to see all of today's gorgeous team projects. Leave a comment letting us know which of the new featured products is your absolute favourite for a chance to win it! 🎂🎉

My first card is made with one of Sanna's new stencils, Henna Pattern Slimline, along with a sentiment from Floral Magic Clear Stickers.

This next card uses Lavender Pocket Backdrops and Floral Parade Ephemera Cutouts, paired with a Feel Better Soon diecut.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog to be in with a chance of winning!

The Bee's Knees - Layered Poppies

 

Hello!  Here's a look at my final stamp set, Layered Poppies.

For this first card I've stamped the large solid image in a peachy colour, then overstamped with the smaller solid image in orange, then overstamped with the line image in black.  The birthday sentiment is from Carved Flowers.

Originally I started a different card with a pink and red colour scheme, but then I smudged the black outline, and not wanting to waste it, I turned it into a mixed media piece by stamping text on some of the petals, scribbling Neocolours onto the background, then spraying a cardboard base with Distress Oxides, and adding some ribbon.

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Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog to see what Maria and Vicki have created, and don't forget to leave a comment here, on their blogs, and on the STAMPlorations blog for your chances to win the stamp set of your choice.

And if you're buying, you can get 20% of this set (and any other stamps, stencils or dies) by using my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY.

Seize The Birthday - Use Blue, Pink and Yellow

Hello!  Time for a new challenge at Seize The Birthday, and Barbara has chosen Blue, Pink and Yellow.

Or, if they're not your colours, you can always play along with our Anything Goes theme.

I've used a Tim Holtz floral spray, watercoloured with Distress Inks, and added a stamped and die-cut sentiment from The Stamp Market.

Pop on over to the Seize The birthday blog for more fabulous inspiration from the team and our Surprise Party Guest, Kathy, and play along with us.