Any colour & green for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and our leader Nancy has chosen a colour theme this time around.

As always, you can also play along with our anything goes birthday option to build up your stash.

Our party guests and my team mates have some great cards to inspire you, so I hope you can play along.

I made use of some bits from my scrap box for this card.

The background is a stencil monoprint left over from the green stencilling on this card, and the flowers are diecut from a purple mop up piece from another inky session. I added an extra layer to the flowers for dimension.

I think the card has a rustic feel, ready for a Spring picnic!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday, Spring flowers

Addicted to Stamps & More

I've used both for my card.

Darnell's NBUS Challenge, my floral die by Poppystamps is new and this is it's first use.

Unicorn Challenge, use dies

Supplies:

Poppystamps petite blooms flower set dies; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Creative Expressions mini stacked happy birthday die;

Catherine Pooler garden party ink; Simon Hurley part of the geo circles layering stencil;

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Not up to mischief!

 

Hi everyone, this would so be my cat if she was allowed outside lol!

Looks like the perfect place to lie on a sunny day.

 I had fun inking up this brick embossing folder trying to get a colour I liked!

It's a mixture of oxides and distress inks, greys, rusty hinge and frayed burlap.

The cat die was amongst some gifted to me recently and the ivy is snipped from a die by The Greetery.

I clear embossed the top layer of the sentiment for some shine and dimension, bit hard to see in the pic.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Allsorts, for the love of animals.

Cardz for Galz, cute animals

Double D Challenge, Cute little animals with this sweet graphic!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, Happy Birthday

The Male Room, embossing

Supplies:

Cat die- gift so brand not known; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die;

 Sizzix bricked embossing folder; oxide and distress inks; The Greetery macra made fillers die; Creative Expressions mini stacked happy birthday die; versamark ink & clear ep; MFT cloud stencil.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Spring Floral for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Linda has chosen spring florals as the theme.

Or add to your birthday stash with our anything goes option.

Our party guests and my team mates have some great cards to inspire you, so I hope you can play along.

I had a session of alcohol inking recently and wanted to use up some of the backgrounds.

This one is a bit busy, but I think the white flower and frame balances it out a bit and I do like the colours!

This is one of my go to dies for inky backgrounds as you always get a different look!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Allsorts, Keep it Simple

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Supplies:

Poppystamps floral stem collage; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; alcohol inks; yupo paper and a sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Co-ordinating tag and card for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Jules wants us to create a card with a co-ordinating tag.

Or if you just want to make a birthday card, play along with our anything goes birthday option

Our party guests Deborah and Vicky and my team mates have some fun inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

I was gifted a bunch of dies recently and these cute cats were amongst them!

For the card I stamped a confetti border stamp on black card, embossed with gold then diecut the birthday sentiment.

I stamped and embossed the tag to match. Some sentiment stickers finished them off.

I added a tiny pink nose to the card and am linking it up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Little Red Wagon, Easy Peasy

a stamp, a few diecuts and a sticker, nice and easy!

Supplies;

Cat dies brand unknown; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die and MFT pierced tag stax die; 

The Ton confetti borders stamp; versamark ink & Wow gold embossing powder.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Red as the main colour for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and JoAnn wants us to use red as the main colour.

Or play along with our anything goes birthday option.

Our party guests and my team mates have some explosions of red to inspire you! So I hope you can play along.

I've had this die for a long time and only used it once or twice.

I coloured some cardstock with a mix of red distress spray stains to pop underneath, but there doesn't look like much variation in the shades here! 

The sentiment is one I have used a lot, couldn't find a stamp that I thought suited the die better.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, beautiful blooms

AAA Cards

Supplies:

Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Memory Box wild blooms die;

Distress spray stains in various reds; Paper Smooches sentiment sampler stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; hammered cardstock (Hobbycraft have changed the look of it.)

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Splatters for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Glenda has chosen splatters.
I love getting messy with mixed media lol!

Or you can add to your birthday stash with our anything goes birthday option.

Our party guest Wanda and my team mates have some great ideas to inspire you, so I hope you can play along.

 I revisited watching some You Tube videos by Tiffany Solorio using magicals. 

This one is inspired by her video here. 

I made the background by sprinkling the magicals onto watercolour paper and spritzing with lots of water. When dry I flicked or splattered on water droplets to create texture.

 I also tried stamping some text randomly with white pigment ink, that's the mixed media part lol!

Then flicked on some white gloss spray and some splatters of gold paint.

I layered up the white diecut leaves for extra dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Mix it Up Challenge, playing along with the mixed media option

Allsorts, playing along with the anything goes option

Supplies:

Lindy's Magicals; Tim Holtz distress glaze; Finetec gold paint; Dina Wakley white gloss spray; Kaisercraft text stamp; Hero Arts unicorn white pigment ink; Memory Box fresh foliage die;

 sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Love always

 

Hi everyone, I bought this die set ages ago and this is it's first use!

I used both the detailed and outline die and placed some patterned paper behind the openings.

It's quite long so I thought it suited a slimline card.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Tic Tac Toe, I've gone with the diagonal punch or diecut, patterned paper and pink.

(Although there is a touch of purple too so I hope that's ok.)

Using new goodies means I can also link up to Darnell's NBUS challenge

AAA Cards, playing along with the optional love is in the air twist

Krafty Chicks, all occasions

Cardz 4 Galz, red and/or pinks

Supplies:

Creative Expressions Striplets - Ravello; paper pad from Poppycrafts; Annabelle Stamps fanciful flowers sentiment; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; hammered card stock.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Kraft & another colour for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday  and Colleen has chosen a colour theme for this round.

Or play along with our anything goes birthday option and add to your stash of birthday cards for the year!

Our party guest Loll and my team mates have some great inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

I used a few things that I had in my bits box for this card, the 3D embossed brick card, and the dragonflies that were painted with twinkling H2Os and fussycut.

I rubbed a frayed burlap distress ink pad across the bricks for a bit of definition.

The sentiment was diecut from black card and clear embossed for some shine.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Double D, sparkle and or shine

Allsorts, January Blues

Make My Monday, Happy Birthday

Unicorn Challenge, Birthday

Supplies:

Indigo Blue dragonfly stamp; versafine ink & clear ep; Stamplorations birthday die; twinkling H2O's; Sizzix brick embossing folder; happy sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Embossing Wet or Dry for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time to start our challenges again for the new year at Seize the Birthday.
I have chosen one of my favourite techniques, embossing, and you can try wet, dry or both!

Or, play along with our anything goes option, as long as it's for a birthday.

My team mates and our party guests have some wonderful cards to inspire you, so I hope you can play along.

I've made a few cards with this impresslit die and wax pastes but wanted something a bit more masculine looking for hubby's birthday. Yep, a masculine butterfly card, starting to look like a moth maybe?!

I diecut the butterfly from black card and rubbed on some art alchemy wax pastes.

I love how detailed the embossing is. I've also embossed the background and used wet embossing on the diecut birthday sentiment, using versamark ink and Lindy's midnight bronze powder.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Double D, celebrating their 8th year of challenges, with an optional bronze theme, Congrats!

Supplies:

Dies: Sizzix 3D butterfly impresslit; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle; Memory Box birthday cursive script circle (I cut the circle off); 

Other: Darice Crackle embossing folder; Art Alchemy antique brilliance waxes; versamark ink and Lindy's midnight bronze embossing powder; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x