Primarily Pink for Seize the Birthday

 

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

Or play along with our anything goes birthday option.

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

I wanted to make a pink version of this card.

The shoes are diecut from some ancient dp in my stash, and I threaded some cotton twine throught the eyelets with a needle for the laces.

I inked up some card with worn lipstick oxide ink to add some colour under the border panel

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Unicorn Challenge, Use Dies

Supplies:

Dies: sneaker die unknown brand; Spellbinders hemstitch squares.

Other: Designer paper from stash; Paper Smooches sentiment sampler stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; worn lipstick oxide; white cotton string.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Make a Spring Garden for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and for this round, Linda wants us to create a Spring garden.

Or play along with any birthday theme you choose.

Our party guests and my team mates have some wonderful inspiration for you so I hope you can play along.

I am CASEing a card from pinterest by Karen Ann Creations, her florals are gorgeous.

I changed it up a little by embossing the background and using a black circle sentiment.

This is a great card for using up coloured card scraps!

Supplies:

Circle birthday sentiment unknown brand; Spellbinders be bold blooms dies; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Poppycrafts floral funky flowers 3D embossing folder.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Add a Tag for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Jules wants us to use a tag for this round.

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

Our party guest Jennie and my team mates have loads of inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

I used some new to me stamps and butterfly dies for this card.

I was inspired by Kristina Werner's youtube using the stamp and dye inks.

I stamped the flower in versamark and embossed in gold. I smooshed some inks onto a mat and played with watercolouring. This was lots of fun!

I used a large tag die as I wanted to keep as much of the background as possible so put it on a 5x7 card base. I edged the tag in gold ink before layering it up.

I thought it needed something else so added a butterfly in white with a vellum layer on top to soften it.

The sentiment is diecut from some black glossy card.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Birthday

Addicted to Stamps & More

Allsorts, things with wings

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Supplies:

Pretty Posies background stamp by Kristina Werner; versamark ink & Wow fine detail gold ep; CP inks party dress; grape crush; sauna & catching rays; Lavinia mermaid ink; Encore gold ink;

Dies: MFT tag stax; Memory Box garden beauties butterfly; Creative Expressions stacked happy birthday.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Green 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 green.

Or play along with our anything goes birthday option.

Our party guests and my team mates have some wonderful inspiration for you so I hope to see you in the gallery.

I may have gone a bit overboard with green here between inking and the card base!

The stamp is one I have had for many years and thought I'd ink up again, Penny Black's dreamy.

I love the wispy look of the flower.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday, a bit of green.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, also a bit of green.

The Neglected Stuff Challenge, my Penny Black Dreamy stamp

Supplies:

Penny Black dreamy stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; various green oxide inks; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting, and have a great week

Cathy x

Happy 18th Birthday!

 

Hi everyone, I was asked to make a masculine 18th birthday card recently and thought I'd try something with silver black and gold.

I think this would work for many ages.

I stamped the confetti stamp in silver and embossed with silver ep to add some shine.

The sentiment and numbers and diecut from gold cardstock, layered up for some dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Krafty Chicks

Simon Says Stamp Monday, make your own background.

Word Power

Mix it Up Challenge, playing along with the option of diecuts.

Make My Monday, card for a male any age.

Cut it Up, Happy Birthday

AAA Birthday

Supplies:

Catherine Pooler hooray for confetti background stamp; silver ink & ep; Poppystamps happy birthday poe script die; Charlie & Paulchen small alphabet dies; unknown brand number dies; gold cardstock.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Anything with Wings for Seize the bIrthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Jenny wants to see anything with wings.

Or build up your birthday stash with our anything goes theme.

Our party guests Helen and Rachel, along with my team mates have some great inspiration for you, so hope to see you in the gallery.

I had some stencilled glitter paste backgrounds in my stash and decided to CASE one of my own cards but with 2 smaller butterfly diecuts this time.

I have diecut a vellum base layer too, though it's hard to see in the pic.

Here's a closer look at the glittery shine!

Sadly I had a look at my pastes and they are dry :( so no new backgrounds can be made. I really wish things lasted 10 years lol!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Allsorts, embossing

Addicted to Stamps & More, I've used glitter paste through a stencil.

Cardz 4 Galz

birds, bees, butterflies etc

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Supplies:

Glitter paste; Funky Fossil stencil; Poppystamps theo and whidby butterfly dies; Creative Expressions happy birthday die; Sizzix cracked embossing folder.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

CAS with a die for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Glenda  wants us to try a CAS card with dies.

Or make any birthday card in any style you like!

Our party guest and my team mates have loads of inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

This is a new to me unicorn die and I couldn't wait to try it out.

I made a similar card many years ago but only had a stamp that I had to fussycut. This was so much easier!

I used cardstock painted with opal paints, there's a lovely shimmer in real life and a bit of a colour shift happens in the light, perfect for a unicorn, and the magical sentiment.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Cut It Up, this makes me happy... shimmer and shine!

Make My Monday, Use dies

Unicorn Challenge, animals.

Supplies:

Dies: Craft Addiction UK unicorn; Stamplorations magical; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle.

Other: various Lawn Fawn reveal wheel sentiment stamps, versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; various Art Alchemy opal paints; hammered cardstock.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Guest for The Male Room Challenge - CAS

 

Hi everyone,
 I was delighted to be asked to guest design with the The Male Room Challenge team, when my baby boy card won a challenge recently.

I have hubby and 2 sons to make cards for, so masculine cards are always in demand here!

Thankyou to the team for inviting me, I had lots of fun with this CAS card.

The shoes are diecut from some ancient dp in my stash!

The laces are from some cotton twine that I pulled a couple of strands from then threaded through with a needle. I didn't have any wool or thicker thread!

I inked up a piece of square card with stormy sky ink and layered it behind the border panel for some extra colour. The border is a hemstitch square die from Spellbinders, had it for ages and this is it's first outing!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Make My Monday, Clean & Simple

The Neglected Stuff Challenge, (my designer paper and hemstitch square die)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Supplies:

Dies: sneaker die unknown brand; Spellbinders hemstitch squares.

Other: Designer paper from stash; Paper Smooches sentiment sampler stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; stormy sky oxide ink for layer under border die; white cotton string.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x