Fall/ Autumn Colours for Seize the Birthday

 

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

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

Our party guest and my team mates have loads of inspiration for you over at the blog, So I hope you can play along.

I had some leftover scraps from a play with brushos from a few years ago! I keep everything lol!

I don't remember which brushos I used but I spritzed the top with some gold shimmer spray.

Here's a closer look at the shimmer.

I thought the splotchy golds oranges and browns fit the Autumn colour theme, and was inspired by this card by Ingrid from Pinterest for the layout.

The sentiment stamps are from Lawn Fawn and a set by Technique Tuesday that I bought years ago and

haven't used since! Luckily it has the purrfect stamp .

I'm linking up to these challenges:

The Neglected Stuff Challenge

My cat dies and the purrfect stamp haven't been used in years!

The Alphabet Challenge, K is for Kittens

Cardz 4 Guys, Fall or Autumn Colours

Inspirational

Supplies: Brushos; gold shimmer spray; Poppy stamps cat dies from 2012, 2013 and 2015 and some other unknown cat dies; sentiment stamps from Technique Tuesday - sassy and Lawn Fawn reveal wheel sentiments, versafine nocturne ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Patterned Paper Birthday

 

Hi everyone, I wanted to play along with a couple of challenges that called for patterned paper.

I have plenty in my stash but like to look at it rather than use it lol!

This piece from Craft Consortium looked perfect for a masculine card. I love how it looks like an old map. I diecut the sentiment from some metallic card and layered it up for dimension. 

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Birthday

Try it On Tuesday, Pretty Papers

Unicorn Challenge, Not Square

Word Power

Supplies:

Craft Consortium paper pad -ocean; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; unsure of the brand sentiment die; metallic card stock.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy

Add a Sentiment Strip for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Jules would like us to add a sentiment strip for this round.

Or play along with our anything goes birthday option.

Our party guest and my team mates have some great inspiration for you, so hope to see you in the gallery.

I'm not sure about this card lol!

I gold embossed a background stamp and coloured the image with watercolour paints.

Diecut a circle in the top panel then embossed it and added the dragonflies, with black bodies so they stood out from all of the white and gold.

The sentiment is from a stamp and die set from Poppystamps - Birthday Banners.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Mix it Up Challenge, playing along with the embossing option.

Try it on Tuesday, embossing.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, add some texture - I've used an embossing folder

Supplies:

Hero Arts eucalyptus bold prints: Poppy Stamps Birthday Banners stamp & die; Kuretake Gansai paints; Versacolor gold ink & Wow fine detail gold ep; Versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; Poppy Crafts leafy 3D embossing folder; Memory Box garden beauties die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die & Spellbinders circle die.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

No Stamping, Dies Only at Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and JoAnn is hosting

 with a no stamping, dies only theme for this round.

Or if you absolutely want to use stamps, then play along with our anything goes birthday option.

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

I LOVE diecutting, so this theme was lots of fun for me.

I recently tidied up my dies and combined them together on magnetic sheets.

Great for storage, but not so great for knowing where the dies came from!!

I diecut the wheelbarrow from some blue and rose gold cardstock. 

The flowers are cut from some card I coloured with oxide inks, and some shades of green bazzil card.

The background and sentiment are also dies.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Cut it Up, moving along - transportation. I hope a wheelbarrow for transporting goods is OK?

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Supplies:

Dies: Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle; Concord & 9th wheelbarrow wishes and some other unknown flower dies; Creative Expressions sentiment die and unknown coverplate die.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Something Cheery

Hi everyone, I made another card with this new to me set by Colorado Craft.

(It may now be retired, I always seem to be late to the party lol!)

I inked part of the panel with pumicestone oxide ink, then stencilled the brick wall using Distress crypt paste. I've had the paste and the stencil for a long time but not used them, so I'm linking up to The Neglected Stuff Challenge.

I'm also linking to:

 Crazy is our game stencil fun. The brick stencil is from The Crafters Workshop. I'm playing along with the anything goes option.

Simon Says Stamp Monday, Funny/Punny

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, Summertime Blues.

I thought this image would cheer up someone with the blues:)

Supplies:

The Crafters Workshop mini bricks stencil, Distress Crypt paste; pumicestone oxide ink; Colorado Craft Watch This stamp & die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Prismacolor pencils; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Garden Florals

 

Hi everyone, I wanted to play along in a few floral challenges and use up some of the diecuts

 in my bits box.

I rarely use cream as a base but I like it here.

I was inspired by the challenge at Inkspirational where the prompt is garden.

We are at the end of Winter here, so I'm looking forward to getting my garden blooming again!

At AAA Birthday the theme is flowers, I think this sentiment covers birthdays so hope that's ok.

Cut it Up, add a sentiment

Allsorts, Embossing, I've used dry embossing on the card base and wet embossing on the sentiment.

Moving Along With the Times, Feminine

Have a great week and thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Supplies:

Altenew piped floral lace 3D ef; Spellbinders be bold blooms dies; Poppystamps banner sentiments stamp & die; scraps of gold, blue and green card.

Funny / Punny at Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Jenny wants us to add some humour to our cards!

Or play along with our anything goes for a birthday option.

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

This is a new to me stamp and die set and I love the cute pups!

I used oxide inks to create the background and Prismacolour pencils to colour the dog and balls.

I added a few cloud diecuts to fill the space on top.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Cardz 4 Galz, Blue Skies

Try it on Tuesday, make it colourful

Simon Says Stamp Monday, Funny/Punny

Supplies:

TCW brick stencil; Distress grit paste crypt; Colorado Craft watch this stamp & die; Memory Box puffy clouds die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; distess oxide inks; Prismacolour pencils.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Square card & non white base at Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Glenda wants us to use a square card with a coloured base.

Or play along with our anything goes birthday option.

Our party guests and my team mates have lots of inspiration over at the blog, so I hope you can play along.

I don't often make square cards, although I do often use black bases.

I've seen lots of ideas on pinterest for florals on a black base and love how the flowers pop, so that's where I went with this card.

I coloured some card with oxide inks for the flowers and used a green card from my stash for the greenery. The embossing folder is new to me, I like how it matched the blooms!

I tossed up between a black on white sentiment, but gold on black won.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters, Flowers

Tic Tac Toe, I went with the middle row, any colour, free & sentiment.

Try it on Tuesday, Summer Blooms

Supplies:

Altenew piped floral lace 3D ef; Spellbinders be bold blooms dies; Poppystams banner sentiments stamp & die; scraps of gold card; oxide inks.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x