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Friday, 9 January 2026

Snowflake Background for Seize the Birthday

 


Hi everyone, I hope you had a happy festive season and that 2026 is a good year for you.

It's our first challenge for 2026 and Barbara has asked us to make our own snowflake background.
Snow is wishful thinking for me as we've been having lots of heatwaves! I do love snowflakes though and this gave me a chance to play with some rarely used dies!


or play along with our anything goes birthday theme.


My team mates and our party guests Helen and Stephanie have some wonderful inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

I had this inka gold smooshed background in my stash and decided to decorate it with white snowflakes. They are double layered for dimension. The sentiment and tiny snowflakes are diecut from silver card, although it looks white in the pic. Here's a closer look at the shimmer and shine from the inka gold paste.


I'm linking up to these challenges:


Double D Challenge, birthday, celebrating 10 years, congratulations!

Mix it Up Challenge, playing along with the anything goes option

Inkspirational


Supplies:
Dies: Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle; MFT stylish snowflakes; Poppystamps happy birthday poe script.
Other: inka gold paste.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,
Cathy x


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10 comments:

  1. Julia Aston9 January 2026 at 06:55

    What a lovely shimmery snowflake themed card in a nontraditional background color, Cathy! It sure does shimmer and shine with the gold paste and silver die cut snowflakes! Thanks for sharing with us at Inkspirational: Shine/Shiny! Julia xx

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  2. Lia9 January 2026 at 19:08

    A beautiful winterly birthdaycard. I like the colours you used.
    Lia DT DD

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  3. Diane9 January 2026 at 23:37

    Beautiful birthday card!
    Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
    Diane DD Co-Owner
    {Nellies Nest}
    {Double D}

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  4. Pat10 January 2026 at 06:06

    Such a pretty colour with lots of shimmer Cathy and I love the pretty white snowflakes with some of the small ones and the sentiment in silver give a lovely contrast, and a great idea to double up the larger ones for more dimension...a beautiful birthday card and perfect for this time of year. x

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  5. Linda10 January 2026 at 07:27

    Cathy, these are some pretty snowflakes on your card and love your inka gold background. Lovely card. Hope you had a great Holiday.

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  6. Nancy11 January 2026 at 09:04

    You had me at Pink! Those snowflake dies are so intricate and pretty! Mine are certainly not as pretty as those. Such a pretty card! Speaking of card, I received your Christmas card today! It is wonderful and I love all the lights! Thanks for thinking of me. Hugs!

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  7. JoAnn12 January 2026 at 07:18

    Such pretty and detailed snowflakes to go with that lovely pink background. Lovely card Cathy.

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  8. Barbara12 January 2026 at 08:26

    I love that you use these snowflakes each one unique and individual. I'm glad you got a chance to play with them. A nice touch to put them on the pink background so different

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  9. Helen13 January 2026 at 09:42

    Gorgeous card - the background is beautiful!
    Helen x

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  10. Deborah Wheeler13 January 2026 at 10:01

    That's just so pretty Cathy - love the snowflakes against the pink background. Thanks for playing along with us at Addicted to Stamps & More!

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