#1084 – STB: Off The Edge

PE: Tic Tac Toe challenge Designer’s Choice!!

Hello and welcome! Welcome to the next challenge at Seize the Birthday challenge! It’s always an Anything Goes challenge with an optional topping provided by our leading ladies. This time, our leading lady, Shirley, have chosen the topping as ‘Off the Edge‘.

And here’s what I created –

I used MFT Fancy Flowers on white cardstock to stamp the flowers and leaves using Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink and colored them using Zig Brush Markers. Once they dried, I fuzzy cut them right up, as close to the edge as possible. I also colored the back of the images black. This would help it not look so odd when the card is opened.

Next, I used a trimmed piece of black cardstock for the card base. Instead of the regular 4.25″ x 5.5″, this one is 3.5″x5.5″. In fact, this is a proper leftover after trimming out regular size cards from a 12″x12″ cardstock! What a great idea to use to spend all those scraps! 😀

So, anyway, I used another piece of the same width to die cut from Neat and Tangled Star cover plate. I then adhered that over the black card base. And then when adhering the flowers and leaves, I kept a scrap piece of 4.25″ x 5.5″ beneath it and adhered the flowers so that the width is covered. So the card becomes 4.25″ x 5.5″ and can be used with a regular envelope.

For the sentiment, I used MFT Anything but Basic Birthday Wishes stamp set. I stamped it over white cardstock, trimmed it and rounded off the top right corner before foam mounting it on the card.

And that’s my card. I’ll be joining the following challenges too –

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #466: Make Your Mark

Paper Craft Crew Challenge ##567: Floral Theme

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes

Tic Tac Toe challenge #246 (with the diagonal element Flowers-Free-Die cuts)

Checkout the Seize the Birthday challenge blog for more inspiration from our talented DT and from our party guests.

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#1082 – STB: Spring Flowers

Hello and welcome! It’s time for another Seize the Birthday challenge! Our leading lady Linda and she has chosen the topping of ‘Spring Floral‘. Of course, the topping is optional, and you can just make any birthday themed project and join us.

And here’s what I made –

I used the floral die from Pink Fresh Studio called Floral Squares, then used distress inks to watercolor them. This is cardstock with a smooth surface, so naturally some texture was created while watercoloring. I also added some shimmer using clear Wink of Stella. I also added a couple of extra layers of die cuts behind the top layer for some stability.

For the sentiment, I used Neat & Tangled Celebrate die. For cardstock, I used photo paper, which I colored using black marker. I also adhered a couple of extra layers behind for dimension. The stamped part is from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Birthday, which I stamped on scrap cardstock and trimmed and foam mounted. I added a few clear sequins for some embellishment.

And that’s my card! I’m also joining the following challenges –

AAA Birthday card challenge #59: Geometric

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #464: Any Occasion

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes

Hop over to the Seize the Birthday challenge blog to checkout more inspiration from the rest of the design team and also our guest designers.

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#1078 – STB: Kraft and Another Color

Hello and welcome to the second Seize the Birthday challenge for January. This time, our leading lady Colleen is asking us to use kraft and another color in our card. As always, our Anything Goes challenge is still in play, and you can choose to join us with without the topping, as long as your project is birthday themed.

I chose the color yellow for my card –

I started with the background. I used Altenew Flowing Drops stencil and used brown inks in a lighter and a darker shade to color in. I then die cut the panel using Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangles and trimmed it and adhered it over a white card base.

Next, I used CraftAdda Flowers dies to cut out the flowers from white cardstock and Lawn Fawn Stitched Poinsettia dies to cut out their centers from kraft cardstock. I then colored the flowers with pale yellow, concentrating more color on the center. I also die cut the leaves from the same die set from kraft cardstock and then colored their centers too in a darker brown.

Before adhering the flowers, I had to figure out where to place the sentiment. The sentiment I chose is from Simon Says Stamp Retro Wishes stamp set, which I stamped in two colors, hoping to get as close as possible to the kraft colored cardstock as possible (it doesn’t seem so in the image, but it is pretty close!). I then fussy cut it and then added a few strips of scrap cardstock behind and adhered it together with the flowers and leaves on the card.

Also joining the following challenges with my card –

Inkspirational Challenge #460: Use Stencils

Addicted to Stamps and More #307: Die cut/Stencil

Hop over to the Seize the Birthday challenge blog to checkout more inspiration from the rest of the design team and also our guest designers.

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#1068 – Inspired by a Gorgeous Handbag!

Hello and welcome! I am super happy to be joining the Timeout challenge as Guest Designer today! I was lucky to win one of their previous challenges and was invited to GD today and I got the picture of a pretty handbag to play with! The handbag is a handmade bag designed and made by Kim Heggins of Running Stitch Design, who is the sponsor for the current challenge and a former Time Out Design Team Member.

Here’s the handbag in a bigger picture –

And here’s my creation in honor of this bag –

I started with the flowers – Winnie & Walter In Bloom: Victoria’s Very Merry Flowers – inking the stamp and misting it with water and stamping it on white cardstock. Once they dried, fussy cut them and set them aside.

For the background, I wanted something that reminded me of fabric, but I didn’t have anything exact, so I chose something similar. I die cut a panel of white cardstock using Simon Says Stamp Stitching Panel, backed it with a strip of grey cardstock and adhered it over white card base. I then arranged and adhered my flower pieces over the card.

For the sentiment I die cut a couple of pieces of grey cardstock using Penny Black Many Thanks die and adhered the pieces to make it a bit sturdier, and then adhered it over my card.

And that’s my card! Do hop over to the Timeout challenge blog to checkout the creations from the ever-inspiring DT and join the fun – it’s a double win this time, because the Challenge Winner will receive the bag as a prize along with an invitation to be a Guest Designer for a future challenge!!

I’m joining the following challenges with my card –

The Paper Players challenge 665: Give Thanks

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #456: Make Your Mark

Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂

#1067 – Christmas Blessings Ornament

Hello and welcome to the Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies challenge for November. As the title suggests, it’s an Anything Goes challenge as long as some die cut is used. It’s also the last challenge of the year!

And here’s what I made –

I used Waffle Flower Layered Ornament dies on white cardstock and colored it using distress inks and soft brush. Before adhering the pieces, I die cut 1 extra piece and layered them for some dimension. I then added some shimmer over the entire piece using Spectrum Noir clear Sparkle brush pen.

On the white card base, I stamped the images from Winnie & Walter In Bloom: Elsa’s Flora using VersaFine Black Onyx pigment ink and then added some black splatters using Black Soot distress ink. Once this dried, I added the ornament and then stamped the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings stamp set.

And that’s my card. I’m joining the following challenges with my card –

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #456: Make Your Mark

Die cut Divas November challenge: All About the Holidays

Checkout the what the rest of our DT created at the Happy Little Stampers blog.

Thank you for stopping by!