#1125 – Card Chain Challenge September

Hello and welcome! I got to join the Card Chain Challenge again for the September challenge and today’s the reveal day.

The September challenge had the following options:

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Flamingos / Fish / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Foil / Silhouette

And here’s what I made –

If not obvious, I used the colors, the sketch, the Friendship theme and the Foil from the product option.

I started with the background, using Neat and Tangled Rice Paddies stencil. I didn’t have a teal colored ink in my stash, so I used green ink and blue on top of that, going over the same areas so that both the inks blend together to give a teal.

Once done, I set that aside and stamped the mermaid, the shell and the starfish from the Simon Says Stamp Be a Mermaid on white cardstock using VersaFine Onyx black ink and colored them using distress inks. On the mermaid tail, I also used Perfect Pearls of similar colors and also Gansai Tambi Starry Skies in gold to get the colors from the theme. I then fussy cut all the images and went over the edges using black Zig brush marker.

I die cut three panels of increasing size from white cardstock using Hero Arts Infinity Dies Arches. On the middle panel, I added a strip of foiled washi tape, which had a gorgeous wavy pattern on it. On the top panel, I stamped images from Trinity Stamps Sea Life Silhouettes. I then adhered the pieces over the stencilled card base. After that, I adhered the mermaid tail, the shell and star fish and also a few sequins. I also added a few drops of the same gold from Gansai Tambi Starry Skies. I then stamped the sentiment from Winnie and Walter The Big, The Bold and The Happy stamp set.

I got this beautiful card and some lovely die cuts from Linda this month!

Checkout the entire chain of cardmakers who participated this time in the the Card Chain Challenge challenge blog. Wow! I am so impressed every single time by the variety of cards!

Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂

#1054 – Symmetry

Hello and welcome! Time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and the topping this time by JoAnn is ‘Make a Shaped Card‘. As always, if the topping is not to your liking, you can go with ‘Anything Goes‘ and make a birthday project of your liking.

Here’s what I made –

I love the look of those symmetrical dies – there are various designs and they look really fabulous! I tried to replicate the theme in this card, but, by using dies that are not actually released with this design.

To start with, I used scrap paper to trace out the oval die and then laid the flower and leaf dies to fill up one quarter of the oval and traced those as well. Once I set the design, I proceeded to use the actual dies to die cut cardstock. I used Spellbinders Elegant Twist Ovals to cut out the oval die. A piece of navy cardstock with the filler die to cut out the holes and two out of white cardstock to make the card.

For the rest of the dies, which are from Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms, I cut out two pieces for each piece required, adhering them to get a bit of dimension. I then adhered them over the card, leaving a gap in between for the sentiment. The sentiment itself is from Paper Trey Ink Good Times stamp set. I trimmed the edges of the sentiment strip to make a banner and then added a pink + gold foil washi tape beneath it for some flare.

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

Happy Little Stampers Birthday challenge: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge: Happy Birthday

Checkout the Seize the Birthday blog to see more inspiration from our design team and our party guests!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

#1046 – Mixed Media Number Crunching

Hello and welcome! Today begins a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and this time, the topping is chosen by Cathy to be ‘Number Crunching‘ – which is nothing but to use a number in the project you create. As always the topping is optional and you can choose to go without it to make a birthday project of your choice.

I went the mixed media route this time and here’s what I made –

I started with the background. I used Tim Holtz‘s stencils Countdown and Dot Fade to add some grit paste on watercolor paper. Once dry, I watercolored some light blue tones of distress ink on, and once that was dry, also added some splatters. I also stamped some fonts using Cloud9 Border Patterns stamp.

For the focus, I die cut feathers using Spellbinders Feathers dies from matt dark and light silver cardstocks. I also added two different washi tapes to strips of spare cardstock and cut them out. I then stapled the feathers to the washi tape strip and foam mounted them on the card. For the sentiment, I used Winnie & Walter Sentimental: Birthday stamp. I white heat embossed it on black cardstock, fussy cut it and foam mounted it on the card.

And that’s my card! Hope you are inspired by it! I’m joining these challenges –

Addicted to Stamps and More #442: Birthday

Inkspirational Challenge #292: Designer’s Choice: Emboss Your Background

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge: Pick a Number

Checkout our Seize the Birthday blog for more inspiration from our incredible DT and our Surprise Party Guest Bonnie Klass as well!

And thank you so much for stopping by!