#1083 – Yellow Daisy Field

Hello and welcome to yet another challenge at Seize the Birthday challenge. I thought I had this post scheduled but apparently not!! Well, better late than never! 😉

It’s always an Anything Goes challenge with an optional topping provided by our leading ladies. This time’s leading lady, Nancy, has chosen the topping as ‘Any Color and Green‘.

I had my sister’s birthday coming up for which I was going to make a card anyway, so I thought I would go with my familiar field of watercoloring flowers. I have wanted to paint daisies or sunflowers for a long time, and this seemed like a great time to try, since I had my mojo up and running! 🙂

And here’s what I made –

I used stamps from Winnie & Walter In Bloom: Addie’s Garden and In Bloom: Anna’s Flora. For the paper I used Canson Montval and then used Daniel Smith watercolors to paint. To mount it on a card base, I trimmed it a bit. But then started having problems with what color to choose for the card base. I finally went with kraft colored, but stamped a few dots and speckles on it before adhering the watercolor panel.

For the sentiment, I first colored a scrap piece of cardstock using Prima sparkly paint in brown and then once it dried, I used Dress My Craft Fancy Birthday die. I also die cut a couple more pieces using the kraft cardstock and then adhered them. The ‘wishes’ comes a part of a stamp from Reverse Confetti Tall Blooms.

And that’s my card for my dear sister! A very happy birthday to you, sis! May your days be as bright and cheerful as these sunflowers! ❤

I will also join the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge: Spring Flowers

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#1079 – STB: Splatter

Hello and welcome! It’s time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday. As always, we have an optional Topping chosen by our leading lady and if the topping is not to your liking, you can choose with Anything Goes, as long as you make it birthday themed. Our leading lady this time, Glenda, has chosen ‘Splatters’ as our Topping.

And here’s what I made –

I wanted to imitate some pattern papers I had seen online. They combined the look of newsprint with some botanicals, both with neutral brown shades and colorful ones. The colorful ones turned out to be intimidating to me – I gave up after a couple of attempts – so I tried the neutral ones.

I started with the background. I used Stampendous Blossom Spray and CrafTangles Old Newspaper stamps and used Hickory Smoke and Black Soot distress inks to stamp on a light brown cardstock. I then stamped the bird from Kaiserkraft Periwinkle Birds using Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink. I then added the splatters using Black Soot distress ink. Once that dried, I also stamped the sentiment from Winnie & Walter Sketchy Thoughts.

I do like the way this one has turned out. Maybe I’ll attempt the colorful one the next time 🙂

Checkout what the rest of our creative design team and our guest designer have created at the Seize the Birthday challenge blog for more inspiration. And don’t forget to join the fun!

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#1074 – Magic of Christmas

Hello and welcome! The last Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies challenge of the year! As usual, there is no theme and as long as you have die cuts in the project, anything goes!

And here’s what I made –

I started with the snowmen from Tim Holtz-Sizzix Chilly & Freezy die cuts, cutting them from watercolor paper and colored them using Daniel Smith watercolors. I also die cut a panel of watercolor paper using Neat & Tangled Doily Tag and added a wash of watercolor on the top, leaving the bottom white. Once this dried, I die cut another piece of the tag from scrap watercolor paper and adhered it below to get some support and dimension.

On the card base, I used My Favorite Things Typewriter Text and Simon Says Stamp Lots of Snowflakes stamps to make the background. I used Iced Spruce and Speckled Egg distress inks and misted them with water before stamping.

Finally, I adhered all the pieces together on the card. For the sentiment, I used a stamp from Winnie & Walter Sweet Holiday and heat embossed it in white on a scrap piece of red cardstock. I then fussy cut it and added it to the card.

And that’s my card.

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge: Winter Blues

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Use Craft Dies

Hop over to the Happy Little Stampers blog to checkout what the rest of the DT has created.

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#1073 – Sending Holiday Cheer

Hello and welcome! The last Happy Little Stampers Watercolor challenge of the year! Wow the year sure went by so fast! There is no theme this time for the challenge, so anything watercolor goes!

And I made another Christmas card –

I started with stamping the images from Simon Says Stamp Winter Flowers and the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings using VersaFine Onyx black pigment ink. Once this dried, I watercolored the panel using Daniel Smith watercolors. I also added a lot of splatters on the card.

Finally, I die cut the panel using Winnie & Walter Essentials: Lana Cutaways and adhered it over a white card base. For a bit of decorative glitter, I added some silver gemstones over the flower centers.

And that is my card. And I’m also joining the following challenges –

Timeout challenge: Holiday/Winter

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes

Hop over to the Happy Little Stampers blog to checkout what the rest of the DT has created.

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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

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