Showing posts with label Seize the Birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seize the Birthday. Show all posts

Sunday, March 23, 2025

Minibus, Bulli, Kombi, or hippie van?

What do you call  a WV van?  They've had many nicknames over the years.  We say "Kombi" because that's what they call it in Brazil, and we saw them everywhere on our trip there a few years ago. :)   Anyway, my daughter loved them, and I found this die set and made her birthday card...  


My "Kombi" is Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Beach Bound.  It was a little fussy to make, but such a fun outcome! I inked my cardstock with TH before cutting the main part of the vehicle.  I tried to make the BG panel look like a road and sunset.  I inked blended with TH brushed corduroy, mustard seed, ripe persimmon, and barn door Distress Oxide inks.  The tree is Die-versions Four Seasons.  My sentiment is Penny Black Your Day. I cut it twice in black and glued them together then cut it is silver and adhered it slightly offset to make it pop. 

Challenges entered:
Simon Says Stamp Monday - transport it 
Shopping our Stash #543 - Think Ink (inking but no coloring) 
Seize the Birthday #301 - Anything that Flies or Anything Goes (I did Anything Goes)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Cactus birthday

Happy birthday to my oldest child... 23!  How can that be??!!?  She's been away and coming home tonight, so though her birthday was on Thursday, I just made her card this morning.  She loves cacti!



I stamped the card with Stampabilities Distressed Background rubber stamp and VersaMark.  I then heat embossed that with clear EP.  I inked the center with TH tea dye.  My cute little cacti are a fun cactus set of dies by Firefly that I found at Tuesday Morning and cut out from scraps.  The die cut sentiment is Cuttlebug Birthday Wishes. 


Challenges...
Dies R Us #125 - birthday
Watercooler Wednesday WWC231 - all about occasions
Brown Sugar #291 - anything goes
Seize the Birthday #170 - anything goes link party


Now that I've got her card made, I need to go make sure her room is all ready! :) 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!





Friday, March 22, 2019

She's 21!

Wow!  Our second daughter is 21 years old today!  I just cannot believe how quickly my children have grown up!  I look back and wish I had cherished every stage a bit more.  I've heard it said, "Enjoy every minute."  You can't and don't enjoy every minute, but I wish I had enjoyed every age more.

Enough of that and before I start bawling, here's my daughter's birthday card...



I was looking for something and found a pkg of tags I had forgotten I had.  I grabbed this one and searched for scraps, washi, and embellishments to match and searched for some challenge inspiration, and voilĂ !  A card was born.  Speaking of birth... this daughter was the only one of my 4 kids born on her actual due date.  :)

My circle is Die-versions stitched circles.  The banners are Kat Scrappiness Fishtail Stitched Banners.  "Happy Birthday" is a Bo Bunny clear sentiment.  "21" are Thickers.  I think the washi is Recollections, and the adhesive dots are Paper Studio.


Challenges...
Krafty Chicks #447 - polka dots
Seize the Birthday #161 - dots and stripes or anything goes birthday (I did anything goes)
Dragonfly Dreams March - for a special female (for my sweet daughter)
Use Your Stuff #351 - use washi
Stinkin' Inkers - tag it!


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Happy everything - TMS #493

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  We've really enjoyed revisiting out favorites from 2018, but now we're ready to play with all new sketches!!  

Here's my card...




Supplies...
~Cupcake Kidz from Bugaboo
~Spectrum Noir markers
~Crate Paper Pretty Party
~Spellbinders Postage Stamps
~Sweet n Sassy Stamps Pennant Party clear sentiment
~crinkle ribbon (I used crinkle ribbon on a few cards lately... I made several colors a couple of years ago, but they got lost and/or buried under all the extra junk in my craft room misplaced and just recently found! ;)  


Challenges...
Seize the Birthday #160 - make us laugh or anything goes birthday (I did anything goes)
Creative Knockouts #287 - lots of layers
Catch the Bug - March anything goes
As You Like It - one or many layers (and why)  *I usually do multiple layers because I struggle to make a CAS card that looks "finished" to me.  Layers always add interest even as they frame the main image or sentiment.



Here's our sketch...



Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Andrea

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Thursday, January 24, 2019

New toys! Had to play!

I had some Christmas money left and was able to indulge in some after Christmas and New Year sales!   This card is made with a set that I think is sooooooo cute!!!!

Take a look...


I just love the way this turned out!  I'm not good at CAS, but this set seemed to lean toward that, and I was happy with it.  Easy, peasy, and cute!  My stamp and dies are Lawn Fawn Year Eight Fortune Cookie.  The cookie is colored with a Spectrum Noir marker.  The DP is Pebbles Family Ties. 


Challenges...
Dies R Us #113 - anything new (stamp and die are new)
Die Cut Divas Jan '19 - anything new (stamp and die are new)
Scrapy Land #106 - anything goes w/ brand SL sells (Lawn Fawn)
Happy Little Stampers - Jan anything goes w/ dies
Seize the Birthday #157 - stamping only (if using a die is "illegal" then I'll just enter the linky party anything goes)


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!  (Come back again soon 'cuz I got a few more new things to play with and share!)

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Gamer birthday - TMS #481

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  

Today is happy birthday to my baby boy!!  Except he's not a baby... he's 17!!!!  That does not seem possible!  He's grown into a fine young man who loves people and the Lord, so we are very thankful! 

He also "loves" gaming!  :)  He'll get a good laugh out of this little guy! 



My image is from Sherri Baldy.  He's colored with Spectrum Noir markers.  My paper is from an old DCWV All About Boys stack.  My sentiment is from Sweet n Sassy Pennant Party.   All panels are cut out using Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A and B.  


Here's our awesome sketch for the week...




Challenges...

Di's Digis - include a sentiment
Crafting with Friends #76 - anything goes
Fussy and Fancy #225 - anything goes
Seize the Birthday #155 - anything goes or opt tags (I did AG)
Love to Craft LTCCB #28 - anything goes


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Andrea

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Birdie birthday - TMS #479

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's my birdie birthday card...



My image is another from my pile of printed and waiting images.  This one's been waiting a loooooong time!  It's from Doodle Pantry which closed almost 2 yrs ago!  I cut the navy and yellow paper on my Cricut using Make the Cut to frame my image which I had adhered to a Kraft card.  My DP is Pebbles Family Ties.  The clear sentiment is Sweet n Sassy Pennant Party.  I added a tiny Flora Doodle flower.  

Challenges...
Seize the Birthday #154 - anything birthday goes
Crafty Catz #437 - anything goes 
Pattie's Creations #152 - birthdays
Crafty Cardmakers #222 - lots of layers



I made a Christmas card with this sketch, as well...



This image is the Paper Shelter Colored Snowman.  My DP is Fancy Pants Winterland.  I cut the opening in the black and DP with Spellbinders Squares.   

Challenges...
Polkadoodles #45 - anything goes
The Cutie Pie Challenge #129 - winter layers
The Paper Girls #163 - do you want to build a snowman?


Here's the sketch...


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...



We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Birthday cupcake - TMS #478


Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Today, we've got some excited news... three new design team members!!  Yay!!  We want to give a great big welcome to Andrea, LJ, and Lori!!  (You can check out their blogs by clicking their names in the list below.)



My image is the Paper Shelter "Birthday Cupcake" colored with Spectrum Noir markers and inked with TH stormy sky.  It's cut with an unbranded puzzle die.  My banner is Sizzix Vintage Travel Banner and Pennants. The DP is the Paper Studio "Country Road."  "To you" is from SNSS Christmas Tags. Baker's twine is from my stash.  


Here's the sketch...






Challenges...
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #554 - anything goes
Seize the Birthday - birthday w/ opt foliage (I did birthday)


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Andrea
Carol
Jenée
Melissa
Patti

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Birthday greetings - #393


Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!    My card this week is a wordy birthday card...



Supplies...
DRS Designs Wordy Birthday Greeting
Pebbles Birthday Wishes DP
Spellbinders Petite Ovals and Petite Scalloped Ovals
Memento Angel Pink ink
Sizzix Banners #2 die 


We've got a great sketch for you this week...

 

 Our sponsor for this week is DRS Designs!  They're so generous and provided stamps for the DT to work with... thank you!!

 

 
Challenges...
Seize the Birthday - anything goes birthday
Brown Sugar #240 - anything goes
Cut It Up #116 - birthday cards (must use die cut)
Polkadoodles #8 - anything goes 
 

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Janice
JenĂ©e 
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Celebrate!


Here's my second card and post for the day with a fun birthday card that could be for either a guy or girl...


My image is Doodle Pantry's Carousel Horse 6 that is cut out with Spellbinders Celebrations Squares and framed with Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Squares.  I tied a piece of Offray ribbon and the white circles are Doodlebug Designs white Sprinkles.


Doodle Pantry is sponsoring 613 Avenue Create's challenge this week, so be sure to visit them and play along!

Challenges...
Tuesday Throwdown #291 - anything goes
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #108 - circles and squares
CropStop Linky Party #15 - anything goes (must use products from company sold at CropStop-I used Scotch ATG, and Scotch foam mounting tape)
Seize the Birthday - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Mouse-y birthday


I've not made a lot of birthday cards lately, and I need some, so I found some challenges to inspire me and made one tonight...




Supplies...
FTHS Mouse Balloon colored with my Spectrum Noir markers
Spellbinders Standard Circles Lg and Sm 
fancy pants "Summer's End" DP
Simon Says Stamp Tiny Tags
Cuttlebug Birthday Bash EF
DCWV chipboard buttons
TH walnut stain Distress Ink


Challenges...
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Happy Birthday (this week the DT is featuring Simon Says Stamp products... I used Simon Says Stamp Tiny Tags die)
Seize the Birthday Linky Party - anything goes birthday
i {heart} sketches #146 - sketch and/or twist (I used sketch)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Happy 14th birthday!



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Hello!  Are you trying to keep warm in your part of the country?  Or maybe you/re preparing for the huge storm this weekend in the mid-Atlantic/Northeast?   Not me.  We're pretty much normal temps but, sadly, barely any snow. :(
If you get the snow, go play in it and think of me! ;)

I've got my son's birthday card to show you.  A question and then an explanation...
Have you ever played "Punch Buggy" or "Slug Bug"?
My husband and I and one of our daughters went to Brazil last June to work with some of our missionaries.  We had such a wonderful and blessed time!!  Driving across/around Sao Paulo can literally take hours, so we played games in the van.  There are LOTS of VW  Beetles there.  The Brazilian name is "Fusca."  Sooooo... when we saw a Fusca, we'd yell "Fusca." (But we did not punch anyone!)  We came home and when I saw a Beetle, I said it and we had to explain to the rest of the family about it.  So we don't play Punch Buggy; we play Fusca now.  My son is always on the lookout for them.  It's become quite a joke and has taken on a life of it's own, so I used a yellow Fusca -actually 14 of them- on his card.  (A yellow Fusca is worth 2 pts!)

Here it is...


We did have to tell him that he could NOT bring this card into the van as we drive and count these! LOL

Supplies...
~ Classic Bug & Gas Can colored image from Doodle Pantry (the sentiment it DP, too, but I forget which set it's from)
~computer "edited" sentiment
~baker's twine
~Studio Calico Story Time DP
~Recollection adhesive "rain drops"

Challenges...
Fab 'n' Funky #288 - buttons or bows or both (I have a bow)
Seize the Birthday - anything goes birthday and/or CAS topping (I went anything goes)
Cupcake inspirations #343 - photo inspiration colors or theme "Around the World" (I kind of got both... my colors match and the theme is from Brazil!)


****Please don't forget to visit my blogiversary post + giveaway!*****
 
Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!!

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

29 Again?? - TMS #329


Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!

I've got a fun birthday card for you today.  I just had my 29th birthday in October... for the 21st time! LOL  I'm not sure when it started that everyone wanted to stay 29, but it makes for some fun cards/gifts/sayings.  The best one I've seen is "I'm 29.95 plus shipping and handling!" :)  

Here's my card...


My image is Stella Birthday 29 Again from Bugaboo... our sponsor for this week!! 



Here's our wonderful sketch...
  
Challenges...
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
Crafty Girls Creations #9 - anything goes
Crafting From the Heart #88 - anything goes
Seize the Birthday - anything goes w/ optional twist of vellum or acetate (I went with AG)


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenee
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Nina

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Friday, November 13, 2015

Hubby's birthday


I've got my husband's birthday card to show you today...



My image is from Our Daily Bread Father's Day though this isn't a Father's day card... it is a birthday card even if it doesn't say "happy birthday" on the front!  My DP is 7 Gypsies "Journey."  The image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers and cut out with Spellbinders Labels One and Scalloped Labels One.  

Challenges...
Seize the Birthday - anything goes birthday

Crafting With Friends #10 - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #399 - birds/animals
Creative Knockouts #115 - something to say (include a sentiment)
Our Daily Bread Shining Light ODBDSLC262 - sketch

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Birthday cake! - TMS #319


Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  Is today your birthday or tomorrow or next week or next month?  If so, I hope you get a cake like this one!!  3 beautiful layers!  At our house, most of my family prefers cheesecake or cinnamon rolls or S'mores Bars as their "birthday cake" so I don't make cake often.  The cake on my card looks very yummy!  {Though I have to admit that while I love cats, I would not eat a cake if I found my cat sitting on it!!}


My DP is MME "Paris & Co" and embossed with CB Swiss Dots and a Darice border.  The baker's twine is AC and the button is Buttons Galore & More.  My image, that I colored with my Spectrum Noir markers, is Birthday Suprise from Sami Stamps, our sponsor for this week's challenge.

Here's our sketch for this week...



[As you can see from my card, you can use any shapes just as long as we can recognize the sketch in your project.]

Challenges...
Chocolate, Coffee, n Cards #100 - celebration
Seize the Birthday - anything goes
Crafting From the Heart #78 - anything goes
Craft Your Passion #280 - anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown #263 - Colour challenge
 


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenee
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Nina

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Happy Bear-day!


Happy Tuesday evening to you!!  (I guess it's late enough that it's almost Wednesday!)  It's been quite awhile since I've posted more than once in a day, but I had some time to play this evening and have a birthday card to share with you...



Isn't this little guy adorable??  He's from the Beary Cute COLOR Plus set from Doodle Pantry.  The digi paper is also from that set.  My image is cut out with Spellbinders Standard Circles and the mat is Petite Scalloped Circles.  The flowers are Flora Doodles.  The punched border is a Martha Stewart punch. 

Challenges...
Papertake Weekly - Build It Up
Seize the Birthday - Anything goes (must be birthday)
613 Avenue Create #133 - Anything goes w/ optional twist (I didn't do the twist)
Through the Craft Room Door 7/21 - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion #271 - Anything goes
Crafting From the Heart #69 - Anything goes

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Hubby's birthday card


I've got a bit of a lovey dovey card to show you.  The inside is much more mushy than the outside, but I'm not showing you that part! :)  I gave this to my husband for his birthday. He loved it.  As with every card I make him, he put it on the wall above his desk. ♥ Isn't that sweet? ♥


My image is Stamp Fairy "Patches Love 1" (sadly, Stamp Fairy has closed) colored with Spectrum Noir markers.  The sentiments are Inkadinkado, and the DP is MME Lost & Found Two "Rosy."

Challenges...
Sentimental Sundays #248 - anything goes
Sister Act #95 - anything goes 
Seize the Birthday - birthday + the optional "topping" of masculine

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!! 



Monday, February 9, 2015

Sweet birthday wishes!


Gumball machines.  They are fascinating, aren't they?  I always hoped to get the red gumball!  My kids loved to get gum or candy from the machines as you exit the grocery store.  We actually had a home version for awhile.  Needless to say, it was almost always empty!! 

All of that chatter about gumballs because I've got a gumball card to show you...



My image and sentiment are from "Old Fashioned Candy" -one of the new releases from Doodle Pantry.  February's "Ants In My Pants Challenge" has "candy" as the theme, so go check that out, too!

The DP is DCWV "the Birthday Wishes" 6x6 stack.  The image is cut using Spellbinders Petite Ovals and Labels 18.  My card is a simple Z-fold card with a cut hidden on the inside for greetings...




Challenges...
Crafting From the Heart #46 - anything goes
Sentimental Sundays #245 - Seeing RED
Seize the Birthday - anything goes


 








Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!