Seize the Birthday #178: Off the Edge

Hi Friends!  Happy November and welcome to another fun challenge from Seize the Birthday!  I'm so happy to be staying at the party this month as the Surprise Party Guest.  

Anytime is 'Anything Goes' as long as it's a birthday theme. But, if you're a toppings kind of person (like me) you can add a little extra.  This time around the topping is 'Off the Edge.'

My mind kept going with stamping and die cutting off the edge, so this is what I came up with:

I white heat embossed the sentiment (MFT Spotlight Sentiments) and the stars (MFT Stars Above) on a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 piece of Classic Crest Sand cardstock.  Then I partial die cut the top star with the coordinating die so it was 'off the edge.'  After some random coloring with a Gold Metallic Prismacolor pencil, I layered the piece onto a Neenah Solar White card base.  Now I'm wishing I would have popped it up for some dimension, but oh well...it's a bit easier to mail!

We hope you'll play along and can't wait to see what you come up with.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs,

Annie

Seize the Birthday #175 - Geometric Shapes

Hi Friends! The party continues over at Seize the Birthday and I'm the lucky Surprise Party Guest for September/October.  Every Challenge is always Anything Goes and a special Topping is included for extra fun.  It's not required to include the topping on your birthday card.  

Challenge #175 Topping is Geometric: 

 I enjoy adding Toppings so this time around I went with triangles for my geometric shape:

I started with black cardstock, Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer Paste, and an Abstract Triangle Stencil by KaiserCraft.  It's amazing how the glimmer paste takes on different looks depending on the cardstock.  The black cardstock brings out the gold tones.  Since this card is for a young man, I went with a simple birthday sentiment (MFT Impact Alphabet & Numbers) die cut out of black foam and gold cardstock.  

Here's another card I made since I had all the fixings out.  This one also used the Moonstone Glimmer Paste but on blue cardstock it took on a silver look.  The sentiment was from The Stamps of Life on a MFT triangle die cut stamped and embossed with Catherine Pooler's Something Borrowed ink.  I think this one could be the "girly" card :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you can join the birthday party!

Seize the Birthday Surprise Guest!

Hi friends! I'm thrilled that I have been asked to be the Surprise Party Guest over at Seize the Birthday for September and October. It very quickly became one of my favorite challenges when I started playing and I'm so excited!  It is always Anything Goes for Birthdays but they also include a Topping that you can add if you'd like.  

For Seize the Birthday #174, the Topping is NUMBER. 

I started with a Neenah Solar White card base and die cut a rainbow watercolor panel I made and black cardstock for shading with Technique Tuesday's "By The Numbers"  die.  I glued them together, layered on the card base, and added the white heat embossed birthday sentiment from MFT with a piece of MFT striped DSP to finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you'll play along us!  We can't wait to see what you create. 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #043

Hi there!  I'm so excited to be a Guest Designer for the newest challenge over at Tic Tac Toe!  I've really enjoyed playing this challenge and I'm very honored that the talented Design Team asked me to join them this week.

Here's the board:

I went with the bottom row across: Square, Die Cut, & Dots.

I used a couple of different stencils.  The blueberry layer was stenciled with VersaMark and SSS Circle Dots and the white square with Distress Ink and an all over dot stencil.  The SU dragonfly was watercolored, die cut, and layered over another vellum die cut.  The heat embossed sentiment is from the same Dragonfly Dreams stamp set.  Finally, I shined up the wings with Nuvo Glitter Gloss which are very sparkly IRL!

Thanks so much to the DT for the invite and thank YOU for stopping by.  Now, head over to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge for the details and play along!  

CASology - DISTRESS

Hello friends!  I am SUPER EXCITED today to be a Guest Designer on the CASology blog for their latest challenge!  Thank you for having me!  It's an honor to be a guest on this uber-talented team.

For my card, I took the cue "distress" and put together a project for a friend that is having a bit of trouble lately.  I hope it cheers her up! 

I started with Sketch #214 from Freshly Made Sketches for inspiration:

 

Making the sentiment the focal point, I replaced the banner element with a bright pink embossed bandaid and added die cut hearts smothered with Glossy Accents.  I was pretty proud of myself because I actually waited patiently for those shiny little hearts to dry!  Yep, no fingerprints this time :-)  The sentiment, bandaid, and hearts are from The Stamps of Life "bandage2stamp" set.  The cardbase is Neenah Solar White cardstock. 

Thanks for stopping by!  We hope you'll play along this week and share your interpretations of DISTRESS.  Take care!