Seize the Birthday #177: Candles

Hi Friends! I was a little sad that this was my last post for Seize the Birthday as their Surprise Party Guest BUT they've asked me to stay through November!  Happy dancin' now!

The Seize the Birthday Challenge this time around includes a 'CANDLES' topping.  The challenge is always anything goes birthday-themed and you have the option to include the topping if you'd like.

My card for today features candles because I love me some toppings...on everything!

I pulled out some oldie but goodie products for this one.  First I used a well-loved Happy Birthday embossing folder from Cuttlebug on black cardstock as the backdrop for my Stamps of Life die cut candles (candles4birthday) in rainbow colors.  I glittered up the flames and lathered them with Glossy Accents, sticking my finger in one of them while still wet, of course!  I finished off the card with May Arts black/white twine and a sentiment from Technique Tuesday's 'Umpteenth Birthday' heat embossed on an old Sizzix label die cut.  Love that sentiment!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you next time!

Hugs,

Annie

The Paper Players #463: Color Challenge from Laurie

Hello friends! Oh yes, I was excited to see the colors that the lovely Laurie over at The Paper Players picked for this challenge!  I wrapped up my Halloween cards with this one using black, gray, purple & orange!

Supplies I used:

Memory Box Cardstock

Paper Studio 'Stargazer' DSP

MFT 'Witch Way is the Candy' stamps & dies

MFT Stitched Rectangle and Sentiment Strip Die

PTI Border Die

Zig Clean Color Markers, Glossy Accents, Sharpie White Pen

It's a quick post today ~ thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Annie

Seize the Birthday #176: For Kids

Hi Friends! I'm still enjoying my time as a Surprise Party Guest over at Seize The Birthday! This time around (as usual) you can create a birthday card with any theme or, for extra fun, you can add a topping!  

The Topping for our current challenge is "For Kids" so I thought I would play with some super cute super heroes!

These cuties are from Sunny Studio's 'Super Duper' Stamps & Dies that I simply colored with Copics.  I don't have a large selection of Copic markers so I try to supplement with my Prismacolor pencils for shading, etc.  I used MFT's 'Radiating Rays' stencil and Mustard Seed Distress ink for the background. I die cut a Quickutz Starburst for the heat embossed sentiment and then popped up the little heroes.  A sparkly Jelly Roll pen, Glossy Accents, and a little rhinestone for the wand finished up this card and they are ready to save the day! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and we can't wait to see your birthday creations!

Hugs,
Annie 

The Paper Players #462: Joanne's Theme Challenge

Hi Friends! Joanne's Grateful/Thankful Challenge over at The Paper Players this week meant it was time to take a break from Halloween cards and play in the leaves! 

I had my mind on raking leaves when I made this one.  I spent a few hours doing that this weekend and then...Monday came, the rains came, and boy did the wind show up too.  It didn't look like I had cleaned up anything!  Oh well, I know these leaves aren't going to blow away:

I don't usually do too many scene cards but the tractor and trailer were screaming at me for one.  I randomly blended a sky, added a grassy hill, and a die cut tree (Lawn Fawn) from woodgrain cardstock.  The little leaves were also part of the Lawn Fawn set that I die cut out of scrap cardstock to fill the trailer.  I just love this tractor and trailer from Catherine Pooler's latest Christmas release (Christmas Tree Farm stamps & dies). I inked them up with CP inks and also used colored pencils for some of the details. The sentiment dies are from MFT and the sentiment is a very old wood-mounted one. 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you're having a good week!

Hugs,
Annie

The Paper Players #461: Tic-Tac-Toe from Jaydee

Yippee! The next card I worked on was for Halloween which happens to be my 2nd favorite type of card to make after Christmas! I was thrilled to see The Paper Players latest challenge from Jaydee was Tic-Tac-Toe:

And looky there...middle row across...Orange, Die-cut, and Halloween!

I got pretty inky with this one and did a lot of masking. The background was blended with Distress Oxide Inks. Then I splattered Copic Opaque White and stenciled some stars with Memory Box Starry Nights Stencil.  I used Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs, Crazy Things, and Pumpkinhead stamps and dies, coloring the images with my Zigs.  I just love that puppy...she looks just like my Sydney the Mini Schnauzer!  

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great week.  I can't believe it's going to be October but that means it's time to pull out the witches and goblins and decorate!

Happy Fall Y'all,

Annie

Freshly Made Sketches #404

Hi friends! I made a couple of cards today to play along with challenges.  The first card was for the latest Freshly Made Sketch #404:

Now as I look at it, I probably should have cut down the layer a bit more but I just couldn't do it!  The background stamp from Taylored Expressions called Bloomin' Background was so perfect for this sketch with the oval 'built in' with the background.  I spent so much time watercoloring with my Zigs, adding sparkle with my Nuvo Glitter pen, and white gel pen accents, I wanted to keep as many of the blooms as possible 😉.  I layered it on the card base after adding 3 hello black die cuts, glued together.  Hopefully I'll be forgiven!

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you had a great weekend!

Happy Fall Y'All!
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!