I am guest designing for the Seize the Birthday challenge. I feel honored to be asked.
I used the following items on this card: Stitched and Postage dies are from Catherine Pooler, the main image is from Your Next Stamp Sweater Weather, the greeting is from Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin, and the inks are Gina K Designs Ocean Mist, Warm Cocoa, and Lawn Fawn Celery. I sprayed Gold Shimmer spray on the background. I used alcohol markers for the images.
I have been coloring Halloween images to create a Clean and Simple Halloween card. Sometimes I want to keep adding, but I think I was able to keep it CAS.
The pumpkins and candy came from the Stamptember collaboration with Simon Says Stamp and Whimsy Stamps, called Spooky and Mice Stamps. I colored them using alcohol based markers, then added a white gel pen for highlights. The greeting is from Lawn Fawn Simply Fall Sentiments set. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the spider web.
That is quite a few challenges. I have made a few Halloween cards this year for the Dirty Dozen Challenges, which I didn’t post here on the blog and one for a swap. This is the first one I have made with new images where I took time to color. I colored all of the images in the set, but only used a few here.
I am using items I have had in my stash for quite a while that have never seen ink or been used.
The stencil used is called Modern Holly by Taylored Expressions. I purchased a grab bag full of stencils a year ago and this is one that I hadn’t used. I chose to use gray as the base color as it is a neutral. The greeting Grateful for all you do is from a set by Gina K Designs, Fluttering Fall. It was a birthday gift last year and these pieces have never seen ink or been cut before. The butterfly is new from Your Next Stamp, which is closing, and was a inexpensive addition to the order placed recently.
The colors used to ink are Lawn Fawn inks: Manatee, Fake Tan, and Juice Box. The cardstock is from Gina K Designs.
It will also be entered in Crazy is our Fame – Stencils are our Game September Stencil challenge. These colors are Fall themed, so I am sticking to the theme of the challenge.
I enjoyed using these colors to create a card. I also was thrilled to finally use items that I hadn’t gotten to use. I know of a challenge that the butterfly would fit, but I have another butterfly card in mind, so I will wait. Thanks for stopping by and sharing in my card.
I have a fun card with animals and music notes. I am sure I saw this idea somewhere, but can’t give credit to the original creator since I do not remember where. Some things just stick in my head.
This card was created with Lawn Fawn Year Four. I stacked the hippos, using masking. The patterned paper is either Echo Park or MFT. The gray card base is Stampin Up. I had fun coloring and creating this card. It is birthday month in my household and this one has been like other years, I create several cards and hope one works well for one of my daughters. I think this one will go to a niece who is much younger than either of my daughters. Cardz 4 Galz wants cute animals and these hippos are sure cute. Seize the Birthday is looking for music. Since there are musical notes I will add it there. I can hear the hippos singing Happy Birdie to You!
I make a lot of cards that say Hello as they can be used for anything. I also make a lot of Thinking of You cards for the same reason; they can be adapted to be used for many occasions. Today, I combined the two greetings into one floral card.
I used the layering stencil from Gina K Designs called A Little Hello Layering Stencil Bundle. My Thinking of You greeting strip came from My Favorite Things Itty Bitty Basics with strip die to cut it out.
I used Lawn Fawn inks to blend the layers. I used Lemonade for the flower base layer, then added Peach Fuzz for the strips. The circle center is Fake Tan (orange color). The greens used are Celery Stalk and Freshly Cut Grass. After the ink blending was finished and dry, I came back with Simon Hurley Solar Paste. It adds a shimmer of sparkle when it is flashed in the light; it does not photograph well to see the shine.
I created a celebration card for Army Colonel Laura. She was promoted to Colonel on July 12 and her husband asked for cards honoring her achievement on Splitcoast Stampers.
I chose to go with a dog theme as she likes dogs. I used Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Critters and the add-on set that goes with it. I went to my scrap bin and pulled out several pieces of cardstock to use on this card. The card base is freshly cut, but everything else is from the scrap bin. I have too many scraps it seems. The stone wall was stamped with Lawn Fawn Hippo ink using the Bo Bunny Wall Backgrounds stamp set, which I colored with alcohol markers. I could have saved time and ink by using gray cardstock, but I didn’t think of that while creating. The grass is cut with a Lawn Fawn grass die. The flowers are from a Stampin Up die.
This will be entered in the Can You Handle the Pressure challenge. I chose to not use the stars on this card. The clouds were embossed with the SU Cloudy Day folder and I used the debossed side as I thought it worked better with the greetings on top of it. https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2023/07/anything-goes-with-twist-of-stars.html
Thanks for reading my post. I hope to place this in the mail tomorrow. It has been a very rainy day today and our temperatures dropped a little bit. I am not complaining! We turned our AC off for a while and currently have windows open. I am guessing it will be back on before night for more comfortable sleep.
Today was a good day to use the Flip-Flop image from Lawn Fawn. Our temperature is 96 degrees as I type this, and any kind of sandal is the preferred footwear for this season.
I used Simply Celebrate Summer and Simply Summer Sentiments from Lawn Fawn for this CAS card. The colors used are SU Calypso Coral, Soft Sea Foam, and Misty Moonlight all from the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. The other challenge this will be entered in is the Four Seasons Summer Season challenge. I watercolored the sandals with the SU inks and a water brush. I added a layer of Misty Moonlight cardstock and called the card complete. I used the same layout for another card today. I often will make several cards with the same layout.
I found time to create a Christmas card today. I kept it simple.
I use the Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Winter and Simply Winter Sentiments sets. The colors match the CC956 challenge at Splitcoast Stampers: Pool Party, Old Olive, and Cherry Cobbler colors by SU. My card has Lawn Fawn Kiddie Pool, Cilantro, and Gina K Designs Cherry Red inks for my gifts. I watercolored the gifts using a waterbrush. I used The Stamps of Life Stitched Rectangle dies and a mat of Cherry Cobbler cardstock to complete the card.
This card was made for a man named Henry. He is disabled and lives near the ocean and loves boats. I got a lot of help from my family in creating this card.
This began as a completed card from the Paper Pumpkin 2019 On My Mind kit. I wanted the boat to move and after really looking at the completed card, I realized the adhesive was not holding well and could be easily dismantled. I took the entire card apart and all parts remained intact.
My daughter provided the die that the boat is gliding across the waves on. It is from a Llama set. The waves were cut with a Lawn Fawn set. A lot of foam was added to this card. The bottom layer has 3 layers, then the next wave has 2 layers and the boat has one layer. The boat needs to glide across the waves and over the wheel (or whatever it is called). The wheel spins. I has an eyelet under the brad to give height and keep it there for the wheel to spin.
This card fits in a 5 X 7 envelope as it was too tight for the A2 size. We bought a scale that just arrived! It weights 2 oz. so I placed 2 postage stamps on the envelope. It has a Buzz Lightyear stamp and a sailboat stamp from the Mighty Mississippi postage stamp collection. This gentleman is having a lot of hiccups lately so anything to bring a smile to his face will be welcomed.
He is the Tuesday Teacup recipient for this week at Splitcoast Stampers. I love to create cards for this challenge.
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