Seize The Birthday: Narly..

Hey,

Happy Monday!

Hope you had a great weekend?

I had a great one, loved the Superbowl this year, but it's always bittersweet as it means the season is officially over.

Today I am playing along with the current Seize the Birthday, with topping!

I have TONS of creature stamps.. but I decided to use the super cute 'Winter Narwhal' by Lawn Fawn that a friend gave me late last year.

I just had this idea in my head for him and it came out exactly as I had imagined!

I stamped, coloured and fussy cut my Narwhal. Then I cut waves out of x2 kinds of blue scrap papers using the Newton's Nook 'Sea Borders' dies. The polaroid die is by MFT and I used it to die-cut the cloud paper to fit the window and for the frame, I used a piece of embossed white paper for the frame, to create a bit more interest.

I decided to pair the sentiment from the set with a little birthday die-cut.

I think it looks like my Narhwal is surfing and that makes me happy.

Cx

Seize the Birthday: Monster Star Stencil..

Hey,

Happy Friday!

As promised today I am playing along with Seize the Birthday again - this time with the topping -

I LOVE using stencils on my cards and I am a big fan of the Tim Holtz layering stencils.

I have nearly all of the mini ones, so handy and they come in sets of 3 which I think is VFM.

For this card I made a fun stenciled background using the star shifter stencil - these stencils are great if you want to use multiple colours in different positions because the stencil actually has a star-filled in, so you can place it over the colour you have already done. Sounds complicated - honestly, it isn't, watch the master Tim Holtz demonstrate in this video.

I knew I wanted to colour my fave Monster in orange and green, so I used those colours to create my background.

The Monster is by My Cute Stamps, sadly no longer on sale and he was gifted to me by a friend. I coloured him using Copic markers AND my new love Sakura glitter gel pens - SO much sparkle.

I added a die-cut speech bubble so that I could add the sentiment and the little numbers, as this is a 1st birthday card.

I love how it turned out.

Have a great weekend, I am off to dinner tonight with some friends I haven't seen in forever.

Cx

Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel: Magical Unicorn Birthday..

Hey,

During my recent trip to London, we visited Hubby's bestie so we could a) catch-up b) see her daughters and c) hand over the pun card project.

We had a fun afternoon with Polly and her Daughters.

One of them Maggie is 3 (soon to be 4) and took a shine to me - I do love kids, despite not ever wanting to have any I like to hang out with kids.

I thought to honor our little bonding moment I would make Maggie a special 4th Birthday card and I am also entering it into the current Seize the Birthday challenge - this a no toppings entry, I am going to play along later in the week with a toppings entry!

Obviously, I immediately reached for my reveal wheel kit. I have so many of the add-ons now, it is super fun to make cards with and EASY for an interactive card.

I decided to pair it with x2 Ellen Hutson sets 'Unicorns 'N Rainbows' and 'Over It' - I chose a wide arched aperture for the wheel and stamped the rainbow from Over it, over the top of the arch and then coloured that using glitter gel pens to get some serious sparkle.

I stamped, coloured and die-cut 3 of the images from the Unicorns set and after assembling the reveal wheel and mounting it onto the card blank, I affixed them to the front. I added some hearts from the sets all over the card and went over a few of them with a glitter gel pen to add some sparkle.

Because I chose the large aperture, you only get to reveal two sentiments and I went with magical and awesome.

Perfect for a 4 year old girl!

Cx

Bearing Gifts...

Hey,

Happy Monday,

I thought I would play along with Seize the Birthday this time, as their 'topping' is Balloons - Yay!

My card uses a Studio Katia stamp set 'Kobi Bearing Gifts'.

I saw this one and A cup of thanks on Instagram and had to have them!

I stamped and die-cut Kobi and the balloons (it is not all one piece) and coloured them using Copics and Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I also used a quickie glue pen on the balloons and dipped them in glitter for a bit of added detail.

The background paper is by Lil Inker and it was from a pad I got in the epic mystery box I bought from them. I love the ombre fade and it worked so well with this image.

I stamped the sentiment from the set first, so I would know where I could place my bear and the balloons.

Fun card for a little girl that I know LOVES gifts :)

Cx

CASology: Jungle

Hey,

Happy Monday to you!

I had a fun weekend, hanging out with Hubby in Atlantic City and at home, sadly we did not win in AC, but that doesn't matter.

I like the CASology cue word this week and managed to fit in some desk time to make my card.

I have this cute Safari Friends set that I got free last year with an English papercrafting magazine.

I stamped the Monkey from the set quite high up on my panel, to give the illusion that he is hanging from a tree. I the sentiment also from the set and a few bananas for good measure!

I thought this made a great entry into Seize the Birthday as well -

And usually for me I decided that I would also enter a 3rd challenge - Papercraft Challenge - their theme is CAS this time.

Super simple CAS card, that fits all 3 challenges and using the top third of the card is unusual for me, nice to step out of my comfort zone now and then!

Cx