Skating birthday

Seize the Birthday are hosting their own birthday party and not only does it last all month, it's also "anything goes"!   So woo hoo, here goes.

The current craze seems to be roller skating as I was asked for two cards for skating parties a week apart.

 

Ingredients used are mostly SU - the DSP has been retired for a long time now.  I really have to stop hoarding designer papers and start using them more often.

 

Just a fun card with lots of glitter for a little girl.

 

Mary

Really Pink

I'm entering this very pink card into the sketch challenge at Seize the Birthday.  Like Topsy, it just grew, and it got rosier as I added layers.

 

All supplies are SU:

Stamps:  Secret Garden; Itty Bitty Banners

Ink:  Melon Mambo

Cardstock: Whisper white; Melon Mambo

Tools:  Big shot; Fancy fan embossing folder; Bitty Banners Framelits

 

Hope this finds everyone "in the pink"!

Mary

Wishing you

At Seize the Birthday this week the challenge is to make a feminine birthday card according to the sketch guidelines.  I think it is a great sketch and many ideas were going through my head but it took much longer than I anticipated to get the ideas onto the cardstock. 

All ingredients for this card are from SU

Stamps:  Vintage Verses; Pendant Park

Card:  Crumb Cake; Primrose Petals; Naturals Ivory

Ink:  Soft Suede; Primrose Petals

Other:  Crumb Cake tulle; Pearls; Champagne mist

 

I needn't have worried about overdoing the champagne mist, as it doesn't show in the photo, but it is very pretty.

Hope your day is perfect too.

Mary

Seize the cat

The new challenge over at Seize the Birthday is for a masculine birthday.  I don't have much in the way of specifically male stamps but this cat caught my eye and I thought it might suffice:

Stamps:  Annabelle stamps Party Animals; SU Happiest Birthday wishes

Card:  SU Whisper white; basic grey;Tangerine tango

DSP:  SU Howlstooth and Scaringbone

Ink:  Stazon black; SU Peach Parfait marker

Tools:  Big shot; Stripe embossing folder; Basic grey striped ribbon

Meow for now,

Mary

Bright birthday

Seize the Birthday have a sketch this week and I am throwing this entry into the mix.

 

Although I love the colours in this Saleabration DSP, they are not the colours I would normally turn to when making cards so you may need your sunglasses to look at this one.

 

Stamps:  Perfect Punches

Card:  Whisper white; Island Indigo

DSP:  SU Sycamore Street

Tools:  Simply scored

 

As I don't posess any large ovals, I made the rosette and pulled it into an oval shape to make it fit the bill.

Mary

On yer bike !

I have always thought of "on yer bike" as a piece of Aussie slang, but just 'googled' and found that it is, of course, quite probably English in origin, along with 'sling yer hook" no doubt. 
 

Many of the challenges seem to be male oriented at the moment - or maybe it just seems that way because they require a bit more thought.  However, the latest challenge at Seize the Birthday certainly is for a masculine card and this is my entry.

 

I loved the look of the "Feeling Sentimental" stamp set from SU as soon as I saw it and have managed to make quite a few cards for the guys in the last week or so.

 

Stamps:  SU Feeling Sentimental

Card:  Basic Gray

Ink:  Stazon jet black; Gumball Green

DSP:  Howlstooth and Scaringbone; Print Poetry

 

I'm still wondering if the green should have been at the bottom, but too late now because  I am pedalling off.

Mary

That's the ticket

There is a new challenge at Seize the Day so since I was playing with some new toys I decided to join in.

 

 

I started with one of the great images from SU Feeling Sentimental ( a free set during Saleabration), but got a bit carried away with the ticketing!!

 

Mary