Seize the Birthday #328

Happy Saturday Friends!

I can't believe I am actually posting a card that I didn't make for a commitment! I need to start building up my stash of birthday cards. I don't know how my supply of cards got down so low. I seem to always have something to do that doesn't involve crafting! With our daughter's wedding coming up in July there always seems to be something that needs attention or doing. 

This past Mother's Day. My husband and I were on our way home from visiting both our mother's heading northbound. A car travelling southbound made a left hand turn right in front of us, he apparently did not see us. We were travelling about 80 km, or 50 mph, and it was quite a crash. 

 

Our truck actually flipped the other truck on to it's side!

Fortunately everyone walked away from the accident. The paramedics checked me, my husband and even little Jax out. I had some abrasions from the seatbelt but after a couple days I wan't feeling right and went to my local hospital to be checked again. I had three fractured ribs. I am much better now 7 weeks later, it's still a bit tender but overall better.

When something like this happens, you really appreciate how vehicles today are built for safety. The front of my husband's almost brand new truck was crushed but inside the cab, other than that all the airbags were deployed, the space was still intact. The truck was written off. Jax had been on my lap but headed to the back just before it happened, so grateful! We are getting a barrier to keep him in the backseat moving forward. Animals like children are not safe in the front.

If you have even been in a car where the airbags have been set off you know that it's intense.

Time to move on, I think writing this post has been therapeutic for me! Thanks for listening.

So today I made a birthday card for Seize the Birthday using the new to me Spellbinders Pink Lemonade Stand dies. Taking a page from my friend Nancy Leppek I made the easel a shaped card cutting in on the top of a folded 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card base.

The extra topping this week is to add vellum or acetate sheets. I used vellum for my pitcher and glass. Lots of tiny pieces but it was fun to make.

I added a pink of ink to my die cuts, a bit extra pink on the pinks, darker yellow on the lemon and darker green on the leaves. A bit hard to see.

The white embossed Happy Birthday is a sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps Birthday Wishes.

There are so many possibilities with this die set. I love how the frame has all the woodgrain details!

This card is for Seize the Birthday #328!

Thanks for popping in and enjoy the rest of your weekend!.

Color Hues #135

Hello Crafty friends! It's time for another new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge! Challenge #135 was chosen by fabulous teammate Carol and she has chosen Yellow an Black for us! 

My mind went right to Bumble bees! I has seen so many of them in my garden the past week. We had a slow start into the warmer weather this year. In fact we are back chilly again this week after a week of having a heat wave!

I used some older products from Studio Katia! These I made sure I saved because they are the cutest little bumble bees! I started off by stamping and colouring a few bumble bees with Copic markers and then cutting them out.

Bumble Bees:
Y13, Y15, Y17, T0, T1, T2

My back ground started by ink blending Tim Holtz Wild Honey and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide inks in a top to bottom gradient. Then I cut the panel out with an old Studio Katia Cover Plate called Mini Hexagons. It was glued down to the card base with liquid glue.

The letter's are from Lawn Fawn, Henry's ABC'S. I cut them with black cardstock and added them to the card front with small pieces of foam dots.

 

The bumble bees were also added to the card base with foam tape.

I went over all the wings with clear Wink of Stella. It is pretty much impossible to photograph it but beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

If you haven't had a chance yet, head over to the Color Hues blog to see what my teammates have done! They along with our two guest designers have done an amazing job once again. I hope to see you play along with us!

 Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by! 

Color Hues #134

Hello crafty friends! It's time for another new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge! I can't believe it's June the 1st! Wasn't Christmas just last month? Time is certainly moving very fast in my neck of the woods. Next month my daughter is getting married and I just can't believe it, but I'm also so excited!

My fabulous teammate Bonnie has chosen Pink and Tourquoise as the next color duo! I have had the  Papertrey Ink Beach Bag stencil since the month it came out but I have never used it!
Anyone else have that problem?

The stencils lined up beautifully making it easy the line up and mask some the fine lines. I used Catherine Pooler Dye inks in Fiesta Blue, Cummerbund and It's a Girl.

I trimmed the stencilled panel down to 5 1/4" x 4 1/4" and attached it to the card base with foam tape. 

The Simon Says Stamp thanks sentiment was die cut three times with white and once with silver glitter paper. The three white pieces with glued together and the silver layer was glued to the top. I glued it direct to the panel rather than used the coordinating shadow die. I think both ways would look great!

Nothing makes a card more magical than sparkle. I love the way the sentiment pops off the card front because of the brilliant silver sparkle cardstock! 

If you haven't had a chance yet, head over to the Color Hues blog to see what my teammates have done! I hope to see you play along with us!

 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by! 

Color Hues #133

Hello crafty friends! Today we start a new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge. I am the host for challenge #133 and I chose Lime Green and Violet as our colours to create with.

Lime Green and Violet are always fun colours for spring. Starting from early spring, at least where I live,  the first to emerge is the Crocus followed by other green and purple perennials! As I write this post on May 14th it is for the first since I can remember there are no leaves on any of the trees! It has been that cool! The next four days the heat is coming on and I bet by next weekend all the leaves will have filled in!

I used the new Spellbinders/Alex Siberia Magical Fuchsia Press & Foil Plate and the matching stencils for my card today. I am head over heals in love with this collection!

Starting off I used the Press & Foil Plate to gold emboss the Magical Fuchsia flower branch. Dreamy on it's own but once colour is added it's definitely magical.

I used the matching Magical Fuchsia stencils with Catherine Pooler inks:

Garden Party
Lime Rickey
Pixie Dust
Grape Crush

I trimmed my panel down to 5 1/4" x 4" and added it to my card base with foam tape.

The sentiment is from the same Press & Foil Plate, foiled on to purple cardstock and cut with the co-ordinating die. It was added to the card front with foam squares.

I hope you head over to visit the Color Hues blog to see what my teammates have done! I hope to see you play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

Seize the Birthday #326 Guest Design

 

Good Afternoon friends! Today I'm excited to be the Surprize Party Guest with the Seize the Birthday challenge. I was so excited to be chosen as the winner for Seize the Birthday #324! 

For Seize the Birthday #326 the topping is to feature an animal on your card. My husbands birthday was last week so I used this opportunity to make a card for him with a dog on front. I just happened to have Spellbinders Skateboard Terry on hand and when he was cut with white cardstock and a black nose and eyes it is our sweet boy Jax!

The background is from Lawn Fawn's All the Sparkles 6 x 6paper pad.

A kraft coloured circle for Terry to skateboard across on his green ride.

The sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps Birthday Wishes. I added an extra Happy Birthday sentiment inside.

I hope that you join us this challenge. It's always a good time to make a birthday card! I can't wait to see what you make!

Card Recipe:

Spellbinders Skateboard Terry

Lawn Fawn All the Sparkles 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Honey Bee Stamps Birthday Wishes

Have a great day!

Color Hues #132

Welcome crafty friends! It's time for a new colour duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge. The colouors for Challenge #132 are Yellow and Blue. They were chosen by my amazingly talented teammate Stef Perry. 

I could not wait to use the new Spellbinders Designer Purse cutting dies that were designed by my friend Sheri Ballantyne. Sheri has designed a whole collection called We All Have Baggage and it is so much fun and definitely fills a void that has not, in my opinion, been done before!

I made two different purses for my card using the challenge colours. It is so fun that you can customize your purses any way that you see fit. So many accent pieces that can take your purse from fabulous to even more fabulous! I started out cutting all the pieces in blue, yellow and a few accent pieces in gold mirror cardstock. I find it easier to do this rather that cutting as you go along and of course the extra pieces left over you can tuck away in your pocket for another card. 

My background was embossed with the Spellbinders Diamond Plaid embossing folder and attached to a 5.5" x 4.25" landscape oriented card base.

The blue purse at the back was glued directly to the embossed panel with liquid glue. The yellow purse that is in the front was attached with thin 3D foam squares.

The sentiment was created from the coordinating Hero Arts Keep Calm stamp set. Two separate sentiments that go together perfectly. They were first stamped on white, trimmed down and matted with blue cardstock to form a thin border.

 

I hope you head over to visit the Color Hues blog to see what my teammates have done! I hope to see you play along with us!

I am also submitting this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Color Hues #131

Today we start a new colour duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge. The new colors chosen by teammate Sheri Gilson are Coral and Green! A fresh Color palette for spring!

I used the Spellbinders Where Love Lands December 2025 Stencil of the Month for my card. I used Catherine Pooler inks in three shades of coral and three different shades of green.

There was lots of masking done on this card. There are 5 stencils and all my masking was done with the 5th stencil. With masking you can make each object a different colour if you like, the options are endless.

The sentiment is from an old My Favorite Things Stamps stamp set called Handwritten Happiness. It was stamped with VersaFine Onyx black ink. So crisp!

 I matted the card base with a piece of coral cardstock that matches the corals of the stencilled design. The main panel was cut with the largest die from the Lawn Fawn Postage Rectangle Stackables die set. It was attached to the card base with foam tape for dimension.

 

I am also submitting this to Seize the Birthday Challenge 324!

I hope you head over to visit the Color Hues blog to see what my teammates have done! I hope to see you play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!