Reminder #221-By the Sea

                     There is still plenty of time to join us for our topping of... 

If you're not a topping kinda person well, you can just

stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Just remember to make it a Birthday theme! 

You can scroll down to find the challenge or click HERE!

You have until 9AM (PST) on August 31st to join us!

Happy Crafting!

NANC'   

Seize the Birthday #221-By the Sea

Hello and Welcome to our next challenge here at Seize the Birthday!  Before we get to our topping, I have some exciting news to share!  We have a new Design Team member joining our team and I am sure most of you will probably know who she is, as she has been an active participant here at STB for many years.  Please help us in welcoming Julie Peddicord to the STB team! 

Jules Peddicord

Here is a bit about her! 

Hello everyone! I'm Julie (aka Jules). A little about me -- I was born in the Midwest but have called Florida my home for almost forty years. In addition to being Mom to two grown children, I'm Grandma to one and Fur Mom to four. My husband is an extremely patient and supportive man because let's face it, sometimes life is a zoo. My two favorite pastimes include card making and reading, both of which I try to do a little of each day. I've been an active participant at Seize the Birthday since discovering the challenge in July of 2019 and am thrilled to now be part of the team!   

Welcome, Jules! 

    Our "Topping" option this time which was 

selected by me-Nancy is...

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well.....you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes"Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Just remember to keep it a Birthday Theme!

Wait till you see the Design Team's cards!  Be ready to be inspired!

Surprise Party Guest

Jenny

The Design Team

Ashwini

Barbara

Cathy

Colleen

 

Glenda

JoAnn 

Jules

Lindsey

Nancy

Shirley

TaeEun

Vicki

Have fun and let the celebration begin!!!

Challenge Rules (to keep things fair):

1. You must make a BIRTHDAY PROJECT, however, our topping is always optional.

2. You may link up to 3 projects for each challenge.

3. Please add a direct link to your blog or to an online gallery.

4. Please include one of our graphics and a link back to our blog.

5. You may combine this challenge with up to 4 other challenges. 

6. When using digital images they must have been coloured by hand.

7. As always, please have fun! All products are welcome!

This linky will close at 9am (PST) on Tuesday, August 31st.

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners #220-Stripes

Hi all, Vicki here! It's time to announce the winners from our last challenge! For those of you that used our topping of stripes, they were awesome!  It was hard to choose, but I did it.

Congratulations!

Betty

and

 

Allisa

 

You both managed to "Take the Cake" this week!!

We hope you will enjoy your Winner's Badge!

Now, this week's Runner Ups who will be receiving 

"Birthday Honours" are...

Debbie Naylor

and

 

Snappy Lobster

and

Kanan Pandya

 

 

We hope you ALL will enjoy your "Honours" badge.

Now, stick around because in one hour,

we will be posting our new challenge 

for the next two weeks!

So please stay tuned!

Vicki

Reminder #220-Stripes

 There is still plenty of time to join us for our topping of... 

If you're not a topping kinda person well, you can just

stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Just remember to make it a Birthday theme! 

You can scroll down to find the challenge or click HERE!

You have until 9AM (PST) on August 17th to join us!

Happy Crafting!

NANC'   

Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop with Altenew!

 Hello, Seize the Birthday Fans!  

It’s Nancy here and today the Seize the Birthday Challenge is excited to be participating in the Altenew Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop!  running from now till August 31st. 

To celebrate this fantastic blog hop, Altenew is giving away $25 gift certificates to TEN lucky winners. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on September 5th, 2021. That is $250 dollars in total prizes. 

Also, they are offering FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY08A8 or $5 OFF international shipping with code SHOPPING08A8 at checkout on orders over $39 from 8/10/2021 at 12:01 am EDT to 8/11/2021 at 11:59 pm EDT. Shop here: https://altenew.com/collections/all-altenew-products Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes.

Altenew will also choose 5 projects from the entries and feature them on the Altenew blog on September 5th, 2021. 

I created 2 Birthday cards using some fun Altenew Stamp Sets. 

This card features the sets Rosie Posy and Mega Greetings 4.  I just love the font on the word HOPE! I also think these roses look awesome in white. 

This second card uses Mega Greeting 4 also and Delicate Primrose. I did a bit of paper piecing on this one and it didn't photograph as well as I would have liked. 

Remember that we also still have a challenge going on here at Seize the Birthday! Using our latest topping of...

You can scroll down or click HERE! And remember, the topping is optional any Birthday card and or project will do! 

Below is the list of the Altenew Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop participants.

Altenew

AAA Card Challenge

Happy Little Stampers

Addicted to CAS

Perfectly CAS

Addicted to Stamps and More!

Seize the Birthday

Color Hues the Color Challenge

Time Out Challenge

Less is More Challenge

Double D Challenge Blog

The Sisterhood of Crafters

The Color Throwdown

Want a chance to be featured on our blog? Share your Altenew creations by August 31st. They will choose 5 projects from the entries and feature them on the Altenew blog on September 5th. You may enter as many times as you wish! Please click on the blue button below to link your entries and don't forget to comment along the hop too! 

Good luck!

Nanc'

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Seize the Birthday # 220-Stripes

Hello, Welcome back to another challenge here at Seize the Birthday!  Before we get to our next fun topping.  We have a new Surprise Party Guest joining us for the next two months.  Please help me in welcoming Jenny, from My paper Epiphany! 

Welcome, Jenny!  We are happy to have you!

Jenny

Here is a bit about her!

Hi, It’s Jenny here from Melbourne, Australia. Like all of us, I’m addicted to card-making. I started stamping about 20 years ago when I designed Wedding Anniversary invites for my Parents. Then, I discovered card challenges, started my blog, and found the wonderful online papercraft community and have been hooked ever since. I am currently on 5 DTs and have another regular GDT with a stamp company. This has kept me busy and motivated throughout the long Lockdowns! 

Now, onto our next Topping which was chosen by Vicki!

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well.....you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Just remember to keep it a Birthday Theme!

Surprise Party Guest

Jenny

The Design Team

Ashwini

 Barbara

Cathy

Colleen

 

Glenda

JoAnn 

Lindsey

Nancy

Shirley

TaeEun

Vicki

Have fun and let the celebration begin!!!

Challenge Rules (to keep things fair):

1. You must make a BIRTHDAY PROJECT, however our topping is always optional.

2. You may link up to 3 projects for each challenge.

3. Please add a direct link to your blog or to an online gallery.

4. Please include one of our graphics and a link back to our blog.

5. You may combine this challenge with up to 4 other challenges. 

6. When using digital images they must have been coloured by hand.

7. As always, please have fun! All products are welcome!

This linky will close at 9am (PST) on Tuesday,  August 17th.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner's for #219- Travel

Hello everyone,

Thanks for playing along with us over the past couple of weeks!  I loved seeing the different avenues of transportation you all designed your cards around.  If you opted out on the topping, that is okay too, as we had some equally as wonderful birthday cards as well.

 Let's go see who are winners are.

Congratulations!

Jules

and

Kristie

You both managed to "Take the Cake" this week!!

We hope you will enjoy your Winner's Badge!

Now, this week's Runner Ups who will be receiving 

"Birthday Honours" are...

Congratulations!

 Helen

and

Charlotte

and

Karren

We hope you ALL will enjoy your "Honours" badge.

Now, stick around because in one hour,

we will be posting our new challenge 

for the next two weeks!

So please stay tuned!

Glenda