Seize the Birthday: May 2023

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Seize the Birthday #262 Make it Pop

Hello Crafters, Ashwini here, and before I get to my topping I would like to welcome three Surprise Party Guests joining us for this challenge. Bonnie, who you already know is going to be with us for two months, but in addition to her, we also have Deepti and Lisa joining us as well. They were both winners on previous challenges using our topping. Welcome ladies, we are happy to have you designing alongside us!

Our "Topping" option this time is...Make it Pop!

Here are some suggestions to help spark some ideas:

You can use bright colors, funky images, or actually make something pop!

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

Bonnie Klass

Lisa Elton

Deepti Aggarwal

The Design Team

Challenge Rules:

1. It must be a Birthday project, however, our topping is optional.

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

4. Please include one of our graphics and link back to our blog or IG account.

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

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

7. Our winner from a previous challenge using our topping will be invited to be a guest on a future challenge.

Most importantly, HAVE FUN!

This linky will close at 9am (PST) on Tuesday, June 6th!

Winners Post #261

Hey Crafty Friends! It's time to announce the Winners of our last Seize the Birthday challenge where the Topping was Wheels. Many thanks to all of you who played along both with and without our topping. It wasn't an easy decision but I've chosen two main winners as well as three honorable mentions.

Up first, the Winners.

Congratulations!

Denise Morgans

Topping Winner

and

Izzy Scrap

Non-Topping Winner

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

We hope you will enjoy your Winner's Badge!

Denise, please contact Nancy at Leppeknancy@gmail.com

and she will give you all the details about guesting with us.

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

"Birthday Honors" are...

Congratulations!

Libeeti Frankel

and

Kristie Goulet

and

Lorraine Aquilina

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

Now, stick around because in one hour

we will be posting our new Topping

for the next two weeks!

So please stay tuned!

Jules

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Reminder #261-Wheels

Hello Crafters,

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 just scroll down to find the challenge link!

You have until 9AM (PST) on May 23rd to join us!

Happy Crafting!

NANC'

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Seize the Birthday #261 - Wheels

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Jules here to bring you the new Seize the Birthday challenge. As host this fortnight it is my honor to bring you the next Topping, which if I'm being honest, was a bit self-serving on my part. But before we get into that let me take a moment to welcome and introduce our next guests this week.

First, we have, Bonnie Klass joining us as our Surprise Party Guest for the next two months. Welcome, Bonnie! We are so happy to have you designing alongside us and look forward to seeing what you have in store for us.

Here is a bit about her!

Wow, I’m so excited to be invited to be the Surprise Party Guest at Seize the Birthday! I love making cards and I’m happiest when I’m in the craft room! My card-making journey started in 2008 and since I retired, it’s been a big part of my life. I have met so many wonderful people through this hobby, both in person and through my blog. I treasure these relationships and the inspiration. As an added bonus, I have plenty of cards to send out. When I’m not in the studio, I’m either with my family or have my nose stuck in a book. So many fun things to do, so little time!

We also have Carol McFarland joining us today as our guest as she was our overall winner using our Topping from our previous challenge. Welcome, Carol!

Now, onto our Topping...