Seize the Birthday: 2025

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Seize the Birthday #312-Black and White

Hello Crafters, this is Linda, and I am happy to be your host for this week's challenge. I would like you to make a Black & White card. Please join us and build your birthday stash.

Before I get to the amazing cards by the DT and guest below, I would like to announce that we have a new Design Team member starting today! I would like to welcome Nancy Salkeld to the team. Welcome Nance! We are delighted to have you on board with us!

Here is a little bit about her!

Hello! I am Nance and so thrilled to have been asked to join the Seize The Birthday Team! I live in Cary, North Carolina, with my ER RN hubs, married for 35 years. I'm Mom to two adult children, "furmom" one dog and two cats and "fur" Ouma to a cat and dog. I have always been artsy/crafty. I was always drawing or gluing something as a child, took painting lessons as a teen and dabbled various types of art. I've been card-making for about 18 years. I've been on several design teams in the last 10 years. My hubs supports my crafty obsession so much he will be my craft assistant when I need help organizing, labeling, or die cutting. Besides cardmaking, I love reading, board and card games, hiking, horror movies, watching soccer, football, and basketball (boy mom).

I have one more announcement before we get to all the fabulous inspiration below! I also want to thank Karen Letchworth for being such a fabulous Surprise Party Guest the past two months! We have certainly enjoyed having you with us and look forward to having you back in the gallery again soon.

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

Karen

The Design Team

Barbara

Ashwini

JoAnn

Nancy

Glenda

Shirley

Linda

Jules

Jenny

Cathy

Nance

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. The winner 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, Sept. 9th.

Winners Post #311-No Flowers

Hello Fellow Crafters and Seize the Birthday Friends!

It's Jules here to announce the winners of our last challenge.

We had such a great response in our gallery, so I'd like to thank

each and every one of you who participated. And a very special

thanks to those die-hard floral cardmakers out there who pushed

themselves a bit out of their go-to comfort zones.

Without further ado, let's get to our Winners.

Congratulations!

Rachel

I could gush over this beauty for hours.

and

Kathy

Shaped and Brightly Colored

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

We hope you will enjoy your Winner's Badge!

Rachel, 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 Honours" are...

Congratulations!

Karen M

Just Adorable!

Karen W

This one just makes me smile.

Evelyn

Did someone say martini?

We hope you ALL will enjoy your "Honours" 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, August 24, 2025

Reminder # 311-No Flowers

Hello Crafters,

There is still plenty of time to participate in our latest challenge. The Topping is an easy one: No Flowers. There are many fabulous cards in the gallery if you need more inspiration.

We hope you will consider joining us too!

If you're not a topping kind of 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 August 26th to join us!

Happy Crafting!

Nanc'

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Seize the Birthday #311 - No Flowers

Hello Crafters,

It's Jules here, and I will be your host for this challenge round of Seize the Birthday. As host, it is my honor to select the (optional) Topping. A few months back we were challenged to use flowers in our designs, so I thought the perfect follow-up to this would be NOT to use florals of any sort. This may be very easy for some but if florals are your "go-to," I challenge you to create a card without them.

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!

Joining us today are Karen, our current Surprise Party Guest and

Cassandra, a recent winner. Please welcome them to our blog.

Surprise Party Guest

Karen

Cassandra

The Design Team

Barbara

Ashwini

Linda

JoAnn

Nancy

Jules

Cathy

Shirley

Glenda

Jenny

Thank you for your support of our challenge.

We hope to see your card creations in the gallery!

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. The winner 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, August 26th.

Winner's Post #310-Use your Favorite Color

Hello friends, and Happy Thursday.

Wow, we had so many cards in our gallery for my "Use Your Favorite Color" or Anything Goes challenge. Thank you to everyone who played along. It was definitely hard to pick the winners, but here they are.

Congratulations!

Milla (topping)

with this beautiful pink card

and

Carol (no topping)

What a fun hockey themed card.

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

We hope you will enjoy your Winner's Badge!

Milla, 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 Honours" are...

Congratulations!

Inkami

Helen

Wanda

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

Now, stick around because in one hour

we will be posting our new Topping

for the next two weeks!

So please stay tuned!

Thanks again for playing along with us.

JoAnn

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Reminder #310-Use Your Favorite Color

Crafters,

There is still plenty of time to participate in our latest challenge. The Topping is an easy one-Use Your favorite Color. There are many fabulous cards in the gallery if you need more inspiration.

We hope you will consider joining us too!

If you're not a topping kind of 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 August 5th to join us!

Happy Crafting!

Nanc'

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Seize the Birthday #310-Use Your Favorite Color

Hello Crafters,

JoAnn has chosen a fun and easy Topping for us and hopefully all of you. She wants us to make a card and or project using our Favorite Color.

Before we get to see what the Design Team's favorite colors are below, along with our guest Karen, I would like to welcome Jenn B to this challenge. She was the overall winner from our last challenge. Welcome, Jenn! We are happy to have you with us!

Our "Topping" option this time is...