Thursday, October 9, 2025

Seize the Birthday #315-Splish Splash

Hello Crafters, it's Shirley, and it's my turn to host the challenge.  I've gone for 'Splish Splash', and you can interpret it any way you like.  Rain, puddles, swimming, bath time, splashy drinks, or just getting all splishy splashy with your inks on the card.  Or any other way you can think of - just let us know if it's not obvious.
    
Our "Topping" option this time 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!

Surprise Party Guests

Johanna

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. 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, October 21st.  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner's Post #314-CAS with a Stencil

Hi Crafters, Nancy here! 
 Thanks to all of you who chose to play along with my CAS with a Stencil Topping. I may have scared a few people away with my challenge, as the gallery was rather light.  I know CAS is a bit harder for me, so perhaps I am not alone. 

Nonetheless, it was fun to peruse the gallery and see all the different stencils available, and then visit your blogs for a closer look.

 Without further ado, here are my winners! 

Congratulations!


You both managed to "Take the Cake" this week!
We hope you will enjoy your Winner's Badge!

Stephanie, Please contact me at Leppeknancy@gmail.com 
and I will give you all the details about guesting with us. 


Now, this week's Runner Ups who will be receiving 
"Birthday Honours" are...

Congratulations!





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!

Nanc'

  

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Reminder #314-CAS with a Stencil

Hello Crafters,

There is still plenty of time to participate in our latest challenge. The Topping is an easy one: CAS with a Stencil

 We hope you will consider joining us!




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 October 7th to join us!

Happy Crafting! 

         Nanc'                   

 

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Seize the Birthday #314-CAS with a Stencil

Hello Crafters, 
Nancy here, and I am happy to be your hostess for this challenge. It had been a while since we had Clean and Simple as our Topping; however, I threw in an easy twist...you need to use a stencil in your design. If you need some inspiration on where to begin, look no further than my fabulous teammates' cards, along with our guests! 

Before we proceed with the cards below, I would like to take a moment to welcome two additional Surprise Party Guests who are here today, along with Johanna.  We have Milla and Bonnie playing along.  Both these ladies were previous challenge winners using our Topping. Welcome ladies, happy to have you! 
    
Our "Topping" option this time 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!

Surprise Party Guests




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. 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, October 7th. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner's Post #313-Embossing

Hi Crafters.
It's Jenny here, back to announce the Winners and Runners Ups for our last challenge.  Thanks so much to everyone who joined in. I chose 'Embossing' as the topping, and it looks like most of you played along with this theme. 

Congratulations!

Jennie Maier

and




You both managed to "Take the Cake" this week!
We hope you will enjoy your Winner's Badge!

Jennie, 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!





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!

Jenny!

  

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Reminder #313-Embossing

Hello Crafters,

There is still plenty of time to participate in our latest challenge. The Topping is an easy one: Embossing!  Dry Embossing, Heat Embossing, or Embossing Paste.

 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 September 23rd to join us!

Happy Crafting! 

         Nanc'                   



Thursday, September 11, 2025

Seize the Birthday # 313-Embossing

Hello Crafters, it's Jenny here, and I'm your Host for this challenge. 
I love to be challenged by techniques, so I've chosen 'Embossing' as the Topping. Any type of Embossing is ok - Dry Embossing, Heat Embossing, or Embossing Paste.

Before we get to the inspiration below, I want to welcome our next Surprise Party Guest.  We have Johanna Rundell joining us for the rest of the year. 
Welcome, Johanna!  We are delighted to have you with us. 

Here is a bit about her:

My name is Johanna Rundell, and I live on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Before retirement, I worked in the hospitality industry and then later ran my own Bed and Breakfast operation. After so many years of crafting, I now consider myself to be reasonably adept. My hubby indulges me and has created an amazing craft room that has a ton of storage space and several stations to work from. He also indulges my penchant for buying new supplies; however, I am generally careful to buy only what I truly need and will actually use. 

My daily life mostly revolves around card making, and these days I am willing to experiment a lot, sometimes with great results and sometimes with some unexpected ones. No matter what, I find card-making immensely satisfying. 


We also have Rachel Ball with us today, who was the overall winner of our last challenge using the Topping.  A big welcome to use as well, Rachel!     




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 Guests




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. 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, September 23rd.  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter