Seize the Birthday #225-Use a Stencil

Welcome to another challenge here at Seize the Birthday!  Before I get to our fun and easy topping ( selected by Cathy) that we know you all will enjoy, I would like to welcome our next Surprise Party Guest that will be with us to finish out this year. 

Please help me welcome...

Carol McFarland!  

Here is a bit about her:

I am a recently retired high school and community college Spanish, English as a Second Language, and Literacy teacher.  My stamping hobby started decades ago with teacher stamps and scrapbooking. The first “trick" I ever learned in stamping was masking, and even carving some of my own stamps. I like all aspects of stamping and enjoy a challenge such as figuring out how something was made. Currently, I am enjoying joining challenges and continuously seeing new ideas online. There are so many incredibly talented people in this hobby to learn from and I have made so many nice friends along the way. 

We are so happy to have you, Carol! 

Now to our topping! 

  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 Guest

Carol

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, October 26th.

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners for # 224-Cakes

 Thank you everyone for all of your wonderful creations over the past couple of weeks.  It was clear that you enjoyed the Cake topping with all the fabulous cards in the gallery! As you know, you don't have to use the topping to be among the winners. Let's go see which cards caught my attention. 

Congratulations!

Asa 

and

Steph

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...

Rosi

and

Diane H.

and

Susan B.

Congratulations!

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!!

Shirley

Reminder #224-Cakes

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 October, 12th to join us!

Happy Crafting!

NANC'      

Seize the Birthday # 224-Cakes

Hello Crafters,

Welcome to another fun challenge here at Seize the Birthday! Before we get to our topping, I would like to take a moment and thank Jenny for being such a great Surprise Party Guest these past two months.  Your time with us sure went fast and we really enjoyed all of your creations. Take care and come back and join us real soon!

Now onto our challenge!

    Our "Topping" option that was selected by Shirley is...

If you're not a toppings kinda person, 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 

 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, October 12th.  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners # 223-Faux or Real Stitching

Hello, It is time to announce our winners for our last challenge.

Wow! So many of you added the topping of stitching to your cards and projects. Whether it was real or faux, it was hard to pick just a few, but here are my picks. 

Congratulations!

Stef

 Just look at the detail of the coloring and the stitching. 

This flower really pops! 

and

Stephanie

I loved the happy clouds and balloons as this card would be for

 a male or female. 

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!

Anna 

So much detail and that image is adorable. 

and

Milla

The fresh look of this card is fun and I love the

 boat in a bottle. 

and

Leslie

Leslie's coloring is superb!

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!

Barb

 

Reminder # 223-Faux or Real Stitching

                       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 September 28th to join us!

Happy Crafting!

NANC'     

Seize the Birthday # 223-Faux or Real Stitching

Hello, It's Barbara and I am your host for this challenge.  I chose Stitching as it is another fun craft that I do. When the weather starts to get cooler, my thoughts turn to the things that my grandmother taught me. I have fond memories of sitting outside with her while she taught me how to stitch. 

For this challenge you can do real or faux stitching, it is up to you. 

Just have fun!

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 

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, September 28th!

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter