Seize the Birthday: 2023

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Reminder #269-Use Fall Colors

Hello Crafters,

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

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 Sept. 26th to join us!

Happy Crafting!

Nanc'

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Seize the Birthday #269- Use Fall Colors

Hello Crafters,

Linda here and I am pleased to get to introduce our next Surprise Party Guest for the next two months. Stephanie from SmilynStef will be with us! Welcome, Stef! We are all happy to have you!

Here is a little bit about her!

I'm Stephanie aka SmilynStef, and I'm thrilled to be joining you as the Surprise Party Guest here at Seize the Birthday for the next two months (bring on the birthday cake). You can find me on my blog Ingenious Inkling or at Jingle Belles, my holiday card blog with my crafty besty Lauren. I've been making cards for 23+ years since a friend invited me to a Friday night crop at the local stamping store. I'm a Chief Credit Officer by day, with my evenings and weekends spent creating in my studio. I love traveling to places I have never been, eating foods I have never tried, and riding in the car with the windows down. You'll never find me without lip balm, dental floss, and my sunglasses.

We also have GerJanne joining us as a Surprise Party Guest she was invited to the party because she was a winner from a previous challenge, using the Topping. Welcome, GerJanne!

Our "Topping" option this time is...Use Fall Colors

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

Stephanie

GerJanne

The Design Team

Ashwini

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!

Linda

This linky will close at 9am (PST) on Tuesday, Sept. 26th.

Winners #268 Make it Musical

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Jules here to announce the Winners of my Make it Musical Birthday Challenge both with and without the topping. You certainly didn't make it an easy decision but here it goes!

First up are the Winners!

Congratulations!

Johanna

and

Trina

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

We hope you will enjoy your Winner's Badge!

Johanna, 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...

Carol S

Valerie

Wanda

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!

Thanks for playing everyone!!

Jules

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Reminder #268 Make it Musical

Hello Crafters,

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

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 Sept. 5th to join us!

Happy Crafting!

Nanc'

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Seize the Birthday #268-Make it Musical

Hello Crafters, Jules here and I am playing hostess for this challenge.

Before I get to the wonderful cards below, I need to say thanks to Izzy for being such a wonderful Surprise Party Guest for the past two months! We enjoyed having you and hope you enjoyed it too! Take care and come play along with us when you get the chance.

Also, we have TWO other Surprise Party Guests that were invited to the party today. Please Welcome, Kathy K. and Marina. They were both winners from previous challenges, using the Topping. Welcome Ladies! Happy to have you!

Now let's go see how the Design Team and our

3 Guests were inspired by my 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 Guests:

Izzy

Kathy K.

Marina

The Design Team:

Barbara

Colleen

Ashwini

Jules

Vicki

Cathy

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, September 5th.

Winners #268-Make a Shaped Card

Hello friends and happy Thursday. Hope you're having a great week. Thanks so much to everyone for playing along with my shaped card challenge. There were a lot of great shaped cards you all made and it was hard to choose the winners, but here they are.
Now here are our winners...
Congratulations!

Ger Janne (with topping)