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

Johanna

Milla

Bonnie

The Design Team

Barbara

JoAnn

Glenda

Ashwini

Linda

Jenny

Shirley

Nance

Nancy

Jules

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. 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

Diane H

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!

Loll

Jolanda

Helen

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!

  

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'                   

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

Johanna

Rachel

The Design Team

Barbara

Ashwini

JoAnn

Glenda

Linda

Cathy

Nance

Jenny

Shirley

Nancy

Jules

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

Winner's Post #312-Black and White

Hello Crafters, Linda here!

There were so many beautiful and fun cards in the gallery, which made my job so hard. Thank you all for joining in our challenge both with and without my Topping.

How could I not pick Bonnie's card, which has both a butterfly and flowers on it?  My favorites! It is beautifully balanced and so elegant in black and white.

And then Darnell's card is so beautiful.  I love the perfectly water-colored pear and leaves, with the frame reflecting the same colors 

Congratulations!

Bonnie

and

Darnell

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

We hope you will enjoy your Winner's Badge!

Bonnie, 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!

Fran

Jenn

Helen

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!

Linda

Reminder #312 Black and White

Hello Crafters,

There is still plenty of time to participate in our latest challenge. The Topping is an easy one: Black and White.  There are many fabulous cards in the gallery. If you need more inspiration, just scroll down and have a look!

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 9th to join us!

Happy Crafting! 

         Nanc'