Hello friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Nancy has chosen the "Topping" option of "Any Color & Green".  Of course, it can be anything goes, as long as it is for a birthday.    For my card I chose yellow as my other color.  I used an older yellow pattern paper from my stash and these beautiful stamped Tulips by Waffle Flower.  I colored the tulips with SU Daffodil Delight and Old Olive (green) Blends.  I fussy cut the tulips as I don't have the matching die.  The white panel is cut with a die from a friend and m ..read more

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today.   I used Spellbinders Happy Hello Floral stamp and die set.  I stamped the flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with SU Flirty Flamingo & Daffodil Delight Blends for the flowers; and Granny Apply Green & Mossy Meadow for the leaves.  The die set has a left side and right side die to use together or separate. I only used the right side die and mounted the flowers with foam tape to a panel embossed with Spellbinders Arches & Loops EF.  I added this panel to the white card base.&n ..read more

 Hello friends.  I have an anniversary card to share today.  I made this one for some good friends who are celebrating their 50th Anniversary next week so I used cream and gold foil. I used Spellbinders Diamond Plaid EF to emboss the background panel and used the debossed side. The flowers are all from Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms die set, cut in cream and gold foil.  I die cut a cream circle for the gold embossed sentiment (Verve) and matted it with a gold circle.  I mounted the 3 large flowers with foam tape around the circle and added all the other pieces with glue ..read more

 Hello friends.  I made a birthday card for the Color Hues Challenge - Peach & Green.   I used Clearly Besotted Perfect Peonies stamp & die set.  I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with SU Pale Papaya and Granny Apple Green Blends.  After die cutting, I mounted it with foam tape on a white panel cut with Spellbinders A2 Valiant Honor dies.  I have had these dies for a number of years but forget to use them.  I mounted the white panel over a panel of Granny Apple Green and then onto the peach card base.  The sentiment ..read more

 Hello friends.  I have a new card and a new technique to share today.  I saw the Group of Seven Cardmakers technique of Cover Die Eclipse. After seeing the teams lovely cards and watching Gina K's video I had to give it a try. After looking through several dies and cover plates I finally decided on Pinkfresh Studios Choose Hope stamp set and Simple Diamonds Cover Plate, and this is the card I came up with. I cut 2 panels of 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 white panels and stamped the image on both panels using my SU Stamparatus.  I colored the images with SU Flirty Flamingo and Granny App ..read more

 Hello Friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Linda wants to see Spring Floral on our cards.  Of course, this is right up my alley as I love making floral cards (which 90% of my cards are).?    For my card I used a new to me floral set form Newton's Nook callked Easter Lily (very appropriate since Easter is this Sunday).  I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers.  I fussy cut the image as I did not have a die for it.  The sentiment is from The Greetery Arched Sentiments and cut with the matchin ..read more

Hello friends.  We have a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Jules would like us to make a coordinating card & tag.  Of course it can be anything goes, as long as it is for a birthday.     For my card I used my new stamp & die set from Pinkfresh Studio called You're the Best.  After die cutting the pretty flowers, I laid them on the Blushing Bride cardstock and the white just popped, so I only added a little color to the centers of the flowers and colored the leaves with Copics.  The Blushing Bride panels are embossed with one of the SU 3D Basic ..read more

 Hello friends.  I have an anniversary card to share today.     I used Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms dies cut in cream (flowers & buds) and then sponged them with SU Crisp Cantaloupe ink (ret.) I added rhinestones to the flower centers for a little bling.  The leaves & stems were cut from SU Soft Succulent cardstock.  I mounted them on a cream panel and a Crisp Cantaloupe mat cut with SU Countryside Corners dies.  The sentiment is stamped in SU Soft Succulent.  I mounted this panel with foam tape to a cream panel embossed with Spellbinders ..read more

 Hello Friends.  I made another card with the same supplies as my last card with a couple of changes. While I had the Flower Shop stamp set out, I stamped more flowers in Bermuda Bay ink and added them to a panel cut with Concord & 9th Festive Corner die.  I added a panel of Bermuda Bay cardstock under the white cut out panel and then added it to the white card base.  I used some different leaves from a Spellbinders die.  The sentiment is the same but I added it on a slant with foam tape. I will link to Color Hues as I like this color combination and had fun pla ..read more

 Hello friends.  I have another birthday card to share today.  I made this one with the colors from Color Hues Challenge - Turquoise & Green, using Tic Tac Toe Challenge 242. I used the right column down on Tic Tac Toe's challenge board - Floral, Embossing & Favorite Color (which is any shade of blue).  I used an older SU Flower Shop stamp & punch set for the pretty blooms which are stamped in Bermuda Bay ink.  I shaped the petals and added a fancy rhinestone to the centers.  The leaves are die cut from two shades of green using an Altenew die and an ..read more