Seize the Birthday #321 and NBUS #84

When Spellbinders had a sale a while ago I purchased their Perched Birds.  I thought they would be great for the challenge at Seize the Birthday - Anything with Wings. 

I started with a trimmed panel, an MFT cloud stencil and Speckled Egg DI for the background.  All the bits and pieces were cut from scraps.  Then it was the sentiment dilemma.  I found this one on the Gerda Steiner Owl set.  I think it fits. 

This is the first outing for this die set so I'm sending it to Darnell's NBUS challenge, too.

Thanks for dropping by and spending a bit of your day with me.

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Seize the Birthday #319

The topping at Seize the Birthday is 'rainbow of colors'.  I watched Therese Calvird's video about rainbow colored flowers and then saw the one my friend Marcia made and had to try it.

The stencil is Elegant Rose from SSS, colored with Altenew inks.  I trimmed the panel down with a SSS stitched square, mounted it on Altenew Moonstone glitter cardstock and then onto my card base.  The unbranded sentiment die is from the same paper.  Do you think you'd like to try making a rainbow flower? 

Thanks for dropping by and spending a bit of your day with me.

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Seize the Birthday #318 and AAA Birthday #81

Today's card is for two challenges.  Seize the Birthday has the topping of "Make your own snowflake background" and AAA Birthday wants a winter birthday card.  Easy Peasy.

It's been a while since I've used a Concord and 9th Turnabout.  In fact I had to look at a video to remember how to do it.  I stamped it three turns using VersaMark ink and white pearl embossing powder on Blueberry.  Even though it's called white pearl it looks silvery when embossed.  'Winter' from TH was cut from white glitter cardstock and the Hero Arts sentiment was white heat embossed on Blueberry scraps and cut apart.  I have plenty of winter birthdays so this will come in handy.

ETA:  This card also qualifies for the Shine/Shiny challenge at Inkspirational so I'm sending it there after my friend Carol begged asked me to.  😁

Thanks for dropping by and sharing part of your day with me. 

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Seize the Birthday #314

While working on another card I had an idea for the challenge at Seize the Birthday - CAS with stencil.

It started with the doily stencil from Honey Bee.  Then it was a matter of picking a flower to go with it and believe me I have plenty to choose from. 😉  I went with SSS Cosmos Duo, cutting them from white and coloring with Altenew's Rose Petal set, starting with the lightest on the stencil and the next two on the flowers.  The sentiment stamped in gray is from Hero Arts.  After it was done I wished I had stenciled in gray but there was no pulling those flowers off the cardstock so it is what it is. 

Thanks for dropping by.

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Freshly Made Sketches #696, Inkspirational #346 and Seize the Birthday #310

It was hot and steamy yesterday so I stayed in and made a card for Freshly Made Sketches.  Since it was a birthday card, I'm also sending it to Inkspirational and Seize the Birthday - without the topping.

It all started with Concord and 9th's Birdhouse Blossoms.  I went looking for some patterned paper for the background, found one from Honey Bee and based my bird and house colors on it and added a heat embossed sentiment from Hero Arts.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Happy TGIF.

 

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Seize The Birthday #306

With all the birthday cards I make I don't know why I don't enter Seize the Birthday more often.  I brought with me the right stuff to make a card for challenge #306 - Use a Frame. 

Both the frame and flower are from Penny Black.  The flowers are colored with Distress Inks in Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet, Shabby Shutters and Pealed Paint.  The frame and card base are Ivory from Gina K with the frame layered three times.  The sentiment is from Spellbinders. 

Thanks for dropping by.

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Seize the Birthday #289

I make a LOT of birthday cards so I don't know why I don't make more cards for Seize the Birthday.  I remembered they had a critter challenge and I need a card for a youngster and this is the result.

The little hedgie is from Honey Bee's Heart Hugs, cut from Desert Storm and his spines added with Altenew artist markers.  I happened to have this piece of patterned paper mixed in with my colored cardstock panels and thought it looked celebratory. It's cut with MFT's Wonky Rectangles and mounted on a white card base.  The teal color from the paper was used to make his balloon and the strip that the Sunny Studio sentiment is embossed on.  

Thanks for dropping by.  I love it when you do.

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Seize the Birthday #274, Triple B 11.23 and NBUS #56

I had been waiting for Honey Bee's Fall Bouquets to come back in stock and I finally got it.  I made a card that fits into Seize the Birthday and Triple B and since the dies are new it's going to NBUS too.

 

Everything was cut from  colored cardstock and the edges inked.  I had to go over the ribs on the pumpkin several times because the ink kept fading back.  The three stems in the back are from their Fall Foliage.  The background was embossed with SU's Subtle folder.   I can see making a lot more arrangements in that pumpkin.

Thanks for dropping by.  It warms my heart.

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form.