Seize the Birthday

Well, friends, I have come further than I ever dreamed of going with this card blogging business!  Lesley from Always Playing with Paper asked me to design for the Seize the Birthday Challenge!  Let me just tell you that my insides are pretty shakey...can I hold up my end with all these talented ladies?  Will I be a disappointment to Lesley?  Is it just first time jitters?  I have to go outside my comfort zone... and push myself, so I said YES!!  And a million thanks to Lesley for believing in me and giving me this opportunity.

The challenge is always "Anything Goes"...so any kind of birthday card you want to make is good with us...however, if you want to take it up a notch and add some 'icing' on that cupcake of yours, then what you need to do this time around is use TWO kinds of ribbon on your card.  Here is what I came up with:

I had said to a friend that I don't do masculine cards well...but I LOVE this MFT stamp called Fall foliage that Lisa Johnson designed...and I think leaves can fall (ha ha) into the masculine category.  And did you notice my two little pieces of ribbon?  Yes I added them to the side of the card, using the same colors as the leaves that I die cut!  And I am still working on making the inside of the card almost as special as the outside...

Paper:  PTI Kraft, neenah white
stamps:  PTI Autumn Pattern Pieces, Stylish Sentiments:  Birthday, MFT Fall Foliage
ink:  terra cotta tile, spring moss, kraft, scarlet jewell, dark chocolate, memento black
 I hope you will join in the fun and get some birthday cards made for your stash!!

Go  HERE to SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE 
and play along with us!


                                                                                                                            

So this week your "Toppings" option is

                                          to use MORE than one color ribbon!