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Thursday, September 26, 2024

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY ~ "CELEBRATE" is the code word!

Welcome to another challenge at Seize the Birthday!  Our challenge brought to us by our wonderful leader, Nancy, is to use the word "CELEBRATE" on our birthday card.  If you don't want to use the topping, you are always welcome to make any kind of card as long as it is a birthday card!


For this challenge I used the GinaK Wishful Florals, stamps, stencils and dies,  I already had my soft stone paper cut with an arch from The Greetery and embossed with an EF.

The "CELEBRATE" word die and shadow die are from SSS:  Boho Celebrate!

The floral images were foiled with GinaK  Deco foil, it has a very glittery silver shine to it, the picture is picking up some teal on the stamens, not sure where that color is from, but it is all silver.  I cut the word die from a piece of silver glitter paper as well and mounted it on a piece of vellum.  I think this is so pretty and what a beautiful card to celebrate a big birthday!

We have wonderful inspiration for you at the home page, including a card from our Guest Designer, Karen, you can find her here!

Thanks for joining us and I look forward to seeing your card in the gallery!



Heart Hugs, friends!



14 comments:

Loll said...

Beautiful and elegant card Col!! Love your arch in the center with the lovely foiled "celebrate". xx

Nancy said...

Very pretty, Colleen! I love the colors of your florals in the two tones of purple and I can see all the sparkle you have added too. I need to remember to use more frames on my cards. Thanks for the inspiration.

Bonnie said...

Pretty flowers and I love that die cut celebrate! A beautiful way to celebrate a birthday!

Marcia Hill said...

This is definitely a WOW card Colleen! I am so far behind on using my Gina K sets and need to get it in gear! I love the colors you chose for this card and the silvery foil and sparkly sentiment are the perfect additions to this lovely, lovely card!! Hugs. :0)

JoAnn said...

Beautiful card Colleen. Love the sentiment in silver foil. I just got this set and can't wait to use it. Thanks for the inspiration.

Brenda in IN said...

This is lovely with the arched opening and soft blue flowers. Gina never disappoints with her stamps and you used them to make a stunning card.

Linda said...

Love your card, friend. So beautiful with the outlines in foil. Have a great week.

Cathy said...

Beautiful card Colleen, love the base colour with the subtle embossing and the arch highlights the blooms perfectly, such an elegant design, Cathy x

Vicki Dutcher said...

What a lovely card! Very pretty use of the images

lichazul said...

Absoluty gorgeous card, congrats 💐☺️ happy weekend

Ashwini Rao said...

I agree on the card being an absolute looker! I love the silvery shine of the foil and the lovely colors that you've used. The arch window and the embossing a re a great addition as well. Such a gorgeous and elegant card! Love it!

shirley-bee said...

Such a pretty card, Colleen! The arched window frames the flowers beautifully.

Glenda J said...

What a gorgeous colour combo Colleen! The flowers are so pretty and l love the layout too.

Greta said...

Absolutely gorgeous card, Colleen! Love the design!