Seize the Birthday "Touch of Green"

A Touch of Green is our Topping Challenge this time over at Seize the Birthday!

So Vicki is our hostess and looking for a touch of green in honor of St. Patrick's day coming up?

Just so happens I have a Son-in-law whose birthday is on that day!

So this will be his birthday card!

I used an old VERVE set called Shamrocks for the sentiment.

The birthday sentiment is from The Greetery Sentiment Suite Birthday.

Please join us this time with a touch of green on your BIRTHDAY card!
And as you visit the rest of the design team, don't forget to welcome our Special Party Guest Stef you can find her HERE.

Remember if you aren't a toppings person, you are always welcome to make any kind of birthday card for the challenge!

Please visit the Challenge blog and see what the design team made and also our Special Party Guest!
See you in the gallery!
Heart Hugs, friends!

Two - Fer & Time Out Challenge

Trying a new technique we saw from Loll and Lin and I LOVED it.

We went to town making many pieces of paper with different colors.

I decided to make a Two-Fer (in Darnell's words).  

One is an Easter Card, the other is a St. Patrick's Day card

First up is the Easter Card...the background green was made using the Faux Mother of Pearl technique (by Loll)  I didn't have liquid pearls, but I did have a little dabber of pearl acrylic paint, so we used that and also tried the Viva Pearl Pen (which worked fine but dried rather quickly).  After dabbing on the pearl paint with a wad of cling film, I used distress inks: twisted citron and mowed lawn.  It is hard to capture the real shine of this card.

The eggs were all cut out from other papers that I did (an MFT die from Easter bunny stamp set), just using different distress inks.  The bunny is from Lil' Inkers Stitched Bunnies & Bows and the sentiment is from an old PTI set called Egg Hunt.

The Frame is from MFT:  Stitched cover up (my friend brought that along for me to play with, so glad she did!)
I am entering this in the Time Out Challenge
Easter and/or Spring with the optional technique twist of masking.

NOW FOR THE TWO-FER:

 I have a SIL whose birthday is on St. Patrick's day, so I always have to make him a card and add Happy Birthday inside.  I sponged some mowed lawn onto paper then die cut these memory Box shamrocks...notice one is a four leaf shamrock?  He will have Good Luck, now!

Okay, now I am going to see what else I can make with these gorgeous papers.

Heart Hugs friends!

Seize The Birthday ~ stitching faux or real

Welcome again to another Seize the Birthday Challenge.  This time we have the topping of adding some stitching, either real or faux, your choice.  And of course you can always make a card without the toppings.
                                                     Add stitching either Real or Faux 
                                    

Have you noticed I love the stitched mats from Lil' Inkers?

This is the oval one that my BFF gave me for Christmas!

And can you believe I have a SIL whose birthday is actually

March 17!  YEAH, a St. Paddy's day baby!

Of course I had to make a card for him.

 

I hope you will play along and add either real stitching to your card,

or you can go with faux stitching.

Then link it up to Seize the Birthday Challenge

and check out what the other team members have made for your inspiration!

 

 

PTI paper:  new leaf, white

stamps:  VERVE: Shamrocks

dies:  memory box: Lucky Leaves