Seize the Birthday 200th Challenge

We have a special challenge for you today.  

Seize the Birthday is celebrating its 200th challenge.  Woohoo!  We are so grateful to all of you that have helped us reach this milestone. 

MAKE SURE you read the entire post so you will understand the rules for this challenge!

 

So for this challenge, Nancy is offering ...

2 Twenty-Five Dollar Simon Says Gift Certificates to both of our Top Winners.

And to add to the fun... we have 4 Mystery Design Team Members that have prizes up for grabs on their blogs.  However, the requirement to win ANY of those prizes is, you must go to ALL of the Design Team's blogs and leave each one of them some love! We all need a little love in our lives these days.

Also for your post, we are asking you to explain how exactly you were inspired by our graphic!

Let me explain our topping. 

 For this challenge we want you to make a card and/or project that is inspired by the graphic below.  Whether it be the colors, the balloons, the watercolor vibe, or the numbers, etc. Whatever sparks your creativity. 

 Remember for this challenge only, we are asking you to explain in your post how exactly you were inspired!

  Our "Topping"

So we are NOT having an option of Anything Goes

 for this challenge. 

I was inspired by the colors, the watercolor look, and the balloons.

I used watercolor paper and added Melon Mambo, Gorgeous Grape and Bermuda Bay inks with my waterbrush.  I die cut the Happy using SU So Much Happy dies and then cut each letter separate.  I also cut it in black and offset it to look like a shadow.  I stamped the cute bear from MFT Beary Special Birthday, die cut him with the matching dies, and colored him with Promarkers.  I stamped the balloons separately on pieces of the watercolor paper, pieced them together, and added  twine for the balloon strings.  The white panel is embossed with SU Subtles EF and lightly sponged with blue ink over the top section.  I matted the sentiment strip with Bermuda Bay and added it to the embossed panel.  The bear and balloons were mounted with foam tape.  All this was glued to the Melon Mambo card base.

 

I am one of the Mystery Design Team Members and this is the prize  I am offering:

Simon Say Stamp Circle Loops die and Newton's Nook Peony Blooms.

I will also link my card to AAA Birthday - Animals & Critters.

 

Don't forge to check out all the designers cards over at Seize the Birthday and remember to leave a comment on their blogs as four Design Team members have prizes up for grabs.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn