Thursday, February 12, 2026

Seize the Birthday - CAS + Dies

 Hello friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Glenda would like us to make it CAS (clean and simple) plus dies.  If you're not a "Toppings" kind of person, well...you can just go with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!  The choice is yours!


For my card I began with a panel of SU Basic Beige and embossed it with Honey Bee Burlap EF. I had these flowers cut from white with Altenew Cute Open Rose die so I thought I would use them.  I blended some SU Crisp Cantaloupe ink (ret.) to the centers  and shaped the petals before gluing them together.  The centers are cut from Spellbinders Merlot and Sicily cardstock.  I blended Rustic Wilderness DOI on scraps of white to die cut the leaves and glued them under the flower petals.  The sentiment is cut from white using an older Sizzix die and glued on.  I really love the finished card and will be sending it to my granddaughter as her birthday is next month.

Be sure to check out all the cards by the DT and our party guests over at Seize the Birthday.  I hope to see you in our gallery.

I will also link to the Trible B Challenge - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies.

and also to Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time I have used the Honey Bee EF.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn



17 comments:

  1. Your pink blooms are just lovely! What a wonderful card!

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  2. JoAnn, your soft pink flowers are so pretty on your burlap EF. Beautiful card. Have a great weekend.

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  3. OH, do I love that burlap embossing - a gorgeous start to a fabulous birthday card, JoAnn! LOve your layered posies!
    =]

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  4. The burlap embossed background is the perfect backdrop for your beautiful blooms!

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  5. Oh JoAnn this is just beautiful!!! Love those flowers and you've used the perfect embossed background to showcase their beauty!! Nicely done! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Triple B challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

    Darlene
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
    Triple B Challenge Co-Owner

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  6. Your flowers are so pretty JoAnn, love the soft colours and the rustic background is gorgeous with them, Cathy x

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  7. Great texture and beautiful blooms, JoAnn!

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  8. Lots of great texture o this card. From the background to the flowers it is exquisite.

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  9. Gorgeous and delicate blooms! I love the textured card too!

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  10. Your florals a colored so perfectly!!! But dangit, JoAnn...you're gonna force me into buying yet another embossing folder. I LOVE this one!

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  11. Your background reminds me of a straw basket, JoAnn. It's perfect to make those beautiful peach posies pop!

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  12. Beautiful card - such pretty flowers!
    Helen x

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  13. I love how your flowers POP off that pretty embossed background.

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  14. That embossed background shows off your softly coloured blooms beautifully, JoAnn - fab card!

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  15. I love your combination of soft pink on the more rugged burlap background!

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  16. That delicate coloring is just wow, JoAnn! Absolutely swooning over those lovely flowers! What a great card!

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  17. Wonderful card JoAnn! Love the gorgeous flowers and great choice of texture for the background.

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