Thursday 27 September 2018

Seize the Birthday - Travel

Hello everyone. It's time for another challenge at Seize the Birthday, where I'm guesting as the Surprise Party Guest until the end of November.


This fortnight we are inviting you to share your travel themed birthday cards with us.


Since the Toppings are always optional, the only real rule for playing along is creating a birthday themed card. Easy peasy, right?


My alcohol lift ink pad arrived last week, so I was eager to go and have a play with my acohol inks and my new ink pad.

My waves strip was created by lifting off the alcohol ink from one of the panels I had created by spreading out the alcohol ink onto yupo paper using a paint brush. I had intended to use the entire panel for my card, but sometimes things don't turn out the way you plan, so in the end I fussy cut my waves strip and foam mounted it to another slightly lighter alcohol ink panel.

Before die cutting my sentiment (Poppy Crafts), I created my own wood paper by swiping two brown ink pads over a scrap of Neena Desert Storm cardstock. I layered it onto a brown die cut before adhering it to my background panel. I used the same brown cardstock for my mat.

Do hop over to the Seize the Birthday blog to see what the fabulous Design Team has created to inspire you. 

I'm also linking up my card at:

Allsorts - #486 Water or the colour blue

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes




14 comments:

  1. Stoere, krachtige kaart, Mar, ook al had je er wat andere plannen mee.
    Mooie keus op Neenah Desert Storm cardstock.
    Liefs Ineke😘

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  2. Love how you made your own woodgrain paper to die cut the sentiment. Those waves look real on your alchol ink paper. Love your card Marianne.

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  3. Loving the wood grain paper that you made. The lift off technique looks fabulous and so does your wonderful masculine card x.

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  4. Meant to say...Congratulations on guesting x.

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  5. A great nautical creation Marianne.

    B x

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  6. Beautiful textures with the woodgrain and the waves. Especially loved the woodgrain! Love the nautical theme of the card! Thank you so much for this amazing inspiration, Marianne!

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  7. Love your alcohol lift waves! Congrats on your Surprise Party Guest spot!

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  8. You never cease to amaze me - what a spectacular card!
    CHeers, Barbara

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  9. Oh hurrah for new products to play with. The waves turned out really great and with the die cut, it looks really classy. xx

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  10. Amazing waves on this card with the making of your won wood paper before cutting the sentiment was genius. Great job on this one.

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  11. I just realized I have a problem with my account! I am so sorry if you think I ignored you! My comments aren't coming through. This card is fabulous!

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  12. This is a very elegant birthday card in nautical theme! I love you cut the wave even though not intended :). It gives the card a superb CAS look!

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  13. This is fantastic! Love the nautical theme and the terrific colours.

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