Thursday, July 10, 2025

Surprise Guest at Seize The Birthday

It's time for a FUN new challenge over at Seize The Birthday, and I've been invited to be the Surprise Guest for July and August.  The optional "Topping" for this challenge is Food/Drink, but you can share any Birthday card in the challenges at Seize The Birthday.  The Design Team and I are excited to see what you'll create to share in this FUN new challenge.
I used a light tan cardstock for my card base.  I topped that with three different patterned papers from the Emma's Shoppe line by Crate Paper.  I cut the layers with a Tim Holtz Postage Die Set.  I machine stitched my first layer.  All the ephemera and stickers are also from this Crate Paper line.  The darling ice cream cones and sentiments are from an older Stampin' Up stamp set called Sweet Ice Cream.
I stamped the scoops of ice cream and raised them with White 3-D Foam Tabs for dimension.  I tucked in a ticket (a super old stash item) that I stamped with another sentiment from the Sweet Ice Cream Stamp Set.  A Tim Holtz miniature paper clip was the finishing touch.  I just LOVE all the sweet layers of paper and yummy colors.  Almost cute enough to eat.  lol
Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at my card today.  I really do hope that you'll stop by Seize The Birthday to play along.  It's always more FUN when everyone can join in on the challenge, and we really do enjoy seeing your creativity.  We all need to make more Birthday cards, so why not whip up something to share in this challenge.  Happy crafting.

I'll be playing along in these FUN challenges:

Retro Rubber Challenge Blog - July: Happy Birthday - This card uses a super old (retired) Stampin' Up set called Sweet Ice Cream.  I'm not precisely sure how old it is, but it's definitely a minimum of five years old.

AAA Birthday Challenge Blog - Challenge Game #75 - Summer Birthdays - We love eating Ice Cream all year long, but most especially at Summer Birthdays.

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love Challenge Blog - July: Special Occasions - I'm sharing a Birthday card.

Festive Friday Challenge - Challenge #188 - My card includes the elements Ice Cream, Cones, Food Related Sentiments (With Sprinkles on Top and Hopes It's Sweet), Pink and Sprinkles.


Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Challenge #2527 - Anything Goes sponsored by the fabulous Lawn Fawn

Blessings,
Karen, Your Surprise Party Guest
Seize The Birthday Challenge Blog
July - August, 2025

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21 comments:

  1. Love your fun card with the double and triple scoop ice cream cones Karen. The pattern papers and colors all work great together. Glad to have you guesting with us at STB.

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  2. Fun card Karen! I love those ice cream cones! Your layering and stamping on the patterned paper looks so good. I’ll have to check out this challenge!

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  3. well if that doesn't scream Summer, I don't know what does...love your icecream scoops, what flavour are they? hehe Thank you for playing at the AAA Birthday Card Challenges

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  4. Hello Karen, I am excited to see what you will do for the next two months at Seize the Birthday Challenge. I love the use of the many desing papers that coordinate with the yummy ice cream cones.

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  5. Congrats on being a Special Guest at STB!!! How cool! Literally, cool gig and cool ice cream cones focal birthday card! YUMMY layers of details, mixed prints, and layout! Thanks for sharing a B/birthday for the BEWAS coded main themes at HQCOLCB! Appreciatively, Becca

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  6. Yummy looking ice cream cones with all the pretty pattern paper, Karen. Awesome card. So happy to have you as our Guest for the next couple of months.

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  7. Adorable card. Love all the different layers and the colors you used. Thanks for sharing with us at PIP Challenges.

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  8. Love the colour palette you used for this fun, delicious looking card. Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber this time. Claire RR DT

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  9. As you know, you had me at ice cream! It is my favorite food group! LOL. Wonderful card and so happy to have you joining us the next two months! Have a great weekend.

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  10. All the layers and textures are fabulous! What a fun birthday card. Thanks for playing along at Retro Rubber!

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  11. Your layering looks amazing on this fun card, topped by scrumptious ice cream cones! Thankyou for guesting with us at STB, Cathy x

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  12. Your card looks fab with those beautiful ice-creams:) It's lovely to see you as a surprise guest at Seize the Birthday and I cannot wait to see more of your cards. Hugs xx

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  13. I adore your choices of designer papers. They really work so well with the wonderful cones. Now I'm hot and hungry. We are so happy you're joining us this summer!

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  14. The attention to detail on this card is amazing! I love the stitching, the paper clip, the angled paper, sprinkles and more! Thanks for joining us at Festive Friday Challenge. :)

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  15. Wow, Karen, you have me desiring an ice cream now - that looks so sweet! Beautifully made
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  16. Congrats on your Card being chosen as one of the tope three choices by the Design Team. I hope you will join us again in the next Festive Friday Challenge. Go over to the Blog and pick up your Top Picks Pin to post on your Blog.

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  17. Yummy ice cream card, Karen! Love all the layers - of paper and ice cream, although I think three scoops would finish me off 😄
    Great to have you guesting with us at STB for July and August.

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  18. Another masterpiece!!! I love the colours and pattern and wonderful layers! So happy to have you as our Surprise Party Guest Karen!

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  19. I'm in awe of the number of layers in this card! So many, and still they manage to look not too busy. I even love that little ticked tucked in there! Fantastic card, Karen!! Thank you for this wonderful inspiration for us at Seize the Birthday challenge!

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  20. This is such a wonderful card! I love the rich colours and all of the wonderful details/layers. I'm always a sucker for a paper clip too. So glad to have you joining us!

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