Birthday Blog Bash – Week 1

Posted by on Mar 2, 2009 in Paper Garden Projects | 38 comments

stvshoppingFor Paper Garden Projects Birthday challenge number 1….

We all like to laugh on our Birthdays (especially the older we get!). 

So for challenge #1, make a humorous card.  The card can be any occasion – but share with us funny images,  puns, jokes, you know….  Or (if you don’t feel funny) create a card using mainly primary colors (red, blue and/or yellow).  (Primary colors are always happy…)

 

The prize for week 1:

blogwk1prize

Contents:

blogwk1prizesmallSo what do you need to do to enter?

Just leave a comment on this blog post with a link to your creation. 

I will draw a random winner the challenge from all the comments.   The winners for all the Birthday Blog Bash challenges will be drawn on the 31st of the month, so you have till the 30th to get your entry in for this challenge.   Please enter the challenge only once.

Want extra credit?

If you share your challenge creation on your blog with a link back to the contest, I’ll put your name in the random drawing twice to double your chances.  

I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

For the Birthday Sale in the Paper Garden Projects Store this week:

All Copic Markers are 25% off

Ribbon is 20% off

All Brads are 20% off

40% off All Clearance Items

Free US shipping with a $60 purchase  

Oh… and about the card. 

The layout is from the sketch challenge at Our Creative Corner.  I was not sure at first but I think I like it.  I used the Shopping Girl clear stamp from Stampavie.  Its colored with Copic Markers (I tried to give the sweater a little “texture” with my colorless blender).  And I used some of the CratePaper Brunch collection paper I’ve been hording.  I printed the sentiment on my computer.  Although – I’m not sure Dh would think going out to play by going shopping would be funny….

Whew… long post, anyone still there??

38 Comments

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  1. Gabriela (Gabi With an Eye)
    March 2, 2009 at 2:20 am

    Oh man! What an awesome challenge! I have promised myself that some day I will own at least one Copic marker. Sigh. Happy Birthday to Paper Garden Projects! You don’t look a day over one!

  2. Allison A.
    March 2, 2009 at 2:49 am

    Happy Birthday PGP!!! What a fun challenge to start with! Thank you for inviting us to play, and again Happy B-day!!!

  4. Tracy Durcan
    March 3, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    Hi Cathy, here’s a humorous card I made :) Great idea for a challenge!

    http://durcandesigns.typepad.com/stamping/2009/03/humorous-card-challenge.html

  5. Linda C.
    March 4, 2009 at 2:09 am

    tooooo cute! Happy B-day!

  6. Crystal
    March 4, 2009 at 12:21 pm

    This is the location of my humorous card…

    http://www.rusticdaisy.blogspot.com

    Feel free to check out my other stuff while you are there.
    Thanks
    Crystal

  7. Kim
    March 4, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    Great challenge for week 1. Happy Bday Cathy! I saw the Animal stamp kit at Mel’s.. great job on the kit!

    http://kimskards.blogspot.com/2009/03/paper-garden-bday-blog-bash-week-1.html

  8. PATRICIA MARTIN
    March 6, 2009 at 1:40 am

    i am trying to submit card for humorous challenge. i have never done this before so hope it is right

  9. Kim Howard
    March 6, 2009 at 3:50 am

    Here’s my try, although I was anything but funny with my card. Great challenge though!

  13. Linda C.
    March 8, 2009 at 5:09 am

    Here’s my entry:

    http://tinyurl.com/bj6shy

    (I don’t know why it won’t highlight the url. Sorry.)

  14. Anita
    March 8, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    Here is my card and I posted information on your birthday challenge on my blog.

    http://cardsandcoffee.blogspot.com/2009/03/orange-birthday.html

  15. JP
    March 10, 2009 at 1:12 am

    Here is my link to what I think is a fun card
    http://stamp-shack.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=12684&ppuser=2019&sl=l

    It is something a little different! The fairy is saying if you dont like my attitude….
    Well I punched out 2 frogs, thinking that might be what she would change us into, if we did not like her attitude!!!
    Happy Birthday Paper Garden

  16. Lisa F
    March 11, 2009 at 1:37 am

    I had fun – couldn’t think of anything funny – but used some primary colors! I posted about the birthday bash on my blog also

    Here is mine

  17. Cheri Howard
    March 12, 2009 at 5:07 am

    I love making birthday cards. I know not everyone thinks the image on this card is humorous, but he makes me grin every time. Here’s my card.

  18. Dawn Frost
    March 14, 2009 at 9:33 pm

    I’ve made a lot of birthday cards this month but this one is the most humorous one. I love Ethal from Rubbernecker! I hope I’m posting this link properly, lol.

  20. Char- D
    March 17, 2009 at 7:59 am

    My card is posted on my blog: http://papercraftspassiton.blogspot.com/2009/03/wild-about-you.html
    I have a link back to you under the photo.

  21. Lynn
    March 17, 2009 at 11:33 am

    Well thought I’d posted here but I can’t find me but that is of the norm for me a brunette turning blonde lol.
    http://www.papercraftplanet.com/photo/challenge-sketch-1?context=user
    this is where the card is.
    verse says: Education is a wonderful thing if you couldn’t sign your name you’d have to pay cash.

  22. Kay Demonbren
    March 18, 2009 at 1:16 am

    I had a lot of fun with this one; cheesy sentiment and all. Here is my card (with a link back to this post on my blog):

    http://willtradesleepforstamps.blogspot.com/2009/03/paper-garden-birthday-blog-bash.html

  23. Marika Gabez
    March 18, 2009 at 8:44 am

    Here is my card for the entry.
    Elefant
    And …Happy Birthday to Paper Garden Projects!

  24. Boni
    March 22, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    I had fun with this one, one to week two to get caught up!! Here’s my card: http://bonibleauxdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/03/birthday-blog-bash-week-1.html

  25. Kyra S
    March 23, 2009 at 11:45 pm

    Here are my projects, by week. I did link back to your contest!

    http://bunnynest.blogspot.com/2009/03/paper-garden-birthday-bash-projects.html

    Thanks for looking!

  26. cindi
    March 24, 2009 at 12:46 am

    I worked on challenges # 1 and 4 today, they were fun thanks! you can see them here.
    http://www.cindi-hookedoncrafts.blogspot.com

  27. Mary Vogel
    March 24, 2009 at 11:39 am

    I finished up the birthday challenges and posted them along with info about your birthday celebration – hope you like my entries!
    Here’s the first one – funny card:
    http://mbryt1.blogspot.com/2009/03/time-out-for-birthday-contests.html

  28. Linda C.
    March 27, 2009 at 3:25 am

    Catherine, I accidently posted a birthday card to this thread. Sorry. Here is my humor card

    http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1051367?cat=500&ppuser=12633

  29. marla
    March 28, 2009 at 4:02 am

    A fun challenge. Here is my birthday card I made for my son.

    http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd91/kmslhowell/scan0002-9.jpg

  30. ~michelle~
    March 28, 2009 at 4:51 am

    here is the link to my card….I plugged it on SCS if that counts as an extra chance?!

    This was tricky for me ’cause this just isn’t my style at all!! LOL!

    http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1290850?nocache=1

  31. cathy
    March 28, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    What a fun challenge! I just made a humorous birthday card for my friend Laura, and I even used Eat Cake Graphics images! Here’s my link:

    http://chickswithinkpads.blogspot.com/2009/03/two-posts-and-three-challenges-in-one.html

    Happy Birthday!

  35. Connie
    March 30, 2009 at 1:48 am

    Oh dear, I think I posted this to another of your postings :) I forgot to link my card up when I played along, it is on my blog http://www.inkspotsandstampblocks.blogspot.com as well as here http://www.papercraftplanet.com/photo/lyns-card?context=user
    I linked my blog to yours as well, lol….

  36. Finja
    March 30, 2009 at 10:21 am

    the last card i made, was a trouser-card for spend some money, the guy wants to buy an Ed Hardy Jeans….

  37. wendyp
    March 30, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    The first card is a silly card that I made of a rebellious purple haired dude, lol …. http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/2009/03/top-this.html

  38. Lisa T
    March 31, 2009 at 3:37 am

    Here’s my entry for the contest: http://paperandpawprints.blogspot.com/2009/03/birthday-bash.html

    I put all my entries in one post. Hope that it OK. I listed them in order with a link back to each specific challenge. I had a lot of fun with these challenges. Thanks for hosting!

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