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Thursday, July 10, 2025

As Carefree as a Seagull

I'm excited to be posting my Seize the Birthday card today as the Surprise Party Guest, having been one of the winners with my card for the Fancy Fold  #307 challenge

I opted for the food option on my card - using the Happy Seagull Die set from Waffle Flower.

If you live near or vacation at the ocean you know how adept seagulls are at sweeping down and stealing food from unwary beach goers!  We live 3 miles from the ocean and most of our mall parking lots that have food stores in them have seagulls sitting on the tall parking lot lights waiting for someone to drop some food! 

This guy (or gal!?) is walking off with a whole beach bucket full of fries at the beach!

I embossed the background with Wave Pierced A2 cover plate from Honey Bee and then rubbed ink pads over the sand and sea/sky areas with Ranger Distress Scattered Straw and Speckled Egg.  All the die cuts and sentiment are up on foam dots.

So please join us at Seize the Birthday making it just a birthday card - or using the optional Food &/or Drink!  You'll find the challenge here.

And thank you to Nancy at Seize the Birthday for inviting me to be a surprise party guest!

Also sending my card to:

A trip to the beach

1st time using this seagull die purchased last year! 
1st time using this new Waves Pierced A2 cover plate

pick 3   ends 7/16
Yellow, swirls (wave pierced cover plate), and Food related sentiment

Birthday -  ends 7/31

July - Sun, Sea, Sand  ends 7/31
sentiment and foot prints stamped



Stamps:  Inquisitive Seagulls - Waffle Flower.
Ink:  Nocturne Versafine Clair, Scattered Straw, Speckled Egg - Ranger Distress, Caramel Toffee (on foot prints) - Altenew.
Paper:  Water color - Canson Cold Press, True Black, Soft Stone, Orange Zest, Lemon Tart, Weathervane, Pure Poppy - PTI, Brushed Silver - SU.
Other Supplies:  Happy Seagull Die - Waffle Flower, Waves Pierced A2 Cover Plate - Honey Bee, Copics E53 (on french fries), C1 (dots on seagull white body), white Gelly Roll Pen (on wings, tail and bucket)

8 comments:

  1. Fun card, Julia! I love the seagull with the container of fries! Sue N

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  2. Oh my goodness, this is oodles of fun and so cute!

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  3. This is such a fun card and what a great sentiment. I was at the bach the other day and saw seagulls doing exactly that. Lovely to see you in the we love stamping gallery too. Thanks for joining us xx

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  4. What a cute card with that sea gull and his French fries. Great card Julia.

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  5. Congratulations on the win and the surprise party guest gig, sis! You have made one terrific summertime birthday card with that cute seagull! Now I have a craving for fries!! Hugs, Darnell

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  6. Such a fun card. Delightful. I'm so glad you joined our Die Cut Divas' challenge of making a Birthday Card.

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  8. Hear similar stories from one of our Son's who lives by the sea, he often tells me how a bold Seagull has swooped on a child ice cream.

    Your card is great fun and just perfect for ur theme at We Love Stamping challenge, thanks so much for joining us.

    B x

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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment - I really appreciate it! Julia