myasperations 4-29-22

Last Friday I discovered that the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers group {BYSHC} was holding a Linky Party with some fine prizes. So… I entered a few cards through the week and am entering my last three just before the party ends! 

                                                   

This first card features a sweet digi and sentiment from a Beccy’s Place digi set. A few rustic touches (weathered wood patterned paper) and a scrap of beautiful Christmas Star paper add realism to the scene. The front sentiment is made with a die, and several Christmas stickers add bling. 

Supplies: 

·   Baby Jesus Digi and inside sentiment - from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Lamb of God)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Sparkly Christmas Foliage Stickers- Hobby Lobby

·   Front Sentiment- Taylored Expressions Love Die (appears to be retired)

·   Pioneer Black Photo corners- available from several sources

·  Patterned paper, cardstock, cotton ball (smoke), and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

{BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2022 Linky Party    

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #514-542Anything Goes  

Beccy’s Place Challenge- April  

Jan’s Digi Stamps- April 2022 Anything Goes    

The next two cards were made with digis from Angi Blom, a sponsor for the BYSHC Linky Party. This first one took some time to create, but I do like the results. The inspiration for this card was Angies digi set named “Homes” and the freebie sentiment "All Hearts Come Home for Christmas." I used one of the house digis but also flipped the digi to make a mirror image house. However, because the places we call home can look pretty different for each of us, I decorated them to fit two different climates. We usually spend Christmas in cold climates and love waking to a warm blanket of snow on Christmas morning. However, we’ve spent the holidays with relatives in Arizona a few times, and enjoyed the sun and warmth… plus enjoying all the festive decorations on our morning walks! It is true that home can be anywhere if you are with people you love!

I’m entering this card into several challenges including Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge (my card includes all three colors plus the heart and flower stickers are glittery!) 

                       

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Angie Blom Digital Designs (Homes)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   A Cozy Christmas Element Stickers- Echo Park

·   Sparkly Stickers (Flowers and Hearts)- Hobby Lobby

·   Front Sentiment-Freebie from LoveSVG (All Hearts Come Home)

·   Inside Sentiment- “From home to home…” simplycardsmag.com (no longer available)

·   Cardstock, assorted patterned papers, and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

{BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2022 Linky Party    

Double D’s Challenge- Buildings

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge- Blue Green Orange (Twist-add bling)  

Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

This fun card features one of Angie Bloms Sassy Girls digi sets. The paper piecing required a little fussy-cutting but otherwise, the card went together pretty quickly. The digi set includes some sassy sentiments, but since this one needs to have a Christmas theme, I used a sentiment from a favorite site that offers freebies. (And many of them convey snark, humor, or both!) 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Angie Blom Digital Designs (Birthday Girl Sass)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Sentiment (divided)- A freebie from Gingers House (Crawling onto Santa’s Lap)

·   Boxed set of Plaid cards and envelopes- Hobby Lobby

·   Rhinestones, cardstock and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

{BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2022 Linky Party    

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- April                      

myasperations 4-27-22

It's time for another challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog where challenges are always Anything Goes and prizes are awarded from one or more sponsors.  Stop by the blog to check it out! 

My DT card features a sweet digi image from Star Jam Lines named “Gnome Cooks.” I colored the cute little cutie with Spectrum Noir Classique Markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen. I’d found some colorful baby cards in the clearance aisle at Hobby Lobby a while ago, and loved using the hot pink envelope with its lime green polka dotted paper liner, and matching scalloped insert on my card. The non-traditional colors seemed a perfect fit for this card, especially when paired with some striped paper and magenta mirrored cardstock. Oh… and a flurry of cute little gingerbread cookies,printed on Kraft cardstock and fussy-cut into so much cuteness! (Sadly, this digi set is now retired. Beccy occasionally brings sets out of retirement and offers them at a sale price. So you might want to follow her blog to be alerted to events. )  

 

Supplies: 

·   Gnome Digi- Star Jam Lines (Gnome Cooks) (My thanks to Vanessa for alerting me to the fact that this link doesn't work. I checked and it appears that StarJamLines is temporarily down. You can learn more on their FB page HERE ) 

·   Gingerbread Cookie Digi- from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Gingerbread) Retired April 2022

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Front Sentiments- from my scrapbook stash

·   Inside Sentiment- “Delicious Christmas Wishes” Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Christmas Cheers)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

{BYSHC} Spring into Christmas 2022 Linky Party   

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #591 AG (optional-Snowperson)

Beccy’s Place Challenge- April  

        Since I’m a Contributor for Beccy’s Place, I’m entering just for fun! 

With graduation now about a month away, I'm busy making cards. Here is another one using an owl (this time from Gerda Steiner) perched in front of a fun gold foil sentiment (from a set of wedding announcements found in the discount aisle of Hobby Lobby.) Additional bling was added with stars punched from gold cardstock and positioned beneath a free sentiment.

I’m entering this card into several challenges including Papercraft Challenges #81-Animals on the Farm (we lived on a farm for a short time during my childhood and the only animals that inhabited our old barn were cats and an occasional owl. I did google a bit to make sure owls fit under the classification of animals. I discovered that they are considered to be animals of prey because they eat small animals, including… gasp… kitties! I’m glad I didn’t know that when I was young because I loved our barn kitties, and probably would have camped out in the barn with a pilfered BB gun to protect them! I'm also entering this card into the challenge because Gerda Steiner, the artist who created this cute owl, is the sponsor of this current challenge.)      

Supplies: 

·   Graduation Owl Digi- Gerda Steiner Designs (no longer available, but check here to see current  freebies!)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Card front with sentiment- “Whoa…” from a package of Gold Foiled Wedding Announcements- Hobby Lobby Discount Aisle

·   Inside Sentiment- Desert Diva Freebie (conGRADulations)

·   Star punches, gold and patterned cardstock, mini diploma, and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #514-542Anything Goes                   
Papercraft Challenges   Challenge #81-Animals on the Farm
Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- April                       
Outlawz Sunday Challenge- The Birds' Bath
Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

Gerda Steiner Designs- Share Your Designs Challenge- April     

myasperations 4-26-22

The current challenge at The Paper Shelter is to create a card that celebrates World Book Day. I opted to use a wonderful digi from TPS named that makes me think of Peter Pan standing on billowing sails as he teases Captain Hook on the deck far below. Oh… and this occurs as the ship sails through the sky! The blue bottle was created with a scrap of a blue plastic index divider sheet. (These are one of my favorite and unusual supplies for card making. Sometimes called document file folders, which come in a pack of assorted colors and can be found in the office supply section of most stores. They're cheaper than colored vellum and more translucent. Punches and dies don’t work on these sheets, but they are easy to fussy-cut with a sharp pair of scissors. And you can write on them with permanent markers, which is how I traced the bottle from the digi onto the plastic!)

Supplies: 

·   Digi- The Paper Shelter (The Dreamer)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Sparkly Star Stickers- Hobby Lobby

·   Moonlit Sky- We Are 3 Digital Paper (Moody Night)

·   Front Sentiment- We Are 3 Digital Sentiments (Magical Sparkle)

·   Inside Sentiment – “A Little Magic…” from a Whimsy Stamps retired digi set

·   Sharpie black permanent fine-line marker

·   Blue plastic document folder and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

The Paper Shelter #508 World Book Day

Jan’s Digi Stamps- April 2022 Anything Goes

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday  (Fantasy)

Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

I had leftover items I'd fussy-cut for a card I posted yesterday (flowers from two colors of patterned Core-dination Paper and leaves cut from a scrap of green vellum), which I put to use on this card. They frame the inside sentiment, plus are perched atop the veil wornby the cute little bunny bride. (The veil is actually a small piece of tulle that you can barely see, but  I love the texture and whimsy it adds to the card.) I also added a little color and sparkle to the inside sentiment with pink and silver sparkle gel pens.

Supplies: 

·   Digi- All Dressed Up (Mr & Mrs) Simply Cards/Papercrafts Issue 139- no longer available

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Sparkly Heart Stickers- Hobby Lobby

·   Front Sentiment- Desert Diva Freebie (Happy Anniversary)

·   Inside Sentiment-“And the Fairy Tale Continues…” (source unknown)

·   Two Shades of Core-dinations Flowered Paper- JoAnne’s Fabric

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into: 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #180 Anything Goes

All Dressed Up- #127 Anything Goes (April)

All Dressed Up FB Challenge- Let’s Be Cute                                  

Scribbles Designs Challenge- #108 Fur Babies

I love this cute little snow cowboy… especially when paired with hand-tooled leather (aka vinyl wallpaper scrap from my stash) and a paisley neckerchief, made with scraps of some wonder western themed paper from We Are 3. The sentiments both come in the digi set. Lastly, I added some texture and a vintage touch with some scraps of twine (he is attempting to lasso the Y'all tag!) and metal staples on the cardstock frame around the little snow dude and on the sentiment frame inside of the card! 

Supplies: 

·   Snowman and Sentiments-2 Cute Ink Digital Stamp Set (Country Snowman)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Patterned neckerchief paper- We Are 3 Digi paper (Howdy Cowboy)

·   Vinyl Wallpaper scrap- “hand-tooled leather” paper

·   Scrap of twine, cardstock, and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

(BYSHC) Spring into Christmas 2022 Linky Party

Outlawz Challenge- Crash Your Stash- Buttons

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #591 AG (optional-Snowperson)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- April                       

myasperations 4-25-22

This is my second entry into the current Butterfly Challenge, which is one of my favs!  Each challenge offers several colors and themes we can use on our cards, plus provides instructions for a creative fold that we can use if desired.  The current challenge is to create a Floating Strip Card, which I learned is really easy to make! The front of the card is from a colorful upcycled tulip card. My card features all four of the colors: Fuchsia, Fawn, Flax, Flame, and all three themes: flowers, floating strip card, and butterfly, which I printed on acetate, embossed with a fine line black embossing powder, and colored with markers and white gel pen. (I decided to decorate the inside of the card with a strip of the upcycled tulip card and will add a specific sentiment when needed.)

Supplies: 

·   Butterfly Digi- Fred She Said (Butterfly and Blossoms)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Instructions for Floating Strip Card available HERE

·   Transparency film, black embossing powder, cardstock, and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Butterfly Challenge- #169 F is for Floating Strip Card                                                    

Cupcake Inspirations- Challenge #542 Color Challenge (Orchid, Lime, Yellow)   

Di’s Digi Stamps- Welcome Spring  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Rain or Shine

Digi Doodle Studios- #48 Easter/Spring

I love gingerbread cookies, both enjoying the real ones fresh from the over, AND making cards with digital ones. I love the look of this little guy, printed onto kraft brown paper and with a tartan plaid background. He is the perfect addition to the inside sentiment from Beccy’s Place that holds way too much truth in it! “Frosting” was added with a small bottle of 3-D paint I’ve had in my stash for some time.   

I'm entering this card into several challenges, including one that is new to me.  Named Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Group, the FB-based group is hosting a Spring Linky party. They also hold weekly sketch challenges that I plan to enter when my schedule allows because you can never have enough Christmas cards! 

 

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi and front sentiment-Whimsy Stamps Digi Set (Oh Snap)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Boxed set of Plaid cards and envelopes- Hobby Lobby

·   Inside Sentiment- “Wondering eyes” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Here Comes Christmas)

·   Kraft photo corners- available from several web sources (WXJ13 Photo Mounting Corners)

·   “Frosting” on cookie is made with Scribbles White 3-D paint

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Christmas Craft Creations challenge- Tartan Plaid  

Rudolph Days Challenge- April  

Digi Chooseday Crafting Challenge- Week #16 Anything Goes  

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #591 AG

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday  Christmas 

Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

(BYSHC) Spring into Christmas 2022 Linky Party

Artist Francesca Lopez developed this sweet little bunny girl for the April Cute As A Button Progressive Challenge on FB. I cropped the digi, cropping it to focus just on her head and shoulders so I could have her peeking through a large wreath. I created the wreath by sketching a donut shape that would fit the front of a large (A7 size) card on the purple-flowered paper. I bit of fussy-cutting around the flowers created the wreath base.  I fussy-cut additional purple flowers, plus cut several from the pink-flowered paper and layered them atop the wreath. A scattering of leaves cut from scraps of green vellum, plus items from my stash and two sentiments finish the pretty Easter card.

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Cute As A Button (Bunny Ears Pool Party)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Front Sentiment- desert diva freebie (Hello How are You)

·   Inside Sentiment- Computer Generated

·   Flowers fussy-cut from two shades of Core-dinations Flowered Paper- JoAnne’s Fabric

·   Pink photo corners available from several web sources (WXJ13 Photo Mounting Corners)

·   Sheer White ribbon, foam tape, patterned paper, and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #539-540 Anything Goes                   

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- April                       

Cute As A Button- April: CH #79 Anything Goes

Cute As A Button-FB Progressive Freebie Challenge-#51 Bunny Ears Pool Party