myasperations 4-20-22

This month’s Sheepski Designs FB Challenge theme is “Girls, Girls, Girls” and I had fun creating my DT card using Andreas’ sweet mermaid digi named “Hello.” This card was actually an experiment that turned out much better than I had ever imagined. A while ago I took a photo of one of my laptop screen savers because I wanted to try to replicate the watery feeling someday in an undersea card. THIS is that card. I also posted the photo of the inspirational screen saver. After turning the photo into a jpg, I used a freebie version of the Paint program to merge the mermaid digi onto the undersea shot. I cropped the image down a bit, copied and pasted it into a Word document, sized it to fit an A2 card, printed it off, then colored the image with markers. The final bit of artistic experimentation was to use a white colored pencil and white gel pen to make the waves “come to life!” There were several times in the process that I thought "Ugh... I ruined it now!" But, because things underwater can look hazy by nature, my oopsies just added depth. Win-Win! I finished the card with a Z-fold base, sentiments, and an extra set of cute little seahorses to add a bit of color and playful whimsy to the inside of the card. (Oh, and I added the Sheepski watermark to the photo of the digi merged atop the screensaver because I wanted to post it to my blog to help explain my process. But I also wanted to protect Andrea's wonderful artwork.)

PS Stop by the Sheepski blog to learn more about the monthly challenges and have a chance to win some wonderful digis created by artist Andrea Norris!

I’m entering this card into several challenges including Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge- Blue Green Orange (My shade of orange is more of a tangerine/peach on her bathing suit top… but I hope that counts? If not, feel free to bump my card from contention for a prize. Thanks! Oh, and I did add a bit of sparkle/bling to her scales with my trusty white gel pen.) 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Sheepski Designs (Hello)

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

·   Front sentiment- Freebie from Desert Diva (Hello Birthday Girl)  No longer available

·   Inside sentiment- Birdscards Freebie- (Have a Fin-tastic Day)

·   Instructions for Z-fold card can be found on Pinterest (I liked the one HERE)

·   Cardstock, patterned paper, and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #637 In or On the Sea

Jan’s Digi Stamps- April 2022 Anything Goes    

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- April                       

Polkadoodles Challenge- Week #16 Anything Goes   

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

Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

We’ve had rain several times this last week… but no rainbows yet. So, I decided I needed to make a card that features one! This wonderful silhouette huddle is from a Beccy’s Place digi set, named Splish Splash. I printed one of the umbrella digis onto rainbow stationery paper, printed it, then trimmed it to fit an A2-sized card. I used a free sentiment that emphasized the rainbow, added photo corners, and left the inside blank so that the card can be used for a number of reasons!

Supplies: 

·   Digi and sentiment- Beccy’s Place digi set (Splish Splash)

·   Pioneer Black Photo corners- available from several sources

·   Front Sentiment- Freebie from Desert Diva (You Add Color To My Life)

·   Rainbow and umbrella stationery and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #180 Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Crafting Challenge- Week #16 Anything Goes  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Rain or Shine
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #539-540 Anything Goes                                      
Paper Funday – #40 ATG w/Opt. April Showers
Beccy’s Place Challenge- April  

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