myasperations 7-20-22

This month’s Sheepski Designs FB Challenge theme is “Cuties” and I had fun creating with Andreas’ adorable gnome digi named “Wildflower.”  I used a simple fun fold, computer-generated sentiments and paired the cutie with a vintage image of Forget-me-knots to create a lovely card for a sweet friend.  

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!

Supplies: 

·   Instructions for Z-fold card HERE. (I changed the orientation to portrait vs. landscape.)

·   Front-Vintage Postcard I used is no longer available. I did find several similar freebies on this site- antiqueimages.blogspot.com

·   Inside Digi- Sheepski Designs (Wildflower)

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

·   Sentiments- Computer Generated

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:          

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #553-554 Anything Goes                   

The Paper Shelter- #521 Anything Goes (Summer Break)  

Gem of a Challenge- Week #16 Anything Goes                              

Jan’s Digi Stamps- July 2022 Anything Goes    

My card for last month’s Sheepski Designs FB challenge featured one of my favorite of Andrea’s digis, a Chameleon digi named, appropriately “Camouflage.” (You can find that post HERE.) The card took little coloring, just some highlights and shading of the candies, plus, I did add a feeling of reptile scales across the cuties back with a white colored pencil. (I darkened one of the pics to better show the scaly effect.) I had fun making this card for my youngest sister, Judi. However, she has a finely-tuned sense of snark, so this card seems a little too mild for her.

So, I’ll turn  it into a humorous birthday card, since dear Judi turns 60+ in a few months. I’ll swap out the sentiment on the front of the card with a computer-generated one that says “Ummm… Happy 60-something?!” and decorate the inside with a few wayward skittles and this sentiment, “Let’s just say the thought of you being so old confuses me more than a chameleon in a bag of Skittles!”

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Sheepski Designs (Camouflage)

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

·   Skittles photo background found in a sales flyer HERE

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

·   Transluscent photo corners- made with scraps of colored  plastic index divider sheets (in office section of most stores)

·   Patterned paper digis-assorted freebies from Free Pretty Things for You

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:        

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #186 Anything Goes

Cupcake Inspirations- #548 Color Challenge             

2craftycrittercrazies challenge- July 2022                                     

Patties Challenge- #196 Anything Goes (July)

My mom liked all kinds of needlework, but especially enjoyed embroidery. I saved some of her old needlework magazines and loved creating these 12 Days of Christmas tags using photos of small tree ornaments from one of them. Added to scraps of paper, ribbon, lace, and metallic thread from my stash, I made a package of vintage-looking gift tags!

A recent challenge at wecraftcards inspired this set. A friend noted that she and a bestie have shared handmade Advent gifts for several years. She invited us to start a similar tradition ourselves by creating a package of 12 Days of Christmas Tags to give to a friend this Christmas. Since I’m still recovering from major surgery, I wasn't sure I'd get time to play along... until my hubby asked if I wanted to binge-watch old NCIS episodes yesterday. I plan to send the collection to my nieces since I know that they will love that these little photos came from one of their great-grandma’s craft books!

I’m entering this card into several other challenges including Incy Wincy Designs (my tags speak of love, and the holiday itself embodies the greatest gift of love ever offered!), and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- For a Child (one of my nieces, who now has kiddos, lets them decorate a tree of their own. I think this tags would love that place of honor!)

Supplies: 

·   Patterned paper- Hobby Lobby (Parchment sheet music with “On the first day of Christmas…” lyrics printed in faded ink.)

·   All items from my stash (plus remnants of my mom’s stash that I inherited years ago!)

Entered into:  

Wecraftcards- Christmas in July: Tags & a Holder

Incy Wincy Designs- Woof/Meow +/Or Love, Sweet Love

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- For a Child

Allsorts Challenge- Week 685: Christmas in July  

Pixie's Snippets- Week #432 (Christmas in July)

Christmas Craft Creations challenge- Patterned Papers       

Papercraft Challenges   Challenge #84 Christmas in July

Di’s Digi Stamps- #602 Christmas in July