myasperations 8-28-22

In April, I stumbled upon a Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers group {BYSHC}, which was new to me. They were also hosting the  Spring into Christmas 2022 Linky Party, with some fine prizes. I’ve enjoyed entering their challenges and linky parties ever since! The current sketch was a perfect fit for this stamp I’ve had in my stash since the late 1990s from Denami. I embossed it with silver EP on a silver circle tag (also from my stash) then added some stars! The sentiments are a few of my favorites from Eureka Stamps (a company I also discovered in the late ‘90s, when a dear friend and I opened a stamp store in South Dakota. It was a three-year-long adventure and the start what is sure to be a life-long hobby!)  

Supplies: 
·   Wood Mount Stamp- Denami “Baby Jesus” (retired but occasionally seen on EBay)
·   Sentiments- Eureka Digital Stamp found HERE
·   Star Stickers- Hobby Lobby
·   All other items from my stash.
Entered into:  
{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge FB- #25 August 2022
Cupcake Inspirations- #551 Theme Challenge-Hobbies             
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- #101 Shimmer and Shine  
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #557-558 Anything Goes                   
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #608 AG      
Cute As A Button- August: CH #83 Anything Goes
 
I enjoyed the August Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers {BYSHC} so much that I made a second card with it… this time a Happy Birthday car in honor of Scribbles Design's 9th BDay! Their current challenge requires the use of a mandala or zentangle as the focus of our project. I found a mandala on a free Coloring Page on artist Mariola Budeks FB page that works perfectly with a Scribbles Designs sentiment. A scrap of yellow vellum “lights” the single candle, and lots of bling (with Stickles and sequins) creates a fun party feeling.

Supplies: 
·   Mandala Digi- Free Coloring Page by Mariola Budek Art (available HERE)
·   Front Sentiment- Scribbles Designs Freebie (Happy Birthday)
·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
·   Inside Sentiment- Freebie from TLC Creations
·   All other items from my stash.
Entered into:  
Scribbles Designs Challenge- #111 Get Your ZEN On
Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday Anything Goes  
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday  (anything Goes)
Allsorts Challenge- Week 690-1: Anything Goes  
Patties Challenge- #197 Anything Goes (Aug)

I was so happy earlier this year when Power Poppy started offering challenges again. The August theme is to include a sentiment as a focal point of our creation. I love strawberries, and the sentiment that comes in this Cherries and Berries set from Power Poppy. After realizing that the checked paper background resembled a tablecloth, I decided to go with that idea. I created dimensional mats to resemble “berry boxes” like those I remember from my childhood with woven strips of brown cardstock taped together on the underside. I liked the look of the mat at an angle on the paper. But after adhering it, I couldn’t bear throwing away the corner. So I adhered it along the bottom edge of the card… making it appear that at least one other person is enjoying berries and perhaps a beverage to celebrate the special birthday!
I’m entering this in several challenges including Outlawz Sunday “Summer Days” (when growing up 4^th of July was a favorite celebration for my family, and making hand-churned ice-cream, topped with freshly picked strawberries was always part of the holiday fun!)   

Supplies: 
·   Digi and Sentiment- Power Poppy Digi Set (Cherries and Berries)
·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
·   All other items from my stash.
Entered into:  
Power Poppy- The Blossom Challenge- Going Sentimental          
Outlawz Sunday Challenge- Summer Days
Outlawz Challenge- August 2022 Linky
Di’s Digi Stamps- Add a Sentiment  
Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- August                   
Jan’s Digi Stamps- August 2022 Anything Goes