myasperations 10-28-22

I haven’t had much time during the last few chaotic weeks at the office to do much stamping. However, I did take some time last night to make this card with the adorable freebie digi that artist Beccy Muir provided with the October Challenge at Beccy’s Place. (I added a pic of the sweet freebie, protected with a WM added. To get your own copy, and to nab a wonderful patterned paper with spooky kitties, stop by Beccy's challenge HERE.) I remembered making an interactive card at a class over 20 years ago that involved pulling a rabbit out of a hat. THAT that was the inspiration for this sweet card. (When I have some time I’ll make a tutorial, but for now, just enjoy the little cutie!)

     I did take several photos of the card to show the cats movements. The final “pose” occurred when I accidentally bumped the feline and tipped him to one side of the pumpkin shell. Don’t you think the head tilt makes him even cuter? So fun!                 

               
                    

Supplies: 

·   Digi- October Freebie from Beccy’s Place (Pumpkin Cat)  

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

·   Front Sentiment from an “Inkadinkadoo” clear stamp set (no longer available)  

·   Inside Sentiment- “Surprise” from Beccy’s Place digi set (Celebrations) Also available in clear set

·   Inside Sentiment- “Happy HOWLaween” (Source Unknown)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered Into: 

Double D’s Challenge- Orange & Black   

Colorful Options Monthly Challenge- Outrageous Orange   

Leigh SB Designs Monthly Challenge- #110 Too Cute to Spook       

Leigh SB Designs- 31 Days of Halloween   

Her Peaceful Garden- 2022 Cat Lovers Blog Hop

Cupcake Inspirations- #555 Theme Challenge- Halloween Fun 

Di’s Digi Stamps- Spooky or Cute  

Digi Chooseday Crafting Challenge- Week #42 Anything Goes  

Gem of a Challenge- Week #22 Anything Goes                             

The Sisterhood of Crafters- Fall Colors

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- #100 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #567-568 Anything Goes 

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday  (Animals)

         Since I’m a DT for Sheepski (sponsor), I’m entering just for fun!

Outlawz Challenge- October 2022 Linky

Papercraft Challenges- Challenge #87 Halloween

Jan’s Digi Stamps- October 2022 Anything Goes 

Beccy’s Place Challenge- October   

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

Paper Funday- #46 ATG (w/Opt. Its all about the candy)

Patties Challenge- #199 Anything Goes (Oct)

myasperations 10-20-22

This month’s Sheepski Designs FB Challenge theme is “Happy Birthday.” I had fun making two cards using Artist Andrea Norris’ wonderful digis.

The first one features one of Andrea’s new digis “Twiggy” and a color scheme in deep rich autumn shades. And even though I am usually ”tech impaired” I was able to create this scene by layering Twiggy atop an Autumn background from The Paper Shelter using a free Word program named Paint.net (find the link in my supplies list.) I posted a picture of the layered scene that I was able to just copy, size, and print off. (Note-I added a WM to this picture to respect both companies' copyrights.  The original I saved to my laptop so I can make similar cards in the future has no WM. Easy Peasy!) I printed off another copy of just Twiggy, which I colored, fussy-cut, and adhered to the scene with a few small strips of foam tape. Some golden accents add some bling to the card. So fun!

I’m entering this card into several challenges including The Paper Shelter “Halloween Colors” (although not a Halloween theme, this card does picture many of the colors of the season including orange, rust, and green), and Path Of Positivity Challenge “Celebrate Something Special about Your Favourite Season” (this image represents some of my favorite things about Autumn: the beauty of the changing seasons here where I live in Wisconsin USA; the brisk weather (this little guy is dressed for the season with boots, a cap, and all that warm fur... um... I mean hair); and playful fun (a person never outgrows the pure joy of a good ol’ tree swing)!

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi-Sheepski Designs (Twiggy)

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

·   Free Paint.net program can be found HERE (add watermarks, layer digis, and more!)

·   Front Sentiment-Happy Birthday Sticker- Hobby Lobby

·   Inside Sentiment-"You Color My World" Simply Cards & Papercrafts Magazine Freebie (No longer available) 

·   Background border-From The Paper Shelter Digi Set (Autumns Breeze)

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

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #191 Anything Goes

         Since I’m a DT for Sheepski (sponsor), I’m entering just for fun!

Incy Wincy Designs-Autumn and/or 1 or 2 houses      

The Paper Shelter- #530 Halloween or Halloween Colors

Colorful Options Monthly Challenge- Outrageous Orange      

Scribbles Designs Challenge- #113 Fall Colours

Challenge Blog- Sheepski Designs October 2022 Autumn Things

Since I’m a DT for Sheepski (sponsor), I’m entering just for fun!

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #105                

The second birthday card features a pastel color scheme to highlight Andrea’s sweet digi named “Dragon Fly.” The base of the card is a Faux Stepper Card, which is surprisingly easy to make (find the link to the tutorial in the supplies list.)  I love the translucent beauty of vellum, so used that to add some depth to one of the layers. Fussy-cutting, a few vellum scraps, and a sprinkling of bling finish off the card.

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: 

·   Digi-Sheepski Designs (Dragon Fly)

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

·   Instructions for Faux Stepper Card can be found HERE

·   Dragonflies- Fussy-cut from patterned paper

·   Wings made with scraps of vellum, white gel pen, and Stickles

·   Front Sentiment- upcycled from an old greeting card

·   Back Sentiment- “Warm Hugs” from Lili of the Valley digi stamp set (Christmas Wishes) 

·   Center Of Flowers- Liquid Pearls (Buttercup)

·   All other items from my stash (flower embellies fussy-cut from patterned paper).

Entered into:  

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #663 Anything Floral

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #565-566 Anything Goes                   

Polkadoodles Challenge- Week #42 Anything Goes                     

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday  

         Since I’m a DT for Sheepski (sponsor), I’m entering just for fun!

Outlawz Challenge- October 2022 Linky

I love the cute and often whimsical feeling of artist Wendy Burns digis, and this adorable little witch is a perfect example of her talent! I added Halloween colors, stars, bling, and a few freebie sentiments to bring the card to life. (However, when looking for the link to the inside sentiment, I discovered that the one I used appears to no longer be available, but I did provide a link- and pic- of one that I like even better from the same source. So… win-win!)

Supplies: 

·   Digi- All Dressed Up (Magical Day)

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

·   Sparkly Heart Stickers- Hobby Lobby

·   Front Sentiment- “Trick or Treat” Freebie from Skogstokiga (website has closed)

·   Inside Sentiment- Create with TLC Freebie (Happy Halloween My Pretty) This is a new version of the one I used

·   Pioneer Black Photo corners- available from several sources

·   Patterned paper, orange/white twine, 3-D star embellishments, Stickles, and  other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Wecraftcards- Add Pumpkins

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Halloween Greetings    

Papercraft Challenges- Challenge #87 Halloween

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- #102 Spooky

Double D’s Challenge- Orange & Black                                            

All Dressed Up- #134 Anything Goes (October)

All Dressed Up FB Challenge- Oct-Autumn/Halloween   

Paper Funday- #46 ATG (Optional-It’s all about the candy)

Cupcake Inspirations- #555 Theme Challenge- Halloween Fun           

Leigh SB Designs Monthly Challenge- #110 Too Cute to Spook

Leigh SB Designs- 31 Days of Halloween

Outlawz Challenge- Crash Your Stash- Twine/Ribbon

      Since I’m a DT for Sheepski (sponsor), I’m entering just for fun!

myasperations 10-16-22

I really missed visits to my doctor, dentist, and stylist during COVID. (And my teeth, hair, and aging bones missed them too!)  After businesses were allowed to open for business about this time two years ago, I wanted to thank my wonderful dentist and stylist (and their staff ) to show them how much I missed them. Since people were still warned against getting together  for the  holidays I brought them a basket of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas cards. They were so thrilled, that did it again last year… and plan to again this year.  This post includes a few of the cards for this year’s gift. The first one includes a SU set that I’ve had for a few decades. I made a Tunnel Card a while ago, and created this card using just the inside of the card. I really like the way it turned out.

Supplies: 

·   Scarecrow, cornstalks, and pumpkins made with a retired Stampin’ Up! set.

·   Tunnel Card Tutorial- Jennifer McGuire’s Tutorial can be found HERE 

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

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Double D’s Challenge- Octoberfest  

Scribbles Designs Challenge- #113 Fall Colour

Allsorts Challenge- Week 698: Sentiment  

Back when I was scrapbooking. I discovered an online treasure of wonderful digis named “Little Scraps of Heaven.” Artist/Owner Tricia Veinot Moore is transitioning to a new shop, so everything at her current shop is on sale. Most items (and sets) are just $1.50.  This little raccoon is just $1.00. I decided to feature him on a fall birthday card to include in this year’s gift basket. I haven’t entered the current Butterfly Challenge, so used an upcycled card front and markers to feature three of the colors Canary Yellow, Chili Red, and Cyan, plus one of the themes-Butterfly (several of them flutter across the front and inside of the card.

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Little Scraps of Heaven (Harvest Raccoon)

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

·   Sentiments- Simply Cards & Papercrafts Magazine 171-Bonus (No longer available)    

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into: 

Butterfly Challenge- #174 C is for Cube Card       

Incy Wincy Designs-Autumn and/or 1 or 2 houses      

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #565-566 Anything Goes                    

A friend gifted me with this wonderful Rudolph brad a while ago, and it was fun to make this fun card with it! And, the great news, is that it went together very quickly with items from my stash. I’m entering this card into several challenges including The Sisterhood of Crafters “One for the Guys” (Ummm “my guy” aka husband, chuckled about the inside sentiment when I shared this card, mainly because he’s watched me try to dress up the tree with tinsel. Plus…. What guy doesn’t recognize, if not appreciate, Rudolp’s bravery?!)

Supplies: 

·   Reindeer Brad- Eyelet Outlet (Item no longer available) if you like brads, visit them HERE 

·   Inside Sentiment- Upcycled from a Christmas card

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday Anything Goes  (optional-Tags!) 

Outlawz Challenge- October 2022 Linky

The Sisterhood of Crafters- One for the Guys

Gem of a Challenge- Week #21 Anything Goes                           

myasperations 10-15-22

It’s the 15^th of the month, so I get to share my DT card for the challenge at QKR Stampede. Stop by the challenge, which is always “Anything Goes” and several prizes are awarded. Maybe you’ll be inspired to enter a card or two yourself?

For this simple card, I used a sweet digi named "Bunch of Chicks" with a soft pastel color scheme. I added color to the two peeps in the front since they take primary roles on this card.  I printed off an extra copy of the little chick in the center, colored it, and perched the little cutie on the inside sentiment, popping him out a bit with a square foam tape. I embellished the sentiments with puffy heart stickers.

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Eureka Digital Stamp (Bunch of Chicks) Also available in unmounted or cling-mounted

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, decorative chalks, and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Sentiments- Little Scraps of Heaven Digi Set (Retired)  

·   Puffy Heart Stickers- Stickos

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Digi Chooseday Crafting Challenge- Week #40 Anything Goes  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #565-566 Anything Goes                   

Allsorts Challenge- Week 698: Sentiment  

Power Poppy’s current challenge theme is all about Fruits and Vegetables. For this card I used the image from “Maize for Days” digi set, altering the digi a bit by cropping the top and left side, then colored with several different mediums. I decided to use a pale golden and brown color scheme on the card, except for the wonderful deep colors of the kernels.    

Supplies: 

·   Digi and Front Sentiment- Power Poppy Digi Set (Maize for Days)

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

·   Inside Sentiment- “Happy Fall” from Power Poppy Digital Set (Autumns Opulence)

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

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

Entered into:  

·   Power Poppy- The Blossom Challenge-Eat Your Fruits and Veggies    

·   Incy Wincy Designs-Autumn

·   Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- #101 Fall Colors

·   Scribbles Designs Challenge- #113 Fall Colours

·   The Paper Shelter- #529 Alter It

·   Jan’s Digi Stamps- October 2022 Anything Goes    

I enjoy layering digis over backgrounds using a free Word program named Paint.net (find link in my supplies list.) Even though I am considered by many to be” tech impaired” I was able to put this scene together using digis (jpgs and pngs) from two different companies… and love the result! I posted a picture of the layered scene that I was able to just copy, size, and print off. (Note-I added a WM to this picture to respect the company's copyrights.  The original that I saved to my laptop so that I can make similar cards in the future has no WM. Easy Peasy!)

 

Supplies: 

·   Ghost Digi- Sweet November Stamps (Boo Loves Scary Larry)

·   Fence Digi- Sweet November Stamps (Scene Builder-Pumpkin Patch)

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

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

·   Front Sentiment Freebie from TlcCreations (Wishing You A FaBOOlous Halloween)

·   Inside- Sentiment label and critter stickers from my scrapbook stash

·   Free Paint.net program can be found HERE (add watermarks, layer digis, and more!)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Double D’s Challenge- Octoberfest  

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Halloween Greetings  (option pumpkins)

Outlawz Challenge- October 2022 Linky

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #662 Anything Goes 

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenge: #10 Spooktacula

Leigh SB Designs Monthly Challenge- #110 Too Cute to Spook

Leigh SB Designs- 31 Days of Halloween