myasperations 12-30-22

Over the last few weeks, we’ve suffered a few major blizzards. Each time I was safe and warm in my craft room, while heavy snow fell and whipped around. The agency where I work was hosting its second annual office door decorating contact and the weather inspired this design that features a fun Santa digi (enlarged to fill several sheets of copy paper), and a flurry of snowflakes. I used a few sparkly snowflake stickers, and was going to die-cut more, until I found several envelopes full of paper snowflakes that are precious to me! Back in the late 1990’s one of my sisters, who is skilled at folding and fussy-cutting intricate snowflakes, taught me how to make them. A few days later, as I added dozens of the snowflakes to the scene on my office door, I enjoyed warm memories of the afternoon that we spent together, laughing and munching on Christmas cookies as we snipped up a storm! Note- you can't see it in the photos, but his "shades" are made with metallic red paper. In-person, they provide a bit of color and nice reflective surface!

Supplies: 

·   Digi- The Paper Shelter (Xtreme Xmas)

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

·   Sentiment “Merriest Wishes” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Cozy Christmas)

·   Snowflakes- hand cut from copy paper

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Outlawz Challenge- Saturday Paper à la Mode (December-Add Snow)

Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday Anything Goes     (Outdoor Background)  

Incy Wincy Designs-Christmas and/or Movement   

The Paper Shelter-  Christmas Break-Anything Goes

Beccy’s Place Challenge-December   

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

This second card was also created during a recent blizzard. It features a sweet image from Di’s Digi and a free sentiment from TLC Creations.

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Dis Digis- (Hedgehogs Snowman Friend)

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

·   Inside Sentiment- TLC Creations Freebie (Warm Winter Wishes)

·   Snowflake paper- Hobby Lobby

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

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #575-576 Anything Goes                   

Di’s Digi Stamps- Any Winter Holiday  

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG #245

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday   Christmas

Outlawz Challenge- December 2022 Linky

One of my favorite challenges is named Snippets Playground because the sponsors/hosts are so sweet, plus I love that it encourages me to use the many scraps, i.e. snippets, that I just can’t stand to toss!  This card includes so many little bits and pieces of treasures from my stash. The current challenge is “Anything But Christmas” and I had fun using a template I found on Pinterest to make a patchwork-looking cat. I am not sure how I did it, but my feline turned out much, um… fluffier… than the template. (Maybe it should serve as a warning for me… since I really love holiday treats! I also love the sentiment on the inside of the card. It’s from one of my favorite sources of humorous- and free- sentiments.)

Supplies: 

·   Cat Scrap Template- Found on Pinterest HERE

·   Front Sentiment- Computer Generated

·   Inside Sentiment- Gingershouse.blogspot.com 5-14-17 (I got called ‘pretty’ today…)

·   Small paw print stickers-Hobby Lobby

·   Small heart stickers, scrap of ribbon and other items from my stash.

Entered Into:  Cat scrap template

Snippets- Week #444 (Anything But Christmas)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- December           

Patties Challenge- #201 Anything Goes (Dec)

Show Us Your Pussycats Challenge- Furry Thing Goes (#84 December)