myasperations 6-4-23

     I had fun entering several cards into the MerMay celebration hosted by Friends of Sweet November Stamps FB page during May. I did find time to post several of the cards I entered during the month to my blog … but didn’t have time to post all of them. So, over the next few weeks, I plan to post the new ones in my blog… and also share some of my favorite entries that I didn’t get posted during May. (Since I know that I can’t enter cards that I’ve already posted to social media, I will note this and not enter them into any new challenges.)

    This first card features a mermaid that I purchased for the MerMay challenge, and she was so much fun to create with! I decided to make a Joyfold base (link to instructions below) and used lots of pink because, well… don’t all mermaids LOVE pink?

      I’m entering this card into several challenges including Outlawz’ Festive Friday: Water (Coral popped out of the water to have her photo taken, but she’ll be dropping back into the ocean as soon as that is finished!) and Park Hopping-My Happy Place: The Adventures of the Little Mermaid at the Magic Kingdom.CA))

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Sweet November Stamps (Coral Reefweaver and Moki)

·   Joy Fold Card Fold- Instructions can be found HERE (I flipped the orientation of the fold, from horizontal to vertical.)

·   Front Sentiment- Desert Diva Freebie (hello!)

·   Inside sentiment from Sweet November Stamps (Empowering Sentiments Pack)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Water)

Allsorts Challenge- Week 731: AG

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (June)

 

   And here a card I entered into the MerMay challenge last month that also features the mermaid named Coral Reefweaver. Since one of my nieces loves all things mermaid, I used a Seashell Template and pop-up card instructions I found on Pinterest to make her this fun pop-up card. (If you’d like instructions for making this card, please leave a note in the comment section and I’ll add some notes to the photos I took for the coloring challenge and email them on to you!)

Supplies: 

·   Free Seashell Template found on Pinterest HERE

·   Easy Popup Fold Instructions found on Pinterest HERE

·   All sentiments from my stash of freebies (contact me and I’ll dig out the sources)

·   All other items from my stash.

     The sponsor for the May Outlawz Progressive Challenge is Sandra, and I loved creating a card with her beautiful Greyscale Owl Digi. I did some Google research to identify the type of owl and its coloring. I learned it is a Long-Eared Owl… and I found some wonderful photos taken just a few hours from where I live by photographer Patrick Connelly. I printed the digi onto kraft cardstock and used the photos as a guide to bring the beautiful bird to life!

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Sandra’s Owl (Freebie for June 2023 Progressive Challenge)

·   Owl Photos found HERE and HERE

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

·   Patterned Paper - Hobby Lobby

·   Front and Inside Sentiments from Polka Dot Orchard Digi Set (Younger Than Tomorrow)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into: 

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #112 (Inspired by Nature)

Outlawz Challenge- Progressive Challenge (June) Owl by Sandra

Outlawz Challenge- June 2023 Linky

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #597-598 Anything Goes  

Cupcake Inspirations- #570 Theme Challenge (AG)  (photo)

TRIPLE B Challenge (Birds, Butterflies or Blooms)- June       

     I wanted to make a card for the Birthday Challenge at Di’s Digi. When looking through my collection of Di’s Digis, I remembered that a dear friend is having a baby in the near future… so I decided to make this card to send her in celebration of that new little one's actual birth day!  Since they opted to not learn the baby’s gender until they meet the little one, I decided to used “non-pastel” colors on the card. So fun!

     I’m entering this card into several challenges including IncyWincy Designs’ Birthday; and Passion for Markers’ Make It Square.  An added note-I purchased this adorable image a while ago, for just $1.00 (regularly priced $3.00!) Although it is now retired, I just checked and there are currently over 200 digis on the $1.00 sale at Di's Digis (HERE),  so you might just want to check them out! Also, Di regularly offers discounts on seasonal items. So it is always worth stopping in! 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Dis Digis (Cute Cradle) No longer available.

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

·   Sentiments-Computer Generated

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Di’s Digi Stamps- Birthdays

IncyWincyDesigns- Rainbow +/or Birthday   

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #692 Make It Square

Patties Challenge- Anything Goes (June #207)