myasperations 7-21-23

I made this card to enter into Di’s Digi’s “Summer Sun” challenge using one of Di’s cute mushroom houses. Sadly, it appears that this version is retired, but you can find several other options at her shop HERE (and a few are in the $1 sale section of the store!)  I created the background with vellum, chalks, a makeup sponge, and a cloud stencil.     The sun and rays were added with a small circle of yellow vellum and Liquid Pearls.  

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Dis Digi Stamps (Mushroom House) Retired

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

·   Sparkly Heart Stickers- Hobby Lobby

·   Inside Sentiment- Eureka Digital Stamp (Currently Not Available)

·   Vellum (white and yellow), and other items from my stash

Entered into:  

Di’s Digi Stamps- Summer Sun

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #605-606 Anything Goes   

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (July)    The Gnome Village Fairytale Forest - Efteling

Jan’s Digi Stamps- July 2023 Anything Goes    

I had fun entering several cards into the Friends of Sweet November Stamps (SNS) FB page May celebration, named, appropriately, MerMay. I posted several of the cards I entered during the month to my blog … but didn’t have time to post all of them. So, I planned to occasionally post the new ones on my blog. This is one of those cards. It features the Beautiful Coral Reefweaver (mermaid) from one SNS digi set, and the adorable Otto (Otter) from a different set. Earlier this month my printer “misbehaved” while I was printing off a few pages of SNS digis. Several of the sweet images were smeared and ripped. I salvaged several items including Coral Reefweaver’s upper body and Shimmer RedKelp’s tail, hence… we have a beautiful mermaid frolicking in the ocean. Meanwhile, Otto, who likes bling, “borrowed” Shimmer’s necklace and is hiding out in the rocks on the beach. Maybe he needs to be put into time out with my printer?! 

I’m entering this card into several challenges, including The Paper Shelter: A Well-Earned Break (I love the ocean, so frolicking with either Coral or Otto would be the best break evah!), Art Impressions: V is for Vacation (again… I love the ocean!), and Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge- July  (I used the shades of blue plus tan and yellow-gold.)

Supplies: 

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

·   Otter Digi- Sweet November Stamps (Shimmer RedKelp and Otto)

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

·   Upcycled Calendar page- Ocean and rocky beach scenes

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

·   Stickles- Star Dust

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  SNS-Coral Reefweaver (mermaid) and Moki

Inspiration Station- Challenge #51 July 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Four-legged Friends

The Paper Shelter- #563 A Well-Earned Break

Art Impressions Challenge- #356 V is for Vacation     

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge- July 

Outlawz Challenge- July 2023 Linky

 

This week's challenge at wecraftcards is “design a Christmas card using only White and Silver and one other color of your choice plus some texture.” (optional- a small amount of black can also be used.) I found this “JOY” digi, printed off on white, and decided to use that as my focal point. I decided the silver would be stars-printed on vellum and sparkly stickers. Took a little time to decide on the color… until I saw a piece of brown plaid paper in my scrap pile. I fussy cut the JOY, adhered it to the plaid paper, and cut the silver starred vellum a bit smaller than the plaid. I was going to attach the vellum with clear photo corners, but instead opted to cut slits near each corner of the plaid, slipped the corners of the vellum through these slits then taped them down on the underside. I finished the card with an A2 base made of kraft brown cardstock, sentiments, silver stickers and black photo corners. (The smooth vellum and stickers provide contrast to the kraft cardstock, which is a bit coarse to the touch.)

Supplies: 

·   Digi Sentiment- “Joy” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Christmas Candy)

·   Digi Sentiment- “Wishing you…” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Celebration Panels)

·   Sparkly Star  Stickers- Hobby Lobby

·   Inside Sentiment- “Wishing you a merry little Christmas”  Freebie from Birdscards

·   Pioneer Black Photo corners- available from several sources

·   Silver Star Vellum, and  other items from my stash.

Entered into:  BP Joy with stars
We Craft Cards- Christmas in July Week 3
Beccy’s Place Challenge- July     Since I’m a Contributor for Beccy’s Place, I’m entering just for fun!
Double D’s Challenge- Christmas in July  
BYSHC Challenge FB Christmas in July  
BYSHC 2023 Christmas in July Linky Party
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas)