Saturday, September 30, 2023

myasperations 9-30-23

It was so easy to make a gate-fold card with this sweet digi from All Dressed Up named ”Pretty Bonnet” look so... well... pretty! (I have a friend who loves daisies, so I replaced the Easter eggs in her basket with daisies, trimmed from the bottom of the image. I know my friend will love this card!)
Supplies: 
·   Digi- All Dressed Up Digital Stamp (Pretty Bonnet)

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

·   Inside Sentiment- “Spread Your Wings…” from Imagine That Digi Set (Airplanes) Company no longer in business

·   All other items from my stash.
Entered into:  
All Dressed Up FB Challenge- Sept-Make it Feminine     
All Dressed Up- Anything Goes (Sept-#144)
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG #262
Paper Funday- #57 Anything Goes      
     Since I’m a DT for Sheepski (one of the sponsors), please don’t include me in the draw for their prize! 

If you’ve followed my blog for very long, you’ll know that it is pretty typical for me to upcycle items or scout out “good deals” at thrift stores, consignment shops, and after-season sales. It is always fun to come up with ideas to re-imagine the card with sentiments and other embellishments.  And the cards usually go together quickly, which is NOT typical for me!
Supplies: 

·   Nativity Image- Torn card front a boxed set at 90% off after Christmas sale.

·   Sentiments- from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Nativity)

·   All other items from my stash.
Entered into:  
The Paper Shelter- #569 CAS
Christmas Craft Creations challenge- Sept-Metallics   
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas)
Outlawz Challenge- September 2023 Linky
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #615-616 Anything Goes   
Beccy’s Place Challenge- Oct
        Since I’m a Contributor for Beccy’s Place, I’m entering just for fun!
 
This is my final entrant for the Butterfly Challenge.  The pretty foil butterfly paper used for the card base is actually from the wonderful packet of prizes that I won at a Butterfly Challenge in the past. (Mrs. A gives the best prizes!)  The front sentiment is a favorite digi from Eureka Stamps, where I was a DT until they recently closed their shop (hopefully just temporarily!)  The inside sentiment is from Decosses Dynamite Doodles (DDD), one of my favorite sources for free sentiments! 
I’m entering this card into several challenges including Path Of Positivity's TicTacToe: my card
covers the First Column; Feminine, Add Trim- handmade photo corners and purple frame, 
and lettering, especially the inside sentiment, has a bit of a Vintage look.
             
Supplies: 
·   Front Sentiment- Eureka Digital Stamp (Currently not available)

·   Butterfly Stamp from Posh Impressions (have had it since the 90’s!)

·   Foil patterned Butterfly paper- From a past Butterfly Challenge Prize Packet. 

·   Inside Sentiment- “Birthday Blessings” Freebie from DDD you can find HERE

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #115 (TicTacToe)
Time Out Challenge- #248  Cancer Awareness/Friendship/Encouragement   
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Friday, September 29, 2023

myasperations 9-28-23a

Several years ago I discovered a talented artist named Tricia Moore who created adorable images to use in scrapbooking. A short time later I shifted from scrapbooking to card making and happily added more of Tricia's digis to my collection. This adorable little Santa Bear is currently available for FREE, and he comes pre-colored! I created a plaid background so I could enter the card into the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge, but actually think that he looks great paired with plaid!   
I added some texture and bling with Stickles, Glossy Accents, and Flower Soft. (I love the fluffy, furry look that this product adds to snow, Santa hats, critters, etc. Right now I only have the White version, but Flower Soft is available in many colors, and I've seen some beautiful spring and fall floral scenes that are gorgeous with this added shout of color and texture.) 
Supplies: 

·   Digi- Little Scraps of Heaven HoHoHo Bear HERE (he is precolored and he is FREE!)

·   Highlighting and a bit more shading added with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Polar White Flower Soft- Available HERE

·   Inside sentiment-source unknown (I have thousands of digital sets with sentiments and can't figure out which set I nabbed this one from! If you recognize it please let me know so I can give credit. THanks!) 

·   Stickles and Glossy Accents to provide some bling and sheen. 

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
Cupcake Inspirations- #578 Theme Challenge-Plaid     
Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Sept)    Santa’s Village
Polkadoodles Challenge- Week #39 AG   

This card features the brand new digi drawn by an artistic member of the Outlawz Team for the January Progressive Challenge. (Thanks, Sandra!) It creates a wonderful background , plus, if you visit the challenge site and view all the DT’s samples, you’ll see that it is a very versatile item! I used it as a backdrop for a beautiful Sheepski Designs digi, that artist owner Andrea Norris created in honor of National Bee Day this past May and offered to FB friends for FREE! (You can find the link in my supplies list below… and I also provided the link to Andrea’s Etsy shop as she has many digis that might catch your interest!)
            
Supplies: 

·   Outlawz Progressive Challenge Freebie (September 2023)  Sandra’s Flower Lattice

·   Digi- Sheepski Designs (A freebie offered in honor of National Bee Day 2023 on Sheepski’s FB page HERE)

·   Sentiments- source unknown (I have thousands of digital sets with sentiments and can't figure out which set I nabbed these from! If you recognize either please let me know so I can give credit. Thanks!) 

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #615-616 Anything Goes   
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG #262
Gem of a Challenge- Week #20 AG                                                 
TRIPLE B Challenge (Birds, Butterflies or Blooms)- Sept 
Paper Funday- #57 Anything Goes      
        Since I’m a DT for Sheepski (one of the sponsors), please don’t include me in the draw for their prize!
Outlawz Challenge- Progressive Challenge (Sept) Sandra’s Floral Background
Outlawz Challenge- September 2023 Linky

I wanted to create a card for the current challenge at Double D’s: Birthday Balloons. This cute digi from Hetty Clare is a perfect fit! I made it extra special by featuring it on an easel card, and hand sketched the inside sentiment to match the greeting on the front. So fun!

        
Supplies: 
·   Digi- Hetty Clare Digital Print Art- (Happy Birthday Cats) Digi appears to be retired

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

·    My favorite tutorials for Easel Cards (and many other folds) can be found at Beccy’s Place and the Butterfly Challenge.

·   All other items from my stash.
Entered into:  
Double D’s Challenge-Birthday Balloons  
The Sisterhood of Crafters- Shapes  (Several sizes of circles including Balloons!)
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Animals) 

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myasperations 9-29-23

I had fun creating this colorful and playful Christmas card using images and sentiments from Beccy’s Place, plus lots of fun embellies from my stash.
Supplies: 
·   Digi- Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Cozy Christmas)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white & silver gel pens

·   Front Sentiment from Beccy’s Place Clear Stamp Set (Sugar and Spice) found HERE

·   Inside  Sentiment- “Make It Merry” from Beccy’s Place Digital set (Here Comes Christmas)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
Cupcake Inspirations- #578 Theme Challenge-Plaid     
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas, Animals)
Outlawz Challenge- September 2023 Linky
Rudolph Days Challenge- September
Jan’s Digi Stamps- Sept 2023 Anything Goes    
Beccy’s Place Challenge- Sept
        Since I’m a Contributor for Beccy’s Place, I’m entering just for fun! 

I love the Snippets Challenge because it encourages me to use all the scraps that I hoard… I mean save for later use!  I found a treasure trove of not just Christmas plaids, but other plaids, and misc. strips just begging to be put to use. This card is the result. After adhering all the strips to a A2 sized base, I added texture by running the “quilt” through my Big Shot in simple patterned embossing folder. When finished, I added the ribbon, and sentiment, and have a card ready to send to a dear friend who is a seamstress!
Supplies: 

·   Sentiment- Computer Generated onto vellum

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
Snippets- Week #463
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #615-616 Anything Goes   
Papercraft Challenges- Challenge #98 Ribbon
Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #115 (TicTacToe-center row) 
Time Out Challenge- #248  Cancer Awareness/Friendship/Encouragement  
 
I enjoy layering digis over backgrounds using a free Word program named Paint.net (find link in my supplies list.) You can find tutorials on the web to use either jpg or png digis and pictures to layer scenes. You can even control the amount of transparency of the backgrounds, hence you can see through BOO! I posted a picture of the layered scene that I was able to just copy, size, and print off. (Note-I provided a photo of the layering before I added coloring so you can see the transparency of the ghost. I also added a WM to this picture to respect the company's copyrights.  The original is saved to my laptop -with no WM- so that I can easily make similar cards in the future!)
 
Supplies: 

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

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

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

       white colored pencil

·   One Sentiment (divided in two) from Scribbles Designs (Cute Frightening)

·    Witches Broom Nebula night sky- from my BING Screensaver Collection

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

       more!)

·   All other items from my stash.
Entered into:  
Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Sept)    Valley Fair’s Tricks and Treats
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG #262

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