myasperations 9-8-23

     I'm excited to be a guest DT at Gerda Steiner Designs this month. This is the first of two cards made with one of Gerda's sweet 3x4 stamp sets named Furry and Bright.  

     To help the colored lights stand out, I stamped the image on monochromatic patterned paper, colored the bulbs with Spectrum Noir markers, and added the soft glowing effect by using cotton-tipped swabs (Q-tips) to add smudges of soft pastel chalks. Simple black photo corners help "frame" the card front! All three sentiments on the card (the "punny" one on the front, and both on the inside) are from the stamp set. 

    I also like to decorate the inside of my cards to reflect the front, so was excited to find a free digital strand of Christmas lights at scrapbookandcards.com to serve as a backdrop for the festive sentiments.  (It is a cut file, that I eaasily printed off as a digital. And it's a FREEbie!)

    I'm entering this card into several challenges including Christmas Craft Creations challenge :CAS (I don't make many CAS cards since I tend toward lots of coloring, layers, fancy folds, embellies, etc. It usually takes me longer to create a CAS card than my normal style, because it seems to take more planning time for me to prevent overdoing things. I know... weird, right? But if you spend time on my blog you'll see that this card is pretty much as CAS as I get. (And I really had fun making it!) 

Supplies:

·   Image and sentiments are all from Gerda Steiner Designs stamp set Furry and Bright 

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

    Decorating Chalk set from CRAF-T Products (Pebbles, Inc./American Crafts also makes a nice set.) 

·   Pioneer Black Photo corners 

·  Light strand backdrop from scrapbookandcards.com is a digital image/cut file that  you    

    can find HERE.) 

Entered into:  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Stamp It (StampTember)

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas, Animals)

Outlawz Challenge- September 2023 Linky

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG #261

2craftycrittercrazies challenge- #78 Sept 2023              

Christmas Craft Creations challenge- August-CAS   

Our friends at Scribbles Designs are celebrating their 10th Anniversary and invited us to enter cards using our favorite Scribbles images. I have several... so watch for more in the coming days! This first one, named Woodland Santa, features a jolly old elf that I think could settle right into the Northwoods of Wisconsin. I used a sketch from one of my favorite challenges Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers  (BYSHC on FB) to develop the format for my card.

     I’m entering it into several challenges including Park Hopping-My Happy Place (This is another of my favorite challenges… as it has introduced me to many new amusement parks. This card was inspired by Santa’s Village which is now on my bucket list!)

                                            

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Scribbles Designs Digital Stamp (Woodland Santa)

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

·   Front Sentiment- 2 Cute Ink Digi Set (Country Christmas)

·   Inside Sentiment – “Celebrate the Season” (source unknown, please notify me if you recognize it!)  

·   Christmas Themed Photo corners- upcycled from an old card

·   Silver puffy star stickers- Hobby Lobby

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Scribbles Designs Challenge- #123 Your Favourites

{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge FB- #37 Sept 2023            

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #115 (Anything Goes Positive)  

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge-Anything Goes   

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #706 Christmas in September

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #611-612 Anything Goes   

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Sept)    Santa’s Village

My final card this posting was created for the current challenge at All Dressed Up named “Make it Feminine.” I had fun adding some texture to my card through upcycling. A beachy photo from an old calendar creates the background, a scrap of grosgrain ribbon upcycled from an old gift bag and a scrap of twine helped create a “fabric beach bag”, and a strip cut from an old craft magazine, rolled into a “magazine” is tucked inside with the digis other beach items!  

Supplies: 

·   Digi- All Dressed Up Digital Stamp (Pool Ready)

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

·   Beach scene- upcycled from and old calendar

·   Sentiments- Computer Generated

·   Flip-flop with inside sentiment from a template provided at a cardmaking event years ago. (There are lots of options on Pinterest.)

·   Scrap of dotted swiss ribbon and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

All Dressed Up- #142 Anything Goes (August)

All Dressed Up FB Challenge- Sept-Make it Feminine                 

The Sisterhood of Crafters- Create a Scene  

Polkadoodles Challenge- Week #35 AG                                          

Let’s Craft and Create Challenge- #199 August AG 

Paper Funday- #57 Anything Goes