myasperations 10-24-23

All weekend I was working on cards to enter into the current Simon Says Wednesday Challenge. Then life hit… and I am just getting them posted tonight… 10 hours before the deadline. Eeek! Both feature a beverage… and this first one  features food (well… candy corn… that’s kinda like really sweet food, right?! The front “Spooky” haunted house and inside sentiment are both from my scrapbook stash. (The little bat was fussy-cut from a paper scrap to decorate the inside of  the card a bit.) The yummy beverage is a digi from Beccy’s Place, colored with alcohol pens and my trusty white gel pen. 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Pumpkin and Spice)

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

·   Pioneer Black Photo corners- available from several sources

·   Sentiment Labels, patterned paper and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Food and/or Drink!

Inspiration Station- Challenge #54 Oct 

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Oct)    Valley Fair’s Tricks and Treats

Papercraft Challenges- Challenge #99 Halloween

Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #655  

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

Double D’s Challenge-Pumpkins  (photo)  

Beccy’s Place Challenge- Oct

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge-Fall/Halloween Greeting 

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Halloween)

Outlawz Challenge- October 2023 Linky

 

My second card for the Simon Says Challenge features one of my favorite character stamps from Art Impressions named Maude, looking like she needs a lot more coffee to get her day started! I have a red rubber stamp that I purchased over 20 years ago, she was part of AI’s “Golden Oldies” collection!  I love the attitude that Maude exudes, and I often pair her with a snarky sentiment like the one I used for this card. I’ve always loved that Maude has a smiley face mug, so I was excited when I found a freebie smiley mug that I printed off and fussy-cut to add a bit of fun to the inside sentiment!

      I’m entering this card into several challenges including Art Impressions Challenge: Give us Frights (a birthday card I received years ago included the sentiment that I added to the inside of this card. It has a funny but possibly frightening edge to it that still makes me laugh out loud!)  

Supplies: 

·   Image- Art Impressions Stamp (Super Maude) Sadly Maude appears to be retired but I do see her hanging out on EBay occasionally!

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

·   Sentiments- Computer Generated

·   Smiley Face coffee cup- Freebie found HERE.

·   Assorted background papers and scraps of vellum (cut into steam swirls) from my stash

Entered into:  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Food and/or Drink!

Art Impressions Challenge- #362 Give us Frights  

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG #264

Polkadoodles Challenge- Week #41 AG                                          

Jan’s Digi Stamps- Oct 2023 Anything Goes    

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #216 LeAnnes World

This card was created for the current Christmas Craft Creations challenge “Monochromatic.” 

I seldom use stencils but picked this one up at a recent sale and wanted to try it out. Within a short time, I remembered why I don’t stencil very often (See Exhibit 1… ummm, I mean picture 1…below!) I trimmed away the sections with non-smudged snowflakes and used them to create this simple card. A snowflake brad I’ve had in my stash for at least 12 years (because I remembered ordering them from Oriental Trading Company’s After Christmas Sale before we made our last major move to our current home.) I found them when organizing my craft room. I love when that happens!

Supplies: 

·   Echo Park Designer 6x6 Stencil-The Story of Christmas Snowflakes #1 Stencil

·   Sentiments- Computer Generated

·   White pigment ink, large heart punch, pastel speckled background paper, metal snowflake brad, and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Christmas Craft Creations challenge- Oct-Monochromatic  

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #116 (Anything Goes Positive) 

Allsorts Challenge- Week 751 AG

Gem of a Challenge- Week #21 AG                                                  

Paper Funday- #58 Anything Goes