It’s MerMay again on Sweet November Stamps (SNS)
FB age… and I’m posting another card featuring an adorable SNS digi image
named Shimmer Redkelp. I don’t usually use watercolors, but I attempted that technique on this digi. The result is that Shimmer isn’t as bright
as usual, but I kinda like the muted colors on this card. I found the wonderful brass-colored
paper embossed frame in a dollar store a while ago, and Shimmer looks adorable peeking around into the
framed background. (And how fun that her earrings "wink" at us with a pearly shimmer!)
Supplies:
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Digi- Sweet November Stamps (Shimmer RedKelp and Otto)
·
Colored with Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils and Sakura
Gelly Roll white gel pen
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Sentiment from Sweet November Stamps (Empowering Sentiments Pack)
· Stickles-
Diamonds and Stardust versions (to add texture and sparkle to scales and
water.)
· Fancy
Foliage Dies- Spellbinders Our Daily Bread Designs (Appears to be retired)
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All other items from my stash.
Entered into:
Time Out Challenge- #264
Magical
This month’s Progressive Challenge at
Outlawz provided a yummy piece of birthday cake and banner. I looked through my
stash when pondering a way to inspiration struck! This funny sentiment was
upcycled from a card that a super sister-in-law sent to me earlier
this year She has shared lots of hilarious stories about what my hubby was
like as a kid, so this one really made me laugh. I finished the card with a
piece of pastel-patterned paper and some sparkly hearts. I am thinking a bit of
color and bling. An added note- my youngest brother's wife has a birthday in a few months and I'm sending this card to her. I know she has heard how he terrorized his three sisters for much of our childhoods, so I think she will
like it!
The pastel-checked paper is a freebie from a
recently discovered FB page, Bonnie Kohane Craft Time. (You might recognize this talented artist's name as she is a
DT for several digi lines and owner of a wonderful digi shop on Etsy named
WeAre3. Sadly, Bonnie
closed her Etzy shop last November. So I was happy to find that she has a FB page, where she
occasionally offers freebies like this pretty paper!)
I’m
entering this card into several challenges including Allsorts
Challenge: Blast from the Past (As noted in my write-up above, the sentiments
were upcycled on a birthday card that reminded me of all the stories I’d heard
about how my sweet hubby once terrorized his three sisters. Thankfully he’s
mellowed during the 48 years I’ve been training him! But his sense of humor and
antics still make me laugh, and sometimes guffaw, on a regular basis!)
Supplies:
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Free Digi provided for Outlawz Progressive Challenge May 2024 (Birthday
Cake and Banner, that I plan to use on graduation cards!))
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Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique
markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
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Pastel patterned paper- A freebie
from Bonnie Kohane Craft Time (FB).
· “Frosting” made with Liquid
Pearls Pretty Pink
· ”Whipped
Cream” made with Scribbles Shiny White
3-D Paint
·
Sparkly Heart Stickers- Hobby Lobby
· Sentiments- Upcycled
from an old birthday card
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All other items from my stash.
Entered into:
Allsorts Challenge- Week 782: Blast from the Past (Option AG)
Outlawz Challenge
- Progressive Challenge (May)
This last card is for
the Polka Dot challenge at Double D’s (a favorite challenge of mine!)
I made
the cross stitch bunny over 20 years ago… and the cutie just jumped from a box
of treasures I’ve had in storage for… well… a long time. (I love the look of cross-stitching but have never found it relaxing. Then, after I decided to make an x-stitch of
Mount Rushmore as a gift for a family member 20 years ago, it was my final
attempt. Mainly because I had to undo the stitches after several oopsies. The final
oops was when I miscounted on the stitching on of shading on President
Washington’s face. After two attempts to redo it, my eyes were tired of trying
and… well… I just left George looking like he’d possibly had his nose broken in
a bar fight! I gifted all of my flosses to one of my sisters and constantly
revel at the works of art that she creates with tiny x-stitches!)
Anyway, back to my card. I did a bit of experimenting, and successfully "fluffed" his tail by gently pulling and teasing the embossing floss thread apart with a needle. A favorite wood-mount stamped sentiment attached to two colors of polka-dotted paper,
plus polka-dotted ribbon completes the fun card!
I’m entering this card
into several challenges including Park
Hopping-My Happy Place where the challenge is anything inspired
by a theme park. This is one of my favorite challenges… as it has
introduced me to many new places to add to my bucket list! I used the wonderful “inspiration” listing that sponsor Makira
provides, to find a park in beautiful Germany that offers an adorable ride named Bunny Hop for young children.
The park also includes other rides for older children, two toboggan runs, specialized enclosures with animals of
all sizes (with details about each species posted), and more! (Looks
like a place that offers something to excite people of all ages!)
Supplies:
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Cross-stitch rabbit from an instruction booklet I gave away long ago!
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Inside sentiment- Printworks Stamps (I found a site that lists stamp
company status HERE and sadly PW is no longer in business. )
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All other items from my stash.
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