myasperations 7-20-24

For some reason my blog has recently started reformatting in odd ways whenever it feets. NOTHING I have tried corrects the odd formatting. Sorry it might be hard to read. Ack! 

    For this month’s “Anything Goes” challenge at Sheepski Designs my DT card features an beautiful work of art named “Beccas” by artist/owner Andrea Norris. I was excited to find a digi with dainty flowers resembling those on Becca's umbrella. The free digi is precolored so all I had to do was print and fussy-cut them to use as embellishments. They also inspired the color theme of my card.

    PS-Stop by Sheepski Designs to learn more about the monthly challenges. Maybe you’ll be inspired to enter a card or two yourself and have a chance to win some wonderful digis created by artist Andrea Norris! Also, this digi is actually a freebie on Andrea’s Sheepski Designs FB group. You can access it (and many other freebies)  after you join the group HERE. After you are a member, click “album in the toolbar, scroll down to the very bottom and you'll find the “Freebie” folder.

     I’m entering my card into several challenges including Double D’s Challenge: Basket Full Of Posies (I wasn’t quite sure if the flowers on this card fall into the category of “posies” so I did a bit of web research and learned at an interesting site named “Creating a Posy Plant Garden” that almost any flower can be called a posie or posy… especially when they are selected to convey a special message/meaning!) 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Sheepski Designs Free digi (Becca)

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

·   Front Sentiment- Freebie from Desert Diva (Let Your Dreams Take Flight)

·   Floral Embellishments- Freebie from Graphics Fairy HERE

·   Swirly Paper-keepitsimplepaper.com (Penguin Party Pack 6x9)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #748: Pretty Pastels

Double D’s Challenge- Basket Full Of Posies ) 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #657-658

Allsorts Challenge- Week 790: Flowers

     This card features a fun Beccy’s Place digi set named Flockstar. I love that Beccy names all of her characters, and the flamingo on the front is is named Beverley. And the elegant bird inside is named Carole. Note- I hand-colored the flamingos on my card. However, I wanted to show you how great Beccy’s pre-colored images look, so I posted a second card that shows my hand-colored PLUS Beccy’s pre-colored card (Beccy's Beverley flamingo is the one on the left. She is brighter pink in color and has just two stripes on her beak/bill!)

     I’m entering my card into several challenges including Park Hopping-My Happy Place (a fun challenge that has introduced me to many new amusement parks. This flamingo card was inspired by: Kilimanjaro Safari in Animal Kingdom, Disneyworld, FL); Time Out Challenge: Vacation  (I love vacationing anywhere near a beach… and would love also seeing flamingos while there!) and We Love Stamping: Sun, Sea and Sand (once again… the BEACH, plus wanted to take another chance to wish the challenge “Happy 15th Birthday!”)

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi and Sentiments from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Flockstar)

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

·   Upcycled calendar pages, pink feathers  and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Inspiration Station- Challenge #63 Inspiration Prompt Beach Photo

Beccy’s Place Challenge- July  

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

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (July)   Kilimanjaro Safari 

We Love Stamping-Sun, Sea and Sand 15^th Birthday!

Time Out Challenge- #268 Vacation  

      In April 2022, I stumbled upon a Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers group {BYSHC}, which was new to me. They offer monthly sketch challenges, plus several times a year host special events” to help us build a nice stash of Christmas cards before the busy holidays roll around.

     This year's (BYSHC) Christmas in July Linky Party started on Friday with 16 sponsors, providing nearly $300 in prizes via random draws after the weeklong challenge ends.

     I was organizing my craft room last month and found this tag that was in a wonderful prize pack of papers, ribbons, tags and other fun embellishments that I won in the first Linky Party I attended in 2022.  It was from a sponsor named “Fresh and Renewed with Teresa” and  was jammed full with all kinds of treasures including three different kraft tags!. (See photo below) I shared cards made with two of the tags from this prize on my blog HERE and HERE

     I used one of the JOY tags to make this card, embellishing it with a ornament made with a circle cut from striped Christmas paper, a silver foil "cap" and a cord hanger. Outlining the silver letters on the tag with my trusty white gel pen, and also adhering the striped ornament onto a scrap of white cardstock and trimming it closely to provide a white outline helps the sentiment to stand out! Paper and ribbon scraps, a strip of silver sparkly washi tape, a few paper-punched hearts, and a free sentiment finish off the festive card.

      I’m entering this card into several challenges including ABC Christmas Challenge: O is for Off the Edge (the swirly paper on the card front fits this requirement.)

Supplies: 

·   Kraft tag with sparkly White “JOY” lettering embellished with a round ornament 

·   Clear stamp set and inside sentiment- Art Impressions (Crazy Cat Lady)

·   Inside Sentiment- a freebie from LoveSVG (All Hearts Come Home for Christmas)

·   Sheer black dotted Swiss ribbon- JoAnne’s

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Add some Sparkle!!  

The Paper Shelter- #605- Holiday Time  

ABC Christmas Challenge- “N and O are for…?” O is for Off the Edge

{BYSHC} Christmas in July 2024 Linky Party        

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas)

Outlawz Challenge- July 2024 Linky