myasperations 8-4-24

     This cute card features a sweet miss from Hetty Clare holding a basket of posies (i.e. assorted flowers!) The patterned paper works beautifully for this card, plus, I messed up on coloring one of the roses in her basket, and covered the oops with a few of the fussy-cut little flowers. 

     I created this card for three different challenges. Two have themes of baskets and/or  flowers and one (with the fun name of Snippets) encourages using some of the many paper scraps that I hoard… I mean… umm... save... for later use)!

     I’m entering this card into several other challenges including Inspiration Station: Photo (the floral paper on my card includes most of the colors in the inspirational photo) and Park Hopping-My Happy Place. (This fun challenge has introduced me to many new amusement parks. I used the Park Hopping “inspirations” link to find theme parks that feature flower gardens. Here is one I’d like to visit- Epcot’s International Flower and Garden Festival,)

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Hetty Clare Digital Printable Art (Flower Girl) Digi appears to be retired

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

·   Inside Sentiment- “Thinking of You” Computer Generated

·   Floral Paper- flipside of Dare2BArtzy “Merry and Bright” Paper (A Rockin’Christmas)

·   Basket Frame woven from scraps of various shades of brown paper

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into: 

Double D’s Challenge- Basket Full Of Posies  

We Craft Cards- Basket Full of Posies

Snippets- Week #486

Allsorts Challenge- Week 791/2: Seasons Delights  

Inspiration Station- Challenge #64 Inspiration Prompt 

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (August)   

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes 

     One of the challenges at WeCraftCards this week is to make a card using some of our seldom-used patterned papers, especially those with large patterns. I dug through my stack of Christmas/holiday-themed papers, and scrapbook sticker sheets and found the items to create this card. The slimline size, that will fit into a standard #10 (business) sized envelope was required because of the length of the Christmas Banner letters. I punched mini-sized holes into the banner letters and strung them with thin red grosgrain ribbon, which helps them "swoop" across the card front, plus provides texture to the card. Scraps trimmed from the paper used on the front of the card is upcycled to embellish the inside. (I do hate to waste almost anything!)

Supplies: 

·   Front Sentiment Stickers from a “Carta Bella Christmas MARKET Christmas Collection 12X12 Sticker Sheet” 

·   Inside Sentiment- ‘It’s the most wonderful time…” from Beccy’s Place Clear Stamp Set (Sugar and Spice) found HERE

·   Holly Embellishments on sentiments fussy-cut from patterned paper. 

·   Mini-paper punch, patterned paper, red ribbon, and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

ABC Christmas Challenge- “O is for Off the Edge”

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #659-660

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas)

Outlawz Challenge- August 2024 Linky

Papercraft Challenges- Challenge #107 Holiday Time 

    My final card for this posting features Sweet November Stamps' little mermaid digi named “Skipper.” I used a scrapbook template to lightly pencil Skipper into an oval, drastically lessening the time spent fussy-cutting the image. After adding color, I added a few oval layers of colored cardstock behind the image and then adhered it to a journalling card.  A sentiment was added, then embellished with a small gold anchor (made with a paper punch, scrap of metallic gold paper, and a strip of gold cord. 

    I’m entering this card into several challenges including Time Out Challenge: It’s Always Summer Somewhere and Allsorts Challenge: Seasons Delights (During my childhood I spent most of the summer with my BFF’s at the city pool or a nearby lake, lying on the beach chasing the "perfect tan." So this cute little mermaid brings memories of the delights of Summer.)

Supplies: 

·  Digi- Sweet November Stamps (Skipper)

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

·   Journalling card,  Anchor punch, and Oval template are from my scrapbook stash.

·  Front Sentiment “Ocean is my happy place” from Imagine That! digi set (Baby Mermaid) (company no longer in business)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

The Four Seasons Challenge- Anything Goes Summer Aug 2024   

We Love Stamping- Focal Sentiment or Quote  

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge- Aug 2024: Summertime  

Friends of Sweet November (FB) Aug)

Time Out Challenge- #269 It’s always Summer somewhere