myasperations 8-20-24

    For this month’s “Anything Goes” challenge at Sheepski Designs my DT card features a beautiful scene featuring a digi named “Sunflowers” by artist/owner Andrea Norris. I grew up in South Dakota, where the fall was ablaze with fields of sunflowers, a popular seed crop.  It always amazed me how the flowers literally moved with the sun. Their “faces” slowly (almost magically!) turned from east to west during the day. Many of them were the size of dinner plates. For me, the thing that heralds the end of summer is miles of brilliant sunflower fields!

    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!

  

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Sheepski Designs Free digi (Sunflowers)

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

·   Front Sentiment “Hello Sunshine” -SnapClickSupply.com  (Sweet As Can Bee Word Art)

·   Upcycled calendar page, butterfly sticker, and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Add a Sentiment  

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Butterflies)

Allsorts Challenge- Week 793/4: Summer Days  

Paper Funday- #68 Anything Goes      

Not2Shabby Monthly Challenge- August Mood Board 

       This is my first entry into the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge. The August theme is “Coffee and Cute Critters” and my card features a cute little mouse trimmed from a Gerda Steiner digi and a coffee cup upcycled from an old card. So fun! (The coffee steam was created with swirls cut from decorated vellum. Easy peasy!)

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Gerda Steiner Printable Greeting Cards  (Stay Cool Mouse)

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

·   Front Sentiment/coffee cup- upcycled from old greeting card

·   Decorated vellum- Hobby Lobby

·   Card front and envelope- baby announcements from clearance aisle at Hobby Lobby

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge- August #32 Coffee and Cute Critters

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #661-662

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (August)    Cinderella’s Mice (Disney)  

      I was born during the 1950s when Elvis was King, so this sweet digi from The Paper Shelter resonates with me.  I just love that cute little Elvis teddy bear with his leather jacket, poufy hair and sideburns! 

      The free sheet music is from one of my often-used sites. And the red heart is cut from I cut from a scrap of red plastic file folder. (If you follow my blog, you’ll know I often use these wonderful items quite often. Sometimes called document file folders, they come in a pack of assorted colors and can be found in the office supply section of most stores. They're cheaper than colored vellum and more translucent. Punches and dies don’t work on these sheets, but they are easy to cut with sharp scissors. You can also use templates or stencils to trace shapes onto them with a permanent fine line marker.)

Supplies: 

·   Digi- The Paper Shelter (My Elvis Teddy Bear)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white & silver gel pens

·   Sheet Music- Freebie (Can’t Help Falling in Love with You)

·   Black photo corners available from several web sources (WXJ13 Photo Mounting Corners)

·   Sparkly Heart Stickers, plastic file folder scraps. and all other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #236

The Paper Shelter- #606- Summer Break AG

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge- Anything Goes (optional twist- Music)