myasperations 9-20-24

     For this month’s “Anything Goes” challenge at Sheepski Designs my DT card features a sweet little mummy gnome in a digi named “Trick or Treat” by artist/owner Andrea Norris. ” Inspired by the photo of this digi on Andrea’s Etsy Shop, I colored the gnome cap on my card to resemble “candy corn.” Backed by a background freebie from DDDoodles named “Eerie Forest,” and embellished with scary bats, pumpkins from an OLD Stampin Up set, and a vellum ghost, the finished card has a fun Halloween vibe!

    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!

     I’m entering this card into several challenges including Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Most of the Halloween cards I create have a cutesy feeling, mainly because they are sent to nephews and nieces. However, I’ve always loved scary movies, so I think attending  Halloween Horror Nights (at any Universal Park worldwide) would be a scream, literally!!

Supplies: 

·   Eerie Forest Patterned Paper- a freebie from DDDoodles can be found HERE

·   Digi- Sheepski Designs Digi (Trick or Treat)

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

·   Sentiments- Computer Generated

·   Other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Sept) Halloween Horror Nights 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #238 AG

Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #678 AG      

Paper Funday- #69 Anything Goes      

We Love Stamping- Hand Colored  

     This is my second entry into the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge, which features coffee and/or hot chocolate, plus this month- cookies and/or candy! I use this digi set from Beccy’s Place quite often because the drinks look so yummy, and the sentiments are so versatile! This is the first time I featured the mug of hot chocolate with a towering dollop of whipped topping and an assortment of peppermint candies onto a teepee fold card. (I was surprised at how easy it is to make this fold. I plan to use it more often in the future! I didn’t have any small magnets on hand, but I did have Velcro and it worked pretty well, too.)  

     I’m entering this card into several challenges including Cupcake Inspirations: Favorite Foods (I love hot chocolate, especially during fall and winter with  a shot of peppermint schnapps, of stirred with a candy cane. So yummy!), The Paper Shelter: Three of Something (I embellished the sentiment with three peppermint candies fussy-cut from a scrap of patterned paper), and ABC Christmas Challenge: T is for Traditional Christmas Colours (For a little variety, My card includes a few shades of red and green!)

Supplies: 

·   Teepee Card Instructions- Youtube Video HERE, Tutorial HERE

·   Digi (pre-colored) and front sentiment “Tis the season for coffee” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Christmas Cheers)

·   Shading and highlights added with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Peppermint candy Patterned paper and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge- Sept #33 Coffee + Candy and/or Cookies   

Cupcake Inspirations- #602 Theme Challenge- Favorite Foods   

The Paper Shelter- #609: Three of Something  

ABC Christmas Challenge- “S and T are for…?”   T is for Traditional Christmas Colours

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

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #665-666

      Years ago I discovered an artist/illustrator who creates amazing vintage “printables.” Her name is Paulette Slater, and she regularly offers her work through a FB site. Free Printables for your Junk Journaling with TLC provides dozens of free sentiments and digis on a regular basis. You can visit the site and join to have access to all the wonderful freebies that Paulette offers! (You’ll also then learn about the seasonal and themed sets that Paulette also sells through a shop… where she also occasionally hides some wonderful freebies. You can visit her shop HERE.)

      The beautiful pre-colored digi on this card, “Fall Fairy,” and the sentiment that enhances it are both from Paulette’s FB site. You can find the links in my supplies list.

 

Supplies: 

·   Pre-colored Digi- This freebie is available from Free Printables for your Junk Journaling with TLC (FB) You can join HERE.  Then you can access via a search, or this link Fall Fairy (Sept 8 2023.)

·   Shading and highlights added with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Front Sentiment- Freebie from Handmade by Paula (Thinking of You)

·   Inside Sentiment- “Fall is the Season…”  From TLC Freebies site. After you join HERE, you can access this freebie via a search, or this link Autumn Leaf Fairy Sentiment and scroll down a few clicks to (Sept 8 2023.)

·   Leaf Patterned Paper- Hobby Lobby

·   Other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Double D’s Challenge- Fall Leaves    

Inspiration Station- Challenge #65 Inspiration Prompt- Fall/Farm Scene

Papercraft Challenges- Challenge #110 Fabulous Fall

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge- Sept 2024: Fall

Outlawz Sunday Challenge- Summers End  

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Fall is Coming)

Outlawz Challenge- Sept 2024 Linky