myasperations 10-25-24b

These two cards were created for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays 2024 Linky Party.

    The first card shows the little kitten peering out into a snowy winter scene and has a fun sentiment (also a freebie) that adds to the magical/whimsical feeling of the card. For this card I needed two copies of the pre-colored winter window. On the first one, I used an Exacto blade to carefully cut out the windowpanes. On the second one, I just needed the Christmas tree framed within the window, so I cropped that from the digi in my Word program, printed, and trimmed around the frame.

     I adhered a scrap of acetate to fill the window panes with “glass” and adhered the acetate to the backside of the digi. When finished, I laid it onto an A2 sized card front, slid the Christmas tree window behind it, positioned it to match up with the top window, held it in place when removing the top digi, and adhered it.

    Time to add the cute Kitty! I experimented a bit to find the best placement, taped him in place (nose to the “glass”), then sandwiched strips of foam tape between the two layers to add depth to the scene. Added sentiments, embellishments, and… TaDa!! Cuteness overload!

    Note- The background window digi is from one artist/illustrator, Paulette Slater, who shares her work through a FB site named Free Printables for your Junk Journaling with TLC, where she offers free sentiments and digis regularly. The FB site also provides details of seasonal and themed sets that Paulette sells through a Ko-fi shop HERE, where I purchased the front window digi and where Paulette occasionally hides freebies.)

 

Supplies: 

·   Background window- TlcCreatesVintage Junk Journal Printable (Home for Winter 

         precolored digi set)

·   Digi set-Angie Blom Digital Designs (Purr Purr Purr Coloring Sheet)

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

·   Front Sentiment- Freebie from gingershouse (May you never be too grown-up…)

·   Inside Sentiment- “A Happy Christmas to You” from The Paper Shelter Digi Set (Vintage     

         Xmas Designs)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

{BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays  2024 Linky Party       

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge (AG)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Christmas

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Oct)    The Secret Life of Pets (Universal Studios) 

Show Us Your Pussycats Challenge- Furry Thing Goes- #105 Oct  (Photo)

Paper Funday- #69 Anything Goes      

    For this second card, I colored the little feline as a “Ginger” and placed him atop a background that was inspired by a Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers {BYSHC} sketch challenge on FB (#39 in November 2023). It was fun to find a scrap of music-patterned paper to reflect the sentiment! 

Supplies: 
·   Digi set-Angie Blom Digital Designs (Purr Purr Purr Coloring Sheet)
·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white & silver gel pens
·    Front Sentiment- “Christmas Music makes me happy” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Here 

         Comes Christmas)
·   All other items from my stash.
Entered into:  
(via Pinterest) {BYSHC} Falling for the Holidays  2024 Linky Party       
Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #762: Make it Cute  
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #671-672
Polkadoodles Challenge- Week #42 AG                                       
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas)
Outlawz Challenge- Oct 2024 Linky