myasperations 10-31-24a

These two cards were created for the Sweet November Stamps October Challenge.            

                    

     For this card, I layerered the adorable Sylvie png digi over a starry nebula background named, appropriately for this card, “Witches Broom Nebula” using a free Word program named Paint.net. (Paint.net link is in my supplies list. You can also find tutorials on the web to use jpg or png digis and pictures to layer scenes, add transparency, etc. I added a picture of the layered scene that I was able to just copy, size, and print off.)  Note-I used the Paint.net program to also add a WM image of this picture to respect the company's copyrights.  I saved the original ( with no WM) to my laptop so that I can make similar cards in the future and add the WM to the photo I take after the card is finished.

      I’m entering this card into several challenges including Cupcake Inspirations: Color Challenge (my card features all three of the colors, purple, black and Lime), Inspiration Station: Inspiration Photo (my card was inspired by the colors and holiday), including Outlawz: Tuesday Color Challenge (my card feature three of the five color options- Navy Blue, blue, and yellow- in broom, plus it fits into the optional twist of Make it Halloween),

                        

  Supplies: 

·   Z-Fold Card base- Instructions can be found HERE.

·   Witches Broom Nebula night sky- from my BING Screensaver Collection

·   Free Paint.net program can be found HERE (you can use it to  add watermarks, layer digis, and more!)

·   Digi- Sweet November Digital Stamp (Sylvie)

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

·   Inside Sentiment- Beccy’s Place Digital Set (Out of this World) Retired.

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  Sylvie (Witch) in Nebula-

Friends of Sweet November (FB) Oct

Cupcake Inspirations- #605 Color Challenge- Lime, Purple and Black 

Inspiration Station- Challenge #66 Inspiration Prompt 

Outlawz- Tuesday Color Challenge- Photo Inspiration  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- AG

Papercraft Challenges- Challenge #111 Spooky Season

   This card reminds me of the reason I love making cards! I always bring a bag of digis, markers, etc. when I travel so I can work on them en route… which is what I was doing on a recent flight home from a family reunion in Montana. On the shuttle ride home from the MSP airport, I was thrilled to meet a few passengers in the bench seat behind mine. The sweet young girl named Coco and her Grandma were excited to be on a trip together and shared a bit about their adventures. When Coco showed me her new coloring book. I asked if she’d ever used sparkly gel pens. When I learned she hadn’t, I showed her a few from my stash and her eyes lit up. Within seconds I gifted her with several from my stash and she settled in to try them out. While she and her Grandma colored together I made her this card with items I had in my craft bag. As I presented it to her, I told her that this little fairy could now “fly" and them on the rest of their trip! Coco giggled and smiled brightly! (This is my favorite way to spread a bit of JOY!)

                       

Supplies: 

·   Grunge Background digi- from The Paper Shelter Digi set (Casual Boy)

·   Digi- Sweet November Digital Stamp (Daphne's Ride)

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

·   Front Sentiment- DDDoodles Freebie (Oh Happy Day) 

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  Daphne's Ride

Friends of Sweet November (FB) Oct

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #240 AG                             

     These last two are for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers {BYSHC} Challenge.                                                                    

     My final card features a row of snowpeople's sticker that I've had in my scrapbook stash for over two decades. So they were happy to be put to work! I added sentiments that I started receiving last year after signing up for Sande Woodson’s weekly emails with freebies (original patterned paper, sentiments and ephemera!) You can sign up HERE. You can also find some of Sande’s freebies on her FB page (Sande's Poema Card Making Community.)

      I’m entering this card into several challenges including and Park Hopping-My Happy Place (this is one of my favorite challenges. It’s introduced me to lots of places that are now on my bucket list, the host is talented, generous and all around sweet!)

Supplies: 

·   Snowmen Border Sticker- unknown source

·   X-stitch Bordered Sentiments- from Sande's Poema Freebies (Nov 2023 Nordic Winter Collection) Sign up for weekly freebies (HERE)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge FB- #50 October 2024    

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas)

Outlawz Challenge- Oct 2024 Linky

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Oct)    Badlands Snow Park (WI)

       This one features a sweet Santa from Gerda Steiner Designs, plus a strip of festive HOHOHO ribbon and scraps of black ribbon woven through a Spellbinders diecut tag.  

                                       

              

Supplies: 

·   Santa Digi- Freebie from Gerda Steiner Designs (No longer available, but other freebies can be found HERE)

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

·   HOHOHO Ribbon- JoAnnes Crafts

·   Tag Die-from Spellbinders Shapeabilitites Fancy Tags set  

·   Inside Sentiment-“Wishing You a Magical Christmas” a freebie from Birdscards.com (Blog now closed)

·   Pioneer Black Photo corners- available from several sources

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge FB- #50 October 2024         

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #671-672

Paper Funday- #69 Anything Goes