myasperations 3-11-25a

    The Time Out Challenge is celebrating its 11^th year with a CASE the Designer Challenge. Donna Mikasa’s beautiful card, plus the coming of Spring (I hope SOON!) inspired the following cards for the challenge. I followed Donna’s lead for both, dividing the card front at an angle, with one half embossed, and the other filled with digi stamp images. 

      One of the angled panels on this first one has a light floral print that I left uncolored. The other panel includes dusky blue cardstock topped with butterfly embossed vellum. (I’ve had this treasure in my stash for at least 20 years, as I remember packing it through our last three moves. I was saving it for something special… and this challenge is IT!) The bright butterflies on the front and inside of the card were cut from the vellum, colored, then outlined with a fine-line marker.  

Supplies: 

·   Butterfly images (on front and inside) are cut from the embossed vellum

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

       Sharpie Black Permanent Fine-Line Marker 

·   Front Sentiment- Freebie from Desert Diva (Happy Birthday to a very special friend).

·   Inside Sentiment - Computer Generated in Word program

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

·   Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.

·   All other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

Time Out Challenge- Challenge #283 (Birthday Celebrations CASE) (photo)     

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Birthday Wishes (March) (optional twist- 

       Add Some Shine)   

Outlawz Challenge-March 2025 Linky  

Allsorts Challenge- Week 818- CAS (Optional- AG)  

      On this final card, I used another scrap of the butterfly embossed vellum for one panel, and the other included rows of wonderful B&W butterfly images, which I colored with gel pens. (I knew that I had bunches of them, but seldom use more than the white ones. So it was fun, to put them to use. But, it was also a bit scary as I don’t always do well with mediums that can be easily smeared!)

      Years ago a dear friend texted this sentiment when my hubby was going through some frightening health issues.  So I don’t know it’s original source, and can’t find it through web research. There are a few other versions, but none quite touched my heart like this version. So… possibly my friend penned it. I must remember to ask her! 

     I’m entering this card into other challenges including Path Of Positivity: Embracing The Unexpected- make something you wouldn’t normally make. (As noted above, I have many gel pens but rarely use most of them. For this card I used a few dozen of them, mostly the metallic and sparkly ones! It took a while but I do like the result!)

 

Supplies: 

·   Pre-colored Monarch Butterfly Digi from TLC Junk Journaling page on FB (Retired. Originally posted  May 15, 2023)

·   Vellum embossed with Butterflies from my stash

·   Butterflies in rows- B&W Patterned papers from Hobby Lobby

·   Colored with Sakura Gel Pens: Glossy 3D Glaze, Gelly Roll Metallic and Sparkly

·   Sentiment (split to flow from front to inside of card) - Computer Generated in Word program/Original source unknown

·   Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.

·   All other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

Time Out Challenge- Challenge #283 (Birthday Celebrations CASE)      

Crafty Catz Challenge- #689 AG- Optional: Add a Sentiment

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge- #249 AG 

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #129 (Embracing The Unexpected: Make something 

       you wouldn’t normally make.)  

     Many years ago I stumbled upon a source of wonderful digital images, Little Scraps of Heaven (LSOH) Designs. The artist/owner, Tricia Moore, is talented and creative, and the cost of her amazing artwork is affordable. As a result, I have nearly 200 of her digis in my collection, some include sentiments. The one I’m using for this card, named “Love Bear” was one of Tricia’s weekly Freebies in 2017.  I have folders full of scraps, so I cut lots of little squares and used them to create “quilted” background. I even used the teeny tiny bits to create smaller quilts to frame the front sentiment and make quilted heart embellishments for the inside sentiment.

    A dear friend is an avid quilter, so I’m tucking this card away to send to her next Christmas. She is also a card maker, so I know she’ll love it.  

    NOTE- Although the digi I used on the card is no longer available, if you visit the Little Scraps of Heaven (LSOH) Shop you’ll find hundreds of other digis/etc. to use for cards and/or scrapbooking for $1.50 each (US dollar.)

Supplies: 

·   Little Scraps of Heaven Digi (Love Bear) Retired-was weekly Freebie in Aug 2017

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

·   Front Sentiment “Thinking of You”- from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Hello Foxy)

·   Inside Sentiment “All Hearts Come Home...” from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Snow Time)

·   Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.

·   All other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- It’s a Stitch Up

Double D’s Challenge- Going Green     

Colorful Options Monthly Challenge: March Mood Board- Kermit GREEN  

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday: March (Christmas) 

Di’s Digi Stamps-Green with Envy

Snippets- Week #501

  Park Hopping-My Happy Place (March)     Country Bear Jamboree

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge: March 2025