myasperations 3-19-25

      When I saw The Time Out Challenge mood board for its current challenge “ The Red Carpet” I was thrilled. When I was growing up, if I wasn’t drawing or coloring, I played with paper dolls or my beloved Barbie and her gorgeous clothes. Working on cards for this challenge brought back so many happy memories. This first card, inspired by the sequined rainbow dress on the mood board, took on a sparkly life of its own!

      The base for the dress is a template (info in supplies) I printed off on regular copy paper. After fussy-cutting the dress skirt and bodice, I use a scoring tool to gently add the fold line, then used decorative chalks, a makeup sponge, and my fingers to carefully add pastel color stripes.  When finished, I folded the skirt, adding tape to the back to hold it together. Next, The bodice was added, trimmed to fit, then taped to the skirt (on the backside.) I gave the dress the look of sequins by covering it with little dots of Diamond Stickles. Setting the dress aside to dry, I experimented with options for the background… and settled on some gold sparkle paper that adds a major WOW factor. I cut an oval from the gold paper and adhered the remaining “frame” to a white A2 card base. When the dress was dry, I cut a small strip of the sparkly gold paper to create a “belt”, then positioned the dress and sentiments on the card. So fun! 

 

Supplies: 

·   Origami Dress Patterns are available on the web. The one I used is no longer available but I found a similar one HERE. Instructions for folding the pattern can be found HERE and HERE.  And one that will help you create a template with a circle and a ruler HERE!

·   Colored with Decorating Chalks- a few names that I’m aware of are Pebbles (I Kan'Dee) Chalk Set and Craft-T Chalks.

·   Stickles- Diamonds  or a similar sparkle base!

·   Front Sentiment “Hello Sunshine” from  Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Hello Sunshine)

·   Inside Sentiment “ You add COLOR to my life”  A freebie from Desert Diva HERE

·   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 #284 (The Challenge: The Red Carpet) 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge- #250 AG 

Allsorts Challenge- Week 819- Feminine

Outlawz- Tuesday Color Challenge- Rainbow  

Outlawz Challenge-March 2025 Linky  

      This Fairy named  Cecily from Sweet November Stamps was provided to the their FB group members who entered four fairy-themed cards during their 2025 “Faebruary” challenge. The March challenge encourages including rainbows on our cards, so I used my Paint.net program to provide a colorful background on which I could give Cecily center stage!

 

Supplies: 

·   Rainbow Background- a freebie from the TLC Junk Journaling page on FB (No longer available)

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

·   Fairy Digi- “Cecily” a freebie for participating in the Feb 2025 challenge at Sweet November Stamps.

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

·   Ladybug Stickers- Jolee's 3D Red Foil Sticker 

·   Front Sentiment-Freebie from TlcCreations (Happy Spring)

·   Inside Sentiment “Each day…” is from a Jan’s Digis set (Bonnet Bouquet) Ssadly, no longer available

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

·   Swirly border/frame was fussy-cut from an old certificate

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

Entered into:  

Friends of Sweet November (FB) March  

Outlawz Sunday Challenge: Songs and Rhymes- Little Folk

Cupcake Inspirations- #614 Color Challenge- Sky Blue, Pink, Green  

Penny’s Paper Crafty Challenge- #592 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge- Challenge 4, Week 1- AG                     

  Park Hopping-My Happy Place (March)     Lephrechans: The Little Man of Disneyland

Colorful Options Monthly Challenge: March Mood Board-Kermit GREEN   

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday: March (St Patrick's Day, Spring) 

    This month’s sketch at the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers group (BYSHC) Challenge on FB is a simple one that has inspired me to make many cards that I’ll be posting over the next few weeks. I flipped the sketch for this card, creating a landscape vs. portrait layout. Its front features a 4 x 5¼ inch section of patterned paper, which was included in a prize packet I won in a past BYSHC challenge! The paper includes both whitewashed wood panels, plus a swag of beautiful holiday greenery. The holly-decorated sentiment was stamped with a wood mount stamp that I’ve had in my stash since the late 1990s. After stamping and embossing the image with black EP, I colored and highlighted the holly and frame. I also trimmed the ends of the ribbon on holiday greenery background so that I could nestle the sentiment beneath it.

Supplies: 

·   Black Pigment ink and Black Embossing Powder from my stash

·   Front Sentiment “Merry Christmas with Holly” Wood Mount Stamp from Printworks (stamp no longer available)

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

·   Inside Sentiment-“Spreading Holiday Cheer…” from Power Poppy digi set (Gingerbread Family) 

·   Pioneer Clear Photo corners- available from several sources

·   Gold 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:  

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

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #780: Add a Sentiment

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Weeks #691-692

ABC Christmas Challenge- “E, F and G  are for…? ”  ‘F is for Focal Sentiment'

{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge FB- #55 March 2025