myasperations 5-21-25

       The Time Out Challenge current theme is “Star Wars” so I wanted to make several cards to recognize this classic movie. Back in in 1977 my boyfriend/soon to be fiancée and I went to see it and were blown away by the special effects and especially the diverse number of odd aliens! We just watched Rogue One followed by Star Wars, and it was fun to see how the two movie plot lines merged together, even though they were released nearly 4 decades apart!

     For this card I used a wonderful digi that displays Leia’s feisty personality, unique hairstyle, and classic fashion sense! After watching the movie, I realized that her hair was much darker than I colored it on this digi. I'll need to remember that for next time!

     I’m entering this card into several challenges including two with a Star Wars theme (Park Hopping and Colorful Options).

  

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Oddball Art/Lizzy Love Stamps (Princess Leia) Sadly it appears that this Company is no longer in business

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

·   Front Sentiment “May the 4^th be with you”- We Are 3 Digital Sentiments - Special Holidays (Company no longer in business)

·   Inside Sentiment “Celebrate with a BANG!” from Eureka Stamps  (Currently Not Available)

·   Star patterned paper and star stickers- JoAnnes Crafts (sadly all stores closed nationwide.)

·   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 #288  (Theme Challenge- May the 4th... Star Wars Theme 

  Park Hopping-My Happy Place (May)     Current Mood Board-Star Wars 

Colorful Options Monthly Challenge: May Mood Board-Star Wars       

The Paper Shelter- #638 Anything Goes  

Paper Funday- #76 Anything Goes 

    This is my third entry into the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers group (BYSHC) Challenge for May on FB. I’ve had a sheet of vintage faux postage stamps for many years, and they worked perfectly into this month’s sketch when paired with a Santa on the beach colored digi from a packet of scrapbook embellishments I’ve also had for some time. The two sentiments, from a Beccy’s Place digi set, are the perfect for this fun card, is fun card… which went together pretty quickly!

    An added note- Sadly, Beccy Muir, artist/owner of Beccy’s Place, is discontinuing her digi line on June 30th (she explains the reasons for this difficult decision HERE.) So, if you have plans to add any of her digi sets to your collection, or have any gift cards you need to use, you will need to do that soon. Beccy added a “Digital Stamp Sale” section to her shop, in which she has posted a large number of individual digis andsets from the past, priced from $3.00 to as low as 31¢ (US rate.) Since I often use sentiments from Beccy’s digi sets on my cards, I made sure to pay attention not just to the images but also the sentiments in the sets as I filled my cart with these treasures before they are gone forever! (Sad sigh!) The set that I used for the sentiments on this card has been fun to use when sending Christmas cards to friends and family that live in warm climates or spend the holiday near the ocean. I included a pic of the WM set to show Beccy’s creativity of turning snowpeople into sand people! I love them.

 

Supplies: 

·   Seaside Background photo- upcycled from an old calendar

·   Santa Image- from a packet of scrapbook embellishments from JoAnnes Crafts (sadly recently all stores closed nationwide.)

· Beach-themed postage stamp set- Freebie from The Graphics Fairy

·   Front Sentiment “Have Yourself a Sandy little Christmas ”- from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Sandy Christmas)

·   Inside Sentiment “May Your Days be Merry and Bright”- from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Sandy Christmas)

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

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

Entered into:  

{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge FB- #57 May 2025        

ABC Christmas Challenge- “J and K are for…? ”  “K is for Kraft”

Classic Design Challenge: Anything Goes May-June 2025 (optional- Masculine) 

Penny’s Paper Crafty Challenge- #5967 Anything Goes

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge-AG May 2025 (optl twist- Celebrate Good Times!) 

Outlawz Challenge-May 2025 Linky

      My final post features an image from a Dover Publications coloring book named First My Mother, Forever My Friend. I signed up the Dover Publications Sampler several years ago and have appreciated that I receive regular emails with to a half dozen coloring and activity books, each offering 4-5 pages that are available for a short time as free downloads. This card was created with one of those free pages. After saving the coloring sheet, I used my Word program to reduce it in size to fit an A2 card, then printed it off, and added color and embellishments.         I then added the tag/flap with the sentiment "Happy Mother's Day" in Vietnamese.  The reason?  A few months ago a friend who teaches an ESL (English as Second Language) class at a local college. introduced me to one of her students, named Ha,  who quickly became a new friend. Ha, her husband, and her young son, recently moved to the States from Vietnam and live just down the block from me. We’ve met for coffee a few times, and when I learned that Ha has never received a Mother's Day card, I got to work making one especially for her!  With the help of a free translator on the web I tailored the sentiment just for my new friend. Seeing her bright smile after receiving the card reminded me, once again, why I love making cards.      

Supplies: 

·   Dover Publishing link to sign up for free sample coloring pages HERE 

·   Digi- Dover Creative Haven Coloring Book (First My Mother, Forever My Friend) 

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

·   Front Flap Sentiment- computer generated with the help of a free translator (HERE) 

·   Inside Sentiment- Computer Generated

·   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: 

Papercraft Challenges- Challenge #118 All About Mom 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Bright and Cheerful

The Paper Shelter- #639 Anything Goes  

Crafty Catz Challenge- #694 AG

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday: May (Say It With Flowers and Let's Be Friends)