myasperations 6-12-25

     I had fun creating a grunge card using this great digi from Createful Heart Design, Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, and recycled cardboard scraps. My grandpa had a truck like this, but it was in much better shape and also had wood accents on the back. So, I cut some scraps of woodgrain paper into thin strips to create a wood truck bed (I think that is what they call it?!)   

    I colored the truck aqua to resemble my grandpa’s. It looked a bit odd with its nice "paint job" but broken windows and other signs of age until I decided to add some “rust”!  I started the process by adding patches of several shades of brown, then added small touches of teal and greys. That worked, but I knew that much rust would create rough textures. So, I experimented by adding a light wash of water to the rusty sections and a sprinkling of table salt. When dry, I brushed the salt off … and loved the result! You can’t see it in the photos, but the rust looks pretty realistic and complements the other worn features of the old truck. 

     I’m entering this card into several challenges including Time Out’s Pick Two: My card features Weather (or rather the effects of weather, i.e. rusty patches, on the old truck0, and Recycle (I was tearing up a cardboard box and loved the textures on the corrogatued sections, so just had to use them on my card. So fun!)      

                                    

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Creatful Heart Designs (Worn Out Truck) Etsy shop is temporarily closed

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pel

·   Front Sentiment “You are a CLASSIC!”- Computer Generated

·   Inside Sentiment- Eureka Digital Stamp (Dad You're the Best) Currently Not Available

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

·   Assorted background papers and texture items from my stash

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

Entered into:  

Time Out Challenge- Challenge #290  (Pick Two Challenge-Weather, Recycle)   

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

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge-AG June 2025 (optl twist- Make it Masculine!) 

    It’s almost time for the roadside Strawberry stands to pop up in our region, which means summer has arrived. Creating this card makes me think it can’t come fast enough this year! The strawberry digi is a freebie from Beccy’s Place. I love that they include the sweet little white flowers!

    I’m entering this card into several challenges, including Park Hopping-My Happy Place (This is one of my favorite challenges and has helped me to develop a hole bucket list of parks I want to visit before I… well… kick the bucket! I searched for a park that offers strawberry treats and discovered that Disney offers lots of strawberry options in their parks… and even provided a yummy recipe for Strawberry Shortcake!!)

Supplies: 

·   Strawberry digis are from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Strawberries)

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

·   Sentiments- from Imagine That! Digi stamps (Company no longer in business)

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

·   Sheer black dotted Swiss ribbon- JoAnne’s

·   Polka dotted papers, polka dot butterfly, burlap scrap,  other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Floral Greetings (June) (twist- Polka Dots)   

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Fur, Feathers and/or Flowers

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (June)      Disney’s Strawberry Shortcake (free recipe!)

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge: June 2025

    The jingle bell digi on this set is gorgeous, but I especially like the three Christmas sentiments in the set, which are among my favorites! It took a little bit of work to get a nice patina on the silver jingle bells, but a bit of layering of grey Spectrum Noir markers, Marvy Silver Marker, plus Sakura Gelly Roll white and silver gel pens provided success! The rest of the card has a traditional color scheme, and a background featuring a free digital sheet music score completes this festive card!

    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 within the next few weeks! Beccy added a “Digital Stamp Sale” section to her shop, in which she has posted a large number of individual digis and sets from the past, priced from $3.50 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! The good news is that Beccy will continue to offer all the wonderful free digi images and tutorials on her blog. THAT is such great news!

Supplies: 

·   Free Jingle Bells Sheet Music can be found at michaelkravchuk.com

·   Digi and sentiments are from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Jingle Bells)

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

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

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

·   Black dotted Swiss ribbon- Hobby Lobby

·   Embellishment for inside sentiment is upcycled from an old Christmas card, other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

ABC Christmas Challenge- “L and M are for…? ”  'M is for Music’

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday: June (Christmas)         

Outlawz Challenge-June 2025 Linky  

The Paper Shelter- #642 AG  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Weeks #702-703