myasperations: myasperations 6-28-25

Sunday, June 29, 2025

myasperations 6-28-25

I have planned to create a Zebra card or two to enter into this month’s Outlawz Sunday Songs and Rhymes Challenge-Zebra Question by Shel Silverstein. My card was inspired by a fun (and free) kids book of Zebra Puns and Jokes that I found on the web. When I found it I knew that I wanted to make a card with Zebras and a trampoline for a joke lovin’ 9-year-old son of a friend. I had the concept in my brain after finding this fun trampoline sentiment, but it took me a while to figure out how to put the card together. I wanted the inside of the card to give the impression of bouncing zebras but wasn’t quite sure how to do that. So… I printed off an extra Zebra to cut in half so that I could make it look like Zebras were bouncing in and out of the card frame. They looked a little odd, so I added dashed lines to show their trajectory. I wasn’t sure others would grasp my intention. So… I shared it with my hubby and he said “I get it.” So, if a 58-year-old man understands it, I hope a 9-year-old one does!!

Supplies:

· Digi- QKR Eureka Digital Stamp (Zebra) Currently Not Available

· Sentiments- Computer Generated from itsybitsfun.com (Zebra Puns and Jokes)

· Greenery Patterned paper- Hobby Lobby

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

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

Entered into:

Outlawz Sunday Challenge: Songs and Rhymes-Zebra Question

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (June) Zebras-Disney Animals

Classic Design Challenge: Anything Goes June-July 2025

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday: June (One For The Boys)

Outlawz Challenge-June 2025 Linky

This card features a Moondrea Designs digi, which is provided free to participants of their monthly Progressive FB Challenge. I decided to make a Valentine’s Day card, digi which will be added to packets of cards that I’ll be giving to a few brides and grooms this summer. I had fun coloring the beautiful digi with rich Victorian shades, and sketching a few details on her hat brim to turn it into a pretty straw bonnet.

Supplies:

· Digi- Moondrea Designs Progressive Challenge FB-(June- Heart Witch)

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

· Front Sentiment- Freebie from DDDoodles (Love pass it on…)

· Inside Sentiment- QKR Eureka Digital Stamp (Happy Valentines Day) Currently Not Available

· Pioneer Silver Photo corners- available from several sources

· 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- AG

The Paper Shelter- #644 AG (Opt Twist-Cut it out)

Crafty Catz Challenge- #697 AG

Moondrea Designs Progressive Challenge FB-(June- Heart Witch)

This month’s sketch at Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers group (BYSHC) Challenge on FB is a simple one that has inspired me to make many cards. The cute little Angel from Polkadoodles is trumpeting a bit of Christmas music for two little tweets! When decluttering my craftoom I found a pile of lovely Christmas subway art backgrounds that I had printed on vellum at least 10 years ago. I know that I have the original of this one somewhere in my computer files, but I can’t locate it. I did find a similar one, also free and Christian-themed, that you can find HERE.