myasperations 6-9-25

     I’m the host for the “Foodie Fun” challenge at WeCraftCards this week. There are so many foods that I love… but when I think of having fun with food, ice cream sundaes with lots of toppings is a fav! This sweet digi from The Paper Shelter, named “The Final Touch” is perfect for the challenge. I paired it with fun plaid paper, which provided the color palette for my card; mainly brown, white, red, and green. A digi from a book named, appropriately, “The Ice Cream Book,” copied from a Dover Publications newsletter, provides a wonderful backdrop.

    A bit more info- I signed up for the Dover Publications Sampler several years ago and have appreciated regular emails with 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 adhered it to the card front at a tilted angle.         

Supplies: 

·   Background- copy of a page from the “The Ice Cream Book” from Dover Publishers HERE

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

·   Digi- The Paper Shelter (The Final Touch)

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

·   Inside Sentiment- “Happy Birthday with a Cherry on top” from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Ice Cream Cones)

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

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

Entered into:  

The Paper Shelter- #641 AG  (Opt Twist- Masculine)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge- #254 AG 

Crafty Catz Challenge- #694 AG

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge-AG June 2025 

Crafty Catz Challenge- #694 AG

     I was thrilled when I learned that a young friend and her husband were expecting a baby. Wanting to provide a special gift, I offered to make their invitations, and they said YES! They were decorating the baby’s room with cute dragon-themed wallpaper, etc. I started creating… and I shared this sample card with them. (I feared I’d get bored with making 3 dozen identical cards, so I offered them a few versions. They opted for the two in the photo below, complete with sentiments. So cute!)

     The beautiful rainbow background is from a favorite FB site for digis, Free Printables for your Junk Journaling with TLC. (See details in my supplies section.) I found the baby dragon digi on the web, printed a few of them on pale pink cardstock, then added some shading and highlighting with markers and white gel pen. I wanted to make the little bunny stuffie look quilted, so I printed several of just that part of the digi onto white cardstock, then added patterns (stripes, dots, small hearts, etc.) and colors. The final touch on my card was to add some sparkle to the little dragons’ scales with Stickles. So cute! 

  

Supplies: 

·   Pre-colored Rainbow background was posted on FB on 6-7-2024 at Free Printables for your Junk Journaling with TLC (on FB) Once you join HERE, check to see if this digi is still available HERE (on a posting)

·   Digi- From Deviantarts artist-Dragons and Beasties (Inktober Baby)

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

·   Stickles- Diamonds

·   Inside Sentiment-Computer Generated

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

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

Entered into: 

Inspiration Station- Challenge #74 Inspiration Prompt 

Polkadoodles Challenge- Challenge 7- Week 2- AG                     

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Weeks #702-703

Penny’s Paper Crafty Challenge- #598 Anything Goes

  Park Hopping-My Happy Place (June)       Wizarding World of Harry Potter HERE  

Colorful Options Monthly Challenge: June  Mood Board-Summer (Optional-rainbow)       

    This T-shirt-shaped Father’s Day card features a fishing theme that will thrill many dads and granddads! (I provided a photo of the template I created so you can make a t-shirt card, too.)

Supplies: 

·   Template for T-Shirt card- Created by me!

·   Fishing Lure Digi- from my scrapbook stash embellished with sparkly fibers from my stash

·   Front Sentiment “Happy Father’s Day”- Computer Generated

·   Inside Sentiment- “Have a Fin-tastic Day” from Birdscards (Blog now closed)

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

·   Scraps from old maps, other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

Time Out Challenge- Challenge #290  Pick 2: Recycle (map) Repeat (fish on patterned paper) 

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

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Masculine

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday: June (Father's Day)         

Outlawz Challenge-June 2025 Linky