myasperations 7-27-25

     I’m honored to be a guest designer for Word Art Wednesday, and wanted to make another card featuring the current challenge verse with  items from the current sponsor, Divinity Designs. This rose bookmark is from a paper pack that offers 12 different designs, and 6 copies of each. A great deal! I liked how the swirls on the foliage die complement the lettering on the verse, and used a dark grey paper with a greyscale pattern that would make a statement but yet not overwhelm the delicate roses.

     Speaking of the roses, Jesus is sometimes referred to as the Rose of Sharon, so I did some scripture research and Song of Solomon 2:1 notes, “I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.“ (You can find a link to the information I found in my supplies list!)

 

Supplies: 

·   Bookmark Digi from Divinity Designs (Shabby Chic Rose Bookmarks Paper Pad)

·   Foliage Die from Divinity Designs (Foliage & Leaves)

·   Front Sentiment- Scripture Digi- from Word Art Wednesday post (7-16-25)

·   Rose of Sharon information can be found on Biblehub.com HERE

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

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

Entered into:  

  Park Hopping-My Happy Place (July)  Epcot’s International Flower and Garden Festival,  

Polkadoodles Challenge- Challenge 8- Week 4- AG     

Classic Design Challenge: Anything Goes #07-2025 Jul/Aug

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Weeks #708-709 AG/Family Friendly

     I had fun creating this card using two different free digi a blog that has a large number of wonderful freebies. It was easy to print them off, trace, and fussy-cut the balloon letters from sparkly gold paper. Then, after adding the “…birthday to you!” line to the lower part of the card, I attached the HAPPY balloons in place and used a fine-line black marker to draw the strings, tying their ends to the lettering at the bottom. When finished, I used a grey marker to add shading to the balloons and lettering.

    An added note- Happy Birthday is one of my favorite songs for a few reasons. It is one of the first songs I remember singing... mainly because there were 6 children in my family, so this song was sung often. Plus, it is a song that I remember had a few optional lyrics that one of my brothers would usually sing loudly, and inappropriately. It involved a monkey... that smelled!

Supplies: 

·   Front Sentiment (first part)- Balloon letters Desert Diva freebie (Happy New Year)

·   Front Sentiment (second part)- a Desert Diva freebie (… birthday to you!)

·   Background patterned paper with strands of lights- Cropped from a card found in the Wedding section of Hobby Lobby

·   Inside Sentiment- “May… filled with Magic” From Beccy’s Place Fairy Folk digi set (Sadly, Beccy recently closed her digi shop)

·   Sparkly Gold cardstock- Hobby Lobby

·   Shading added with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, and balloon strings added with a Sharpie Black Permanent Fine-Line Marker

·   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 #293 (Inspired By… Your Favorite Song)      

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Focus on the Sentiment

Crafty Catz Challenge- #699 AG 

     I had fun making this fun card for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers (BYSHC) monthly challenge using assorted items from my stash. I found Olaf, a cupcake topper, at an after-Christmas sale several years ago. I sketched a window frame from a cardstock scrap, trimmed the windows, and lined them with a scrap of acetate. After positioning Olaf to be peeking into the window, I adhered him in place and adhered a wintery scene cut from an upcycled calendar behind him and set the finished window aside. Using the BYSHC Sketch as my guide, I decorated the front of my card, then attached the window section, added sentiments, and Ta Done!!

     I’m entering this card into several challenges including the ABC Christmas Challenge- ‘N is for Non-Christmas Stash!' (I used non-traditional colors and several winter themed items to create this fun Christmas card, that I think my three little great-nieces will love receiving this coming Christmas. Although, their mom and dad might not be excited about having to listen to the song, “Let it GOoooOOooo! ad nauseum after that!)

                               

Supplies: 

·   Olaf Digi- Cupcake Topper from WalMart

·   Front Sentiment “Hello” DieCouture Creations Butterfly Garden Mini Cutting Die-Hello

·   Snowy scene-upcycled from an old calendar

·   Inside Sentiment- “Christmas Kisses” from Lili of the Valley digi set (Christmas Wishes)

·   Inside Sentiment- “…and a Warm Hug!”- Computer Generated

·   Snowflakes- Lawn Fawn LF995-Mini Snowflakes Die Set

·   Stickles- Diamond

·   Heart punches- from my stash

·   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- #59 July 2025         

ABC Christmas Challenge- “N and O are for…? ”  ‘N is for Non-Christmas Stash!'

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday: July (Christmas)         

Outlawz Challenge-July 2025 Linky