myasperations 7-8-25

   The WeCraftCards Forum recently challenged participants to make 3D flowers using book pages, music sheets, punches, dies, or cut files. I knew I had a flower punch that I bought at a Stampin' Up show back in the 90s, but had never used. I found it in the "donation" box I started when I began my task of downsizing a few months ago. I was thankful it was still sitting in my craft room! I used the flower punch with scraps of old choir books (that had belonged to my grandmother-in-law, and had been discovered when she entered a nursing home, and we were cleaning out her basement. They were ripped and water damaged, but I nabbed them because most were dated from the 1890s through the 1940s!) I also had a dictionary that I used in school during the 60s and 70s, which means it can also be considered vintage!

    I punched dozens of flowers, layered them together with a slight dab of glue, then topped each with a little flower sticker that added color and texture. I noticed some herringbone-patterned green paper in my stash and found a quick and easy way to make leaves with it. After cutting the herringbone pattern into long strips, I folded each strip into short sections, then trimmed each section into a leaf shape, and adhered them to the layered flowers. I positioned the flowers and a few sentiments on patterned paper to make three cards. I love how they turned out!

An added note- The sentiments are from the Spring 2025 Scrapbooking Fun Summit, a 4-day virtual event I attended this past May. The sentiments on these cards are from one of the summit presenters, Sarah Lihz, Sarah’s business name is Sassy’s LLC, and she offered what she calls “Emergency Card Kits” during the Summit, which included Free Downloads of wonderful card ideas and sentiments. You can see her videos, and learn about her card kits HERE.

Supplies used on each card: 

·   Flower Punch from Stampin’ Up! (Retired)

·   Vintage Music Sheets and old Dictionary pages- from my stash

·   Flower Stickers- Hobby Lobby

·   Sentiments- Freebies from Sassy’s LLC, Emergency Card Kit Playlist

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

·   Vintage and patterned papers, other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Card #1-

 

Entered into:  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Sending Flowers 

Outlawz Sunday Challenge: Songs and Rhymes-Summer  (I love the colorful flowers of summer, in red, orange, yellow and more!)  

Penny’s Paper Crafty Challenge- #600 Anything Goes

Di’s Digi Stamps-Use Stash Items

Colorful Options Monthly Challenge: July Color Board (my card includes all four colors in various shades/tints) 

Classic Design Challenge: Anything Goes June-July 2025  

Card #2-

Entered into:  

(Via Pinterest) Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Sending Flowers

Polkadoodles Challenge- Challenge 8- Week 1- AG                     

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge: July 2025 (Optional-Birthday)

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

Paper Funday- #78 Anything Goes  

Card #3-

Entered into:  

(Via Pinterest) Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Sending Flowers

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge- #257 AG 

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge-Happy Birthday (July) 

Outlawz Challenge-July 2025 Linky  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Weeks #706-707 AG/Family Friendly

Crafty Catz Challenge- #697 AG