myasperations 8-2-25

      It’s August! Which means I get to share my DT card for All Dressed Up (ADU) Stamps monthly FB Challenge. The theme is “Favorite Time of the Year”, and my card features an adorable digi named “Christmas Bear Hugs”. Winter is my favorite time of the year (I know… I’m weird that way!), mainly because I love snow… and the fact that there is zero pollen in the air! I also love teddy bears, especially the ones that look a bit threadbare, as if they could have inspired the book “The Velveteen Rabbit.” I like to give teddy bears that appearance on my cards by coloring them with alcohol markers, and then gently bouncing the blender marker lightly to lift some of the color off of the paper giving them a well-loved look! Brightly colored snow-laden patterned paper and a  flurry of die-cut snowflakes help to bring the card to life!

Supplies: 

·   Digi- All Dressed Up (Christmas Bear Hugs)

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

·   Front Sentiment “Warm Winter Wishes!” from an Imagine That! Digi stamp set (company no longer in business)

·   Snowflakes- Lawn Fawn LF995-Mini Snowflakes Die Set

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

·   Snowflake patterned paper, all other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #799:Dies and/or Punches 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Weeks #710-711 AG/Family Friendly

All Dressed Up- Anything Goes (July #164)  Since I’m a DT for All Dressed Up FB Challenge, I’m entering just for fun. Please don’t include me in the prize draw!  

     I made this card for the current Time Out Challenge. The “Pick Two” items I included in my card are Transport (I grew up in a family where my father and two brothers LOVED Harley-Davidson motorcycles. My dads included a side card, in which my siblings and I loved being transported across the plains of South Dakota. Ah… heaven!), Torn (I tore the edges of an upcycled photo of a cycle on the open road, then adhered it onto a piece of an old South Dakota map), and Stars (punched from the old map and embossed scraps of silver cardstock.)

Supplies: 

·   Motorcycle Scene- Upcycled from an old calendar page

·   Front Sentiment- Harley Davidson quote (Source Unknown) It’s been in my sentiment files for several decades. I attempted to find and cite the original source, but there are too many samples on the web. If anyone can share that info, please share it with me!

·   Inside Sentiment- Computer Generated (to fit with front sentiment.)

·   Darice Embossing Folder (Octagon) Appears to be retired, but I’ve occasionally seen it on EBay

·   Silver stars created with scraps of dry embossed silver cardstock. Other stars created with scraps of old map.

·   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 #294 (Pick Two)   

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

  Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Aug)  Hagrid’s Motorbike Adventure

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday: Aug (Summer)         

Outlawz Challenge-Aug 2025 Linky  

    As summer is in full gear, the weather is sweltering! So the photo of the icy drink in the mood board for The Four Seasons Summer Challenge inspired me to dig out this stamp set  to make a card. Although my pitcher holds pink lemonade instead of strawberries, it does look very yummy! I used several snippets from my stash, including regular vellum, pink vellum, small bits of yellow ribbon, and the last two pieces of pink doily strips from my stash. (I purchased these doily strips in several colors a few decades ago. Sadly, I don’t use them very often, but for some projects they provide a wonderful vintage feeling, so will need to do some research to see if they can be found anywhere!) The stripes were added with an old stripe stencil, and the sentiment printed on the vellum was computer-generated.   

 

Supplies: 

·   Clear Stamp Set from Power Poppy (Tea in the Garden)

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

·   Sentiment- Computer Generated

·   Stripe Stencil from Printworks (Company no longer in business)

·   Pioneer Clear Photo corners- available from several sources

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

·   Vellum, ribbon, doily, other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

The Four Seasons Challenge- Summer Season Aug 2025  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-AG

Crafty Catz Challenge- #699 AG