myasperations 8-30-25

      This card features a pretty heart-shaped digi from artist Ching-Chou Kuik. The digi, named Love Garden, includes leaves, so all I had to do was enclose it within an oval to fit the August Outlawz Sketch Challenge. I added depth to the digi by shading the floral patterns with various grey markers and adding highlights with a white gel pen. The final touches to create a wedding card were to add a bit of silver embossed ribbon and a heart-shaped rhinestone.

Supplies: 

·    Digi- LOVE GARDEN from Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamp (Etsy shop is on break)  

·    Shading and highlighting added with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    White Embossed frame for digi- from a box of note cards I found at a local thrift store

·    Inside Sentiment- Freebie from TLC Creations (Fairy Tales Do Come True)  

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

·    Heart-shaped white rhinestone sticker- Hobby Lobby

·    White and silver WEDDING ribbon, other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-AG

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Weeks #714-715 AG/Family Friendly

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

     I needed a few more entries for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers (BYSHC) August challenge, and this is the final card that I made on Wednesday. A sparkly gold snowflake takes center stage, especially when paired with a rich Victorian color palette of assorted papers.

     I plan to attach the snowflake to the card by adding a few stitches of thin gold thread through all of the paper layers and taping it down on the inside of the card. I'll also add a note that says the ornament can easily be removed from the card by removing the stiches. Then it can add some beautiful sparkle to a Christmas tree or hanging in a window! 

 

Supplies: 

·    Blue Baroque background paper- Hobby Lobby

·    Sparkly Gold Snowflake- a box full found at a local thrift store (They look vintage)

·    Striped sections of Sketch created with strips of patterned paper from my stash

·    Front 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: 

{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge FB- #60 Aug 2025         

Di’s Digi Stamps-Show Some Sparkle

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday: Aug (Christmas)         

Outlawz Challenge-Aug 2025 Linky

   This is my third entry into the current Double D’s Challenge with a theme of Butterflies. A beautiful gold filigree butterfly cut from a sheet of old scrapbook paper, plus butterflies made with a Fiskars punch, provide the main components. I carefully cut thin strips from the punched butterfly scraps to make antennae. After carefully taping two of these strips to the underside of each butterfly I adhered them to the card. 

Supplies:

·    Butterfly Punch- Fiskars

·    Gold Butterfly trimmed from patterned paper I’ve had for a decade or two!

·    Front Sentiment “Every day may not be good…” Freebie from TLC Creations (no longer available)  

·   Inside Sentiment- from a Beccy’s Place Digi set that is no longer available. (Business recently changed to clear stamps/wholesale only)

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

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

Entered into:  

Double D’s Challenge-Butterflies  

Classic Design Challenge: Anything Goes #08-2025 Aug/Sept