myasperations 8-6-25

     I really like bees, so I was excited to see the new challenge at Double D. This bee-bearing card will be my first of many! It features bee digis from Beccy’s Place, a beautiful wildflower photo from a favorite FB site, and a scripture verse freebie from Lovesvg.com (I signed up for their newsletter and get notices of freebies on a regular basis. Not sure if this one is still available, but you can check their website.)

   I created the inside sentiment with a font I’ve had on my laptop for quite a while. Since I like the way it turned out, I’m sharing with you to use if desired! (That said, I've created lots of sentiments, but this is the first time I’ve tried to share one and the lettering looks a bit fuzzy to me. So I provided the name of the font I used in my supplies list. It's available for free on several websites. If needed, you can generate it on your own.)

     I’m entering this card into several challenges including Outlawz Sunday Challenge: Songs and Rhymes-Marigold (I’m not sure there are marigolds in this photo, but they do have bright orange blooms, and are attracting lots of bees) , Outlawz- Tuesday Color Challenge- Color Board-Aug (like the mood board/photo, background on my card provides flowers and foliage, plus the bees provide for the “twist” of “add wings”),  and the Time Out Challenge (The “Pick Two” items I included on my card are Torn (I tore the edges of background scene to provide a bit of texture), and Transport (the bees in on this card are busily transporting pollen via their hairy legs to the hive, to be stored as food. I did a bit of research and found a wonderful video HERE and learned so much about this wonderful process.)

       

Supplies: 

·   Scenic Background- from the FB page of Briarwood Flowers (an amazing wedding/event floral business. Their photos are great!)

·   Bee Digis- From Beccy’s Place Digi Set are from a Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Bees and Blooms) Sadly, no longer available.

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

·   Stickles- Diamonds (on bee wings)

·   Front Sentiment- “Kind words are like honey,” a freebie from Lovesvg.com 

·   Inside Sentiment-“May Your Day Be Blessed!” (Computer Generated using Edwardian Script ITC Font, available to download from several free online sites, and Calibri)

·   Digital Image- Glass jar of honey, freebie from Vecteesy.jpg

·   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- Be Happy     

Time Out Challenge- Challenge #294 (Pick Two)    

Outlawz- Tuesday Color Challenge- Color Board-Aug (twist- Add Wings)  

Outlawz Sunday Challenge: Songs and Rhymes-Marigold    

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

    This card is my final entry into the current ABC Christmas Challenge, and it is the hardest of the five I’ve made… because it is a one-layer card! If you follow my blog you’ll know that I love to layer and embellish, so I seldom make a single-layer anything!  For this card, I used a sweet digi named “Ice Princess” from Paper Nest Dolls. I added the sentiment using a free Paint.net program. After printing the card, I sketched the speech bubble atop the sentiment with a pencil before tracing over it with a fine-line black marker.   

  Supplies: 

·   Free Paint.net program can be found HERE (you can add watermarks, layer digis and sentiments… and more!)

·   Digi- Paper Nest Dolls Digital Image (Digi is no longer available. Clear stamp available Here-(Ice Princess)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, Sharpie Black Permanent Fine-Line Marker, Sakura Gelly Roll white, silver and gold sparkly gel pens

·   Front Sentiment “Hello Friend”- from a Beccy’s Place Digi set (Sadly, Beccy Muir now sells wholesale items only)

·   Inside Sentiment-“Wishing You a Magical Christmas” a freebie from Birdscards.com (Blog now closed)

·   Patterned paper used to frame the inside sentiment and Sookwang double-sided tape to attach it in place.

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

Entered into:  

ABC Christmas Challenge- “N and O are for…? ” "O is for One Layer”

  Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Aug)  Disney Princesses (All Disney Parks worldwide)

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday: Aug (Christmas)         

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Anything Goes (Aug) 

Outlawz Challenge-Aug 2025 Linky 

    I need a birthday card for a great-niece and know that she will love this sweet digi from The Paper Shelter named Little Butterfly. I enlarged the digi to fill the corner of an A2 card base,  printed it onto white card stock, colored, fussy-cut, and set it aside. I looked through my collection of old calendars to find a background for the cute digi. After deciding on a field of wildflowers, with trees and mountains in the background, I cut it to size and adhered it to the card front. The sentiments were added, and the card is ready for the mail! So fun.  

Supplies: 

·   Scenic Background- upcycled from an old calendar

·   Digi- The Paper Shelter (Little Butterfly)

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

·   Front Sentiment- Desert Diva Freebie (Hello Birthday Girl) Freebie is no longer available, but a similar one can be found HERE

·   Inside Sentiment-“Thinking of You…”from Jans Digi Stamps set (Bonnet Bouquet) Sadly, company is no longer in business

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

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

Entered into:  

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

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #800:AG  

The Paper Shelter- Summer Break 2025   

Crafty Catz Challenge- #699 AG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge- #259 AG