myasperations 9-14-25a

    This is my final entry into Double D’s “Musical Challenge and it was fun to create. A few years ago, I found a vintage Scrabble game at a local thrift store. It “resurfaced” when I was de-cluttering the closet in my craft room, and I decided to use a few of the wooden tiles to make a wedding card. Because the tiles are thick, I opted to photocopy a pageful of them, then fussy-cut the letters L, V, and E. I didn't need an O, because I filled that space with a lovely little diamond ring sticker!  I embellished the front and inside sentiments with little pink hearts cut from scraps of colored plastic index divider sheets. (If you follow my blog, you’ll know that I use these wonderful items quite often. They come in a pack of assorted colors and can be found in the office supply section of most stores, and occasionally in dollar stores. They're cheaper than colored vellum and more translucent. Punches and dies don’t work on these sheets, but they are easy to fussy cut with a sharp pair of scissors. And you can use templates or stencils to trace shapes onto them with a permanent fine-line marker. You can adhere the plastic in place with small strips of double-sided tape.)

       An added note- the gold foiled sentiment on the card front doesn't show up very well in the square photo. So, I took a close-up photo with different lighting, which shows the entire sentiment. 

 

Supplies: 

·    Lettering- Photo copied Scrabble tiles

·    Diamond Ring Sticker- WalMart

·    Music Score patterned papers- Hobby Lobby

·    Front Sentiment-"Mr & Mrs" trimmed from a boxed set of cards found in the clearance aisle at Hobby Lobby 

·    Inside Sentiment- freebie from Simply Cards & Papercrafts Magazine (No longer available)     

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

·    Circle templates from my scrapbook stash, cardstock, scraps of pink plastic index divider sheets, other items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

Double D’s Challenge-Musical    

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Layer it Up! (Use ephemera)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Weeks #716-717 AG/Family Friendly

Paper Funday- #80 Anything Goes 

    This card is my first entry into the Sweet November Stamps September (SNS) Challenge, where the optional theme is “Fall Colors.”  I had fun using an SNS digi named “Hot Coffee Mouse” who appears to be bringing a cup of pumpkin spice coffee home from the little café seen through the window!  (BTW- that Fall café scene is currently a freebie from one of my favorite FB sites Free Printables for your Junk Journaling with TLC.  The group sponsor, Paulette Slater, provides dozens of free sentiments and digis every month. You can also search for specific items or topics.  This beautifully pre-colored fall scene, plus two others, is currently available free to members. See details in my supplies section.)

     I’m entering this card into several challenges, including the Time Out Challenge: Favorite Season (Mine is Fall. I love the bright and bold colors of leaves and pumpkins, plus the pumpkin spice coffee and DQ pumpkin pie Blizzards that appear every fall!)  

Supplies: 

·    Window frame- cut from a scrap of kraft cardstock using a plastic template from my scrapbook stash

·    Fall Scene through the window- Free Printables for your Junk Journaling with TLC (FB) (If you join, you can find this digi HERE)

·    Digi- Sweet November Stamps (Hot Coffee Mouse)

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

·    Front Sentiment- “Bring on the Pumpkin Spice” Freebie from LoveSVG (no longer available)

·    Inside Sentiment- “Fall Breeze…” Freebie from LoveSVG (no longer available)

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

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

Entered into:  

Friends of Sweet November (FB) Sept 

Inspiration Station- Challenge #77 Inspiration Prompt 

Time Out Challenge- Challenge #297 (“Inspired By…” Favorite Season)  

Outlawz- Tuesday Color Challenge- Color Board-Sept  

Outlawz Challenge-Sept 2025 Linky 

    My final card this posting is another yummy one for the chocolate/sweets theme at Park Hopping. Many of the items on this card were discovered while I was decluttering my craft room. I remember buying the lovely Jolee's Boutique Box Of Chocolates sticker before we moved to our current home, so it’s at least 12 years old. The “dry embossed” white framed beneath the candy box was made even longer ago, using a brass stencil, a metal stylus, and a light box. (I no longer have a light box, but do the other items in my stash.)  

   

Supplies: 

·    3-D Sticker (Box Of Chocolates) from Jolee's Boutique stickers (this set no longer appears available)

·    Embossed white frame beneath candy box on card front created years ago with brass

·    Inside Sentiment- “Happy Valentine's Day” from a Hero Arts Digital set (retired)

· Long-stemmed rose embellishments were fussy-cut from the rose-patterned paper.

·    Silver photo corners available from several web sources (WXJ13 Photo Mounting Corners)

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

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

Entered into:  

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Sept)   Chocolate Covered Strawberries at Disney World

Penny’s Paper Crafty Challenge- #605 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge- Sept 12-25 AG