myasperations 9-30-25a

    The last few weeks, I’ve neglected my blog for a longer time than ever before, and I appreciated your messages of concern. (I love my blog land friends!) As my sweet hubby of 48 years moves through the stages of MS, no doctor can tell us how long this devastating disease will continue or provide any help in dealing with it. What I most want right now is to spend as much time with Rich as possible, especially as the holidays draw near. They truly are our favorite time of the year! 

    So, here is my plan- I am making a few posts over the next few days to share cards I created earlier this month for a few current challenges. Then, in the coming months, I plan to continue in my DT responsibilities for the All Dressed Up and Path of Positivity challenges as long as I can. Other than that, entering challenges or posting to my blog will be on an occasional basis. So, I hope to see you from time to time!  

   I created this card for the ABC Christmas Challenge, theme “S is for Stocking.” It features a wonderful freebie from Beccy’s Place named “Quilted Stocking”. I printed off two copies of the stocking and set one aside. I cut the second apart and made it into a pattern, which I used to cut pieces of patterned papers from papers in rich Victorian Christmas colors. When I finished, I adhered the quilt pieces on top of the colored and fussy-cut jingle bells, then adhered the bells to the top of the stocking. The rest of the card went together quickly with paper, ribbon, and rickrack from my stash.

Supplies: 

·    Digi- A freebie from Beccy’s Place (Quilted Stocking)

·    Stitches sketched on with Black Fine-line Sharpie Marker

·    Jingle Bell Digis are from a Beccy’s Place Digi set that is no longer available. (Business recently changed to clear stamps/wholesale only)

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

·    Sentiments- from We Are 3 Digital set (Company no longer in business)

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

·    Red rickrack, ribbon and rhinestones, other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

ABC Christmas Challenge- S and T are for?  'S is for Stockings'  

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge-AG Sept 4 -Oct 3 2025

Outlawz Challenge-Sept 2025 Linky  

Pink & Main Challenge- #8: Favorite Things (My favorite Christmas items are hand-crafted!)

Snippets- Week #516    

I used the Sketch from the September Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers (BYSHC) challenge on FB as my base and built the card from there with items from my stash!

Supplies: 

·    All patterned papers are from my stash.

·    Holly and berry sequins were a great find at a thrift store years ago.

·    Front Sentiment “mini merry” and “Christmas” plus holly leaves embellishing the inside are fussy-cut from patterned paper scraps.

·    Inside Sentiment- from We Are 3 Digital set (Company no longer in business)

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

·    Red seed beads,other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge FB- #61 Sept 2025        

Classic Design Challenge: Anything Goes #09-2025 Sept/Oct

      My final card on this post is for the current Time Out Challenge which requires that we incorporate at least two of the words provided which inspired us when creating our entries. The “Pick Two” items I included in my card are Metallic (a pretty, 3D gold metal star), Season (Christmas- with a beautiful Baby Jesus digital image… that is a freebie from artist Sylvia Zet, who now designs for Whimsy Stamps), and Spatter (I adhered 8 little star sequins across the dark sky, then drew an additional 21 on the sheet music and sky with a sparkly golden Stardust gel pen).

Supplies: 

·    Starry sky background scene is upcycled from an old calendar

·    Digi- “The Little Lord Jesus” a freebie from sylviazet/Wee Stamps on FB HERE  

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white & Stardust gel pens

·    Sparkly Star Stickers- Pretty Pink Posh Silver Mini Star Confetti Sequins from Simon Says

·    3-D Gold Metal sticker- Hobby Lobby

·    Front Sentiment- Christmas Sheet Music from an old choir book found at a thrift store

·    Inside Sentiment- John 3:16 “Love” (I’ve had this in my files for years. Unknown source. If you recognize it, please let me know!)

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

·    Gold glitter paper, star punch, other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

Time Out Challenge- Challenge #298 “Pick Two…” Challenge)  

Penny’s Paper Crafty Challenge- #606 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Weeks #718-719 AG/Family Friendly

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday: Sept (Christmas)