myasperations 6-18-26

    This card, created for the Inspiration Station Challenge Photo, features an adorable digi named “Breakfast for Mom” from Cute As a Button. This sweet daughter, who appears to be a messy baker like me, whipped up a batch of pancakes topped with mounds of strawberries. The sentiment, from PowerPoppy, is a perfect fit for the sweet digi!

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Cute as a Button Digital Stamp “Breakfast for Mom” (Sadly, the company closed in 2022 due to family health issues.)

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

·   Front Sentiment- “Sweetest Thing” is from a Power Poppy digi set (Cherries and Berries)

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

·   Red checkered napkin, B&W striped paper, other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into:  

Inspiration Station- Challenge #86 Inspiration Photo (Strawberries)  (photo)   

Pammies Inky Pinky Challenge #2624  

Paper Funday- June 2026 #88AG  (Optional Twist: Polkadots and Stripes)

     My second entry for this month's challenge from Sweet November Stamps (SNS) features an adorable digi of a mermaid and her otter friend! The beautiful, deep blue underwater photo, named “Algae Ocean Bloom,” is from a free Bing wallpaper program I installed on my laptop some time ago. (I love learning about all the unusual and often beautiful places in the world, with new photos and info every day!)

   I’m entering this card into several challenges, including Colorful Options Monthly Challenge: Option 2 (my card features several shades of blue, and an ocean.)

 

Supplies: 

·   Watery background scene- Bing Wallpaper ap can be viewed/downloaded HERE (the photo I used is no longer available, but I found a similar one HERE)

·   Mermaid, and Otter digi’s are all from a Sweet November Stamp digi set  (Shimmer RedKelp and Otto)

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

·   Sentiments are from a Bugaboo digi set (Company 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:  

Friends of Sweet November (FB) June 

Double D’s Challenge- Tropical  

Colorful Options Monthly Challenge: June 2026 Color Board  

Classic Design Challenge: Anything Goes #6-2026 June-July (Optional twist-BDay) 

    This card features a gold embossed image from one of my all-time favorite wood mount rubber stamps, an heirloom from Personal Stamp Exchange (aka PSX Stamps) named “Floral Wreath” that I’ve had in my collection since the 1990’s. I store my wood-mount stamps in the garage, and pulled this one out a few months ago to use at a stamping class I was offering through a community group for retirees! They absolutely loved the cards they made using this stamp, especially when they embossed the image with gold embossing powder. This is one of the sample cards that I’d made. The butterfly digis are freebies from Papercraft Secrets (seedetails in my supplies list). All other items were all from my stash.

     I’m entering this card into several challenges, including two that require “Things with Wings” (since I can see butterflies fluttering around the flower bed I can see outside of our front window, they seemed like a lovely option!).

 

Supplies: 

·   Wood-mount rubber stamp ”Floral Wreath” from PSX (Company no longer in business)

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

·   Butterfly digis from Papercraft Secrets (You can sign up for access to freebies, vidoes and more HERE and join FB page HERE)

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

Entered into:  

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #842: Things with Wings

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Things with Wings  

Neglected Stuff Challenge- June 2026  

     The sweet gnome on this coffee-themed card is from a favorite FB site, Free Printables for your Junk Journaling with TLC. (See details in my supplies section.) Because coloring is my favorite stress-management technique, I seldom use precolored images; this little guy was too cute to pass up! The rest of the card went together quickly with items from my stash.

 
                        
Supplies: 

·  Pre-colored gnome digi is from Free Printables for your Junk Journaling with TLC (on FB) After you join HERE, use the search option for  “gnome” (There are gnomes available for many occasions!)

·   Front Circle Sentiment- “Warm Winter Wishes”- from birdscards (blog no longer available)

·   Inside Sentiment “Sweet Holiday wishes and lots of delicious coffee ” (First half is from a Beccy’s Place digi set and second half from Polka Dot Orchard digi set (Merry Little Coffee) (NOTE- Beccy closed her digi shop last year but sells clear stamps, check HERE to see which are available.  

·   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- #70 June 2026        

Coffee Loving Paper Crafters/Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge: #54 June 

ABC Christmas Challenge- 'L is for Let it Snow'