myasperations 9-29-23

I had fun creating this colorful and playful Christmas card using images and sentiments from Beccy’s Place, plus lots of fun embellies from my stash.

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Cozy Christmas)

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

·   Front Sentiment from Beccy’s Place Clear Stamp Set (Sugar and Spice) found HERE

·   Inside  Sentiment- “Make It Merry” from Beccy’s Place Digital set (Here Comes Christmas)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Cupcake Inspirations- #578 Theme Challenge-Plaid     

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes  (StampTember)

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Christmas, Animals)

Outlawz Challenge- September 2023 Linky

Rudolph Days Challenge- September

Jan’s Digi Stamps- Sept 2023 Anything Goes    

Beccy’s Place Challenge- Sept

        Since I’m a Contributor for Beccy’s Place, I’m entering just for fun! 

I love the Snippets Challenge because it encourages me to use all the scraps that I hoard… I mean save for later use!  I found a treasure trove of not just Christmas plaids, but other plaids, and misc. strips just begging to be put to use. This card is the result. After adhering all the strips to a A2 sized base, I added texture by running the “quilt” through my Big Shot in simple patterned embossing folder. When finished, I added the ribbon, and sentiment, and have a card ready to send to a dear friend who is a seamstress!

Supplies: 

·   Sentiment- Computer Generated onto vellum

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Snippets- Week #463

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #615-616 Anything Goes   

Papercraft Challenges- Challenge #98 Ribbon

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #115 (TicTacToe-center row) 

Time Out Challenge- #248  Cancer Awareness/Friendship/Encouragement  

 

I enjoy layering digis over backgrounds using a free Word program named Paint.net (find link in my supplies list.) You can find tutorials on the web to use either jpg or png digis and pictures to layer scenes. You can even control the amount of transparency of the backgrounds, hence you can see through BOO! I posted a picture of the layered scene that I was able to just copy, size, and print off. (Note-I provided a photo of the layering before I added coloring so you can see the transparency of the ghost. I also added a WM to this picture to respect the company's copyrights.  The original is saved to my laptop -with no WM- so that I can easily make similar cards in the future!)

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Ghost Digi- Sweet November Stamps (Boo Loves Scary Larry)

·   Fence Digi- Sweet November Stamps (Scene Builder-Pumpkin Patch)

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

       white colored pencil

·   One Sentiment (divided in two) from Scribbles Designs (Cute Frightening)

·    Witches Broom Nebula night sky- from my BING Screensaver Collection

·    Free Paint.net program can be found HERE (you can add watermarks, layer digis, and 

       more!)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Friends of Sweet November (FB) Sept 

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Sept)    Valley Fair’s Tricks and Treats

IncyWincyDesigns- Sept- Colors of Autumn  

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG #262

myasperations 9-20-23

     I had lots of fun using a digi image named "Emmy's Hat" to make my DT card for the Sheepski Designs FB Challenge. This month’s theme is “Make it Feminine” but I decided to also make it a little bit spooky, by using a free DDDoodles background scene named “Eerie Forest” (see link in the supplies list.)  After coloring Emmy and her hat with Spectrum Noir markers and a white gel pen, I added some texture by cutting slits into the hat image so that I could pull black tulle through to create a poufy veil. A strip of spiderweb-patterned ribbon creates a hatband, and a few delicate pastel flowers tucked into the ribbon add a feminine touch.

     PS- Stop by Sheepsk’s FB page to learn more about the monthly challenges. Maybe you’ll be inspired to enter a card or two yourself and have a chance to win some wonderful digis created by artist Andrea Norris!

     I’m entering it into several challenges including Park Hopping-My Happy Place (This is another of my favorite challenges… as it has introduced me to many new amusement parks. This card was inspired by an amusement park, Nickelodeon Universe, that is actually inside the Mall of America in Minneapolis, MN. Although it's enclosed within the mall, the park is HUGE (7 acres wide and several stories high) and from Sept 15 to Halloween is transformed into Nickelodeon’s Boo-niverse!; Simon Says Wednesday-Use a Background Stamp (My card features a large digital stamp to set a spooky theme for the card); Di’s Digis-Pick Three of Anything (The background digi includes three bats, one just peeks out above Emmy’s hat); and Path Of Positivity’s-TicTacToe (my card fits within the three items in the first column- Feminine, Add Trim, and Vintage.) 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Sheepski Designs (Emmys Hat)

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

·   Eerie Forest Patterned Paper- a freebie from DDDoodles can be found HERE

·  Front and  Inside Sentiments- Computer Generated

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #115 (TicTacToe)

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge- Sept 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #214 Patties Creations AG

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Use a Background Stamp  (StampTember)

Allsorts Challenge- Week 746 Masculine or AGs

Sheepski Designs- #78 September 2023 “Make It Feminine”    

     Since I’m a DT for Sheepski Designs (FB), I’m entering just for fun!

Di’s Digi Stamps- Pick Three of Anything

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Sept)    Nickelodeon Universe (Boo-niverse!)

      My first entry into the Sweet November Stamps monthly challenge, which requires a shaker card, was so fun to make. I don’t make many shaker cards because they always seem to leak little bits and pieces all over the place! However, I did a bit of research on Pinterest and found two versions that are easy to make and didn’t require any items or tools that I didn’t already own! (I used the second tutorial but added the first one since it uses another item that many of us have in our stash and that I plan to try in the future. So… you have two options from which to choose!) 

      I’m entering it into several challenges including Cupcake Inspirations-Plaid (a thin strip of plaid surrounds the shaker portion); and the Time Out Photo Inspiration (my card includes a blue sky and lots of fall leaves.)

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Sweet November Stamps (Summer Breeze)

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

·   YouTube Tutorials- Shaker Card (No Fuze required) two different versions can be found HERE  and HERE (at the 19-minute point)

·   Metallic and wooden leaves- Hobby Lobby

·   Front Sentiment “Have a Wonderful Day”- Eureka Stamps (Currently Not Available)

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Friends of Sweet November (FB) Sept    

Cupcake Inspirations- #578 Theme Challenge-Plaid     

Time Out Challenge- #247 Inspired by Photo   

Colorful Options Monthly Challenge- Sept-OutrageousOrange 

The Four Seasons Challenge- Fall (Sept) 

IncyWincyDesigns- Sept- Colors of Autumn  and/or not a Square or Rectangle

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #708 Colours of Autumn

     My final card for this post was made for a friend who recently switched jobs. Until this summer, she worked as a valued member of my prevention staff, providing education and support to students in our after-school program. Students, staff, and I, all loved working with her, and miss her. 

     I wanted to let her know that and hope this card serves that purpose. I'm pretty sure that it made her smile… and the scripture inside will encourage her during the first month of her first year of teaching!  (You might notice that near the upper right section of the card, there is scrap of an old map cut into a star shape. The town where my friend is now teaching is within that star, and the yellow pencil, fussy-cut from a sheet of patterned paper, points right to it! Lastly, the sweet little student, holding out a shiny apple while calling out to her teacher, "Miss D" is sure to make her feel loved! )

Supplies: 

·   Apple Annie Digi- A 2018 freebie from StampAnniething FB Page- Join HERE to nab future freebies

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

·   All other items from my scrapbook, journalling, and cardmaking stash.

Entered into:  Card for Abigails 1^st year

The Paper Shelter- #568 Food and/or Drink

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #613-614 Anything Goes   

Art Impressions Challenge- #360 Fall into Fall    

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday (Back to School)

Outlawz Challenge- September 2023 Linky

Let’s Craft and Create Challenge- #199 August AG 

Paper Funday- #57 Anything Goes  (Optional Twist: The School Yard)

        Since I’m a DT for Sheepski (one of the sponsors), please don’t include me in the draw for their prize! 

myasperations 9-17-23

Last night I tripped over a table leg and fell, face-first, onto a tile floor. I am sore and bruised today but thankfully suffered no broken bones or teeth! Right now I'm focusing on resting with a few icepacks but hope to get my post up soon. Until then, I’ll post photos and share the kind words Beccy posted to her blog (she is not just an artist, but also a talented wordsmith!)

“Googly eyes, fussy cutting, and some foam tape have given Kathy's card lots of fabulous dimension and movement. She used one of the images from the Costume Parade set of digital stamps, combined with kraft cardstock and a weathered wood pattern to create this fabulous Halloween card.”

Okay, It's Tuesday and I'm doing fine! Bruised a bit, but am so thankful that is the extent of my "injuries"! Was going to redo the text for this post, but I really like Beccy's description, so will just add one additional bit of info. 

I did fussy-cut the two cuties, then cut ovals from scraps of kraft brown paper on which to  create their faces. I first drew a smile on the little girl, and adhered her goggly eyes, before attaching her little pumpkin head atop her face with foam tape. For the little spook, I used small punches to create holes for his eyes and mouth, distressing the edges with my scissors blade to make them look "torn." (I would have just torn the holes... but they were too small for that!) I used my trusty white gel pen to add the illusion of front teeth, adhered tiny little googly eyes, then attached the ghost head to the face with foam tape. A little tedious, but I like the way they turned out. (And if you follow my blog, you know that I kinda like tedious!) 

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi and Sentiments- Beccy’s Place Digital Stamp (Costume Parade)

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

·   Rustic Wood Patterned Paper- Hobby Lobby

·   Satin ribbon, googly eyes and all other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

IncyWincyDesigns- Sept-Colors of Autumn  and/or not a Square or Rectangle

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Make It Cute (StampTember)

The Paper Shelter- #567 Autumn Colours

Inspiration Station- Challenge #53 Sept (my card features three pumpkins, one large and two small!) 

The Four Seasons Challenge- Fall (Sept)   

Colorful Options Monthly Challenge- Sept-Outrageous Orange    

Park Hopping-My Happy Place (Sept)    Hersheypark Halloween 

I made a few cards for the current Butterfly Challenge, using rubber stamps and other items from my stash. Here is the first one.  (See details in my supply list!)

Supplies: 

·   Rose Bud Rubber Stamp- Denami Stamps (retired)

·   Colored with Aquarelle Watercolor pencils  and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Inside Sentiment- “Thinking of You Days” Rubber Stamp from Printworks (no longer in business)

·   Butterflies fussy cut from Patterned paper from my stash

·   Gold pigment ink, gold embossing powder, paper doily, sheer ribbon, and all other items from my stash.

Entered into:  

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #214 Patties Creations AG

Butterfly Challenge- #187 Butterflies Galore 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #613-614 Anything Goes   

Gem of a Challenge- Gem of a Challenge- Week #19 AG             

TRIPLE B Challenge (Birds, Butterflies or Blooms)- Sept