I needed a few more entries for the Build Your
Stash Holiday Cardmakers (BYSHC) August challenge, and this is the third
of four that I made on Wednesday. It features a pair of sweet Christmas digis
from an amazing artist named Mo Manning. The base of the digi is actually a
paper doll named Lula. Instead of dressing her in her fairy garb (part of the
paper doll set), she donned a lovely gown and set of wings (from a free digi
set) to become a Christmas angel! I printed an extra set of her praying hands, fussy-cut, and adhered them with foam tape to add some depth to the card.
Supplies:
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Digi set from Mos Digital Pencil (Lula Fairy Doll)
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Freebie Digi set from Mos Digital
Pencil (Lula Angel Wings)
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Colored with Spectrum
Noir Classique markers, Sakura Gelly Roll White & Sparkle gel pens
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Card Base with navy border- from
a boxed set of cards/envelopes found at a local thrift store
· Front Sentiment is from a Beccy’s Place Digi set that is no longer available. (Business recently changed to clear stamps/wholesale only)
· Inside Sentiment-
“Adventure is out there” Freebie from Lovesvg.com (Note you need to open an account to access freebies)
Vellum Musical Score paper- Hobby Lobby
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Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.
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All other misc. items and tools from my stash.
Entered into:
Simon
Says Wednesday Challenge-AG
Since I’m a DT for All Dressed Up FB Challenge, I’m
entering just for fun. Please don’t include me in prize draw!
This is my second entry into the Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge (Shape-oval,
Cue-leaves). It features a pretty nosegay or Tussie-Mussie (which are names for a tiny
bouquet in Victorian times). I grew them in a little flower garden a few
decades ago and dried them in a flower press. When completely dry, I carefully layered
an assortment of the leaves and flowers atop a square of packing tape. (This
process can’t be rushed because once they stick to the tape, they can’t be
lifted/moved.) When positioned as desired, I carefully laid another, larger square on top and gently pressed them together. An oval die helped cut an opening in a piece of dotted swiss paper to create a frame for the dried flowers. A small white plastic doily added a nice vintage feeling!
I’m entering this card into several
challenges, including the Time Out Challenge (Theme: Friendship, encouragement,
support)- I made this card to send to a BFF from high school who suffered several strokes in June, 3 weeks before our 50th class reunion. She has some difficulty speaking right now, so I've been sending her weekly cards to remind her that I'm thinking of and praying for her. Her daughter has told me that the cards really brighten both their days. I'm hoping she will like this one!)
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Small flowers and foliage from our front garden, dried in a flower press
back in the early 2000s.
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Sentiments-Computer
Generated
· Butterfly sticker embellishing inside sentiment- Dollar Store
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Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.
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Small plastic doily, patterned paper,
cardstock, ribbon misc. items and tools from my stash.
Entered into:
Time
Out Challenge- Challenge #296 (Theme Challenge) Friendship,
encouragement, support
Outlawz
Wednesday Sketch Challenge- Aug 2025
This is my second entry into
the current Double D’s Challenge theme of Butterflies. It will be added to gift bags of handcrafted cards that I keep stocked for weddings, graduations, etc.
A bright lime
green card front provides a color complement to the shades of pink in the lovely
peonies, which were freebies from a favorite FB group, Free Printables for your Junk
Journaling with TLC. The group sponsor, Paulette Slater, offers dozens of wonderful freebies
regularly, many with a vintage vibe. (You can check it out HERE! If you join, you’ll have
access to thousands of digital images and sentiments. You can also search for
specific items or topics). I printed the
precolored peonies, fussy-cut, then layered and adhered them onto a scalloped oval frame from my scrapbook stash. I found the free digi of butterflies on the web
several years ago. I often print them onto a sheet of vellum, which adds a
touch of translucency to their wings. This time, unable to find my vellum in my partially de-cluttered craft room, I printed them on white
cardstock. After some careful fussy-cutting, I adhered the butterflies, then used
an extra fine-line black marker to touch up their bodies a bit, plus add antennas. A sentiment and a few clear rhinestones add the final touches! One added note-several years ago I saw a video where a paper-crafter (I think maybe Jennifer McGuire) gave a tip about fussy-cutting small items, or tight spaces that I now always use. It is simple and requires no special tools. Just attach a strip of transparent tape on the underside of the printed or stamped item or section that could easily be accidentally clipped off. The tape provides a layer of protection from accidental tearing of the paper while cutting, and also lessens the risk of cutting through small items, like flower stems, or the space where butterfly wings attach to a delicately frail body!
Supplies:
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Pink Peony digi set is freebie from a FB group-Free Printables for your Junk
Journaling with TLC (This digi is no longer available, but if you
search “Peonies” or “peony” there are many other options!)
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Butterfly
embellishments- free digis from what-a-beautiful-mess.blogspot.com (HERE)
· Front Sentiment
“Happy Spring…”-Freebie from TlcCreations (Happy
Spring)
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Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.
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All other misc. items and tools from my stash.
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