myasperations 3-1-25

      This is my third card posted as of the Dressy Girls, aka DTs, for the All Dressed Up Stamps FB Challenge Team! This card features a sweet digi named “Magical Pony.” I wanted to color the pony as a “dappled grey” and found several photos on Shutterstock. A grey and pink color scheme helped create a lovely card.  I donate cards to a Drug/Alcohol center where I worked before I retired in August. Clients are usually there for a month or more, and have limited contact with family for part of that time as they learn how to stay clean and sober.  So… I regularly provide an assortment of cards/postcards that they can send to friends and family in order to stay in touch. They really appreciate birthday and thinking of you cards for children… so I think this card will be in my next delivery of cards! It is sure to brighten a young horse lovers day! 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- All Dressed Up (Magical Pony)

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

·   Front Sentiment- “Thinking of you” from Eureka Stamps  (Currently Not Available)

·   Inside Sentiment – "Happy Birthday"  from Imagine That digi set (Sentimental Thoughts) Company no longer in business.

·   Pioneer Black Photo corners- available from several sources

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

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

Entered into:  

Classic Design Challenge: Anything Goes: Jan-Feb 2025 (optional- Thinking of You) 

Crafty Catz Challenge- #688 AG- Optional: For the Girls

  Park Hopping-My Happy Place (March)   Land of Little Horses

      I was thrilled earlier this year when a Blogland friend, Makira, asked me to be be a Guest DT for a challenge blog she sponsors. The blog is named Park Hopping and it has introduced me to amusement parks all across the globe that are now on my bucket list!  

     The March mood board, “Marching into Spring” features two carnival rides, a castle and an abundance of pastel pink cherry blossoms.  I created a romantic card, swathed in boughs of cherry blossoms, that frame a silhouette of sweethearts, cuddling under an umbrella being pelted with falling pink blossoms!  (Look closely you can see them just above heads within the heart shape!) A gold heart-shaped doily and gold photo corners add elegance to the scene.  

      

Supplies: 

·   Background Photo- upcycled from an old calendar

·   Silhouette digi from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Rainy Days)

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

·   Gold Heart Doily- Dollar Store

·   Front Sentiment “Thinking of You”- from Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Beachside Bliss)

·   Inside sentiment-“Love is in the air” from  Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Rainy Days) 

         Golden Heart is cut from center of doily

·   Cherry Blossom Embellishment- From Power Poppy digi set (Blossoming Cherries)

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

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

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

Entered into: 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Papercraft Challenges- Challenge #116 Love is in the Air 

The Four Seasons Challenge- Anything Goes Spring March 2025  

We Love Stamping- March: Hello Spring (optional AG)  

       Ever since I co-owned a small stamp/scrapbook store in the late 90’s, I try to shop at small local businesses whenever possible.  So I was thrilled to find a little coffee shop/bakery opened nearby and visit it whenever I can. The last time I was there I asked if I could get a single muffin wrapper to use on a craft project. They quickly obliged my request… and I think they will enjoy seeing this card which I’m giving them on my next visit. It also features a sweet barista digi, and a sprinkling of red heart embellishments cut from scraps of a red plastic file folder. (If you follow my blog you’ll know that I use these wonderful items quite often. Sometimes called document file folders, they come in a pack of assorted colors and can be found in the office supply section of most stores, and occasionally 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.)

                                          

Supplies: 

·   Floating Gate-fold Card- Instructions and video provided HERE  and HERE

·   Background- muffin wrapper (from a local bakery that sells wonderful muffins and scones!)

·   Digi- Polkadoodles (Barista Coffee Cake)

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

·   Front Sentiment- “Life Happens Coffee Helps” (retired)

·   Inside Sentiment- “A Day without Coffee “ Kellie Winnnell Freebie (Blog is closed )

·   Inside Sentiment- Freebie from LoveSVG.com (Click HERE to access this digi in 8+ pages of freebies)

·   Small coffee cup digi- from a Stampin’ Up wood mount rubber stamp set (long retired!)

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

·   Scraps of plastic file folder, other misc. items and tools from my stash.

Entered into: 

Passion for Markers Challenge- Week #777: Embellish It

Allsorts Challenge- Week 818- CAS (I’m choosing the option of AG) 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Weeks #689-690