Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!
why: The purpose of this post is to highlight the 9th Thursday this year for an installment of my personal series "Don't Throwaway Scraps Thursdays"!!! I haven't had time since 3rd week of May to do this. In June, we spent 5 days to travel through Indiana, Ohio, a small bit of Pennsylvania and the western half of New York state! Enjoying nature like Lake Erie and Lake Ontario along with smaller lakes in the Finger Lakes region. Also seeing the orchards and dairy farms. Historic sites. And even 2 genealogy connections for me. In late June we had my niece Gwen's wedding for an overnight trip in southern IL and some venturing in eastern Missouri. In July I had my 45th high school class reunion get-togethers. I stayed overnight in a motel in order to spend less time on the roads. About a 2.5 hour trip one way. Those were some wonderful get-togethers. My SIL and I also met for lunch on Saturday noon at a yummy place filled with antiques. In August we spent more time at my mom's farmhouse to work on clean-out/donate/trash. In early September mom's place was finalized for clean-out, so that's a huge relief. We've done a few short daytime road trips in our area and I've met with 2 of my childhood friends several times for encouraging girl time. We've got two weekends coming up for overnight trips again to enjoy autumn season activities. There have been some home changes and updates like adding my craft studio/shed onto our property plus 1 of our decks needed new boards that Joe did. Staying very busy!
This autumn season card is full of harvest color tones and scrap cuts!
when: #9 on Thursday October 9, 2025
what: Project #1 = Butterflies in Autumn Splendor card
how-to & vendor notes for #1 =
1. white small folded notecard (cut in half and 1 layer deckle-trimmed then foam squares between layers) = matching envelope = set = Crafter's Square
2. green cardstock = Recollections
3. autumn tone leaf print cardstock in different size strips that were cut in half = Recollections
4. butterflies = Prima Marketing
5. orange leaf and mushroom foam stickers = "Fallish" Thickers by American Crafts
6. little orange enamel hearts = Fancy Pants Designs
7. Walnut brown mini stamp pad to ink all papers = Lawn Fawn
where #1 will be linked =
1A. Fab n Funky; current; theme is colors of autumn; this is my 3rd linked entry; on this no message card, there are greens, oranges/rust, browns, grays
link = https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/challenge-623-colours-of-autumn.html
1B. Snippet's Playground; only 1.5 days left and a 6 hours or so time difference; use snippets/scraps; my card has the green background that is a scrap cut and the leaves/feathers strips were 1/2" wide cuts or 1" wide cuts and then cut in the middle to get shorter cuts so that I could fit to 'pinwheels' on the green background
link = https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2025/09/challenge-516.html
1C. Craft Rocket Challenges; started on Oct 2nd; theme of autumn or Halloween; this is my 3rd link up and it's autumn-flavored! = leaves, pheasant feathers, mushroom, etc. in harvest tones
link = https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/challenge-130-autumnhalloween.html
1D. Creative Inspirations; still open; theme of anything goes; this is my 3rd link up
link = https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/creative-inspiration-challenges-31.html
1E. The Sisterhood of Crafters; new; theme of Fall; this is my 1st entry with this scraps card full of leaves, pheasant feathers, mushroom, ....
link = https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2025/10/10825-anything-fall.html
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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S
* owner/DT = CCC, AA, ConBC, HQCB, HQFCB, HQCOLCB, HQFSCAT; FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHCB and FQGGCB
* DT member only = PRS (owned by friend Deanne)
~~ this is a non-DT related project
