CKCB bonus plus AHB and SDCB for card project three

October kit with bonus sketch and mood board + birthday theme + patterned papers challenges into a card

Card #3 (for kit, birthday, and patterned papers)

http://scribblesdesignschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/10/challenge-69-midway-pick-patterned-paper.html

 https://alwayshappybirthday.blogspot.com/2018/10/october-challenge-birthday-anything-goes.html

https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/10/october-2018-bonus-challenge.html

The pictured prompts of mood board and sketch are courtesy of Wild Hare Kits and Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog for the bonus challenges presented this week. Use the above CKCB link to take you to the post announcement.

Mrs. Gladys had her 95th birthday this past Monday! She's the mother for one of my high school classmates. Gladys' daughter was her baby, her last child. We are delighted to be able to help her celebrate. She loves purple, so I used purple, mauve, and pink prominent papers. Sketch was tipped 90 degrees to the right and a cupcake stick-on was used instead of text along with scattered gems instead of stars. 

Stay tuned for more! The Wild Hare Kit and CKCB sketch and mood board were used for a small photo layout which will be featured on the next post.  Becca S

CCMWF and SDCB and AHB and CKCB combined challenges card project two

Sketch + October kit + patterned papers + birthday theme

Card #2: Make A Wish

With the tree print paper and the wood grain decorative tape this card definitely has more of a early autumn, nature, and woodland mood to it. This was given to my husband for his 69th birthday today!

Two birthday cards were made with almost identical papers except green base card has a different background paper plus the woodgrain decorative tape added to give it more masculine appeal.

CKCB's October kit (partial photo) All About Autumn that I used papers for the 2 birthday cards from top right, middle left and middle right stacks. CKCB's bonus challenge mood board featured dappled trees, softer autumn colors, and lots of scattered colors like confetti:

The sketch shown below is from CCMWF= Christian Card Makers Women's Fellowship, a secret group on Facebook. If interested, find me on Facebook and send me a pm about wanting to join this particular group.

Links:

https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/10/october-2018-just-gist-of-it.html

http://scribblesdesignschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/10/challenge-69-midway-pick-patterned-paper.html

https://alwayshappybirthday.blogspot.com/2018/10/october-challenge-birthday-anything-goes.html

More crafting this evening, so stay tuned for another post...Becca S from the USA heartland

CCMWF and CKCB and SDCB and AHB combined challenges card project one

Sketch plus October AAA kit plus patterned paper and birthday challenges

Card #1:

CCMWF for sketch; papers are from CKCB October kit I refer to as All About Autumn; and SDCB for patterned paper challenge

Blue card is for nephew's wife's birthday. Her favorite color is blue.

This photo captures some of my sorted paper piles from my massive CKCB October kit. Papers for the 2 cards shown just above are from the top right, middle left, and middle right--my proof! Also CKCB has a bonus challenge to use softer autumn colors which with the papers coming from my kit I believe they will work!

https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/10/october-2018-just-gist-of-it.html

http://scribblesdesignschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/10/challenge-69-midway-pick-patterned-paper.html

https://alwayshappybirthday.blogspot.com/2018/10/october-challenge-birthday-anything-goes.html

CCMWF is a secret group on Facebook. The sketch challenge that ended today: 

Still crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

PPCC blog 392 with a bakery theme birthday card

Enjoy. Fun. Bakin' a cake. Checking it twice. Goin' to find out whose birthday it is. Baker Girl is coming to you!

PPCC blog's design team (DT) are provided sponsored images each week to be the focus of our paper-crafted creations to inspire followers of the blog. This week for #392 we have just 1 prize sponsor, Time for Tea Designs, that is offering a prize to a selected crafter and 3 of their digital images to showcase from their inventory. The badges are shown here and the PPCC blog link for #392 is here:  https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2018/08/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-392-and-dt.html

Since Always Happy Birthday challenge blog has a theme of anything goes with an option of water-theme, I'm going to link this birthday card for the August monthly post:
https://alwayshappybirthday.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-challenge-birthday-anything-goes.html

I just love how this card came together quickly and how cute it is! The patterned papers are very old stock as well as the gel-like stickers. The blue cardstock is newer inventory (Colorbok). The inside stamps from Stampin' Up are old but new to me when I bought them about 2 months ago at a resale shop. But all these items came together and by applying the same colors to the digital image, it all fabulously coordinates!

This is my last DT card for PPCC blog. I'm quitting the team for a break and to put some flexibility in my schedule. Besides this blog I had been a DT member of another one which I have also quit. I had deadlines each week to meet on Tuesday nights and Friday nights. I love crafting and blogging plus checking to see what other crafters and companies are doing, so I won't disappear altogether, just will be a bit sporadic for awhile.

Until we meet again, Becca S

HIMCR #356 for 2nd Saturday of the month scraps theme

HB is for happy birthday not hot bike! It could be but no, this is a warm color palette inspired card! Blazing full speed into another year!

HIMCR #356 design team card for June 9=

HIMCR's and Ike's Art Digital Stamps' ID badges are shown below. The HIMCR #356 blog post link is:  http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2018/06/himcr-356-super-scraps-saturday.html

HIMCR is the host challenge blog and I'm a member of the design team. (Yea!) Ike's Art Digital Stamps is both the provider of the digital images used by the design team's paper creations for this challenge as well as the prize sponsor for the selected winning entry that is linked to HIMCR's #356 blog post.

Design notes:
a. theme= scraps; all the cardstocks are scraps (Colorbok for 6 of the solid colors of yellow, squash, cinnamon, burnt orange, red, and light gray; and The Paper Studio for 1 solid color/orange background)
b. another scrap is the striped arrow
c. image=courtesy of HIMCR #356 prize sponsor, Ike's Art Digital Stamps
d. motorcycle design theme supported with: bright warm colors, arrows, inking around image to look like greasy fingers had been touching it (NOT!) :)
e. birthday theme or message supported with: "HB!" and masculine elements to give card to one of my cousins or one of my husband's buddies
f. another challenge I want to link this card to is for Always Happy Birthday for June with the theme of birthday anything goes and option for summer time birthday (like my choice of hot summery sunshine color palette): https://alwayshappybirthday.blogspot.com/2018/06/june-challenge-birthday-anything-goes.html
g. AHB's ID badge:

Still crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Always Happy Birthday monthly challenge 6 for June summer bday theme third entry

Baby boy's 1st birthday celebrated this weekend...

3rd and final entry to this blog's June birthday challenge:

I'll be linking this card to AHB's June challenge. This is their ID badge and links where to find more about this particular blog and its challenge #6:

https://alwayshappybirthday.blogspot.com/

https://alwayshappybirthday.blogspot.com/2018/06/june-challenge-birthday-anything-goes.html

Still crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Use Your Stuff Challenge 313 using washi tape and Always Happy Birthday 6 for June summer birthday

Well friends and family that read my blog posts, I do need to be challenged to "use my stuff"!

I just love the name of this blog challenge--Use Your Stuff!!! I scrimp and save little bits and hoard supplies but I also am always on the hunt for a good craft supply bargain too. With this challenge, I've used some glitter tape for borders on each side and then a different color to accent under each butterfly embellishment (mimic the circles shown on the sketch layout).

Page Maps' Card Maps May 2018 collection had several horizontal and vertical sketch suggestions and I decided to use a horizontal one as a vertical design. The butterfly stick-ons are used in place of the flowers and leaves shown on the diagram; horizontal tape rectangles instead of circles; and glitter tape borders instead of small scalloped edging.

HB= Happy Birthday

Can't have enough shiny objects on a birthday celebration card! Love the gold bling lettering stickers for HB, the gems for the butterfly bodies, and the peacock blue glitter tape.

Link for the Use Your Stuff Challenge #313:
http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2018/05/challenge-313-washi-tape.html

Their ID badge:

And a 2nd challenge blog link for Always Happy Birthday challenge blog #6 (June) with a theme of birthday anything goes with option of summer time birthday:

Link to their post for the June challenge:

https://alwayshappybirthday.blogspot.com/2018/06/june-challenge-birthday-anything-goes.html

If you are new to paper crafting and/or participating in challenges, it is pretty easy and mostly consistent from one blog to another; however find the section about rules and guidelines, especially about deadlines when to have a card photo on your blog linked to their post(s) in order to qualify for prize(s) and/or bragging rights.

Still crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

PPCC blog 375 for 11 April 2018

Here's my happy spring girl:

Part of the design team had this darling image from Polkadoodles to use for this week's inspiration at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog. The other half of the DT had images from Little Blue Button. Use the blog post link to take you to their inspiration cards and links to their blogs so you can leave some sweet thoughts.

close up of this cutie pie

PPCC blog badge and link:  http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2018/04/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-375.html

Polkadoodles' badge. Go to the PPCC blog for a link to their store and details on the prize they are offering for challenge #375.

Little Blue Button's badge. Read the #375 blog post for a link to their store and prize details they're offering.

Always Happy Birthday challenge month 4 (April) is anything goes theme with an option of balloons. I've not included balloons but the image has a banner and butterfly so if they had a "b" item theme I would have been all set. But the girl is holding a heart and has the sentiment of happy plus the cupcake felt stick-on for some little birthday celebration touches. Here's the AHB badge and link:
https://alwayshappybirthday.blogspot.com/2018/04/april-challenge-birthday-anything-goes.html

and the sketch layout was  my interpretation of this design suggestion by Kelly Holifield for Paper Secrets and shared at Facebook's 100 Pattern Papers Challenge group:

Supplies:

a. marble green tone cardstock and creamy yellow cardstock=Colorbok

b. succulents, chevron on newsprint, paisley, mint green stripe designer papers=The Paper Studio

c. pink with white pots designer paper=Colorbok

d. embellishments=cupcake felt stick-on (Dollar General); glitter butterflies (part of an Easter set of stickers at Wal-Mart); flowers are old stash and don't remember where they were bought

e. digital image was colored mostly with colored pencils; black gel pen for banner string; turquoise marker used for dots in center of flower and for "happy"

f. adhesives: combination of glue stick and glue dots

how it all started after "shopping" through my craft supplies

As I crafted this DT inspiration card with such wonderful spring colors, we had had snow during the night! Yes, April 8-9, 2018 has been crazy weather for Illinois. Normally rain, thunderstorms, tornadoes are more common. Traditional spring with warmer temps and time to be outdoors are thoughts swirling in my head and maybe someday I will actually be able to experience more consecutive hours and days enjoying sunshine. Keep fingers crossed! :)