Merry Christmas Jolly Ol Sparky card for DT project PPCC no 441

The featured digital image, Jolly Ol' Sparky, is from 1 of this week's prize sponsors Digi Doodle Studio! This snowman packs so much charm in his swag! :)

**link: as promised this is the link added at 8:24 pm CST on 7/31/19= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/07/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-441-plus-dt.html 

(PPCC blog post is behind on release time, so I will edit it in later! Promise! #441)

Prize sponsors for #441th weekly challenge (anything goes paper-crafting theme) are Di's Digi Stamps and Digi Doodle Studios...two companies with the cutest images!!! Use the above PPCC blog link to get all the details and see the other 2 images provided by DDS and how the rest of the crew used them for wonderful Christmas/winter themed creations!

Design notes:
a. all papers have inked edges
b. Martha Stewart for the house print and snowflake print papers (2018 paper pad)
c. embellishments: blue glitter snowmen stickers; iridescent gems; red glitter gems; holly leaf stamp (Stampin' Up)
d. sentiment stamp of Merry Christmas (Stampin' Up)
e. image, sentiment, and holly leaves had color added by markers and/or colored pencils
f. base card dimension folded is approx. 4" wide and 9" tall; perfect for a business length envelope; cardstock for base is (Colorbok)
g. I wanted a quirky kind of katty-wampus  layout for Sparky! He's got a youthful swag so he deserved an unusual layout design!

Other challenge blogs or sharing sites include:
1. Winter Wonderland challenge blog= theme is Christmas or winter houses/buildings= ends August 1st; link= https://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/07/christmas-or-winter-buildings.html

2. Aud Sentiments challenge blog= theme is For A Child & a Sentiment
link= https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/232-for-child-sentiment.html
Doesn't Sparky look young and carefree like a young child? And he's so adorable!

3. 12 Months of Christmas Link-up challenge blog= #55 anything goes theme with optional twist of plaid...mine is just for anything goes Christmas
link= https://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2019/07/challenge-55-opt-twistplaids.html

4. Facebook group= Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls= sharing site for crafting bloggers

5. Facebook group = Bash Your Scrapbook Stash= Martha Stewart Christmas and Winter paper pad 2018 that I purchased recently from Amazon has become my new crafting goal for Christmas cards and any layouts I might due that are wintery to completely use...wipe it out! Further down in the post I'll show the other cards made so far with MS paper pad:

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A couple more different size scans=

July 2019 is coming to a close today however several challenge blogs are Christmas themed for yearlong creating. At the pace I'm going I shouldn't be stressed out by mid-December! Yeah, me! However, I only have 3 Thanksgiving cards made so far and generally I like to send out between 12-15. And then there are August birthdays coming soon: my brother, a brother-in-law, an aunt, and other special folks...

And as promised up above: here are some small pics of other recent Christmas holiday cards made from the Martha Stewart 2018 Christmas paper pad that has 24 sheets 6" square of 12 designs. I've only used 5 (these 3 + 2 today, up above) designs so far=

Got to keep making cards! :)
Becca S from the USA heartland with Becca's Heart for Creativity

Bunny Love Easter Card for PPCC blog 426 Design Team

DT inspiration card for #426 is with this adorable digital image from Cute As A Button company, one of two prize sponsors for this week at PPCC blog:

CHALLENGES:

#1: Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog #426 Anything Goes with 2 prize sponsors: Cute As A Button and Di's Digi Stamps; use the blog link to see the other images provided by CAAB for the DT to use and to learn how to participate

link:  https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/04/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-426.html

PPCC blog ID badge:

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DDS ID badge:

#2: Sketch N Scrap Spring Fling Crop Challenge #4 with card sketch #87 to be posted in April 2019

[to find the Spring Fling Crop--go to Facebook events]

provided sketch design: with a required twist element to include ribbon or fabric...I've used ivory sheer ribbon

SNS ID badge:

More snapshots of the card in different lighting and angles:

Some more challenges:

#3: My Time To Craft Challenge blog #394 Easter or hedgehogs theme...this will be my first submission to this twice monthly/Friday nights posting blog

MTTCC blog link: https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/04/challenge-394-easter-or-hedgehogs.html


#4: Counterfeit Kit Challenge: papers and decorative tape are from my March kit; ivory ribbon is an add-on that I needed for the SNS twist inclusion of ribbon or fabric

CKC blog link: https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/04/april-2019-just-gist-of-it.html
(this will take you to the 2nd posting for the month of April that gives tips on how to consider to mimic the selected featured vendor kit by culling through your own stashes of supplies! I have really enjoyed doing this because I've always enjoyed mixing old and new from my stockpile anyway and with CKC's challenges it really helps me look at my old stuff with fresh/new eyes!)

Still crafting in the freak snowstorm Sunday 14 April 2019 to freeze out north central IL--

Becca S 

PPCCB #384 challenge for 13 June 2018 with theme of anything goes

Congratulations card for a baby boy

Note: in photo below you can tell better that the center image focal piece is lifted off the background by using foam adhesive squares.

post #384 at PPCC blog= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2018/06/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-384.html

You can see other design team creations, read the guidelines and details for participating including prize details from this challenges' 2 sponsors plus get links to the sponsors using that link up above.

More design notes:
a. patterned papers are from old inventory
b. creamy beige cardstock is new from The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby)
c. digital stroller image is from Digi Doodle Studios for Design Team usage at PPCC blog
d. embellishments include the silver glitter star stickers and the teal gems on mesh sticker strip (used to simulate ground/road surface for stroller)
e. digital image was colored with a combination of markers and colored pencils to create interest and depth

Still crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S