Countdown Theme for no 159 at Scrapping 4 fun Challenges Blog

Welcome to my blog, Becca's Heart for Creativity! This post features my design team project for S4fC blog=

#159 Countdown Theme= include these 5 elements on your project

5. digital image or stamp
4. cardstock
3. gems
2. embellishments
1. ribbon or lace (I'm using washi tape, instead.)

I've created 2 different thank you cards using "Air Fairy" from Fabrika Fantasy:

Above: card 1 has all five elements: digi image, pink cardstock and white CS, little white pearl gems on the white butterflies, additional butterflies and pink glitter hearts, and a strip of washi tape through the middle separating the 2 patterned papers.

Below: card 2 has 4 of the 5 elements; this one is missing the gems; I thought it didn't need any additional fussiness since the image has lots of lines and curves as do the patterned papers, foil butterflies, and washi tape strips.

Get all the details @ S4fC blog link= https://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-159-count-down-challenge.html

S4fC also has a Facebook group if you would like to follow us that way.

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Prize sponsors are Fabrika Fantasy and Dies R Us. Their ID badges=

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The same sketch design for both cards' layouts was based on #31 from Laurel Seabrook Designs' Sketchy Saturday that she use to blog. link= https://laurelseabrookdesigns.blogspot.com/2018/12/sketchy-saturday-warm-and-cozy.html

When I want to design a card or scrapbook layout ofttimes I base it on someone else's sketch layout. Laurel's #31=

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where these cards will be seen=

a. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog: was a weekly format and in 2020 it has changed to bi-weekly
link for current challenge until 2/4/2020=
https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/01/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-463.html

b. Not Just Cards: current challenge started Jan 11 and has 10 days remaining
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/01/january-challenge.html

c. PPPDTC group in Facebook; a sharing site for crafting bloggers

d. Mixed Media Creativity group in Facebook; a closed group for artists and crafters to share their mixed media projects= (my cards have paper products, digital and stamped images, various embellishments, and supplies like colored pencils to fill in the digi images)

ID badge for PPCC and NJC blogs=

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S for Becca's Heart for Creativity blog

design team member for Scrapping 4 fun Challenges blog as well as these others:

The Crafter's Café Challenge blog
My Time To Craft Challenge blog
A Place to Start challenge blog
52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge blog

An Anniversary Card inspired by a movie for DT project for MTTC blog

The new theme challenge #414 at My Time To Craft for the next fortnight is to be Disney-inspired. I pay homage to "101 Dalmatians" and the character Cruella Deville:


large spots
black and white animal print
bold red accents

link: http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-414-disney-inspired.html
24 January 2020 theme= Disney-inspired #414

supplies/vendors &/or technique notes:
a. The Paper Studio by Hobby Lobby= white with gray dot paper, the animal print paper
b. Pen + Gear washi tapes (purchased at Wal-Mart)
c. sentiment strip is handwritten
d. red glitter heart was part of a multipack purchased at Dollar Tree
e. dark red base card, 5" x 7", was purchased from Paper Source
f. all paper edges were inked with a red stamp pad
g. sketch layout is based on Laurel Seabrook Design's Sketchy Saturday no 14

here's the link to the original post by Laurel when she was doing her Sketchy Saturday challenges=
link: https://laurelseabrookdesigns.blogspot.com/2018/05/sketchy-saturday-with-pebbles-and-unity.html

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other blogs or Facebook groups where this card will be shared=
a. Creative Moments Challenge Blog #183; anything goes theme starting 1/22/2020-
link= http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-183.html

b. Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #243; anything goes + a sentiment; {my card has "happy anniversary" and a subtitle on the washi tape with "love" text}
link= https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/243-anything-goes-sentiment.html

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c. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; mediums include= cardstock & patterned papers, black calligraphy marker; small heart die-cut; glitter heart; 2 washi tapes

d. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group on Facebook; a sharing site for crafting bloggers

e. Incy Wincy Designs challenge blog; started 1/20/2020; anything goes theme
link= https://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/2020/01/hi-everyone-hope-you-are-well-and-thank.html

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I appreciate everyone who looks at my postings!

Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S for Becca's Heart for Creativity

and I'm a design team member for My Time To Craft plus these challenge blogs:
Scrapping 4 fun Challenges
The Crafter's Café Challenges
52 Christmas Card Throwdown
A Place to Start

whew! :)

January 2020 Week 3 for 52 CCT blog is theme prompt of gifts

#3 of 52 weeks in the year and this Christmas card features 2 gift package die-cuts and the word gift in the sentiment message.

This is a design team commitment project for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

Link: https://52cct.blogspot.com/2020/01/january-theme-challenge.html

The 2 gift package circular die-cuts have been in my stash for just over a year and are from one of American Crafts' designer lines.

The 3 patterned papers and sentiment message strip are from "Together at Christmas" collection for 2019 by Pink Paislee/American Crafts.

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The sketch layout of this card is based on a favorite of mine from Laurel Seabrook's Sketchy Saturday #14. Find more of her work by searching for Laurel Seabrook Designs and Inspired By.
find her work at these inspired challenges blog: https://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/
Sketch no 14=

Thanks, Laurel, for the inspiration!

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A few more cropped scan images= ( I just love the red, black, and white of this card!!!!)

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Some more challenge blogs and Facebook groups where you will see this card attached to are:

a. PPPDTC group in Facebook; a sharing site for crafting bloggers

b. Scripturally Inspired Creativity group in Facebook; a private group for Christian crafters to share Bible-inspired artistic talents within worship, nurture the flock, and/or outreach for church ministries. The text print cardstock has words like miracle, happy, family, blessed, love, joy, peace, and hope.

c. The 12 Months of Christmas Link-Up blog; #61 always anything Christmas with an optional twist for old-fashioned Christmas
link: https://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-61-opt-twistan-old-fashioned.html

d. Little Red Wagon # 562; theme is After Christmas is before Christmas; Christmas card for 2020 and not 2019
link: https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-532-after-christmas-is-before.html

Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S for Becca's Heart for Creativity blog

currently a member of the design teams for the following=

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

My Time to Craft

The Crafter's Café Challenges

A Place to Start

Scrapping 4 fun Challenges

First challenge in 2020 for My Time to Craft challenge blog with prompt to use new stash items

Hopefully, you've received some new crafting goodies during this holiday season (or maybe you treated yourself like I did!!!) that you can use for this challenge instead of adding to your hoarding. Don't we get that way??!!! The products are just too pretty to actually use!

MTTC's first challenge for 2020 starts on Friday, January 10th and last for 2 weeks. So start planning now how many new items that you can use...or it can be just one new product. Get creative, folks!

I did 2 cards. This one was made second but is my favorite of the two cards:
The new items are the alpha thicker stickers, mistletoe sprig die-cuts, and the 'husk' colored cardstock by Astrobrights/Neenah, Inc.

Below is card 2=
The new items are the 3 patterned papers from the Cottage Christmas collection by Renne Looney in 2018 for Fancy Pants Designs and the 'husk' colored cardstock by Astrobrights/Neenah, Inc.

1/10/2020-1/23/2020 w/ theme of new stash
Link: http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-413-new-stash.html

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Some more cropped scans of both cards:

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The 2nd featured card's layout design is a reverse of sketch #14 from Laurel Seabrook's Sketchy Saturday series. Her amazing work can be found by searching for Inspired By and Laurel Seabrook Designs.

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THANKS can also be found linked to the following:

a. Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog= #18 w/ Anything Christmas Goes; my first card with the bold 'thanks' as a Christmas thank you card is the photo I will attach=
link: https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/mlccb-18-january-anything-christmas-goes.html

YOU ARE SPECIAL can be found linked to the following:

1. http://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-61-opt-twistan-old-fashioned.html; I think the patterned cardstocks have an old-fashioned look to them, especially the 2 strips on the right side of this card. They remind me of wallpaper and fabric that I've seen from the 1940s. The white, green, and red multipatterned paper reminds me more of stuff from my childhood and younger teen years (late 1960s-early 1970s). 

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And this post will be shared on my personal Facebook profile page plus the Paper, Paper, Paper, & Design Team Calls group in Facebook.

Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S for Becca's Heart for Creativity blog

Design team member of the following=

My Time to Craft challenge blog

Scrapping 4 fun Challenges blog & Facebook group

A Place to Start

The Crafter's Café Challenges blog

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

APTS challenge blog reveal October 2019 theme has a prompt choice board

As part of the resident designer team for A Place To Start challenge blog, I decided on the following elements for my October 2019 inspiration project:

*patterned cardstock, solid paper, sentiment, & image
*sketch
*glitter paper
*pearls/gems
*ribbon

APTS' October blog post link: there are 5 columns of delightful products and you can use more than 1 from each column, so mix and match to make it your own unique challenge!!!=

APTS' Resident Designer ID badge: and the challenge blog post link= https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2019/10/october-2019-create-your-own-challenge.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where this card will be shared=

a. sketch from Laurel Seabrook Designs/Sketchy Saturday= sketch #14

b. theme inspiration for fall from Laurel's Inspired By challenge blog current theme "truckload of fall" link:
https://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/10/inspired-by-truckload-of-fall.html
(color inspiration: creamy whites and yellows; and rusty orange tones)

c. my personal profile page on Facebook

d. DT Calls & Craft Chs group on Facebook; this group wants primarily the new challenge posts

e. PPPDTC group on Facebook; this group is for crafter bloggers to share their latest postings on their personal blogs

f. https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/237-halloweenfall-sentiment.html
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #237= Halloween or fall theme + sentiment

my card has autumn colors & owl plus a sentiment strip and happy birthday printed on the ribbon


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some more scans of different portions of the card=

Crafting in the USA heartland's autumn season 2019,
Becca S

Be Mine with peonies DT inspiration for PPCC blog no 427

Pink peonies are a favorite childhood memory of mine! I've got one little tiny starter that I've nurtured last year which I need to check on. It should be sprouting. This darling image from Little Blue Button Stamps needed to have a pink version and my lovely photo print paper of pink peonies plus stickers led the direction for the card design:

PPCC blog #427 starts 4/24/2019 with "anything goes" theme. Please remember that the title states paper-crafty, so the creations linked to Penny's can't be oil paintings or ceramics or knitting--just paper based projects.

1 prize sponsor this week who has also provided images for the design team: Little Blue Button Stamps. Julie assigned me to the Little Blue Button digital stamps. I'm so glad! I love how her awesome eyes are peeking over the heart she's holding!

link to #427 has not be released as of noon on 4/24/2019; as soon as I can I will edit in the post link

edit: pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/04/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-427_25.html  sorry there was an almost 2 day delay...

Isn't this peony photo print paper from The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) just beautiful!?!! I hated cutting it, but I've been involved in groups like Facebook's 100 Pattern Papers Challenge and Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog & community Facebook group to encourage me to use old products and stop holding onto all the pretties. Even those peony layered stickers I've had for probably 2+ years! It's time to use them. I haven't quite decided who will receive this...possibly my mom for Mother's Day or my sister Martha's birthday that's also coming up in May.

other challenges and/or special recognitions:

a. My Time to Craft Challenge blog (MTTC or MTTCCB) 19 April 2019 theme is Spring Flowers

link= https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/04/challenge-395-spring-flowers.html

b. Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog and Facebook community= spring green based floral paper I used as background was part of my March 2019 kit I put together last month; this is the current April inspiration kit to mimic post--
link= https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/04/april-2019-counterfeit-kit-challenge.html

c. 100 Pattern Papers Challenge group on Facebook= the peony print paper has been in my stockpile for over 1 year; kraft cardstock is also an oldie; and so are the peony layered stickers

d. Inspired By (earth day prompt) from Laurel Seabrook Designs= the peonies, little butterfly in the sticker, and the background floral paper with that early spring green grass color, and the green "brick" wall strip with stenciled flourishes--all make me think of springtime and changing seasons here on planet Earth

link: https://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/04/inspired-by-earth-day.html

I will post in Facebook to "Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls", also.

If you like bold contemporary color palette of red, black, white, and bold blue then check out the other variation I did of this sweet image.

In the USA heartland,
Becca S

Friendship theme card 2 combines Sketchy Saturday and SOS and CKC blog challenges

Celebrating friendship

Isn't this so sweet?!!! I haven't decided who to mail this to yet, but I love the little doily section at the top...and the soft pastel plaid paper section, the little lady bugs border sticker, the teal pearl gems, and ….

Some of the suppliers/vendors are:

a. peach floral washi tape and pocket card = My Mind's Eye

b. metallic ink stamp pads = Hampton Art

c. Bloom Where You Are Planted quote, leaves, stems set = Paper Sweeties website

d. teal blue pearl gems and teal blue flower stick-ons bought at Dollar Tree

e. "Marshmallow" white cardstock for the base of the card = Colorbok

Link-up participation elements for submissions to the following:

CKCB: March 6th was mini kit challenge; March 12th was Challenge #1 for frames

https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/03/march-2019-challenge-1-frame-it-up.html

For the March 2019 challenge, instead of photographing 1 large kit, I took time to divide items into 6 mini kits. This photo shows March mini kit #1 from which most of the supplies for this card came from.

Would you consider the tape/sticker corner pieces to be a frame for the pocket card?

SOS #391: very subtle silver metallic stamped quote over the stems and leaves says "Bloom Where You Are Planted" ; inside which I didn't photograph is simply stamped "With love" in gold metallic ink

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2019/03/sos-391-celebrating-friendship.html

SK SAT #43: use the sketch design shown; for the sentiment, I didn't want to cover up this subtle design pocket card so I didn't put a message on that side of the sketch layout https://laurelseabrookdesigns.blogspot.com/2019/03/sketchy-saturday-with-i-heart-us.html

Tip the sketch design to its left and then cut off the bottom or right side white space and you should see my interpretation for the shaded areas shown on #43 Sketchy Saturday. The pocket card already had the peach stripe in the center of the card so I'm letting that represent the narrow rectangle shape on the sketch. The large outlined rose on that same pocket card fills up the circular shaded shape on the sketch. The plaid scrap section represents the lightest gray section shaded on the sketch and the doily helps represent the mid-gray section that extends up above the light gray section.

The base paper was stamped with gold metallic ink (leaves and stems), silver metallic ink (quote: Bloom Where You Are Planted), and white metallic ink (large circular rose-like flowers). For this card I decided to place teal blue flower stick-ons above the stamped stems. It does cover most of the white metallic ink stamped roses, though. 

If you pay close attention to subtle differences, this above pic shows the white circular flower shapes and you can see some silver but may not be able to read the words. I didn't want exactness. I wanted abstract.

Making cards in pairs seems to keep me better focused and getting more done in about the same time as I use most of the same kit supplies and stamping both backgrounds together. Yea! With the sketch, the friendship theme, the mini kit, etc. this card was made in about 1/2 hour!!! This is such a sweet friendly spring card!

                             A lovely card for my lovely best friend forever! This card shown above and the focus of my last blog post was also made from the same mini kit for CKC blog for March 2019.

Crafting in the wacky weather of north central IL, Becca S