Animals and or Flowers Theme Challenge no 167 for S4fC blog

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart's desire with this posting is featuring the newest fortnight challenge #167 for Scrapping 4 fun Challenges blog that has a theme of animals and/or flowers.

My scrapbook layout focal is the digital image from our sponsor Sheepski Designs! Very whimsical! Since I've paired it with documenting my hubs' and I's 7th 'date' out of 23 leading up to our 23rd wedding anniversary in 2019, I thought the jar of honey was symbolic because I gave a card to my 'honey' that night. We also crossed a river to get home--in a car, not a boat, but there was still water involved.

I'm going to have to go back and check my notes for the actual day this was in January 2019. Must have been in the first half. We started our 'dates' around December 28, 2018 and got our 23rd date completed on our 23rd anniversary of January 27, 2019. All I remember now is due to the penciled 7s on the back of these little snapshots!!!

Date #7 of 23 "With my honey pot" scrapbook layout project:

Link to S4fC blog:

https://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/05/challenge-167-animals-flowers.html

SheepSki Designs link:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SheepSkiDesigns

and a direct link to buy the image "Honey and Money":

https://www.etsy.com/listing/693000475/honey-n-money-image-no-185?ref=shop_home_active_19

SheepSki Designs logo badge:

Some vendor notes for this mini kit:
a. base cardstock is from Astrobrights/Neenah; also cocoa brown scrap cardstock used for 2 photo mounts
b. the small red, white, and green dot paper AND the red and white check paper = The Paper Studio
c. the navy blue and white chevron patterned= very old stash
d. the creamy yellow and white chevron striped cardstock = My Mind's Eye
e. The red and white floral cardstock used for a photo mount = The Paper Studio
f. the word/phrase stickers, the blue border sticker, the floral heart sticker, and the red and white bracket sticker = Webster Pages

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Papers and embellishments were a mini kit pulled out of a slightly larger compiled kit for 2 other blogs: CKC and GTSB, both for May 2020.

The 2 above photos are the selected inspirational kit from Club Echo Park's March 2020 kit that is the kit to copy cat for May 2020's challenge at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog.

The stickers from Webster Pages shown in the pic below along with the reds, blues, greens, and yellows from the inspirational CKC kit were the driving force for the mini kit to make the featured layout of this blog post! Love the cheerfulness of this LO! And the whimsy of the illustration digi adds some symbolic connections without having photos of my husband and I. He's my honey! We argue and fuss at each other sometimes but he's still my honey pot! :)

Above and below: pics of mini kit for this layout; the roll of washi tape wasn't used; thought I might have space for a small section of it but that didn't happen.

Digital image is colored and has word/phrase stickers from Webster Pages on it but wasn't mounted to the navy blue chevron striped patterned paper yet.

more still to come....

CKC and TGSB links=

Counterfeit Kit Challenge's May inspirational kit is shown about midway in this posting. There are 2 photos of the Club Echo Park March 2020 kit that they sold and CKC wants you to do your best to copy-cat it from papers and embellishments that you have in your stash/stockpile/craft area...whatever term you call your hoarded supplies!!! :)

CKC Mini Kit Reveal and Project posting which is part of the month of challenges in how you can possibly use your larger compiled kit for the month:

https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/05/may-2020-mini-kit-reveal-project.html

TGSB accessed through either Lisa H's My Creative Endeavors blog or Lori S' My Happy Life=

The Great Stash Bash

https://createdbylisa.blogspot.com/2020/05/may-great-stash-bash-kit.html

TGSB wants 7+ older papers, 3+ newer papers, 5-7 scraps, 3+older embellishments, 1 newer embellishment, and 1 special stash item for the month of May to use (flowers).  Old papers= blue CS, beige and white tonal diagonal CS seen in the first kit pic, the small mat size CS white with a red floral print, polka dot and multi-color stripe small paper pad sheets, 

Newer papers= red and white checked paper, green w/ green, red, and white dot row patterned paper, a couple of pages of CS and sheets to cut apart pocket cards from Webster Pages, 

Scraps= navy and white chevron striped paper, the creamy yellow and white CS, cocoa brown CS, tonal teal floral CS, tonal green striped paper barely showing in the box, pinkish tonal CS, muted aqua blue with white dot CS, 

Old embellishments= "Always in my heart" floral sheet of stickers that are left, My Mind's Eye pink floral washi tape, paper strip type washi tapes (at least 4 that I put into the box to use), 

New embellishments= Webster Pages stickers, the Lilly & Val kitchen floral washi tape & a lemon "Sweet" washi tape, Webster Pages journaling card kit for the kitchen collection, clear bling letter stickers, Webster Pages pocket cards, 

Also if you didn't come to my blog from the S4fC blog, then please use that link and see the other wonderful creative projects from the blog owner Rachelle and the other DT members. They always have fabulous detailed creations!

Facebook groups where this post will be linked or shared:
a. PPPDTC group

b. Mixed Media Creativity group

c. S4fC sharing site

d. SheepSki Designs sharing site

e. CKC blog community group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Anything Goes Theme for 1 Feb 2020 at TCCC Blog

Welcome to my blog, Becca's Heart for Creativity! This blog post features my birthday design team card project for The Crafter's Café Challenge Blog. For the next fortnight the theme of the challenge is anything goes. There are 2 prize sponsors SheepSki Designs and Twistoon, which my Suitcases image is from Twistoon.

(The skin color of the girl was colored with a light brown so I don't know what happened with the scanning to cause it to look gray....bizarre.)

To see the other Twistoon images used by DT crew or the ones from SheepSki you will need to use the TCCC blog link that will be posted a few lines below.

TCCC blog post for 1 Feb 2020 link= https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/235-anything-goes.html

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sketch layout has been modified from one posted 12/15/2018 in Sketchy Saturday by Laurel Seabrook Designs= https://laurelseabrookdesigns.blogspot.com/2018/12/sketchy-saturday-merry-bright.html

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other blogs and Facebook groups where I'll be linking or sharing card photo =

a. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog: #463 is anything goes; still a few days remaining in its fortnight (new to 2020) deadline
link: https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/01/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-463.html

b. Incy Wincy Designs: current challenge is due to expire so I need to hurry and post this!
link= https://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/2020/01/hi-everyone-hope-you-are-well-and-thank.html {missed the link by 30 minutes...ugh}

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

d. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; a private group for artists and crafters to share their projects featuring 3 or more mediums

e. Not Just Cards: still has some remaining days to their January challenge; anything goes theme
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/01/january-challenge.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S for Becca's Heart for Creativity blog

and a design team member of The Crafter's Café Challenge Blog as well as these:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

A Place To Start

My Time To Craft

Scrapping 4 fun Challenges

The Power of Cornflowers for 2 Occasions with TCCC no 224 design team projects

Using this sweet summery digital image of cornflowers in a mason jar (SheepSki Designs) was a delight for get well wishes on a horizontal format and a belated birthday card on a vertical format!

One image for 2 occasions=

get well wishes for an elderly couple (in their 90s) who both took a tumble recently and received minor injuries

and

belated birthday wishes for an uncle; 5 days late; oops!--this aunt and her husband, uncle by marriage, have beautiful perennials at their home, several birdfeeders by their family room window, have 2 awesome barn quilts painted by their grandson on display on their nearby barn; I thought a nature theme card would be good for his 82nd birthday.

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for TCCC blog #224 reveal on August 1, 2019= theme choices are steampunk or ribbon & lace= my cards are just with ribbon, a navy blue satin ribbon, used in different ways [ID badge is a few lines down]

link:  https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/08/224.html

prize sponsor and digital supplier for the design team= SheepSki Designs' ID badges (get prize details and their store link on TCCC's #224 posting)

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Facebook groups to share:
1. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls = sharing site for crafting bloggers (both cards)

2. Mixed Media Creativity = my group for crafting artist friends and family to share their mixed media projects; (I'm going to showcase the belated birthday one because of the glittered tag stick-on with additional butterfly enamel dot plus the large butterfly enamel disc and the ribbon besides the paper products.)

3. SheepSki Designs Community group= crafting visitors can post their projects using their images
(for both cards)

Challenge blogs to link-up=
A. Not Just Cards Challenges= anything goes theme for July 2019 is still open for a few more days
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/07/july-challenge-and-results-of-june.html
(for either card)

B. Bleeding Art challenge blog for mixed media= anything mixed media except scrapbook layouts; the linky widget said it was still open but it might be closed by the time I can get this revealed; we shall see; I want the belated birthday card to be the showcase for this link-up
link= https://bleedingartchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/07/july-challenge-anything-goes.html

C. Little Red Wagon challenge blog = theme started Wed. 7/31/19 is Digi Do--include a digital image on your project! ( I can used either one.)
link= https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2019/07/challenge-508-digi-do.html

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more scans/cropped photos of both cards--

Thanks to my loyal supportive blog followers, design team members of the blogs I've linked to that stop in to acknowledge my entries, owners of challenge blogs, and any surprise visitors!!!

I'll be back in a few days with another DT project for a different blog commitment! Still crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S for Becca's Heart for Creativity

Thank you card no 1 for DT project at PPCC blog 439

Emma in her cool cap is the name of this delightful image from Fred She Said Designs!! FSSD is the prize sponsor for the #439th weekly challenge for Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges!!


Card #1=  

PPCC's ID Badge and link for #439= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/07/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-439-plus-dt_23.html

FSSD's ID Badge (their link and info details about prize(s) will be found on #439 PPCC blog post)

and editing in the 2nd prize sponsor for #439--SheepSki Designs (details on the PPCC post)

Design notes for the thanks for birthday gifts card:

a. this is a 1 layer card not a traditional folded card base
b. the digi came colored --however I added yellow colored pencil to the hat, shorts, socks and pink ruffled under trim plus the diagonal stripes on her shirt
c. I did step b because there are some challenge blogs that will not accept pre-colored digital images. I think if you see the original, you will notice that I've added enough to make it coordinate with my patterned papers and puffy alpha stickers.
d. the 2 patterned papers are not quite half sheets (originals = 6" square) with the blue cardstock base are from partial pads/sets that I've been trying to 'annihilate' since mid-June!!!!
e. all paper edges have been inked black

More scanned and/or cropped photos:

Maybe I should have named this Rainbow Brite Emma? She's a super sweet darling little gal that loves color!!!...a girl after my own heart!

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Link-ups or posting to share this lovely thank you card=
1. 100 Pattern Paper Challenges group on Facebook: the card stock and patterned paper leftovers are part of my 2019 stack that I'm committed to using this year

2. Bash Your Scrapbook Stash group on Facebook: in June their main challenge was Paper Pad Madness; instead of picking just 1 paper pad, I picked a partial set of cardstock, a partial set of large scrapbook papers 12" square size, and 2 small paper pad collections (see photos)

The middle photo in this grouping of papers wasn't used for this thank you card #1 but were for #2 (see its own post or sneak photo down below)

3. Paper, Paper, Paper, & Design Team Calls group on Facebook= I love this sharing site for crafting bloggers!

4. Not Just Cards challenge blog= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/07/july-challenge-and-results-of-june.html

theme is anything goes
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Until next time, crafting in crazy weather USA heartland, Becca S

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sneak peak at card #2

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Thank You Card no 2 for DT project for PPCC blog 439

This post showcases a 2nd card using Emma in her cool cap image from FSSD for the DT inspiration for PPCC's #439th weekly challenge!

FSSD is short for Fred She Said Designs, the prize sponsor for #439.

Card #2= 

PPCC's ID badge and link to #439= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/07/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-439-plus-dt_23.html

*note: PPCC blog challenges are always anything goes that is paper-crafted (hence the name of the blog); so don't try to link-up candles, or crocheted afghans, or smocked baby's christening gown...it needs to be paper product creations like tags, bookmarks, cards, scrapbook layouts, planner layouts, TN layouts, etc. 

FSSD's ID badge (their info and prize details can be found on the PPCC's #439 post)

edit: I forgot to include earlier the other prize sponsor's badge of #439 at PPCC blog= SheepSki Designs

Design notes for Card #2:

1. digital image came pre-colored--however--I added blue-purple and raspberry pink to her blouse, socks, shorts, and cap and just the raspberry pink to the pink ruffled trim.
2. I think I've tweaked the image enough to add my own spin to it to not be disqualified from challenge blogs that don't accept pre-colored digis. I even added the squiggly border outline around the image.
3. all background papers have had their edges inked black
4. mulberry patterned paper that's heart-shaped and the banner cut print paper are from partial set of large scrapbook papers that I'm trying to wipe out! and the purple/mulberry cardstock large rectangle scrap is from a partial set of CS trying to be annihilated as well!!!

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Design note #4's references are to these above 2 photos of some of the partial sets that I added in mid-June to bash (for BYSS group on Facebook) and add for my stack to use in 2019 (for 100 Pattern Paper Challenge group on Facebook).

*Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group on Facebook= sharing site for crafting bloggers
*Not Just Cards challenge blog; anything goes theme; July 2019; http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/07/july-challenge-and-results-of-june.html

more scanned and/or cropped photos of Card #2=

Banner stamp and "with love" stamp are from Hampton Art. I don't know who made the no 1 ribbon stamp which I've only showed the medallion part of. The twine's color is repeated in the multi-print paper and the kraft paper base as well as Emma's hair and shoes in the digi. The Emma in her cool cap image is super sweet. I love that there are many repeating colors from the sentiment stamped and stenciled tag I made to the papers and the image. They all combine to make an interesting and darling thank you card!

From the crazy sultry weather in the USA heartland, Becca S