MTTCC #79 Dove Theme for Christmas DT card on 2 Feb 2024

 Heartwarming Wishes from Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

Purpose: this post showcases my manager/DT commitment to My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog's #79 theme

When: February 2-15, 2024

What: #79 theme is Dove for Peaceful Christmas

Notes:

1. gray cardstock = Neenah

2. teal cardstock and the half heart doily (started as white) = Crafter's Choice

3. Butterfly Blue alcohol marker (for doily and cardstock edging) and Pale Blue alcohol marker = Arteza

4. fussy cut dove and the border design strip = boxed card upcycled 

Where: MTTCC #79 main launch posting link=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2024/02/mttcc-79-theme-is-winter-birds-for.html

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Other places:

A. C.R.A.F.T. ; current; theme is winter; my card has wintery colors, Christmas sentiment, dove, 

link= https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/02/challenge-707-winter.html

B. Critter Crazy; current/started Feb 1; must feature a critter; my card has a dove

link= https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2024/02/challenge-83-anything-goes-with.html

C. Kerst/Christmas via FB group; current; anything goes Christmas

link= https://www.facebook.com/groups/1060810930603477/

D. The Four Seasons; started Feb 1; winter season; my card is a wintery Christmas card

link= https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/02/february-2024-anything-goes-winter.html

E. Merry Little Christmas Challenge; current through Feb 15; anything Christmas goes

link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/mlccb-54-anything-christmas-goes-mlccb.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*owner/DT=

1. FarmQuest Country Christmas challenge blog

2. FarmQuest General Store challenge blog

3. FarmQuest Challenge Blog

4. Heart's Quest Challenge Blog

5. formerly known as The Fairy and The Unicorn is now in 2024 renamed as Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge

*co-owner/DT=

1. Ally's Angels Challenge Blog

2. Christmas Bingo Challenge Blog

*manager/DT=

1. My Time To Craft Christmas

2. My Time To Craft

MTTC #505 Easter Flowers or Spring Flowers Theme DT inspirations

 Hello! Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

Today's feature: MTTC #505 theme of Easter Flowers or Spring Flowers

Design Team inspiration projects--yes! I've made 2. One for Easter and another for spring friendship.

When: Competitions runs April 7-20, 2023 starting and ending time reference 12:00am CST/Chicago

Card #1= Thinking of You spring friendship card

A few design notes:

1. the printed base card and the floral wreath circle die-cut (without the stamping) were part of a card kit that was gifted to me; I was given the suggested final look however they showed a pinkish mauve rectangle die-cut shape to be centered under the circle wreath die-cut. I didn't have that piece so I had a lightbulb moment to use colored pencils to repeat many of the hues of the wreath into the quilted design print on the card base!!! Amazing isn't it??!!!

2. the rose stamp and sentiment "thinking of you" are from My Sentiments Exactly, another set of gifted items

3. reddish-purple and green ivy Memento Ink pads (also gifted by a generous artisan friend)

and

Card #2= Gold for the King of Kings Easter card (worthy is the lamb that was slain)

and a close-up scan of the lettering to see the little lamb above the letter T in Easter

A few design notes for the Easter card:

a. the little lamb sticker is from a very old Sunday School type company from maybe 35-45 years ago!!!

b. there are 3 layers and colors of cardstock from different vendors and have been in my stash for many years; same for the gold glitter decorative tape

c. gold metallic alpha stickers are from Freckled Fawn

d. the floral arrangement is a panel section from a napkin!!!! YES!!!

Where: use this link to take you to the MTTC #505

https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/04/mttc-505-theme-is-easter-flowers-or.html

https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/04/mttc-505-theme-is-easter-flowers-or.html

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other challenge blogs to share/link are:

A. #1= Beautiful Blossoms Challenge blog; started March 15; Anything with flowers as focus/majority

link= https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/beautiful-blossoms-floral-challenge-3.html

B. #1= The Four Seasons Challenge blog; April/current; Spring Season theme; MY card is a Springs Flowers

link= https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/04/april-2023-anything-goes-spring.html

C. #1= Krafty Chicks Challenges blog; Started Apr 6, Week 1 Stamp Act; my Springs flowers card has a rose stamp and a sentiment stamp

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/04/krafty-chicks-challenge-658-week-1.html

D. #2= Art Impressions challenge blog; current; Easter theme; MY 2nd card is my Easter card

link= https://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2023/04/easter-wishes-challenge-week-2.html

E. #2= Craft Rocket challenge blog; current; Layer it Up theme; MY Easter card has lots of layers with top layer being the embellishments, 2nd layer is the napkin flowers, 3rd layer is turquoise cardstock, 4th layer is pink cardstock and 5th layer is purple cardstock

link= http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/04/challenge-102-layer-it-up.html

F. #2= Creative Inspiration Challenges blog; started Apr 6; Anything Goes;

link= https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/04/creative-inspiration-challenges-1.html

and Facebook groups to share/link are: Mixed Media Creativity, Scripturally Inspired Creativity, Christian Card Makers ~ Women's Fellowship, Bible Journaling and Faith Art, Paper/Paper/Paper and DT Calls, Paper Crafting For Everyone, Paper Crafting Galleria, 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

(you can find my DT inspiration projects at these challenge blogs/acronyms: MTTC, MTTCC, AACB, TFATU, HQCB, FQCB, FQGS, THICC, OUAT, MLCCB, MIUCB)

Krafty Chicks #645 January 5-11 Guest Designer Project for Stamp Theme

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

I'm heart happy to share that I've been asked to be a Guest Designer or Guest Chick for January 2023 at Krafty Chicks challenge blog!!! (squeal!)

Week 1: January 5-11 (new weeks start on Thursdays) = #645 theme =Stamp

[stamps with blue ink are "HVD" and the floral heart; both were purchased from Sum More Fun]

More design notes:

a. cursive love text print cardstock (Webster Pages) had white background; I used a gray colored pencil to shade it in

b. a mint green heart print on clear plastic overlay panel (Webster Pages)

c. die-cuts of flower, fishtail tag, and 'sweet love' text label (My Mind's Eye)

d. the remaining items are stash

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Krafty Chick's 1st week of  January 2023 (Jan. 5-11 competition #645)

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/krafty-chicks-challenge-645-week-1.html

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Other challenge blogs to share photo/blog link are=

A. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; #197 sponsored by All Dressed Up; theme= Anything Goes

link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2023/01/197-all-dressed-up.html

B. A Place To Start Challenge Blog; January 2023 = Anything Goes

link= https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-2023-anything-goes.html

C. Inspiration Station; January 2023; Photo Prompt

https://inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/inspiration-station-inspiration-prompt.html

those wintery whites, grays/silvery and light blue tones match very well to this idea I had --

the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday card is for my mom and her favorite color is blue and I also wanted to keep it winter season colors too instead of lots of reds or pinks

D. The Four Season Challenge Blog; started Sunday Jan 1; Jan 2023=Winter (my card has wintery white and light blue tones; also Valentine's Day is in February and that's part of the winter season for the Northern Hemisphere)

link= https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-2023-anything-goes-winter.html

E. Crafting Happiness Challenges blog; January 2023; Celebrations = Valentine's card for my momma Jane

link= https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-138-celebrations.html

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Facebook groups to share photo/blog link are=

1. The Seasonal Cardmaker group

2. Paper Crafting For Everyone group

3. The Crafty Addicts group

4. Paper, paper, Paper and DT Calls group

5. Mixed Media Creativity group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

This posting is my 1st of 4 weeks being a Guest "Chick" Designer for Krafty Chicks challenge blog. 

Otherwise, you can find my design team inspiration projects at MTTC, MTTCC, MIUCB, MLCCB, AACB, THICC, OUAT, TFATU, HQCB, and FQCB.

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again, check out Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog=

KCCB #645 blog post link= http://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/

MTTC #495 Challenge starts 18 November 2022 and Theme is Transportation

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart's excited for showing a cute easy to make notecard as my DT inspiration card for My Time To Craft Challenge blog's Theme #495 about transportation. 

I thought this would be a flexible 2 season kind of topic for our participants to create about. Americans can have coming home for Thanksgiving and everyone can have cars or trucks hauling gifts, trees, etc. for the Christmas holiday season. 

The DT inspiration card fits into an autumn harvest kind of vibe. My siblings are 2 different directions and distances from me and our mom, who only lives 5-6 miles from Joe and I. My brother is about 2.5-3 hours away and our sister is 12+ hours and 4 states away. The week of Thanksgiving, my sister is planning on being up here and hopefully my brother's crew can come once or twice. I've made another notecard for my sister, so this one will go to my 'little' brother! 

See ya soon notecard=

Some design and vendor notes:

a. the large die-cut is Echo Park's Farmers Market Ephemera (2021)

b. it was outlined using a black marker and backed with a charcoal gray textured specialty paper

c. the rust/muted pink tone cardstock base (flat) is from Darice

d. the mid-gray with white x print cardstock strip scrap is from Mint Berry paper pad from The Paper Studio that I've been trying to bash this year. I don't think I'm going to make it but I've reduced the starting number of sheets by half, so that's a very good thing.

e. red glitter alpha stickers, and small red glitter heart sticker are stash items.

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MTTC's #495 blog link=

https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/mttc-495-theme-is-transportation.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups =

1. The Four Seasons Challenge blog; November/Anything Fall Season

link= https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-anything-goes-fall-challenge.html

2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; about 1+ days left to the current; Anything Goes

link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2022/11/193-alex-syberia-design.html

3. Through the Craft Room Door challenge blog; started Nov 8; Anything Goes (thanks for selecting my fishing themed notecard as winner for your previous challenge!!!)

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/11/anything-goes-challenge-november-8th.html

4. 100 Patterned Paper Challenge group = Mint Berry paper pad is my 2022 goal stash papers to use this year. I didn't start with 100 but around 60+ sheets that are about 4.5" deep and 6-8" wide. 

5. Mixed Media Creativity group= outlining, inked edges, die-cut, glitter heart and alphas, 

6. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group= sharing

7. The Crafty Addicts group = sharing

8. Paper Crafting for Everyone group = sharing

9. If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge blog; November 2022; theme image = monster truck; MY card has a pickup truck

link= https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2022/11/cookie-challenge-174-november.html

image prompt=

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*DT member of MTTC, MTTCC, THICC, OUAT, AACB (also co-owner), MIUCB, MLCCB

and 

DT/owner of these 3:

FarmQuest

Heart's Quest

The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge

Ally's Angels Challenge Blog 10 August 2022

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart and soul are very excited to share that this summer I agreed to be on another challenge blog's design team plus be the new co-owner!!! Ally's Angels was started by Alessandra a few years ago and  this challenge will be her last as owner. Leslie Turner agreed to take over after Alessandra/Ally decided to step out. Leslie asked me to act as co-owner but this is mostly as a safeguard and to also be on the DT. We hope Ally will be able to create a project now and again. A couple of her DT members are staying on: Mariann, Jolanda, and Veronique. Challenges are once per month and Anything Goes. Pretty great, right?!!!

Several times this summer I've been wanting to play around with an idea that I see in scrapbook challenges about bashing a sheet or two of stickers on 1 layout. With the size of a card, I used 3 different partial sheets of stickers with same color tones along with 3 different colors of solid cardstock scraps. The butterflies sheet is now bashed! What do you think of "Sweet Beauty"?

Sweet Beauty friendship card=

It was a great feeling to bash my stash of some scraps and stickers!!! I really like how the layout is balanced by the center layered sentiment sticker and the opposite corner resin circles. The butterflies and stars make good surrounding borders. The colors coordinate very well with each other. 

Ally's Angels challenge blog; August 10, 2022; Anything Goes theme; 

link= https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2022/08/challenge-61-and-winner-of-challenge-60.html 

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Other challenge blogs and Facebook groups to share and link this card are=

1. Love To Scrap challenge blog; July 1-August 15; anything goes with scraps

link= https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/07/ltscb-156-anything-goes-ltscb-155.html

2. The 4 Seasons challenge blog; August 2022; Summer

link= https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/08/august-anything-goes-summer.html

3. Use Your Stuff challenge blog; Nature theme; MY card has flowers and butterflies

link= http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2022/08/454-nature.html

4. If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge blog; August 2022 tropical colors

link= https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2022/08/cookie-challenge-171-august.html

5. Mixed Media Creativity group

6. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

design team member of Ally's Angels, OUAT, MIUCB, MLCCB, MTTC, and MTTCC

and

owner of 2 challenge blogs= FarmQuest and Heart's Quest