Masculine birthday card with contrasts for PPCC no 433 design team project

As adults I find that celebrating birthdays is usually a balance between daily living obligations vs relaxing and taking it easy. So this card shows that struggle--forceful words on the cover folds but either whining complaints or wishes or accomplishments on the inside panels.

Dr. Digi's Dunderton Rugby Club image of "Derek" is the star of this card:

PPCC blog #433 is another weekly challenge with Anything Goes (with paper-crafting) theme starting June 5, 2019. There are 2 prize sponsors & contributors of images for the design team to highlight: Time For Tea Designs and Dr. Digi's House of Stamps. I'm working with one of Dr. Digi's series featuring Derek.

PPCC post link for recent winner & top 3 since #433 hasn't been posted as of 2:20pm Wed. 6/5/19=

https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/06/pennys-challenge-431-winner-top-3.html

**I'll edit in the link for #433 as soon as it is available. https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/06/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-433.html

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Dr. Digi's ID badge=

Time For Tea Design's ID badge=

more scanned pics from start to finish:

Dimensions: 7" high and then each section is 3.5" wide or 10.5" wide total

"Do I have to adult today?"  "I need a nap!"  "Busy, busy, busy."

"I love naps."  "Can I get a day off?"  "Gettin' stuff done!" And in the top right corner of the center panel: "Nope, not today!"

Before the day was over, I had edited--changing the birthday related stick-on and adding a tiny planner sticker to Derek's left ("I need a time out").

Some of the vendors:
a. for the black and white glossy label sticker and the black & white checked washi tape= Pen + Gear
b. dark red marbleized cardstock = Colorbok
c. triangle print and zebra print papers= The Paper Studio
d. stickers "strong" and "fearless" = Simple Stories
e. all the planner type stickers = Simple Stories
f. others not mentioned thus far in the blog post...I've just had too long to keep track of.

Facebook groups and another challenge blog being linked to/shared:
a. Paper, Paper, Paper, and DT Calls (FB)
b. 100 Pattern Papers Challenge (using old inventory= the triangle  print and zebra print papers from The Paper Studio have been in my stuff for 1.5 years)
c. Cute n Crafty Challenge #28   = theme is Father's Day or Card for a Man [mine is birthday card for my brother]; link http://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/challenge-28-fathers-day-or-card-for-man.html

Have a wonderful week!

From 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

PPCCB 377 for April 25 with anything goes theme

May God grant the two of you many more years of wedded bliss....

The design team for Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog was divided into 2 groups to use images provided by this week's sponsors: Just Me Digital Stamps and Time 4 Tea (plus a 3rd sponsor, Di's Digi Stamps). I was put on the JMDS crew and selected the Valentine Heart Wreath frame to use. It has an "I love you" scripted sentiment but since I needed some anniversary cards this week I opted not to use that as the message. Here are the 2 cards I created:

PPCC blog's identification badge & blog post link:  http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2018/04/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-377.html

JMDS:

Time For Tea Designs:

and surprise...a 3rd prize sponsor:

More views of card one:

don't you love the details!?!!! I added the black squiggly line border around the outside edge then fussy cut out each heart with card one's getting mounted to light blue tone cardstock and card two's getting mounted to light green cardstock. They were both filled-in the same using colored pencils.

card one's inside panel

card two's inside panel

Took time to pause about half way through making card one to take a photo. Notice the images are missing the outer border edging and the centers only had a light pink applied for the heart wreath frames.

Images were printed to fit in a 3" x 5" dimension. Card one's dark blue base card is 4.25" deep and 7" wide. Card two's light lavender base card is 5.5" deep and 8" wide.

Anniversary milestones! One couple celebrates 18 years and the other has "survived" 55 years! It is a beautiful thing to encourage those who have stayed committed through the ups and downs of life.

My husband and I achieved the 22 year milestone in late January. He was married almost 24 years with his first wife when he became a widower. I met him 3 months later and we married 7 months and 1 week after meeting! And 22 years and a few days shy of 3 months, we are still hanging on to each other. :)  Becca