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

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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

MIUCB DT project for 1 November 2022

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!! My heart's excited to share another terrific mixed media card that I made for my design team commitment for Mix It Up Challenge Blog!!

MIUCB's #62 launches November 1 for six weeks!!! It's anything goes theme with the option technique being whatever you choose. I chose to use another section from a full sheet I did of acrylic paint dabbing using 3 hues (pink, blue, and purple) topped with some gold glitter tempera paint dabbing. This was done this summer with still about 60% remaining of the painted white cardstock sheet.  

I've also used a white glitter decorative tape, a white dazzle/sticker "Thanks", white enamel dots, and a gold rose die-cut for embellishment accents. 

Thanks card=

 some design notes and vendors:

1. another technique is the pink cardstock was distressed

2. the white "thanks" dazzle is from Paper Wishes website

3. the white enamel dots are from Craft Consortium

4. the gold rose die-cut, acrylic paints, and tempera paint were purchased at Dollar Tree during the past year or so

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MIUCB #62 link: https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/miucb-62-anything-goes-optional-open.html

MIUCB blog badge:

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

A. Through The Craft Room Door challenge blog; Anything Goes; current challenge is midway; 

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/10/anything-goes-challenge-october-25th.html

B. Inspired By challenge blog; current theme Halloween Party with photo having lots of purple, black, and white; MY card has purple and white

link= https://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/10/inspired-by-halloween-party.html

C. Corrosive Challenge Blog; Anything Goes for 2022; about 5 days left to their current challenge month

link= http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2022/10/challenge-10-2022-anything-goes-winner.html

D. Mixed Media Creativity group; the paint panel that uses 3 acrylic paints & 1 gold glitter tempera paint; white glitter decorative tape; white dazzle sentiment; enamel dots; gold cardstock embossed rose die-cut; 

E. Paper, Paper, Paper & DT Calls group; sharing 

F. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; anything goes; current; 

link- http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2022/10/192-sheepski-designs.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

DT member of Mix It Up and its sister blogs Merry Little Christmas; and co-owner with Leslie for Ally's Angels

also DT member of these: My Time To Craft, My Time To Craft Christmas, The Holly and Ivy, and Once Upon A Time

along with owning 2 challenge blogs: FarmQuest and Heart's Quest

whew! :)

Ally's Angels Challenge Blog 10 September 2022 DT Project

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Oh, my stars! What a week with kindergarteners after a 3-day weekend!!?!!! And several DT commitments, too. For Ally's Angels September challenge I decided to use some new to me stash supplies.

Ally's Angels September 10, 2022 challenge release continues with our Anything Goes theme. I used a small white A2 card base with a bubblegum pink cardstock for the background. The gorgeous patterned paper is a specialty type with wonderful texture (see closeup cropped scan pic)! Three layered butterfly die-cut stickers make their flight on the card. A small sentiment block on blue cardstock fits in the corner. Stampin' Up stamp with another one saying "Happy Birthday" for the inside panel add the finishing touches. 

and the terrific closeup--

Ally's Angels Challenge Blog for Sept 2022:

blog link= 

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-62-winner-and-top-picks-from.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where you see this project=

A. Through the Craft Room Door challenge blog; started 8/30/22; Anything Goes

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/08/anything-goes-challenge-30th-august-2022.html

B. Critter Crazy challenge blog; Sept 2022--Anything Goes with a Featured Critter-- I have a bird in the paper and also 3 pretty butterflies.

link= https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-66-anything-goes-with.html

C. NBUS challenge blog; Never Before Used Stuff; Sept 2022--MY CARD has new textured specialty patterned paper

link= https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2022/09/nbus-challenge-42.html

D. Mixed Media Creativity group; stamping, inked pages, texture specialty paper, 

E.  Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S 

MIUCB DT Project for 1 September 2022

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! It's time for the next challenge at Mix It Up challenge blog! Participants have 6 weeks to enter Sept 1- Oct 15. The theme is Anything Goes with a technique option of smooshing (inks). This is my 2nd design team commitment for MIUCB!!!

I have to admit I haven't done much ink smooshing. It's easier to dab and smear in my opinion. For the backdrop of the stamped sentiment, I applied gray, lime green, pine green, and aqua onto a plastic bowl, spritzed with water, then pressed down the watercolor sketch paper onto the watered ink. This was only 1 application. The sketch paper is thin so I stopped with the one time. I used a circle stencil to trace my shape to fit the lime green scalloped circle that had been in my stash scraps for a long time. 

The olive green patterned paper triangle had also been in stash scraps for maybe 2 years!!! The color hues almost fit an analogous color scheme. Another old stash item are the strips of a long border sticker on the right side. The newest items are the butterflies and then the ribbon 'tape' of light blue with tiny white dots. 

Butterflies have landed slimline card (about 4 1/8" x 7 1/4")=

Mix It Up Challenge Blog #61 link=

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/miucb-61-anything-goes-optional.html

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sketch layout is based on Sketch #4 from the Creative Memories blog in September 2020 as part of their Weekly Round-Up Sketches=

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where I'll share and link this card:

1. Mixed Media Lovers challenge blog; I'll possibly edited this in after work on 9/1/22

2. We Love 2 Create mixed media challenge blog; started 28 August 2022; anything mixed media goes

MY card has ink smooshing, stamping, ribbon decorative tape, etc.

link= http://welove2create.blogspot.com/2022/08/wk-9-craft-card-making-scrapbooking.html

3. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; started 21 August 2022; anything goes

link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2022/08/188-streamside-studios.html

4. Through The Craft Room Door challenge blog; anything goes theme weekly

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/08/anything-goes-challenge-30th-august-2022.html

5. Mixed Media Creativity group

6. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

7. Slimline Card Obsessed group; this card meets the slimline dimensions; base of the card is the light peach/taupe cardstock

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

design team member of  MIUCB, MLCC, AACB, OUAT, MTTC, and MTTCC

and

owner of 2 challenge blogs FarmQuest and Heart's Quest

MLCCB DT Card for 1 September 2022

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart always gets excited to be creative with Christmas cards! This one is no exception! I'd seen a red and pink Christmas card recently and that color combo is what prompted this Anything Goes Christmas make for my DT commitment with Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog. This is my 2nd project since joining the team this summer. 

MLCC has competitions for 6 weeks then has a 2 week break before repeating the same times for the next challenge which allows for 6 competitions in a calendar year. 

Fancy Pants Designs' Cozy Christmas was a recent new purchase from Peachy Cheap website. The collection is dated 2019. The patterned cardstock sheets are double-side and that's what I've done with the scalloped focal background and the short bottom section. They're reverse sides of each other. The die-cut ephemera floral spray and tinsels are also part of this collection. This is the first time I've ever used tinsel in a card yet it works! 

Different stencils were used for the scallop backdrop and for the banner that was stencil painted on the ivory textured specialty paper. Bright pink acrylic paint was applied. When dry I used a small tip black marking pen to add the letters of "Hope" and to outline the banner. Then gold tempera paint was lightly applied (and also to the floral spray). Next I used a red glitter paint pen to outline inside the banner. A silver glitter paint pen then outline the outside perimeter. The silver helps repeat the silver tinsel and the little silver snowflake dazzles (Paper Wishes website). The gold tempera paint subtly reinforces the gold tinsel and the golden yellow tones in the cardstocks.

HOPE for Christmas card=

Merry Little Christmas blog link for September 1-October 15, 2022=

https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/mlccb-46-anything-christmas-goes-mlccb.html

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

1. NBUS; Never Before Used Schtuff; September 2022; MY card is the first time to use products from Cozy Christmas collection by Fancy Pants Designs.

link= 

2. Mixed Media Lovers challenge blog; MY card has stencil, ink edging, acrylic and tempera paints, glitter paint pens, handwritten sentiment, use of silver foil/metallic snowflakes and gold and silver metallic/foil tinsels

link= 

3. We Love 2 Create challenge blog; anything mixed media goes; this card has a long list of techniques and mediums; use a stencil, paints, outlining, etc.

link= http://welove2create.blogspot.com/2022/08/wk-9-craft-card-making-scrapbooking.html

4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; anything goes

link-- http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2022/08/188-streamside-studios.html

5. Through The Craft Room Door Challenge blog; anything goes

link=http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/08/anything-goes-challenge-30th-august-2022.html 

6. Crafting Happiness challenge blog;  #130 card theme is flowers

link= https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/08/130.html

7. Mixed Media Creativity group

8. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S 

design team member for MLCCB, MIUCB, OUAT, AACB, THICC, MTTCC, and MTTC

and

owner of these 2 challenge blogs started in 2022= FarmQuest and Heart's Quest

Once Upon A Time September 2022 childrens book Charlottes Web prompt

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! On August 1st, Once Upon A Time challenge blog debuted. For the 2nd challenge, blog owner Deanne has selected the children's classic Charlotte's Web for September's inspiration. 

I've tried to recreate the book cover with some personalization and stash raid without having to download or purchase anything. This potentially might be used for classroom purposes. I've been at a variety of age levels and subjects during the past 35+ years including college adjunct to pre-service teachers and daycare providers. 

Here's my DT commitment titled "Rebecca's Web" =

Some design notes and credits: 

a. gray specialty cardstock base is about 6.5" x 5-5.5"

b. spider cardstock is on 1 side of a 12" square by

c. fence clipart image was a freebie downloaded and printed on white cardstock; a mix of markers and colored pencils were used on it; then fussy cut

d. animal tag was cut apart to separate the sentiment and just have the stacked animal portion behind the fence (Echo Park)

e. a black marker and black, brown, and reddish-mauve colored pencils were used for the female blank face stamp (Illustrated Faith)

f. a white thick stamp pad ink was smeared on the light green cardstock

g. a mechanical pencil was used to create some faux spidery web lines around the title to mimic the cover

Overall, if used for a classroom ELA activity to create a sequel to Charlotte's Web, I'm good to go. There are enough elements similar to Garth's cover art and for book content. :)

  In case it has been awhile since you've seen the book cover art for Charlotte's Web, this is the photo provided by Deanne for OUAT=

link to Once Upon A Time challenge blog's September 2022 posting=

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-2-charlottes-web.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups to link and share are:

1. Shopping Our Stash challenge blog; Animal Antics; my card has the stacked animals; 

link= https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2022/08/sos478-animal-antics.html

2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog;

link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2022/08/188-streamside-studios.html

3. Through The Craft Room Door challenge blog; anything goes

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/08/anything-goes-challenge-30th-august-2022.html

4. Mixed Media Creativity group; 

5. PPPDTC group

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Crafting in the USA heartland with a passion for combining learning, reading, and creativity,

Becca S

design team member of Once Upon A Time

and

AACB, MLCCB, MIUCB, & THICC= new in August 2022

and

 MTTCC, MTTC= for over 2 years

and

owner of these 2 challenge blogs started this year: Heart's Quest and FarmQuest

2022 August 26 MTTC Theme #489 Fantasy Whimsical Charm

 Greetings from Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Today's post features MTTC Theme #489--

Fantasy Whimsical Charm

for August 26-September 8, 2022. 

Competition start time and end time are the same for dates shown of 12 am CT/Chicago or 6am UK. (Adjust to wherever you are in the world.) 

I was a bit stumped at first when this theme was suggested by several DT members. My brainstorming results were mermaids, trolls, gnomes, elves, fairies, Alice and Wonderland, etc. But I decided to go with whimsy charm. Simple Stories card kit "Sending Sunshine" had elements that would work perfectly for 2 cards as my DT commitments. 

Inspiration card #1:

Some credits are:

(1) Simple Stories card kit "Sending Sunshine" = sentiment, background panel, rainbow, plaid heart, bird, flower row, plaid border, mouse, and the folded white card base; (2) pink with little white x print cardstock scrap = Mint Berry paper pad by The Paper Studio; and (3) a teeny bit of yellow scrap to make the little smiling sun came from my stash. The word sunshine was colored bright yellow in order to give the illusion of sunshine and provide more yellow color on the card.

Inspiration card #2:

Some credits for card #2: the pink with little white x print scrap and the pink with green flowers scrap = Mint Berry paper pad from The Paper Studio; the flower, sentiment banner, bird, and butterfly die-cuts are from the Simple Stories card kit "Sending Sunshine"; the green and white chevron print paper scrap = The Paper Studio; the black and silver glitter decorative tape and green cardstock are from my stash.

MTTC #489 link=

https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/08/mttc-489-theme-of-fantasy-whimsical.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups were these 2 cards will be shared are:

A. Through The Craft Room Door challenge blog; ATG August 2022= Any Thing Goes; I'll share card #2

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/08/atg-challenge-16th-august-2022.html

B. The Crafter's Café Challenge blog; August 15 start date; Theme of Relaxation; card #1 will be shown because the little mouse is taking a walk by the flowers

link= https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/08/crafters-cafe-challenge-288-relaxation.html

C. Use Your Stuff challenge blog; Rainbows (rainbow colors or rainbow shapes); my card #1 has a rainbow

link= http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2022/08/455-rainbows.html

D. 100 Patterned Paper Challenge group; my 2022 goal wasn't 100 pp sheets this year but to wipe out the remaining smallish-size sheets from the Mint Berry paper pad from The Paper Studio; both cards have MB patterned cardstocks

E. Mixed Media Creativity group; my card(s) have decorative tape, die-cuts, inking, color-filling (on the word sunshine in card #1), and handwriting of the face for the little sun/yellow scrap

F. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group; sharing

G. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge blog; both cards have 3 patterned papers but I will link card #2 to showcase

link= http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2022/07/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-august.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

these cards are for my DT commitment with My Time To Craft

I'm also on the DTs of these other challenge blogs:

My Time To Craft Christmas

Ally's Angels

Once Upon A Time

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

Mix It Up

Merry Little Christmas Challenge

and

I'm the owner of these 2 challenge blogs started in late February and late March 2022:

Heart's Quest Challenge Blog (HQCB)

FarmQuest Challenge Blog (FQCB)

Denim Blues Inspired Sympathy Card

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity card! Sadly, a lifetime close family friend of my husband and his siblings lost his battle with cancer on July 7th. Creatively, I've been wanting to craft something for the denim inspiration at Deanne's challenge blog and thought I'd do a unique sympathy card for the family. 

There are 2 different textured specialty cardstocks for the inside panel so using the white blank card with front cover square window was a good artistic opportunity to do something mixed media on the front. 

Let's take a sneak peek

Featured elements to take note of:

1. 3 cordings tied on the left--yellow and 2 shades of blue

2. blue acrylic paint, sunflower yellow colored pencil marks, and gold glitter tempera paint

3. gold metallic foil dazzle for the main sentiment (Paper Wishes website)

4. stamp for the secondary sentiment (Hampton Arts, I think)

5. white card with square window opening on front panel with a white envelope came from a set (Studio G)

now some views using my cell phone=

Deanne's "PIN"spirational challenges blog link=

https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/07/pinspirational-challenge-291-july.html

photo for inspiration=

other challenge blogs and FB groups:

A. Through The Craft Room Door challenge blog; started July 5th; anything goes

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/07/anything-goes-challenge-5th-july-2022.html

B. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; started July 3rd; anything goes

link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2022/07/185-joy-clair-designs.html

C. Mixed Media Lovers challenge blog; July 2022; anything mixed media; MY card has acrylic paint, colored pencil, gold glitter tempera paint, gold metallic sentiment, cording, and 2 textured specialty papers on the inside

link= https://mixedmedialovers.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-15-mixed-media-lovers.html

D. Mixed Media Mayhem group

E. Mixed Media Creativity group 

F. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

this is a non-DT project

for my DT work check out these:

a. My Time To Craft

b. My Time To Craft Christmas

c. Mix It Up

d. Merry Little Christmas Challenges

and more inspiration work at my 2 challenge blogs started earlier in 2022=

1. FarmQuest challenge blog

2. Heart's Quest challenge blog

MLCC blog Theme #45 starts 1 July 2022

 ***Season's Greetings! I'm excited to be announcing that July 1st is my debut as a design team member of Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog!! YES!! Oh, what joy! In 2022, co-owner Leslie T changed the competitions to last 6 weeks long and to offer 6 per year. That's doable for me. 

MLCC Blog makes it even easier for Christmas cardmaking because their challenges are "Anything Christmas Goes". For my 1st DT project, I decided to do a mixed media holly leaves and berries stenciled 3x focus panel. Light green ink was sponged on first. Then red. Then green acrylic paint was applied to most of the stencil. 

After it dried, I went back and outlined the holly leaves with 3 different tip-sized black pens. The holly berries were brightened with 4 different red markers. I was trying to achieve variegation over the panel. Then gold glitter tempera paint was dabbed on once most of the card was assembled. The gold thickers and red dot gems were added last. 

Merry with holly leaves and berries=

click on the closeup and look for the teeny bits of gold glitter paint scattered around:

Wow! I've used a non-traditional Christmas (or even winter) patterned paper on the left with the traditional red and green holly leaves and berries for the stenciled panel. Thanks to Simple Stories for the stencil sheet and I believe it is American Crafts for the gold thickers (Merry, holly leaves, and holly berries). 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog #45 link= July 1-August 15, 2022

https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/07/mlccb-45-anything-christmas-goes-mlccb.html

MLCC blog badge=

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other challenge blogs to link up and Facebook groups for sharing are these=

A. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge blog= anything Christmas goes; option washi tape= nope just ACG for my card

link= http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/06/chnc-challenge-600.html

B. The Holly and Ivy Christmas challenge blog= anything Christmas goes; 

link= http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/06/challenge-119-anything-christmas-goes.html

C. Through The Craft Room Door challenge blog; anything goes; started June 21

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/06/blog-post.html

D. Mixed Media Creativity group= inking and painting over stencil, outlining holly leaves, red marker ink applying to berries, touches of gold glitter tempera paint dabbed over the card

E. The Seasonal Cardmaker group

F. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland for MLCC blog design team,

Becca S

(also owner of Heart's Quest and FarmQuest challenge blogs)

I Heart Summer Notecard

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I've got a funky looking very geometric summery notecard for you all to see. I'm calling it "I Heart Summer"=

*the peachy pink flat base card with a matching envelope are from Darice

*the 4 hearts' cut-out is the surrounding packing of the sheet remainder--yes! The geometric set-up and the remaining border colors of the heart shaped stickers with that paneling looking background just had me thinking --recycle/upcycle this someday, somehow! 

*2 little planner stickers are layered over another sticker used as the sentiment. There are 2 more planner stickers in the lower middle bottom edge of the 4 heart cut-outs. Got to get more summery tropical elements on here!

*flamingo paper was 1 of 6 designs in a patterned paper pad discovered at Dollar Tree several years ago

*kraft paper in the background is for scanning purposes and is not part of the card.

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This notecard is being linked to:

1. Fab - N- Funky challenge blog; #554; summer colors; I've got bright pinks, greens, orange-yellows, etc. 

link= http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2022/06/challenge-554-summer-colours.html

2. Through The Craft Room Door challenge blog; anything goes

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/06/blog-post.html

3. Just Us Girls challenge blog; photo inspiration for #638 of a tropical beach scene; 

link= http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/06/just-us-girls-challenge-638-photo.html

4. Mixed Media Creativity group ; black outlining, recycled/upcycled; stickers; 

5.  Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group in FB; sharing site

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

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this notecard is NOT for a design team commitment

however if you are curious, my projects can be found/connected to:

*Heart's Quest challenge blog

*FarmQuest challenge blog

*Mix It Up challenge blog

*Merry Little Christmas challenge blog

*My Time To Craft challenge blog

*My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog

Yummy Cool and Colorful Birthday Cupcakes card

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!! Shocker! This small flat card is not for a design team commitment! I wanted to mix together some current challenge themes to take advantage of their competition periods. And I even messed up on one that I had just received a notice about on Wednesday...at least I thought it was this Wednesday and not last week...crazy...

This fun card has mixed the elements for birthday, triangles, and bright summery colors. 

Yummy, cool, and colorful birthday cupcakes card=

Design notes and credits: the lavender paper is backdrop to block the printer scanner light; the mauve/mulled pink flat card base has a matching envelope (Darice); patterned paper, jumbo dots, and stickers were bargain finds at Dollar Tree; the green and yellow cardstock scraps are from Crafter's Choice or Art Skills, another bargain buy at Dollar General; and the purple cardstock scrap is from Neenah bought at Wal-Mart. A yellow marker was added to most of the white areas and white sprinkle dots in on the pink frosted cupcakes because it looked better to get yellow incorporated onto the paper. This is definitely packing some colors!

Challenges to link-up and Facebook groups to share:

A. Through The Craft Room Door; new Anything Goes challenge started June 21; 

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/06/blog-post.html

B. Seize The Birthday; Summer Activities is the topping/option; Anything Goes Birthday= My card with HB stickers and cupcake paper

link= http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2022/06/seize-birthday-241-summer-activities.html

C. Paper Craft Crew Challenge #475= Color/Sprinkles; Use 4 of the 5; OOPS/closed on June 21...sigh--I used green, purple, yellow, and pinks

link= https://papercraftcrew.com/pcc475-color-challenge/

D. Use Your Stuff challenge blog; #450; triangles= the "HB" sticker has triangle shaped banner/flags; the cupcake paper was cut in a triangle shape

link= http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2022/06/450-triangles.html

E. Fab -n- Funky challenges blog; June 22; Summer Colors; MY card= pinks, green, yellow, and purple

link= http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2022/06/challenge-554-summer-colours.html

F. Mixed Media Creativity group; 3 little planner stickers, HB sticker, jumbo dots/gems, used yellow marker to fill in white areas on the cupcake print paper for the paper to show more of the yellow like the 1 cardstock scrap; white ink pad to edge; 

G. Paper, Paper, Paper & DT Calls group; sharing 

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Crafting in the USA heartland, 

Becca S

DT members for the following:

*Mix It Up

*Merry Little Christmas

*My Time To Craft

*My Time To Craft Christmas

Owner of 2 challenge blogs:

*FarmQuest

*Heart's Quest