Late Harvest Thankful Time Card non DT project on 9 Nov 2024

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

purpose: This posting features a new creative project that is not for any current DT commitment. YEA! 

when: posting will be published on November 9th; link-ups range from Nov 1-8th

what: 

notes:

1. sketch layout from Cheerful Sketches challenge blog (photo below)

2. orange dots print, pumpkin vine lattice print, black with tiny dots print and rust tone stripes print = Faboolous paper pad = Simple Stories

3. pumpkin, soybean (left) plus the dark rust flowers with smaller soybeans die-cuts = Faboolous ephemera pack = Simple Stories

4. text strip sticker = The Simple Life sticker book = Simple Stories

5. the orange tonal crinkled print paper scrap strip = stash

6. dark orange cardstock trimmed a 1/2" = Recollections (4.5" x 6.5") 

7. flat kraft card with matching envelope (from pack) 5" x 7" = Recollections

8. black ink pad = Hero Arts

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where/places to share and link-up:

A. Cheerful Sketches; started Nov 1st; must keep the sections but it can be rotated a quarter turn ===>> which I did for the base but kept the 5 rows on a vertical yet shorter height. The oval space is also smaller. Mathematically, the width of my strips vary from the sketch but I still have 5 vertical sections and 1 horizontal band. 

link = https://cheerfulsketcheschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/11/november-challenge-138.html

sketch image = 

B. Cut It Up; current; use die-cut + grateful/thankful

link= https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/11/cut-it-up-challenge-316-grateful-andor.html

C. If You Give A Crafter A Cookie: current; see cookie images of seasonal items plus words "grateful, thankful, blessed"

link = https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2024/11/cookie-challenge-198-november-grateful.html 

badge image = 

D. Aloha Friday Challenge; current; theme is thanks/thankful/thank you

link = https://alohafridaychallenge.blogspot.com/2024/11/aloha-friday-challenge-16-thanks.html

E. Triple B (Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms); started Nov 3; my card has 2 black birds seen on the pumpkin vine lattice print paper and then the blooms/die-cuts with the pumpkin

link = https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2024/11/triple-b-november-2024-challenge.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*note: this is a non-DT commitment project = YES! Exciting! 

What are my DT commitments?

*DT member only = HAOOCAYR

*manager/DT = MTTC and MTTCChristmas

*owner/DT = in Jan 2025 ==> AACB and Christmas or Not Bingo; also HQCB, HQFCB, HQCOLCB, FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHSKCB, and FQGGCB

My MTTC #526 Hobbies theme DT card for 26 January 2024

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

purpose: this posting is to showcase my DT/manager contribution to My Time To Craft challenge blog

when: #526 theme is Hobbies (relaxation, spare time activities) for January 26-February 8, 2024

what: Collecting owls; a house becomes a home when you collect those things that you love

notes: Besides collecting owl objects, I love having floral arrangements and wreaths, butterfly items/jewelry/scarves, and a couple of others. 

1. floral print cardstock, stickers including the sentiment strip sticker = Simple Life collection from Simple Stories

2. light gray paper and pink felt owl = stash

3. brown wood frame die-cut = Carta Bella

4. pinecone print cardstock = Cozy Christmas collection from Fancy Pants Designs

5. black dual-tip permanent marker = Art Skills (outlining)

where: MTTC #526 theme is hobbies (non-work jobs) post link=

https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/mttc-526-theme-is-hobbies-starts-26.html

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other places to share/link are:

A. Try It On Tuesday; started Jan 23; Add some text theme (more than 1 word); my card has a very long phrasing sticker just above the bottom edge ["this home is a collection of all the things we love"]

link= https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2024/01/add-some-text.html

B. Ellibelle's Corner/Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday; started January 3 and almost over; anything goes

link= https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2024/01/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-january.html

C. Word Art Wednesday; current in week 2 of 2; anything goes that's uplifting; my card will go to an elderly relative to cheer them and say hello

link= https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2024/01/anything-goes-weeks-631-632.html

D. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges; current/midway in the fortnight; anything goes with paper; my card has 2 cardstocks and 1 paper plus lots of stickers and felt owl

link= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/01/pennys-challenge-563.html

E. Dream Valley Challenges; current; use 2 or more papers; my card uses 2 cardstocks and 1 gray paper

link= https://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/01/challenge-308-2-or-more-papers.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland, 

in snow, rain, fog mix 

Becca S

*manager/DT for MTTC and also its sister blog, My Time To Craft Christmas

*co-owner/DT for AACB and C or not Bingo

*Quest families of blogs: HQCB, HQFCB/TFATU, HQCOLCB, FQCB, FQGSCB, FQCCCB, FQHSKCB

 

Ally's Angels #77 Anything Goes Themed DT card for 10 December 2023

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I'm so excited to share another card made with some product received in a 'blessings' box from a fellow artisan! This came in the first week of October and it truly lifted my spirits. August and September were very stressful and exhausting months for my immediate family. Just one thing after another. This box was like letting the air out of my overinflated tires! Woosh! A lot of stress just disappeared. My heart just filled to overflowing in blessings! PTL!

Purpose: Ally's Angels challenge blog #77 anything goes theme DT/co-owner card

WHEN: December 10, 2023 is the start date and lasts almost a full month

SHOW and TELL:

1. designer patterned papers from 2 sets = Stampin' Up

2. black ink pad = Hero Arts

3. sentiment die-cut = Echo Park

4. dots and gems = stash

5. double-sided adhesive tape and foam dimensional tape

6. white left side folded card base; A2 size; 

7. a 2" punch was used for the smaller circles and the larger circle was traced using the inside ring of the adhesive tape roll!!! :)

WHERE: AACB #77 blog posting link:

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2023/12/challenge-77-challenge-76-winner-top.html

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OTHER PLACES:

A. Crafty Calendar Challenge; current; theme is Christmas; mine is a religious Christmas sentiment

link= https://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/12/december-challenge-christmas-themed.html

B. Most Magical Time of Year; current; themes of Halloween or Christmas AG; mine is Christmas

link= https://mostmagicaltimeoftheyear.blogspot.com/2023/12/challenge-15-most-magical-anything.html

C. Crafty Gals Corner; current with about 2 days left; theme is Dots and/or Stripes; my card has striped paper and round gems/dots (and larger circles)

link= https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/11/challenge-249-dots-stripes.html

D. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenges; current w/ extended time; theme is AG Christmas; my card is religious Christmas

link= https://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/11/challenge-153-anything-christmas-goes.html

E. Paper Minutes; current with 2 days left; theme is sayings; my card has sentiment "Jesus is the Reason for the Season"

link= https://paperminutes.blogspot.com/2023/12/paperminutes-824-spruche-sayings.html

F. Word Art Wednesday; current; theme is anything goes that is uplifting and encouraging; my card is a religious Christmas card

link=https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2023/12/anything-goes-weeks-625-626.html 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*Co-owner/DT = AACB and CBCB (both with Leslie T.)

*owner/DT = HQCB, FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, and TFATU (in 2024 renamed to Heart's Quest Fantasy but still using old blogger address); and a new/1st competition launching on Jan 2, 2024 is Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love Challenges (engagements, weddings, and anniversaries) with shortcut of HQCOLCB

*manager/DT = MTTC and MTTCC

MTTCC #73 Poinsettias Theme DT card for 10 November 2023

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! This is 1 of 2 personal paper-crafting blogs that I own. I also manage 2 challenge blogs, co-own 2 and own 5!! This posting features a manager/DT commitment for My Time To Craft Christmas. 

WHAT: MTTCC #73 Theme is Poinsettias

WHEN: #73 starts on November 10, 2023 and will last for 13 days

SHOW and TELL:

1. Bo Bunny = background print, scalloped circle print, and the poinsettia die-cut (this was enhanced with colored pencils)

2. Memento = cocoa brown ink pad

3. stash = small dots, snowflakes, threads, 

4. Pen + Gear = little scrap circle of white glitter cardstock

WHERE: MTTCC #73 blog posting link=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/11/mttcc-73-theme-is-poinsettias-starting.html

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OTHER PLACES:

a. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge; ends in 1 day +/-; anything goes Christmas; 

link= https://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-151-anything-christmas-goes.html

b. Unicorn Challenge; current; theme is Christmas

link= https://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/11/challenge-93-christmas.html

c. Krafty Chicks; current-Week 2; theme is Christmas; my card has poinsettias

link=  https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/11/kcc-689-christmas-week.html 

d. Creations in Pink; three more days; have to have mostly pink; my poinsettias card has lots of varying tones of pinks 

link= https://creationsinpink.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-63-anything-in-mainly-pink.html

e. Beautiful Blossoms; several more days remaining; Blooms/flowers to be the main focal; MY card has poinsettias in the background paper and also a large die-cut center focal poinsettia

link= https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/beautiful-blossoms-anything-goes.html

f. Stencil Fun/Crazy is our .....; just started; must use stencil and option is leaves...aren't poinsettias technically leaves vs not petals????; my card's scalloped backdrop to the large poinsettia die-cut was traced from a stencil template (Pebble's...old set)

link= https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2023/11/november-stencil-fun.html

and

FB groups: Mixed Media Creativity, PPPDTC, COTM, 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*manager/DT = MTTCC and MTTC

*co-owner/DT = AACB and CBCB

*owner/DT = FQCCCB, FQGS, FQCB, HQCB, and TFATU

**three of these are Christmas/winter holidays if you're needing to make themed cards: MTTCC or My Time To Craft Christmas, CBCB or Christmas Bingo challenge blog, and FQCCCB or FarmQuest Country Christmas challenge blog.

OUAT DT Card for April 2023 based on children's book CORDUROY

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

Once Upon A Time challenge blog

When: April 1, 2023 start date 

Why: Theme is children's book as inspiration prompt from Corduroy

My interpretation:

How this was made notes:

1. green and white leafy washi tape = Pen + Gear

2. wood chick shape/ornament = Dollar Tree

3. brown, orange, green ink pads = Memento

4. button, red cardstock, black roller detail fine tip pen= stash items

Don Freeman's Corduroy cover:

OUAT April 2023 blog posting link=

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/04/april-challenge-9-corduroy.html

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other challenge blogs to share/link are:

A. Creative Fingers challenge blog; started March 24; about 5-6 days left; Always Anything Goes

link= https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-251.html

B. C.R.A.F.T. challenge blog; Started March 30; Easter/Spring theme

link= https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-673-easter-spring.html

C. Krafty Chicks challenge blog; started March 30; Anything Goes for Week 5

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/krafty-chicks-challenge-657-week-5-atg.html

D. Outlawz Twisted Thursdays challenge blog; open until April 5; Twist is to use 2 old stash items and tell about them; MY card's washi tape is about 3 years old; the button is #x years old--it's been in my button jar possibly since 2010!; the little bit of twine is from a spool in my stash since 2010! and the remaining items on the card are newer

link= https://theoutlawzchallenges-thursday.blogspot.com/2023/03/twisted-thursdays-march-2nd-april-5.html

E. The Paper Funday Challenges blog; 1-2 days left; Anything Goes (not the option of Brew-tiful); 

link= https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-challenge-51-anything-goes.html

and Facebook groups to share/link are: Mixed Media Creativity, Paper/Paper/Paper & DT Calls; Paper Crafting and Mixed Media; Need Crafty Inspiration?; 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

* I'm involved with the following challenge blogs = OUAT, THICC, MIUCB, MLCCB, AACB, CBCB, MTTC, MTTCC, TFATU, HQCB, FQGS, FQCB.

MTTCC Theme #51 DT inspiration card about favorite technique starts 6 January 2023

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! On this 1 of 2 personal paper-crafting blogs of mine, today's post is a Rootin'-Tootin' Drum Toting Christmas card for my DT commitment with My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog.

MTTCC Theme #51 is about using your favorite technique to make your Christmas card and then to tell us why it's a favorite in their blog post. The competition goes from January 6-19, 2023. Make sure to use the MTTCC blog link to take you over to the Theme #51 post in order to see what my crew-mates have made.

One of my favorite techniques is painting because I love adding a mixed media process into my projects. I've used some different approaches on this card. The lasered wood veneer of "MC" has a brushed layer of gray acrylic paint and then topped with a brushed layer of silver glitter paint and a top brushed layer of gold glitter paint. For the recycled kraft packaging panel that the lasered wood veneer was adhered to, some gray acrylic paint was smeared in different length strokes from left to right. The metallic glitter paints were applied with either dabs or small lines using the side/edge of the foam brushes. 

Rootin'-Tootin' Drum Toting Christmas card=

Some design notes:

a. The boy die-cut, the plaid with holly print strip on side, and the small triangle scrap cut on left gold corner are from Bo Bunny. 

b. gold snowflake dazzles/stickers are Paper Wishes website

c. the pinecone triangle scrap is from a Fancy Pants Designs paper pad; the wood button with pink resin center is from Fancy Pants Designs Cozy Christmas collection.

d. gold sheen cardstock started as 6" square and was cut down to a 5" square; Art Skills/Dollar General

e. base thick kraft cardstock cut to 5" x 7" is from Colorbok

f. the kraft cardstock panel that the wood veneer is attached to is recycled packaging

g. the paints and the wood veneer were bought at Dollar Tree

h. I'm using golds, kraft, and grays/silvers out of my January TGSB kit I made on January 1st. Lisa Hidy and Lori Stroup have partnered for a few years with a monthly challenge formula for building a 'work' kit to use. When the month is over, either roll items over into your next month's kit or put them back in your stash. It's been several months since I've built a work kit so I thought I'd try to get 3 maybe 4 Christmas card with this. TGSB links will be listed a bit later in the post. (The Great Stash Bash)

MTTCC #51 blog link=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/01/mttcc-51-theme-is-favorite-technique.html

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other challenge blogs to link-up are:

1. TGSB/Lisa H. at My Creative Endeavors = photo of my mini kit is shown below

Jan kit link= http://createdbylisa.blogspot.com/2023/01/lisa-loris-great-stash-bash-adventure.html

2. TGSB/Lori S at My Happy Life = photo of my mini kit is shown below

Dec kit link= https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/2022/12/lisa-loris-great-stash-bash-december-kit.html

Jan kit link= https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/2023/01/lisa-loris-great-stash-bash-january.html

3. ABC Christmas Challenge blog; has 2 days left; Y is for Youngster and Z is for Zoom; my card has a youngster on it that has his horn and carrying a drum

link= https://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/abc-christmas-challenge-y-and-z-are-for.html

4. Cardz 4 Guyz challenge blog; Winter theme; my card has snowflake dazzles, holly on the left side of the card; a tiny bit of pinecone scrap; "MC" lasered in a wood veneer; this is my 3rd entry/last for this theme

link= http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/2022/12/312-winter-theme.html

5. Christmas Crafts All Year Round challenge blog; started Jan 1; ends on Jan 31; Theme is 1 of something or a tree (like a partridge in a pear tree inspiration); my card has 1 rootin' tootin' drum toting boy

link= https://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-challenge-partridge-in-pear.html

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some Facebook groups to share the card photo and/or link for this post are:

A. The Crafty Addicts

B. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls

C. Mixed Media Creativity 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

Photo from kit of the mini kit pre-planned for this card: Note: yellow checked gingham, gold glitter dot, tree with deer print were not used. The green plaid's reverse side has the pine branch/pine cone print. The pinkish-red scrap only had a tiny triangle cut from the other end that was used. At the top of the photo's caramel brown with ivory dot print and the gray with white dot print were not used either. 

The whole kit has 12 photos with at least 6-8 cards planned out of it. 

Lisa and Lori Great Stash Bash challenge badge=