TFATU folk art angel inspiration card for 7 January 2022

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Well, I did this thing in November. I heard that there was a blog owner who announced that the November challenge would be its last. I asked if I could take it over and the owner agreed. Within 48 hours or less, we just about had everything updated and you will see some new themed cards/tags/journals starting with this January 7, 2023 posting. So what is TFATU? It's the acronym for "The Fairy and The Unicorn" Challenge blog. Deadline is January 31. 

Maybe you will see a Yeti/Sasquatch featured card sometime in 2023!!! This first design team inspiration card as owner features a folk art angel that was cut from Christmas gift wrap paper! 

Glory! Hallelujah! Christmas card=

*base left side folded card A2 purchased at JoAnn's Fabric Store; 

*text stickers are from Creative Devotion

*gems, white satin sheen specialty paper, decorative edged scissors, gold and green/antique gold stamp pads, and eye shadow (halo) are stash items

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The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge blog's January 7, 2023 post link=

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/tfatu-january-2023.html

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other challenge blogs I will link this to=

A. Sparkles Christmas challenge blog; sparkle/glitter + Christmas; MY card has shine of the gems/pearls, gold text strips,

link= https://sparklesforumchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/144-sparkleglitter-accents.html

B. Use Your Stuff challenge blog; Jan 3 start date; Stitching Faux or Real; MY card's upcycled/recycled gift wrap angel has stitching detail on it

link= http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2023/01/474-stitching-faux-or-real.html

C. The Paper Funday Challenge Blog; Jan 4 start date; Anything Goes with option of starry night; My card is an angel Christmas card

link= https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-2023-challenge-49-anything-goes.html

D. Christmas Crafts All Year Round; January 2023; theme of 1 of something or tree option; MY card has 1 angel that has been fussy cut out of a folk-art style quilt layout Christmas wrapping paper!!!

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

E. Word Art Wednesday challenge blog; Anything Goes; 

link= http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2023/01/anything-goes-weeks-577-578.html

and Facebook groups for sharing are=

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

G. Mixed Media Creativity group; sharing; this card has eye shadow used for the halo effect; also some gold metallic ink pad, a green/antique gold ink pad, decorative scissors, gift wrap, specialty paper with a satin sheen, gems, little text stickers

H. Paper Crafting for Everyone group; sharing

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I. Special collaboration with Double Trouble Challenge Blog and TFATU; allowable entry; 

link= https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/Challenge-130.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*owner of these crafting challenge blogs: The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge; FarmQuest; Heart's Quest

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*co-owner of : Ally's Angels 

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*DT member of : My Time To Craft and MTTCChristmas, Merry Little Christmas, Mix It Up, The Holly and The Ivy Christmas Challenge, and Once Upon A Time

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. 

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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/