My Time To Craft Christmas no 4 Theme of Christmas Flowers

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Oh, my artsy-crafty heart thought this theme was going to be easy-peasy! UGH! I know better! :) I shouldn't say or think things will be easy. The washi tape panel came together rather quickly last night, probably in about 10 minutes. 

Getting the right balance of a focal, especially for a Christmas flower, to contrast with the 3 different tape patterns/prints ended up being tricky. I've thought my stash of winter holiday embellishments and papers was extensive, especially considering some personal factors (house move from 3 hours away 4.5 years ago, a personal health event 3.5 years ago, and a house fire also 3.5 years ago) that almost wiped out my previous stash. After trying lots of options, I came up with this layered focal. 

The focal base is a silver glitter painted snowflake tree ornament I decided to use because of the curved lines I thought looked petal-y. A die-cut accented with a red gem was placed on top.

Foam squares are lifting the panel up allowing space for the wrapped cording.

I'm pleased with the result! Holly and berries, wreaths, trees, and greens are included in the washi tapes so suggestions made by Shell, owner of the MTTCC blog are met. 

Flowery Christmas card is my design team project for #4 theme fortnight challenge for My Time to Craft Christmas=

Link to the 4th theme challenge for MTTCC=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-4-christmas-flowers.html

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links to other challenge blogs:

a. Winter Wonderland challenge blog; Anything Christmas Goes; 6 days left to compete

link: http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/our-tribute-to-eileen-anything.html

b. Merry Little Christmas challenge blog; Anything Christmas Goes;

link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/mlccb-31-february-anything-christmas.html

sharing photo and/or my blog post link:

a. Mixed Media Creativity group in Facebook

b. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group in Facebook

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

MTTC Challenge Blog 19 Feb 2021 Tag It Theme

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Just received my 2nd Covid-19 vaccine this afternoon (teacher by day; crafter by night!!!) and I'm starting to get some mild symptoms, so this is going to be a short post for me. 

Thankfully this tag came together in about 30 minutes. It is large because my intention is to attach it to a jumbo gift bag. It's about 3"wide and 5.5" high. More details are mentioned a bit further in the posting. Visit MTTC to see what the other design team members created for your inspiration. Shell says it's okay to have a tag by itself or it can be used on a card--

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-451-tag-it.html 

"Tag it" theme for MTTC, My Time To Craft, challenge blog

fortnight length challenge time for #451

from 19 Feb 2021

Lacy and Lavender Love Tag = design team project for MTTC

Isn't this lovely? Made in about 30 minutes! The white cardstock base is recycled packaging backing for a set of stickers. I trimmed the top corners. The opening at the top was already there. The lace was tied and the ends looped back through. The vertical strip of patterned paisley paper is from The Paper Studio. The lavender lace, stickers, and silver doily have been purchased at Dollar Tree at different times in the past year or so. Lacy Lavender Love...

Link to MTTC's "Tag It" Theme=

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-451-tag-it.html

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link-ups to other challenge blogs:

a. Festive Friday's International Women's Day Inspo List

I've used a heart, some flowers, and the heart has glitter. 

https://festivefridaychallenge.com/festive-friday-challenge-ff0078/

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sharing my blog link or tag photo at these Facebook groups=

a. my personal profile

b. Mixed Media Creativity group

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

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design Team member of [1] My Time To Craft; [2] My Time To Craft Christmas; [3] A Place To Start; [4] Createful Heart Designs

and my goal is to launch within the month my first challenge blog called "Heart's Quest Challenge Blog"....

CHD Challenge Blog 15 Feb 2021 Month Anything Goes Theme

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart is thrilled to showcase this adorable image created by Mary, co-owner/designer of Createful Heart Designs! I selected the Hedgehog Happy Dance for my CHD design team inspiration project. I am needing lots of birthday cards for guys and gals from late February through early April and this one is so darling I just had to request it. I adore flowers so in the midst of super cold weather and lots of snow, this cute card is intended to brighten someone's wintery birthday!

Createful Heart Designs' digital image= Hedgehog Happy Dance for #29

link to the CHD Zibbet online store: 

https://marketplace.zibbet.com/createful-heart-design/hedgehog-happy-dance-digital-image-stamp

link to the February 15th CHD blog post #29= 

https://createfulheartcards.blogspot.com/2021/02/hello-and-welcome-to-challenge-29.html

more views of the card=

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design and vendor notes about the card=

a. sunflower journal card= Webster Pages

b. gems, butterfly, and gold glitter flower stick-ons = from my stash

c. papers and cardstocks = from my stash

d. CHD digital image was printed on white cardstock; colored with a combination of colored pencils and markers

e. papers and cardstocks (except base) have been edged with a dark green marker

f. green flat cardstock base dimensions 5" x 7"

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other challenge blogs and Facebook group where this card and/or blog link will be shared:

1. Use Your Stuff challenge blog; theme is My Favorite Thing Is...; I love flowers

link: http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2021/02/416-its-my-favorite.html

For those that really know me, my clothing, scarves, and jewelry contain flower(s)! Lots of patterned papers and cardstocks contain flowers. For this card, I kept the cardstocks as solid colors so that the flower on the image, the journal card, and the glittery stick-on would stand out. 

2. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog; theme is anything goes

link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/02/pennys-challenge-489.html

3. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group in FB; sharing site for crafting bloggers, DT members, and challenge blog owners

4. Mixed Media Creativity group in FB; small private group of artists and crafters to share mixed media projects

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Crafting in the super cold -23* weather with more snow in the forecast USA heartland,

Becca S

Design team member for these challenge blogs: [1] Createful Heart Designs; [2] A Place To Start; [3] My Time to Craft Christmas; and [4] My Time to Craft

starting soon, my own challenge blog: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog

My Time To Craft Christmas 3rd theme Wreaths

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart was panicky this go-around because of some personal timing issues this week. Seems like my evening routines every night were off-schedule. Such was the case of minutes to an hour or so away from design team deadline! Whew! Squeaked this card in with about 15 minutes to spare! Yikes!

Thankfully, Wednesday night I had stash-searched my starting group of supplies of the car  and red checked papers along with the decorative rub-on transfer. Thursday night, deadline night, I quickly found the dark red pre-folded card base (with matching envelope), the green patterned cardstock which I used 2 times on the layout. The red gem dots and heart 'dot' were already out on the table. 

Voila'!!

Tis the Season to be Jolly Christmas card for #3 MTTCC's Wreath(s) theme=

  Didn't this turn out great!

MTTCC's blog badge and DT badge:

MTTCC's posting link for their 3rd challenge in 2021, our starting year!--

link= https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-3-wreaths.html

design and vendor notes:

[1] closeup scan to show that I've composed a door look-alike with the slim rectangle olive green patterned cardstock surrounded by the red faceted plastic gems and the heart-shaped one for a doorknob

[2] the wreath and sentiment came positioned together like this; "T'was the Night Before Christmas" Echo Park decorative rub-on set

[3] the card with tree patterned paper and red checked gingham patterned paper are both from The Paper Studio, Hobby Lobby stores

[4] dark red pre-folded 5" x 7" card base with matching envelope were ordered a year ago from The Paper Source website

[5] other items in my stash stockpile this past year

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where I'll share this card's photo and/or my blog link=

a. Merry Little Christmas challenge blog; Always Anything Christmas Goes theme; Feb 2021; 

link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/mlccb-31-february-anything-christmas.html

b. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; Always Anything Goes; current challenge ends in 8 days from now; link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2021/02/c-151.html

c. The Seasonal Cardmaker group on Facebook; my card is based on Christmas/winter holiday season so this fits

d. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; a private small group of artists and crafters sharing projects that use a mixture of artistic supplies; for this card besides papers and cardstocks, I've used 2 types of 'gem' embellishments, the decorative rub-on transfer image, black ink to edge the top 2 paper layers

e. Paper, Paper, Paper and Design Team Calls group on Facebook; a sharing site for paper-crafting bloggers, design team members, and blog owners

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Crafting in the USA heartland (a very cold minus/negative wind chill factor temps),

Becca S

Design team member of: [1] My Time to Craft Christmas; [2] My Time to Craft; [3] Createful Heart Designs; [4] A Place To Start

and soon to come my own "Heart's Quest Challenge Blog"

APTS challenge blog February 2021 Sketch

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart is getting excited as I prep this post's draft before I actually start making my design team inspiration card for this new monthly challenge at A Place To Start challenge blog! Chana has selected a sketch to follow. If a newcomer to sketch challenges, the sketch can be rotated or even adjusted to fit a different shaped card like square instead of the vertical layout shown below. Flowers don't have to be used on the edge of the circle. But ideally having 2 of something same size or larger or smaller. Some liberties for your layout can be taken but the essence of the sketch design needs to be reflected in your creation. APTS February 2021 challenge month starts Monday, 2/8/2021.

My design team inspiration card=

For my sketch interpretation, I thought it would be fun design wise to go with a curved edge to the horizontal pieces rather than with the ribbon tail v-cut. With the round buttons and curved upper heart lines I thought it would be terrific to curve those paper edges, too. And the other significant tweak I did was instead of having 2 flowers/objects near the focal shape, I moved one down to the lower right corner. I thought with the size of the buttons and my overall card plus the solid color cardstock, the ring of flowers button looked great in the corner. I also didn't want to cover up more of that wonderful striped patterned paper strip...don't know who produce that striped paper but the mix of tones is great!

APTS' February 2021 sketch layout to follow=

APTS blog badge

APTS challenge blog link= https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2021/02/february-2021-challenge-simple-sketch.html

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design and vendor notes about this sketch card:

1. base of card is the neon green; top-folded; 4.25" wide x 5.5" long; 

2. all other cardstocks and papers used were from my scraps basket (YEA!)

3. buttons and waxed cording in a coordinated set are from Webster Pages; these are the newest supply featured on this card and also the first time I've used out of the set that I got several months back

4. stamp is an old one in my collection for many years now; and my black ink pad is starting to fade out on me, so that will be 1 new supply I will allow myself to purchase...I've got so much accumulated in the past 3 years since our house fire. Luckily I did have craft products stored in the garage, so I didn't have to totally start completely brand new. But for making cards, primarily, a couple of times per week on average I'm not using up stickers and papers as much as I probably should be...and then it's so tempting to see new products and collections that everyone is using...sigh...

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where this card's photo or this posting will be linked=

a. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; Always Anything Goes theme; blog badge is below

link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2021/02/c-151.html 

b. Simply Create Too challenge blog; Hearts theme; blog badge is below 

link= http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/2021/02/ch-167-use-hearts-winners-of-166.html

c. Mixed Media Creativity group in Facebook

d. Paper, Paper, Paper, & Design Team Calls group in Facebook

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design team member for: [1] A Place To Start; [2] Createful Heart Designs; [3] My Time to Craft; and [4] My Time to Craft Christmas

MTTC challenge blog 05 Feb 2021 theme of love

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart really wants to have the majority of my 2021 cards to contain heart(s) shapes and/or the word heart or love. One of my focus words for this year is renewal because after a year of restrictions during a pandemic, we all can use some renewal in thoughts, words, and deeds.

Today for the students who I'm their substitute teacher during their regular teacher's maternity leave, I surprised them with Burger King Croissant Breakfast Sandwiches. YES! Wallet-wise, I just needed a dozen. And what I didn't know at the time until I looked at the receipt later was that the manager only charged me for 8 of them!! Anyway, I shared a little love with food for these 5th graders! They later completed their 2nd day/2nd subject MAP Testing, so they got a little extra fuel in their tanks before being academically assessed in all things Reading related. And yes, 10-11 year olds can be very polite and appreciative. They were so stunned!!! :)

With Valentine's Day celebrated on the 14th, having a theme of love is timely appropriate. 

My Time to Craft challenge blog's design team commitment is why I've created this card. 

Participation time for this theme at MTTC will be 2/5/21 to 2/18/21. The next theme will begin on the 19th. So make sure where you are in the world that you check on the blog site to make sure there's time left to link up your project.

"Love ya" Valentine's Day card for #450=

 My Time to Craft (MTTC) blog badge for design team members:

 

MTTC's blog posting link #450 for the love theme=

 http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-450-love.html

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design and vendor notes about the card=

a. alpha letter tile stickers are from 2 different sheets from Webster Pages

b. the orange damask with rulers patterned cardstock background, I believe, is from My Mind's Eye

c. green and white diagonal striped paper and the large posy patterned paper are from my stash

d. the stamp image on the kraft paper heart shape is from Sum More Fun

e. layout is based on this sketch--rotated 180 degrees, which I did for you=  

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

1. Mixed Media Creativity group in Facebook; media supplies besides paper products include: spangle metallic discs, inking for edging and stamping, colored pencils for coloring the stamped image, 

2. Paper, Paper, Paper, & Design Team Calls group in Facebook; a sharing site for blog owners and DT members to share their projects

3. The Seasonal Cardmaker group in Facebook; sharing for Valentine's day seasonal winter holiday

4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; ends on 2/5/2021; this will be my 3rd and final link to share; link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2021/01/c150-6th-birthday-celebration.html

5. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog; anything goes with paper theme; fortnight; just started on 2/3/21; link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/02/pennys-challenge-489.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design team member for : [1] My Time to Craft; and [2] My Time To Craft Christmas; [3] Createful Heart Designs; and [4] A Place To Start.