Copy Cat Kit for April 2020 in mini size with 3 projects for CKC Blog

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart has desired to do some scrapbooking but it's been several months since I've even achieved one layout! Yikes! So a couple of days ago I grabbed some old scraps and bits leftover from different projects this past year and quickly put together a mini kit.

But honestly I forget to include some of the embellishments I had set aside to my left side when I was working! Another yikes! Then it seemed like I needed a few other bits to finish 2 sides of a pocket page and a quick-n-easy card.

But first of all, here are 2 snapshots of my mini kit for April 2020 @ CKC blog=

Above: the scraps of different sizes I pulled focusing on a few shades of coral, pinks, a few reds, mint greens, spring/yellow greens, grass green, and some minty/teal blues.

Below: a quick card--flat style--with base and matching envelope from Darice; a journal/pocket card from a cut apart sheet from My Mind's Eye, a bit of border sticker, and 1 butterfly stick-on. A handwritten short note on the back and I was able to get it made and ready to mail in under a half hour! (closer to 15 minutes actually!)

Below: the scraps without the photos and some embellishments that were laying on top; I think for pulling stuff quickly out of various folders to create a mini kit of scraps, I managed to get a lot of the tones matched! Yea!

The monthly inspiration kit selected to counterfeit at CKC blog:

Below: this is a custom color palette to help isolate the key hues from Orchard Path Kits March 2020 picked to be the inspiration for scrappers to copy=

CKC blog badge:
April 2, 2020 "Just the Gist" post link=
https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-2020-just-gist-of-it.html

Some views of each side of the pocket page I made. I kept it simple so that attention would be on the photos and the stacked die-cut style stick-on embellishments.

Some of the vendors of papers include: The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby, SEI, My Mind's Eye, Astrobrights solid color cardstocks, and a few old, old stash ones that I've forgotten who they belong to.

Golf cart pic and the birds nest treats were taken Easter weekend 2018.

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The pocket pages were used for a DT project that I featured in a blog post yesterday for Scrapping 4 fun Challenges blog. Only the "Bird's nest treats" side is part of the S4fC blog post. For my personal post yesterday there are closeup typed cropped scans of both sides included. So either visit S4fC blog or use the 'older post' link at the end of this to see more and get specific details about this link-up.

CKC blog got a 'shout-out' and I used the same link for the April 2 "Just the Gist" post as I've included up above.

This posting will also be shared at PPPDTC group on Facebook and also Mixed Media Creativity group on FB.

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S
DT member for the following blogs:
1. S4fC
2. TCCC
3. MTTC
4. APTS
5. 52 CCT

Candy Cake or Ice Cream theme challenge no 163 for S4fC blog starting 27 March 2020

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart thought of a friend that has been very supportive in my teaching efforts so I decided to create a bookmark with images from #163's sponsor, Oddball Art by Lizzy Love for the new theme challenge at Scrapping 4 fun Challenges blog. The set had lots of images so I selected two--muffin and the cobbler/cake. To really draw attention I decided to print on bright orange cardstock. The sentiments are similar to what was in the set but I typed my own in order to get a good font size to fit within the parameters of the bookmark.

Thanks, sweetie! You're a peach!=

Adorable, isn't it??!! The colors of the papers and embellishments coordinated very well! Lots of options with this theme, so make sure to participate and also go to the S4fC blog to see what the other members of the DT crew made with their images.

link for #163 at S4fC blog= https://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-163-candy-cake-ice-cream.html get all the details about this particular crafting challenge blog, rules, design team members, past challenges, plus how to participate in this new challenge #163

Some design and supply notes:
a. different colors inked on edge of base and background cardstocks
b. all papers were inked with a reddish brown
c. the striped and dotted cardstocks are pieces of a blank note card from American Greetings that I upcycled to help drive the color palette for the bookmark.
d. big gem dots are from Crafter's Choice
e. a gold metallic pen and a gold glitter paint pen were used on the OA images along with colored pencils in dark orange, yellow, and brown
f. the cotton candy cone and cherry topped cupcake die-cuts are from a collection line that is part of American Crafts (sorry, not sure the exact name)
g. the yellow and white chevron striped cardstock scrap is from My Mind's Eye line of products available from American Crafts
h. another embellishment is the golden beige grosgrain ribbon (old stash)

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where this bookmark will be linked/shared=
a. Not Just Cards Challenges; monthly; started March 11-; theme Anything Goes
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-challenge.html

b. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges; bi-weekly; in the 2nd week of current; theme Anything Goes
link= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/pennys-challenge-467-anything-goes.html

c. Use Your Stuff; 2 days left in this challenge; #394 Spring; {I've got pastel colors that make me think of springtime colors} link= http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2020/03/394-spring.html

d. Paper, Paper, Paper, & Design Team Calls; a sharing group on Facebook for crafting bloggers

e.  Mixed Media Creativity group in Facebook; a small group of artists and crafters who like to mix it up; mediums for this project are= cardstocks/die-cuts, gems, metallic pen, glitter paint pen, ribbon, digital images and word processed sentiments, marker/inks, and colored pencils

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

for Becca's Heart for Creativity blog and as a design team member for S4fC blog & Facebook group

and I'm also on these other DT crews:
A Place to Start
My Time To Craft
The Crafter's Café Challenges
52 Christmas Card Throwdown

First challenge in 2020 for My Time to Craft challenge blog with prompt to use new stash items

Hopefully, you've received some new crafting goodies during this holiday season (or maybe you treated yourself like I did!!!) that you can use for this challenge instead of adding to your hoarding. Don't we get that way??!!! The products are just too pretty to actually use!

MTTC's first challenge for 2020 starts on Friday, January 10th and last for 2 weeks. So start planning now how many new items that you can use...or it can be just one new product. Get creative, folks!

I did 2 cards. This one was made second but is my favorite of the two cards:
The new items are the alpha thicker stickers, mistletoe sprig die-cuts, and the 'husk' colored cardstock by Astrobrights/Neenah, Inc.

Below is card 2=
The new items are the 3 patterned papers from the Cottage Christmas collection by Renne Looney in 2018 for Fancy Pants Designs and the 'husk' colored cardstock by Astrobrights/Neenah, Inc.

1/10/2020-1/23/2020 w/ theme of new stash
Link: http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-413-new-stash.html

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Some more cropped scans of both cards:

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The 2nd featured card's layout design is a reverse of sketch #14 from Laurel Seabrook's Sketchy Saturday series. Her amazing work can be found by searching for Inspired By and Laurel Seabrook Designs.

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THANKS can also be found linked to the following:

a. Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog= #18 w/ Anything Christmas Goes; my first card with the bold 'thanks' as a Christmas thank you card is the photo I will attach=
link: https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/mlccb-18-january-anything-christmas-goes.html

YOU ARE SPECIAL can be found linked to the following:

1. http://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-61-opt-twistan-old-fashioned.html; I think the patterned cardstocks have an old-fashioned look to them, especially the 2 strips on the right side of this card. They remind me of wallpaper and fabric that I've seen from the 1940s. The white, green, and red multipatterned paper reminds me more of stuff from my childhood and younger teen years (late 1960s-early 1970s). 

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And this post will be shared on my personal Facebook profile page plus the Paper, Paper, Paper, & Design Team Calls group in Facebook.

Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S for Becca's Heart for Creativity blog

Design team member of the following=

My Time to Craft challenge blog

Scrapping 4 fun Challenges blog & Facebook group

A Place to Start

The Crafter's Café Challenges blog

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Friendship Thanksgiving Card 2 for PPCC no 440 inspiration DT project

Version 2 of an image called "Enjoying the Rain" from Cute As a Button=

This is non-traditional structure with mixed media attempt to do something creatively different than card #1. I decided to morph this into a friendship card for Thanksgiving in November since this makes only the 3rd card thus far I've made for autumn-giving.

In card #1's post at the closure I shared that an online crafting friend from a junk journaling group sent me a box full of her treasures that were cleaned off her desk! Lucky desk! That was 1.5 years ago! I've been hoarding that box of goodies and decided to pull out some items that I thought would work for harvest time:
*mocha textured folded scrap piece on L side
*brown CS backing the sentiment section
*corrugated tag backing the girl with umbrella image
*beige eyelash decorative trim used behind the tag's top

The other printed CS are from an old collection that I don't remember who to credit. The strips of washi tapes are American Crafts' My Mind's Eye, I believe.

Black inking around all the cardstocks except the textured one.

Sentiment was made by me to use this rainy day kind of image for a Thanksgiving friendship card.

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PPCC's #440th weekly challenge...anything goes theme...get all the details using this--

link:

https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/07/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-440-and-dt.html

ID badge

Prize sponsor and digital image sponsor for the DT crew's cards for #440 = Cute As a Button

their ID badge=

Other blogs or FB groups to link or share this card:

A. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls= sharing site group for crafting bloggers

B. Mixed Media Creativity FB group= sharing site for my mixed media friends

C. Bleeding Art challenge blog= mixed media anything goes theme except scrapbook layouts= July challenge month started 7/15/19
link: https://bleedingartchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/07/july-challenge-anything-goes.html

D. A Inky Mess challenge blog= mixed media anything goes = July challenge ending today 7/24/19
link: https://ainkymess.blogspot.com/2019/06/challenge-32.html

I'm thrilled to get a couple more Thanksgiving cards made! The creative approach to combine the rainy day image with a sentiment about all-weather dependable friends was brilliant, I think! :)

*For B, C, and D= elements for mixed media include:
*eyelash trim
*textured/embossed mocha paper
*cardstocks, printed and plain
*digital image colored with markers and pencils
*digital/word processing sentiment
*washi tapes
*black ink from stamp pad
*corrugated cardboard

Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Be Mine second card has birthday elements for DT inspiration PPCC blog no 427

Be Mine...for you...It's your birthday...wonderful wishes from this dazzling gal who is part of the Be Mine set of images and sentiments from Little Blue Button Stamps

this is my second variation/card using this digital image and sentiment set from LBBS:

This inspirational card is for my design team commitment at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog:

"For You" heart image and the gal are from the set provided to me through PPCC by LBBS. There are lots more sentiments included.

PPCC blog #427 starts 4/24/2019 with "anything goes" theme. Please remember that the title states paper-crafty, so the creations linked to Penny's can't be oil paintings or ceramics or knitting--just paper based projects.

1 prize sponsor this week who has also provided images for the design team: Little Blue Button Stamps. Julie assigned me to the Little Blue Button digital stamps. I'm so glad! I love how her awesome eyes are peeking over the heart she's holding!

make sure to use the link to see what was provided and how the DT crafters chose to use the LBBS products.

Link for #427= I will add/edit this as soon as it is posted; sorry for the delay of almost 2 days; 427 is now available for viewing=

link: pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/04/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-427_25.html

a couple of more scanned pics:

Design notes:
a. The Paper Studio= black and white striped, black and white damask
b. Dollar Tree= birthday badge and star chipboard stick-ons; the bling mesh "ribbon"; the brick patterned rubbing plate (part of a 3 set)
c. American Craft= frame
d. Colorbok= blue with white dot paper from paper pack pad

other challenges and/or special recognitions:

a. My Time to Craft Challenge blog (MTTC or MTTCCB) 19 April 2019 theme is Spring Flowers (damask floral print-?) link= https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/04/challenge-395-spring-flowers.html

b. Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog and Facebook community= blue with white dot paper I used as background for the Be Mine girl was part of my March 2019 kit I put together last month
link for current April 2019 inspiration kit to mimic--https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/04/april-2019-counterfeit-kit-challenge.html

c. 100 Pattern Papers Challenge group on Facebook= the black and white stripe plus the damask papers have been in my stockpile for over 1 year; and the birthday badge and star chipboard stickers

On to other projects,
Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Anniversary card made with need for washi tape and a sketch and a kit

Love Forever

Forever Love...#30 for my sister and brother-in-law

 after editing photo; sketch-wise reversed the layout; due to lots of prints, I moved the sentiments to above the heart/circle shape

UYS  #351 link for current posts= 5 tapes used

http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2019/03/challenge-351-washi-tape.html


SNS #141 link for the card sketch challenge for March 2019= 
https://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/2019/03/card-sketch-141.html

CKC link from the beginning of March to start picking papers from my stockpile to make my copy cat kit: (from my kit: background green floral CS and 3 washi tapes)

https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/03/march-2019-counterfeit-kit-challenge.html


More pics:
before editing (missing the butterfly which I subbed for the flower on the sketch):

Suppliers/vendors notes:
a. buttons = my stash
b. dark green, green tonal stripe, and peach floral washi tapes plus the green floral CS = MME's Splendor
c. heart sticker = Shimelle/American Crafts
d. white glitter and micro thin mint green tapes; and script stick-ons = my stash
e. marshmallow CS for card base = Colorbok

Keeping commentary short for this posting. Stay tuned for a get well card that I made with the combination of challenges that will be the next blog.

Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Friendship theme card 2 combines Sketchy Saturday and SOS and CKC blog challenges

Celebrating friendship

Isn't this so sweet?!!! I haven't decided who to mail this to yet, but I love the little doily section at the top...and the soft pastel plaid paper section, the little lady bugs border sticker, the teal pearl gems, and ….

Some of the suppliers/vendors are:

a. peach floral washi tape and pocket card = My Mind's Eye

b. metallic ink stamp pads = Hampton Art

c. Bloom Where You Are Planted quote, leaves, stems set = Paper Sweeties website

d. teal blue pearl gems and teal blue flower stick-ons bought at Dollar Tree

e. "Marshmallow" white cardstock for the base of the card = Colorbok

Link-up participation elements for submissions to the following:

CKCB: March 6th was mini kit challenge; March 12th was Challenge #1 for frames

https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/03/march-2019-challenge-1-frame-it-up.html

For the March 2019 challenge, instead of photographing 1 large kit, I took time to divide items into 6 mini kits. This photo shows March mini kit #1 from which most of the supplies for this card came from.

Would you consider the tape/sticker corner pieces to be a frame for the pocket card?

SOS #391: very subtle silver metallic stamped quote over the stems and leaves says "Bloom Where You Are Planted" ; inside which I didn't photograph is simply stamped "With love" in gold metallic ink

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2019/03/sos-391-celebrating-friendship.html

SK SAT #43: use the sketch design shown; for the sentiment, I didn't want to cover up this subtle design pocket card so I didn't put a message on that side of the sketch layout https://laurelseabrookdesigns.blogspot.com/2019/03/sketchy-saturday-with-i-heart-us.html

Tip the sketch design to its left and then cut off the bottom or right side white space and you should see my interpretation for the shaded areas shown on #43 Sketchy Saturday. The pocket card already had the peach stripe in the center of the card so I'm letting that represent the narrow rectangle shape on the sketch. The large outlined rose on that same pocket card fills up the circular shaded shape on the sketch. The plaid scrap section represents the lightest gray section shaded on the sketch and the doily helps represent the mid-gray section that extends up above the light gray section.

The base paper was stamped with gold metallic ink (leaves and stems), silver metallic ink (quote: Bloom Where You Are Planted), and white metallic ink (large circular rose-like flowers). For this card I decided to place teal blue flower stick-ons above the stamped stems. It does cover most of the white metallic ink stamped roses, though. 

If you pay close attention to subtle differences, this above pic shows the white circular flower shapes and you can see some silver but may not be able to read the words. I didn't want exactness. I wanted abstract.

Making cards in pairs seems to keep me better focused and getting more done in about the same time as I use most of the same kit supplies and stamping both backgrounds together. Yea! With the sketch, the friendship theme, the mini kit, etc. this card was made in about 1/2 hour!!! This is such a sweet friendly spring card!

                             A lovely card for my lovely best friend forever! This card shown above and the focus of my last blog post was also made from the same mini kit for CKC blog for March 2019.

Crafting in the wacky weather of north central IL, Becca S

Friendship theme card 1 for Sketchy Saturday and SOS and CKC blogs

Bloom Where You Are Planted expression is the creative driving force for this 1st friendship card

It will be given to my BFF when we meet in about 3 days! YEA! We live about 3+ hours of driving apart. The distance has been farther over the years since childhood. Being in the same state for the last 15 years has been better for both of us. So I'm really looking forward to seeing her!

Isn't this just the cutest spring floral mixed media special card that you've seen? Pearl gems, washi tapes, a rose wood veneer shape, and stamping with soft to mid-tone muted hues.

Look at the depth of layers and textures! My Mind's Eye is the producer for the green and peach washi tapes, corner tabs, and pocket card (was part of a full cut-a-part sheet). Black and white grid washi tape is by Dear Lizzy/American Crafts; and bff letter stickers are also American Craft product. Stamp set is from Paper Sweeties website and the metallic ink stamp pad set from Hampton Art. The base card color is "Marshmallow" by Colorbok.

Link-up participation elements for submissions to the following:

CKCB: March 6th was mini kit challenge; March 12th was Challenge #1 for frames

https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/03/march-2019-challenge-1-frame-it-up.html

For the March 2019 challenge, instead of photographing 1 large kit, I took time to divide items into 6 mini kits. This photo shows March mini kit #1 from which most of the supplies for this card came from.

Would you consider the tape/sticker corner pieces to be a frame for the pocket card?

SOS #391: small teal blue letters "bff " were added to the bottom right of the pocket card; inside which I didn't photograph is simply stamped "With love" in gold metallic ink

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2019/03/sos-391-celebrating-friendship.html

SK SAT #43: use the sketch design shown; for the sentiment, you can consider the "Bloom Where You Are Planted" or "bff"

https://laurelseabrookdesigns.blogspot.com/2019/03/sketchy-saturday-with-i-heart-us.html

Tip the sketch design to its left and then cut off the bottom or right side white space and you should see my interpretation for the shaded areas shown on #43 Sketchy Saturday.

The base paper was stamped with gold metallic ink (leaves and stems), silver metallic ink (quote: Bloom Where You Are Planted), and white metallic ink (large circular rose-like flowers).

If you pay close attention to subtle differences, this above pic shows the white circular flower shapes and you can see some silver but may not be able to read the words. I didn't want exactness. I wanted abstract.

                             A lovely card for my lovely best friend forever!

Crafting in the wacky weather of north central IL, Becca S