February 2020 Week 3 Theme of Cocoa for 52 CCT blog

Hi, welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity. This posting is about cocoa or hot chocolate as the theme for week 7 of 2020 or 3rd week of February at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge blog.

Can you believe that this weekend marks the 7th of 52 weeks in 2020? Cray-cray!!! This is a busy print-filled card filled with those cozy images associated with cocoa and winter-time. Remember this is a Christmas cards only blog.

Further in the posting, I'll share a bit about all the different vendors, but here's the 1st look at my design team inspiration card for 52 CCT=

More details about how to participate, rules, deadlines, bragging rights, other DT cards, etc. can be found using this link= https://52cct.blogspot.com/2020/02/february-theme-challenge.html

more scanned photo variations=

notes about supplies and vendors=
a. the "Ugly Sweater" stationery was a notepad;
b. "cozy" alpha stickers
c. the steaming cup of hot chocolate/cocoa is a rub-on transfer from a set by Echo Park
d. the cut-apart journal card was part of the cardstock/paper collection from Bo Bunny along with the pinkish red print under it and the reindeer print background paper.
e. reindeer clothespin was 1 of 4 dark stained (w/ 4 natural wood) purchased at Wal-mart this past season
f. kraft cardstock, gems, white snowflake, and cording have been in my stockpile as well as the buttery cream-colored cardstock serving as the base (red paper is used to block out light of the scanner of my printer).

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linking or sharing to these other challenge blogs and Facebook groups:
a. Jingle Belles; started Friday, Feb 14; theme of Rudolph the RED Nosed Reindeer; lots of red
[my card's scanning has toned down most of the reddish tones making them look either pinky-coral or brown; however the 'ugly sweater' stationery sheet in reality has reddish tones, the paper under the journal card cut apart is a tonal red; the brown metallic border on the cut-apart card is actually a dark red like the lettering for sleigh ride and hot cocoa; and the green reindeer print cardstock has a bit of the dark red metallic foil visible in a few small spots; 2 of the letters in cozy--the c & o--are dark reds and then the cup of cocoa is the boldest bright red.]
link= http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2020/02/rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer.html

b. Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog #19; February Anything Christmas Goes
https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/mlccb-19-february-anything-christmas.html

c. 613 Avenue Create; #230; since Feb 2; Anything Goes w/ Optional Twist of Banners & Bows
[I do have the cording tied in a bow but no banner, so this will just be an AG entry.]
link= https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2020/02/challenge-230-anything-goes-woptional.html

d. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; a sharing mixed group of artists and crafters

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

f. Bleeding Art challenge blog; February challenge; starting 2/15; Anything Goes mixed media
link= https://bleedingartchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/february-challenge.html
[my card has the clothespin w/ stained wood die-cut of the reindeer, cording, glitter foam snowflake, ugly sweater stationery sheet, other cardstocks & a cut-apart type journal card from the cardstock collection, etc.]

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Becca's Heart for Creativity blog and design team member of 52 CCT challenge blog as well as=

A Place To Start
My Time To Craft
Scrapping 4 fun Challenges
The Crafter's Café Challenges

The Power of Cornflowers for 2 Occasions with TCCC no 224 design team projects

Using this sweet summery digital image of cornflowers in a mason jar (SheepSki Designs) was a delight for get well wishes on a horizontal format and a belated birthday card on a vertical format!

One image for 2 occasions=

get well wishes for an elderly couple (in their 90s) who both took a tumble recently and received minor injuries

and

belated birthday wishes for an uncle; 5 days late; oops!--this aunt and her husband, uncle by marriage, have beautiful perennials at their home, several birdfeeders by their family room window, have 2 awesome barn quilts painted by their grandson on display on their nearby barn; I thought a nature theme card would be good for his 82nd birthday.

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for TCCC blog #224 reveal on August 1, 2019= theme choices are steampunk or ribbon & lace= my cards are just with ribbon, a navy blue satin ribbon, used in different ways [ID badge is a few lines down]

link:  https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/08/224.html

prize sponsor and digital supplier for the design team= SheepSki Designs' ID badges (get prize details and their store link on TCCC's #224 posting)

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Facebook groups to share:
1. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls = sharing site for crafting bloggers (both cards)

2. Mixed Media Creativity = my group for crafting artist friends and family to share their mixed media projects; (I'm going to showcase the belated birthday one because of the glittered tag stick-on with additional butterfly enamel dot plus the large butterfly enamel disc and the ribbon besides the paper products.)

3. SheepSki Designs Community group= crafting visitors can post their projects using their images
(for both cards)

Challenge blogs to link-up=
A. Not Just Cards Challenges= anything goes theme for July 2019 is still open for a few more days
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/07/july-challenge-and-results-of-june.html
(for either card)

B. Bleeding Art challenge blog for mixed media= anything mixed media except scrapbook layouts; the linky widget said it was still open but it might be closed by the time I can get this revealed; we shall see; I want the belated birthday card to be the showcase for this link-up
link= https://bleedingartchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/07/july-challenge-anything-goes.html

C. Little Red Wagon challenge blog = theme started Wed. 7/31/19 is Digi Do--include a digital image on your project! ( I can used either one.)
link= https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2019/07/challenge-508-digi-do.html

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more scans/cropped photos of both cards--

Thanks to my loyal supportive blog followers, design team members of the blogs I've linked to that stop in to acknowledge my entries, owners of challenge blogs, and any surprise visitors!!!

I'll be back in a few days with another DT project for a different blog commitment! Still crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S for Becca's Heart for Creativity

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