TCCC blog post no 228 with theme prompts of pink and or tag

Check out The Crafter's Café Challenge blog #228 reveal for 1 October 2019!!! Use pink and/or tag(s) are the theme prompts for #228.

The prize sponsor is My Besties and they offered a nurse digi image as one of the choice options for the DT crew. I leaped quickly on requesting the nurse image since my mom is a retired RN and October is her birthday month! WIN-WIN!!  However blue is her favorite color so that's why I've chosen to not go 100% pink. I've got a pink, raspberry, blue and turquoise blue for the tags and I've tried to use those for coloring the digital image, too. Here's my mom's birthday card:

TCCC blog post #228= https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/10/228-use-pink-andor-make-tag.html


TCCC's DT ID badge=

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B-DAY with Love card will be shared with these blogs and Facebook groups:

a. BYSS (June 2019 paper pad bashing; bright pink mottled cardstock is from a few sheets left over)

b. PPPDTC group on Facebook= sharing site for crafter bloggers

c. my personal page on Facebook

d. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook= this is a small group I started; if you are interested, leave me a comment on this blog post or send me a friend request and a pm that you would like to join

*tags
*alpha stickers
*digital image
*colored pencils
*cardstocks
*inking
*stamping

e.https://www.facebook.com/groups/270401770074943/
DT Calls & Craft Chs (Challenges) is a closed group; postings are to include challenge blog links and then they may include link to a crafter's personal blog; also challenge blogs having design team announcement calls may post in this group, too.

f. Seize the Birthday challenge blog #175= anything goes w/ 'topping' option of add a geometric shape
link: https://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2019/09/seize-birthday-175-add-geometric-shapes.html
*the tags are my geometric different shape besides the rectangle basics of card base, background base, and digi image

This first photo shown below is the partial cardstock pad that I had back in June to use for Bash Your Scrapbook Stash challenge to bash a paper pad:

These next two scanned photos are at the 4x6 size which is just under the dimension size of this card (5" x 6.5"):

Crafting occasionally still in water-logged northern IL (approx. 9" of rain from Friday through early Saturday morning and more rain received on Saturday and Sunday!!!!)...ugh!!!

Becca S

Best wishes for birthday gal adventurer card for DT project TCCC blog no 222

My Besties is the prize sponsor and they provided this Peter Pan for one of the images for the design team's use (DT). And a 2nd prize sponsor is Creative Bug on the Loose; so use the link to visit the TCCC #222 to get all the details and see the other images that were given to the DT to create with!

Science fiction/out of this world is an option for our new TCCC blog challenge with patchwork being the other option. I didn't think I had anything in my stockpile that would look sci-fi or outer space, so I decided to do patchwork. #222

With a patchwork border I decided to go with a island-pirate ship-adventurer kind of motifs and phrasing to connect with part of Peter Pan's story.

link= https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/07/222.html

DT image sponsors and prize sponsors: My Besties and Creative Bug

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4 of the paper square designs used on each side of the perimeter are from cardstock partial set and 2 small paper pads that I've added to my 2019's 100 PPC challenge (Facebook group) and to use for June's Paper Pad Madness challenge at Bash Your Scrapbook Stash (Facebook group).

Here are the paper picks I started with back on June 15th:

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Other challenge blogs to link this card=
a.

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #108 = anything goes theme...my second time to participate

link: http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2019/06/challenge-108.html

b. Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog = #230=  anything goes + a sentiment [mine is "Best wishes"]

link: https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/230-anything-goes-sentiment.html

c. Scribbles Design Challenge Blog = square card [mine's base is 7" square and the palm tree CS background is 6" square]
link= http://scribblesdesignschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/06/challenge-78-make-it-square.html

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More pics

The border squares are 1" each but have only 1/2" exposed. I just wanted to make sure there wouldn't be a gap. The base cardstock is the light yellow seen at each corner where I left it open.

With lots of varying tones of yellows, greens, oranges, beiges/browns, and hints of other colors, I really LOVE how all these different vendors supplies came together! A true patchwork!!!

The Peter Pan image was fussy cut, mounted to bright neon orange cardstock and then to neon green however with scanning the neon orange faded to a pale peach...don't know why...but just to clarify my color choices. And I just LOVE how it turned out!!!!!

Enjoy! Thanks for reading my post and please take time to visit TCCC blog and see what the rest of the DT crew has prepared.

Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

DT project for TCCC blog no 219 for 15 May 2019

Theme for this new challenge is a shaker card/tag and/or I spy 'm' items. Sponsor for DT crews' digital images are My Besties and Scribbles Design. Mine is from My Besties. This is for The Crafter's Café Challenge blog.

1st version of the image for my mom who has been magnificent to my siblings and me! This was given to her on Mother's Day but not shown until this posting. I colored the My Besties image to match her hair and eye colors.

M items:

*midnight blues (foil butterflies, several patterned papers)

*metal

*mesh

*music tape
*mixed media

2nd version of the image for my sister Martha who has been marvelous to me! Her birthday is in May. The My Besties image was colored to match her hair color and eye color.

M items:
*midnight blues (brocade tape, glitter felt flower, gem dot)
*magenta (glitter heart, marbled paper, gem dots above the flower embellishments, and some of the puffy letters)
*M in marvelous
*music tape
*mixed media

These mixed media cards will be shared with:

a. TCCC blog design team project #219
link: https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/05/219.html

b.my Facebook group: "Mixed Media Creativity"

c. A Inky Mess blog's mixed media theme challenge until May 24, 2019
link: https://ainkymess.blogspot.com/2019/04/challenge-30.html

And the ID badges for the 2 sponsors at TCCC #219 look like these:

this is an older one; the TCCC blog has a specific one that announces their prize sponsorship

here is my personal watermark badge for TCCC:

Thanks for visiting! Sometime later today I should have a PPCC blog DT post to reveal, then another on Friday, May 17 for My Time to Craft challenge blog and the last design team commitment will have a mid-month type reminder post on Monday, May 20.

Crafting has always been a hobby of mine since I was about 9 years old! In the past 2 years it has become more about being a stress reliever due to lots of traumas and dramas that my husband and I have been experiencing. For whatever reason you craft, keep being creative. It is a wonderful way of expression.

From the USA heartland,
Becca S

HIMCR 362 third Saturday with Christmas in July theme challenge DT card

This week's design team card for HIMCR's #362 challenge has another adorable digital image with this one provided by the sponsor, My Besties:

#362 Christmas/winter elements included: snowflakes & embossed/crayon rubbing snowflake, image's winter wear gear and Christmas ornament, stamped sentiment, stamped holly, wintery blue tones, and paper ornament shape.

HIMCR's blog post #362 link for all the details, how to participate, deadline, etc.: http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2018/07/himcr-362-christmas-in-july.html

My Besties Digi and Rubber Stamps link for the digital images: http://www.inspirationalbath.com/catalog.php?category=53

More photos of this wintery Christmas card:

Some supply notes:

a. 2 different blue hue of solid color cardstock are from Astrobrights/Neenah Papers, Inc.

b. foam snowflake stick-ons and the embossed snowflake stencil plate are old purchases from Oriental Trading Company

c. other 2 patterned cardstocks are old stock

d. holly leaf stamp and Merry Christmas stamps are from Stampin' Up; don't remember for the "You Are Special" stamp...sorry forgot to check...for me, these are new due to buying them recently at a resale shop about 25 miles from our house

It's always a fun creative challenge to push my creative spirits combining old and new products and certainly creating a Christmas/winter holiday card during mid-July! Becca S

HIMCR #350 fourth Saturday theme of any holiday

Independence Day 7/4/18...is the holiday I chose for my holiday theme using this selected design team offered image from prize sponsor for HIMCR's #350 challenge, My Besties. 

Isn't "Curly Jean" just the cutest American patriot! Ready to celebrate in her red, white, and blue spirit wear!  HIMCR's theme schedule indicates that 4th Saturday of each month is to be "any holiday" theme. So the paper-crafter/blogger can select any holiday including birthdays to create an item to link to the challenge. You can link up to 3 different cards/paper-crafting items that are new and fit the theme of the challenge. So it's up to you if Mother's Day or Father's Day is chosen or work ahead and do 4th of July like I did or any other holiday celebrated in your country.

This is the ID badge for HIMCR. Use the link to get all the details about guidelines and deadlines to participate in the current challenge, link to the prize sponsor, links to the design team creations (this week only 2 other team members are there; mine might be added late), and much more for paper crafting enthusiasts.www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2018/04/himcr-350-any-holiday.html

My Besties ID sponsor badge is shown above. They've got a darling cutesy style that just makes me fall in love with each image I see. I just had a lot of creative fun coordinating Curly Jean to be my little USA cheerleader (or party girl)! Fun!!

My card shown above at the top of the post was loosely based on this sketch. This card sketch layout suggestion was shared in the Facebook group "100 Pattern Papers Challenge". One of the group members shared at least one scrapbook and one card layout ideas each week. The group's purpose is to get members motivated to use their stash of patterned papers and not be hoarders. There are monthly challenges and periodic additional challenges. Everyone encourages each other to try to use at least 100 patterned papers from their stockpile(s) within a year. You can do more than that if you wish. So pull some papers that can be new or old and start using them! 

Here's a link to a part of Page Maps website that focuses on card layout sketches and samples referred to as Card Maps: http://www.pagemaps.com/cardmaps

Hopefully the HIMCR blog owner will add my card photo to the design team section of the post sometime soon but if not it will be shared only from here for my Facebook friends and with Google + friends.

My husband was hospitalized on Friday night at same time as the design team deadline for getting the newest inspirations to the blog to be shared on Saturday afternoon. I completed my card Sunday afternoon with some of it done by his bedside and the rest using a small dining table in a family waiting room area. He walked there with me to sit and watch birds in a small aviary in that room while I completed my card. And now it is Monday night when this blog should have been made and posted on Saturday. Oh, well, sometimes little or big life moments cause us to rearrange our schedules in unexpected ways. 

This is his 5th hospitalization since late October, so please add him to your prayers. He's only got 1 bypass graft open in his heart from surgery back in March 1998 is what we learned in October. He's had 4 mild heart attacks and 1 "episode" as reasons for these hospitalizations. We are so grateful for these extensions of life given my God and modern medicine. I'm praying I'll have him around to aggravate me for some more years! :) Becca