MTTCC #48 Winter Clothing Theme DT inspiration card for 25 November 2022

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart always gets excited to make Christmas cards. The sweater 'paper' is from a notepad that I bought several years ago. I'll be able to make 1 card for about 47 more years!!! This is my first use this year and will probably be my only usage! :) 

This posting is about my design team inspiration project for My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog's #48 theme Winter Clothing that runs November 25-December 8, 2022. 

Cozy Nordic Sweater Christmas card=

A few design notes and vendors:

1. Nordic cardstock scrap piece and green/yellow plaid scrap = Fancy Pants Designs' Cozy Christmas 

2. the blue/red/green plaid scrap=

3. taupe 5"x7" flat card base (with matching envelope) = The Paper Source website

4. red inking

5. brown dots = Paper Wishes website

6. lavender card mat = The Paper Studio

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MTTCC #48 link=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2022/11/mttcc-48-theme-is-winter-clothing.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups for sharing and linking:

A. Unicorn Challenge blog; still open; a few more days; MY card is Christmas/winter-y cozy sweater

link= http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-82-christmas-is-coming.html

B. Make The Cards Challenge blog; until Nov 29; Winter; MY card has the cozy sweater; Nordic look

link= https://makethecardschallenge.com/make-the-cards-challenge-68/

C. The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge blog; started Nov 23; Christmas or Winter; MY card is both

link= https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2022/11/anything-christmas-or-winter.html

D. Krafty Chicks challenge blog; Week 4 All Occasion; MY card is Christmas/winter-y

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/krafty-chicks-challenge-639-all.html

E. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group= sharing

F. Paper Crafting For Everyone group= sharing

G. Crafting Happiness Challenges blog; new; bonus challenge for Christmas/winter projects; 

link= https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/11/bonus-challenge-nov-24-end-of-month.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

**I'm on the DT for these 7 challenge blogs: MTTCC, MTTC; MLCCB, MIUCB, AACB; THICC; OUAT

and I own 3 challenge blogs: Heart's Quest and FarmQuest; and as of November 11= The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge blog.

Shades of Blue Scriptural Encouragement Card

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I was so happy to have some late night crafty fun about 9 hours and even more so to craft an extra that is not for a DT commitment. I've had 1 card started for several days and just need to get another crafting session in very soon to get that one done. Many more that I need to get started on as well. 

This featured card is on a flat denim blue colored cardstock base that has a matching envelope (Darice) with 2 scrap pieces and a printed Scripture card. I didn't check to see if it was the same size as a business name card or as an ATC. It was received as a gifted extra over a year ago. Three aqua pearl gems and a washi tape version flower petals clustered together for the accents. All chosen for having shades of blue. 

Guard Your Heart encouragement card=

Challenge blog links and Facebook group shares=

A. Make The Cards challenge #57; Shades of Blue; 

link= https://makethecardschallenge.com/make-the-cards-challenge-57/

B. Word Art Wednesday challenge blog; Weeks #549-550; I'm using Scripture but not the verse WAW provided

link= http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2022/06/weeks-549-550-anything-goes.html

C. Little Red Wagon challenge blog; Make It Count theme; use numbers= look closely at the end of the Bible verse for the given reference of Proverbs 4:23

link= http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2022/06/challenge-659-make-it-count.html

D. Christian Card Maker Women's Fellowship group

E. Scripturally Inspired Creativity group

F. Bible Journaling and Faith Art group

G. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

this is not a design team commitment make but I'm on several plus owner of 2=

*Mix It Up

*Merry Little Christmas

*My Time To Craft

*My Time To Craft Christmas

**Heart's Quest challenge blog (owner)

**FarmQuest challenge blog (owner)

Sketch Layout Plus Ink Blended Background Card

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Oh my! It's very unusual nowadays to create a card that is not a design team or my own challenge blog inspiration commitments. Three-and-a-half days ago, my personal email inbox got notices from PCC and MTC about their new challenges. I started on the MTC first and actually used 1 full sheet of white cardstock that I divided into 4 sections.

I used the same 4 colors stamp ink pads and 2 makeup sponges for the applications that varied in pressure, amount of ink, and direction of the blending and overlaying. This post's featured card is the first one to be released. The other 3 will be revealed in a few weeks for upcoming commitments. 

This is "A Happy Heart" thinking of you card=

More design notes:

An old stencil set from Pebbles that has been in my stash for about 12 years had been resurrected this month and one of the stencils provided the brackets. I thought this would be my own little creative twist on the 'label' shape seen in PCC's sketch. 

I forget the vendor for the stenciled message but it was the perfect fit inside the brackets. The glittery decorative tapes are in lieu of the thin long strips shown on the sketch. And due to the placement of the brackets on the right side of the ink blended DIY section, I only put the 'strips' on the left side. A blush pink cardstock is placed behind the panel as the secondary background panel. Then those were mounted on a brighter pink cardstock along with a few blue gems for accents and to give more blue on the card. 

I'm very pleased with the cheerful card. 

Link-ups of this card will be found at these blogs and FB groups=

A. Make The Cards Challenge #53

https://makethecardschallenge.com/make-the-cards-challenge-53/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=make_the_cards_challenge_weekly_prompt&utm_term=2022-04-20 

B. Paper Craft Crew challenges #467

http://papercraftcrew.com/pcc467-horizontal-sketch-challenge/

C. Passionate Paper Creations and Friends group in FB

D. Mixed Media Creativity group in FB

E. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group in FB

F. Word Art Wednesday challenge Weeks

link= http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2022/04/anything-goes-weeks-539-540.html

G. Scripturally Inspired Creativity group in FB

H. Christian Card Making ~ Women's Fellowship group in FB

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

also owner of 2 fairly new challenge blogs: 

Heart's Quest Challenge Blog

and

FarmQuest Challenge Blog