Off the Edge theme challenge no 428 for MTTC blog

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I'm Becca S the creative dynamo and MTTC has a very good challenge theme for you during the next two weeks. The theme is "Off the Edge". Our design team crew have come up with lots of variations for what it means to go off the edge of the card.

For my design team inspiration card  for #428, I folded the cardstock base to be shorter in the front to allow for the semi-circle of pink cardstock to be added plus have the large journal card extend off that shorter front down into the pink half-circle. My mom's going to be surprised that her Mother's Day card has been made early! (A positive out of all this Covid-19 scare.)

You Are Awesome-ness, mom=

My Time To Craft's #428 link= http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-428-off-edge.html

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Supply notes:
a. soft yellow and pale pink cardstock--Astrobrights Pastels--Neenah
b. journal card and floral patterned cardstock--My Mind's Eye/American Crafts
c. striped decorative tape--3M, I think...the colors just make me think of springtime!
d. silver and gold glitter paint pens
e. an old stencil sheet with different decorative edges was used for the Victorian scroll looking outlining

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other challenge blogs or Facebook groups where you will see this card=
a. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog; March, #73, Anything Goes theme
link= https://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-crafts-galore-encore-challenge-73.html

b. Incy Wincy Designs Challenge blog; Spring Fling theme; I've got soft pastel colors, flowers, and occasion of Mother's Day celebrated in early May/spring for Northern Hemisphere
link= https://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-16-april-2-spring-fling.html

c. Not Just Cards Challenges blog; March; Anything Goes theme
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-challenge.html

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

e. Mixed Media Creativity group; a closed group on Facebook for crafters and artists who like to mix it up in their creative projects= this card has the off the edge front, silver and gold glitter paint pens, decorative tape, various cardstocks including the journal card used as the focal

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Crafting in the USA heartland and practicing my social distancing (including not teaching this week or next...or maybe longer).
Becca S
Becca's Heart for Creativity blog

design team member for My Time To Craft blog and these 4 others:
The Crafter's Café Challenge
Scrapping 4 fun Challenges
A Place To Start
52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Be Mine with peonies DT inspiration for PPCC blog no 427

Pink peonies are a favorite childhood memory of mine! I've got one little tiny starter that I've nurtured last year which I need to check on. It should be sprouting. This darling image from Little Blue Button Stamps needed to have a pink version and my lovely photo print paper of pink peonies plus stickers led the direction for the card design:

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!

link to #427 has not be released as of noon on 4/24/2019; as soon as I can I will edit in the post link

edit: pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/04/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-427_25.html  sorry there was an almost 2 day delay...

Isn't this peony photo print paper from The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) just beautiful!?!! I hated cutting it, but I've been involved in groups like Facebook's 100 Pattern Papers Challenge and Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog & community Facebook group to encourage me to use old products and stop holding onto all the pretties. Even those peony layered stickers I've had for probably 2+ years! It's time to use them. I haven't quite decided who will receive this...possibly my mom for Mother's Day or my sister Martha's birthday that's also coming up in May.

other challenges and/or special recognitions:

a. My Time to Craft Challenge blog (MTTC or MTTCCB) 19 April 2019 theme is Spring Flowers

link= https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/04/challenge-395-spring-flowers.html

b. Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog and Facebook community= spring green based floral paper I used as background was part of my March 2019 kit I put together last month; this is the current April inspiration kit to mimic post--
link= https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/04/april-2019-counterfeit-kit-challenge.html

c. 100 Pattern Papers Challenge group on Facebook= the peony print paper has been in my stockpile for over 1 year; kraft cardstock is also an oldie; and so are the peony layered stickers

d. Inspired By (earth day prompt) from Laurel Seabrook Designs= the peonies, little butterfly in the sticker, and the background floral paper with that early spring green grass color, and the green "brick" wall strip with stenciled flourishes--all make me think of springtime and changing seasons here on planet Earth

link: https://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/04/inspired-by-earth-day.html

I will post in Facebook to "Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls", also.

If you like bold contemporary color palette of red, black, white, and bold blue then check out the other variation I did of this sweet image.

In the USA heartland,
Becca S

PPCCB 370 using Star Stampz Seedling image

Seedling...sprout...nurtured little one

makes me think of my mother

She's amazing. Still mothering her 3 "young" chicks who are all in their 50s, too! Aren't we blessed!

Happy Mother's Day 2018

PPCC blog badge and link:

https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2018/03/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-370.html

Star Stampz sponsor badge; this is the sponsor who provided the Seedling image for me to use.

Half of the design team has images from this company to use for their inspiration creations this week. 

Besides using the image for my making motivation, I'm also modifying a sketch layout design from Mojo Monday #459 for this card:

And I've been motivated to do another mixed media approach with the base card by painting (applying paints of red, blue, and green) with a tissue:

My mom's favorite color is blue and mine is purple so there will be some small uses of lavender mixed with the blues, greens, and some blue-gray hues.

And here are some more views of cover and inside panel:

The image was colored with colored pencils for a softer look and in person is so very sweet looking!

This is a close-up view of the featured image "Seedling".

This side view helps show the multiple layers for the focal image, the cording, and the gorgeous double butterfly stick-on!

The inside panel was kept very simple with mini zig-zag decorative scissors edging the papers and embellished with a stick-on from the same set as the ones used on the front.

Use the Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges Blog link up above to read for the participating guidelines, see what the other design team members have made for inspiration, find links to the prize sponsors, and more.

I'm glad I took this week's image to prepare my Mother's Day tribute about 2 months in advance. Frankly, most of the time I'm last minute with the best of intentions. :)

Still crafting away in the mixed up weather conditions of north central Illinois!, Becca (We had the weirdest snow showers yesterday and it happened to be a day that I needed to be out on the road at 2 different times of the day in the midst of all that weather wackiness!)