My MTTC #553 Hearts Theme DT card for 7 February 2025

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

why: This posting mentions MTTC or My Time To Craft challenge blog! I've been a design team member for a very long time. I've had a couple of short gaps from moving and a health event but enjoy that our DT members suggest topics. Another team member suggested 'hearts' to coincide with Valentine's Day that will fall midway during the time period. 

when: #553 starts February 7, 2025 and lasts for 13 days

what: Heart in LOVE card

notes: shadowing due to the depth difference with the wood "LOVE" and foam dimensional tape between the pale peachy-pink layer and white base

1. white A2 cardstock base with matching envelopes (pack) = Crafter's Closet; edges distressed

2. pale peachy-pink cardstock = Neenah

3. striped washi tape = Pen + Gear

4. paper tape with divided hearts strip = ?/received as a kindness gift

5. bright pink cardstock scrap for filling the heart space in "LOVE" = Art Skills

6. wood laser cut "LOVE" came painted red (some plain, some pink, some red in the pack) = Crafter's Square

where: MTTC #553 theme of hearts blog post

link = https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/02/mttc-553-theme-of-hearts-starts-7.html

other places to share/link are:

a. {PIN}spirational; started Feb 1; Quilts of hearts theme; MY card has the washi strips making quilt border effect and the paper tape of divided hearts looks like an applique technique on a quilt

link = https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/02/pinspirational-challenge-322-february.html

badge: 

b. If You Give A Crafter A Cookie; started Feb 1; Hearts Galore; My card has 5 hearts (4 in the paper tape and 1 in the wood "Love")

link = https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2025/02/cookie-challenge-201-february-hearts.html

badge:  

c. Passion Cartes Creatives; new; theme of love/hearts...include hearts; MY card has 5 hearts (4 in the paper tape and 1 in the wood "Love")

link = https://www.passion-cartes-creatives-magazine.com/2025/01/defi-n-880-du-jeudi-6-fevrier-2025-3.html

badge = 

d. CRAFT; new on Feb 6; theme of Love/anything goes; MY card has a wood laser cut "LOVE" with a heart for 'O' and also 4 divided/split heart shapes on the paper tape

link = https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/02/challenge-748-love-anything-goes.html

e. Creative Knockouts; new; theme of Love/Valentines/ wedding/ anniversary; MY card has "LOVE", hearts and is intended for Valentine's day

link = https://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2025/02/540-february-6-lovevalentinesanniversar.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland, 

Becca S

*owner/DT = AA; ConBC; HQCB, HQFCB/at TFATU, HQCOLCB and HQFSCAT; FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHSKCB and FQGGCB

*manager/DT = MTTC and MTTCChristmas

* DT member only = HAOOCAYR and PRS (Paper-Rocks-Scissors)

~~ interesting facts from first week of February! =

*introduced almost 3 year old honorary granddaughter that we babysit on weekday afternoons to the old song "Wipeout!" by the Surfaris! She loves it! She loves to sing and dance!

*hubby and I went out for a steak dinner on Sunday night Feb 2nd for a belated #29 anniversary date! Steak, baked potatoes; Joe had corn and I had green beans; dinner rolls with cinnamon honey butter! YUM!

My MTTCC #89 Music theme at Christmas DT card on 21 June 2024

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity Blog!

purpose: this posting shares my newest Christmas/winter theme for My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog. #89 theme is Music. I chose to use elements from the children's church carol of "Away in a Manger"

when: #89 theme starts June 21, 2024 and will last 13 days

what: "Our Little Lord Jesus Asleep On The Hay"

notes:

1. the 'journal' card was trimmed on 3 sides and the little creche was fussy cut from a sheet of cardstock from = Away In A Manger collection by Echo Park

2. green and ivory cardstocks = Neenah

3. burgundy and gold patterned paper = stash

4. cocoa brown ink pad = Lawn Fawn

5. gold snowflake 'dazzles'/stickers = Hot Off The Press

6. music phrase cut from full song sheet = received as an extra in a prize package last year from another challenge blog

where: MTTCC #89 music theme at Christmas/winter holiday blog post on June 21 =

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2024/06/mttcc-89-theme-is-music-for-christmas.html

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other places to share/link are:

a. CRAFT challenges blog; new; theme is Christmas or First Christmas; MY card is a First Christmas caroling hymn card

link= https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/challenge-724-christmas-first-christmas.html

b. Passion Cartes Creativ; new on June 20; theme is music; my Christmas card has lyric phrase and a bit of sheet music out of "Away In A Manger" caroling hymn

link= http://www.passion-cartes-creatives-magazine.com/2024/06/defi-n-847-du-jeudi-20-juin-2024.html

badge = 

c. Word Power #6; current for 1 more week; theme is the same as the title; MY card has a huge lyric/sentiment focal and it's repeated in the small sheet music strip

link = https://wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/word-power-6.html 

d. Word Art Wednesday; current in Week 1 of 2 starting on June 19; theme is anything uplifting and Scripture freebie offered; sharing a religious Christmas carol based card with phrase from "Away In A Manger"

link = https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2024/06/anything-goes-weeks-653-654.html

e. Peace on Earth Christmas challenges blog; current; anything goes Christmas (moodboard available); MY Christmas card has a music theme using a religious carol

link= https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2024/06/peace-on-earth-challenge-66.html

f. FB group = Scripturally Inspired Creativity 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*manager/DT = MTTCChristmas and MTTC

*DT only = HCAYR/revised to HAOOCAYR

*co-owner/DT = AACB and C or not Bingo

*owner/DT of Quest families of challenge blogs = HQCB, HQFCB, HQCOLCB, FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHSKCB,

 and new limited series of FQGGCB (FarmQuest Grocery Game Challenges) that is paper-crafting/hybrid/digitally version of a Food Network Channel show so check out #1 that finished on June 13 and look forward to #2 on June 28!!!

 

MTTCC #71 Theme of Pinecones DT contribution for 13 October 2023

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! This posting started on a quest for pinecone elements (found a cardstock) and then I came across the stamped hedgehog. I felt he would be a good forest animal getting ready for Christmas. (moved to be card #2)

WHAT: My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog's #71 theme of pinecones

WHEN: October 13-26, 2023 for #71

SHOW and TELL: some forest/woodland Christmas cards=

#1

1. white top-folded base card

2. pinecone print cardstock = ?Fancy Pants Designs, maybe Lake Life (sheet got separated from the paper pad)

3. barn siding scrap strip = part of a variety pack = Hot Off The Press

4. washi tapes = gifted from a generous crafting friend

5. stamps for "MC" and the pinecone with 2 branches are unbranded; Amazon purchase

6. black ink pad= Memento Inks

and

#2 using the same pinecone print cardstock= 

1. white peeled paint on brick paper = Hot Off The Press

2. pinecone cardstock = ? might be Fancy Pants Designs' Lake Life pad

3. stamped leaf, acorn, hedgehog = Bo Bunny

4. text strip printed on kraft paper

5. teal flat notecard with matching envelope = Darice

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WHERE: MTTCC #71 blog post link = 

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/10/mttcc-71-theme-is-pine-cones-starting.html

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OTHER PLACES:

A. ABC Christmas challenge blog; current with Letters U and V; my card fits for "Uu" = Use It Up; both cards use pieces from the same small cardstock page/sheet

link= https://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/abc-christmas-challenge-u-v-are-for.html

B. I Spy With My Little Eye ...something from a farm...maybe a Christmas tree farm or a farmhouse with pine trees as a windbreak or property border...pine cones from pine trees

link= https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/09/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-something-from.html

C. Paper Craft Crew Color Challenge; current; MY cards use several shown colors on their board (card #1 has copper clay, pumpkin pie, mossy meadow; 

link= https://papercraftcrew.com/pcc539-color-challenge/

board pic= 

D. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday; current; anything goes; 

link= https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/10/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-october.html

E. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenges; current; anything goes Christmas; my cards are Christmas cards

link= https://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/winner-and-top-5-for-challenge-148.html

and

FB groups: PPPDTC, COTM (card 1), 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*owner/DT = FQGS, FQCB, HQCB and TFATU

*co-owner/DT = AACB and CBCB

*manager/DT = MTTC and MTTCC

 

Yummy Cool and Colorful Birthday Cupcakes card

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!! Shocker! This small flat card is not for a design team commitment! I wanted to mix together some current challenge themes to take advantage of their competition periods. And I even messed up on one that I had just received a notice about on Wednesday...at least I thought it was this Wednesday and not last week...crazy...

This fun card has mixed the elements for birthday, triangles, and bright summery colors. 

Yummy, cool, and colorful birthday cupcakes card=

Design notes and credits: the lavender paper is backdrop to block the printer scanner light; the mauve/mulled pink flat card base has a matching envelope (Darice); patterned paper, jumbo dots, and stickers were bargain finds at Dollar Tree; the green and yellow cardstock scraps are from Crafter's Choice or Art Skills, another bargain buy at Dollar General; and the purple cardstock scrap is from Neenah bought at Wal-Mart. A yellow marker was added to most of the white areas and white sprinkle dots in on the pink frosted cupcakes because it looked better to get yellow incorporated onto the paper. This is definitely packing some colors!

Challenges to link-up and Facebook groups to share:

A. Through The Craft Room Door; new Anything Goes challenge started June 21; 

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/06/blog-post.html

B. Seize The Birthday; Summer Activities is the topping/option; Anything Goes Birthday= My card with HB stickers and cupcake paper

link= http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2022/06/seize-birthday-241-summer-activities.html

C. Paper Craft Crew Challenge #475= Color/Sprinkles; Use 4 of the 5; OOPS/closed on June 21...sigh--I used green, purple, yellow, and pinks

link= https://papercraftcrew.com/pcc475-color-challenge/

D. Use Your Stuff challenge blog; #450; triangles= the "HB" sticker has triangle shaped banner/flags; the cupcake paper was cut in a triangle shape

link= http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2022/06/450-triangles.html

E. Fab -n- Funky challenges blog; June 22; Summer Colors; MY card= pinks, green, yellow, and purple

link= http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2022/06/challenge-554-summer-colours.html

F. Mixed Media Creativity group; 3 little planner stickers, HB sticker, jumbo dots/gems, used yellow marker to fill in white areas on the cupcake print paper for the paper to show more of the yellow like the 1 cardstock scrap; white ink pad to edge; 

G. Paper, Paper, Paper & DT Calls group; sharing 

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Crafting in the USA heartland, 

Becca S

DT members for the following:

*Mix It Up

*Merry Little Christmas

*My Time To Craft

*My Time To Craft Christmas

Owner of 2 challenge blogs:

*FarmQuest

*Heart's Quest

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

2022 Jan 26 Hearts and Sweetness Card

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I'm super excited to share that I recently decided to focus on bashing a paper pad that I've been hoarding--"Mint Berry" from The Paper Studio (2016). 

A Facebook group called 100 Pattern Papers challenges crafters to pick out 100 designer print papers out of their supply stash to use in 1 year. As I started seeing different members post at the beginning of the month, I didn't think I would use this approach. But as I started making love/Valentine cards, I kept going to this gorgeous mix of small cardstock designs. So instead of 100, about 3-4 days ago, I had 63 full sheets (4.5" x 6.5") and 3 different sized scraps left to use out of the original 80. [80 sheets= 20 designs x 4 each]

If I remember correctly, this paper pad collection wasn't bought until late 2017 or early 2018. I've had 3+ years to use this collection...thenceforth let the stash bash begin this week!

Hearts and Sweetness=

Design notes:

1. from the mentioned "Mint Berry" paper pad= the center heart cut-out on top of the large red glitter heart

2. red ink used to edge the papers and black ink to fill/change the white dots on the center heart cut-out

3. embellishments have been in stash for over a year

4. also the 2 sentiment/word stamps were purchased about a year ago from a company that went out of business (Raisin Boat/Sum More Fun...)

5. light gray cardstock for card base is 4" x 5.5" top folded (Pen + Gear)

6. mint green/aqua cardstock for background is 3.75" x 4.25" (Art Skills)

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challenge blogs and Facebook groups:

A. 100 Pattern Papers group; sharing/challenge group; I only used about 1/4 of 1 sheet (4.5 x 6.5") and used 3/4 of another sheet yesterday; and used some scraps a couple of days before that...63+ -- 1 = 62

B. Paper Craft Challenges #457= floral love theme/photo inspiration

*the mint is part of the badge and not the photo however it closely matches the greens of the patterned heart and background cardstock; large flower in the patterned heart; different pinks (gems, small glitter foam heart stickers, in the patterned paper, and the cupcake stick-on)

link= http://papercraftcrew.com/pcc457-theme-challenge/

C. Mixed Media Creativity group; a small sharing group; mixed mediums used were stamping, inking, different embellishments, tracing a heart pattern for the cut-out, cardstocks, ...

D. The Cutie Pie Challenge blog; CAS + cute as can be

link= http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com/2022/01/challenge-no-167-theme-simple-starts.html 

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Sneak peeks at other cards made so far:

plus there was 1 other card that I thought I had scanned but I just mailed it out to an aunt earlier this morning! ugh!

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

MTTC no 462 DT card for no patterned paper usage theme challenge starting 23 July 2021

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart wasn't too worried with this theme because I've made lots of cards recently with solid color cardstocks with either the images and/or use of washi tape providing colors and lines. This time I wanted to go on a bit different route and create a scene mixing soft waxy paint stick, stencil, some chipboard die-cut stick-ons, jumbo gem dots, vellum, and two alpha tile stickers. I'm actually combining 3 different blog challenges together with the focal panel, so continue reading the post to find out what the requirements are for the other 2. 

*My Time To Craft (MTTC) challenge blog, design team inspiration project

*#462

*theme= no patterned paper (also known as designer paper)

*starts morning of Friday, July 23, 2021 and lasts for 13 days

"One More Candle on the Cake" Birthday card=

 MTTC's #462 link= http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/07/challenge-462-no-patterned-papers.html

Design & vendor notes: 

a. solid color cardstocks are actually neon bright but due to printer's scanner light the hues are pastel and available for Pen + Gear

b. vellum strip, stencil for the 'sun', black marker for the tiny ladybug, gem dots, die-cut flowers and leaf with ladybug are from stash

c. "HB" alpha tiles are from Freckled Fawn

d. yellow wax and green wax are 2 colors along with 2 others available in a 'paint sticks' set from Art Skills; available at Dollar General stores

e. the 'sun' was stenciled first and then the stems and short grass lines; vellum was applied with clear glue tape on opposite side of the lettering in order to hide it as best that I could; die-cuts and alphas added next; jumbo gem dots for polka dot element for a challenge were added as other flower buds; and a 2nd ladybug needed for a 3rd challenge was made with black marker and tiny red glitter foam heart onto the leaf

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links and themes for 2 other challenge blogs with this card=

1. Make the Cards Challenge #25 has 3-2-1 theme started Wednesday, July 21, 2021; 3 die-cut flowers, 2 ladybugs (1 die-cut and 1 made from teeny red glitter foam heart), and 1 sunshine (stenciled)

link= https://makethecardschallenge.com/make-the-cards-challenge-25/

2. Paper Craft Crew #436 Tic-Tac-Toe theme started Wednesday, July 21, 2021; using center row across= polka dots (jumbo gem dots), vellum phrase, birthday (HB for happy birthday and reference to cake and candle on the vellum); the card focal also qualifies for the center column with die-cuts, vellum, and marker(s)...black used to make tiny ladybug!!!!

link= https://papercraftcrew.com/pcc436-tic-tac-toe-challenge/

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Facebook groups for either linking this posting or sharing card photo include:

aa. Mixed Media Creativity group

bb. Paper, Paper, Paper & DT Calls group

cc. The Seasonal Cardmaker group

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design team member of My Time To Craft challenge blog

My Time To Craft Christmas new Theme Have a Krafty Christmas

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart really likes kraft paper and cardstock! It's great with red for Christmas cards yet it is also wonderful for nature scenes or neutral palette challenges. For the new MTTCC theme challenge, I decided I'd go to my download file of saved free clipart and coloring pages to check and see what I had in the way of Christmas or winter pics. After passing over snowmen and pine trees, my eyes glanced at this multiple houses drawing clipart and then widened. I immediately thought this would be easy to give the house doors either red or green color, maybe some yellow in most of the windows and then pair up with a great small print cardstock. And here's my Christmas card for #14=

Home for the Holidays Christmas card: (or should it be homes for the holidays???)

*My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog

*#14   , Have a Krafty Christmas; use kraft paper or cardstock somewhere on your project

*fortnight length challenge competition starting early morning of Friday, July 16, 2021

MTTCC's blog badge and the DT member badge=

MTTCC's posting link for today's new fortnight theme challenge= 

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/07/challenge-14-have-krafty-christmas.html

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Design and vendor notes (and there are 3 more cropped scanned pics of the card at the end of this posting):

1. free clipart image of multiple houses with 1 or 2 looking like church buildings

2. three different values of green markers, a red, a brown, and a yellow were used to add some color to the buildings

3. a thin sheet of kraft paper was inserted into my printer tray in order to print out this clipart 'panel' which meets the required theme element of kraft/krafty

4. Fancy Pants Designs 6 x 6 paper pad collection provided the striped cardstock and the sentiment banner; 4" x 6" are the dimensions for the striped background panel

6. Pen + Gear provided the white diamond cut glitter paper; I purchased a 25 sheet pack at Wal-Mart; 4.5" x 6.5" are the dimension for the white glitter paper panel

7. The Paper Source company website was the vendor for the deep red folded card base 5" x 7"; I bought matching envelopes, so that's a wonderful quality for mailing

8. Paper Wishes company website was the vendor for the white and silver metallic border accents and snowflakes that they call dazzles

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups for linking and/or sharing pics or this posting=

a. The Seasonal Cardmakers group on Facebook

b. Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers group on Facebook

c. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenges; Christmas in July theme; 

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2021/07/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-july.html

d. Paper Craft Crew #435 sketch theme challenge; 

PCC 435

sketch is failing to load; current sketch is a vertical sketch format; I've moved the sentiment down so it wouldn't cover any of the houses

e. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; 

f. Paper, Paper, Paper & DT Calls group on Facebook;

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design Team Member of My Time To Craft Christmas

CHD 15 July 2021 no 34 Anything Goes Theme Challenge Month features 2 DT Cards

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart is super excited to be able to showcase 2 digital images from the CHD Etsy shop! Owner Mary Smith and her husband both contribute to their inventory and have been busy designing new digital images. Mary agreed to let me use the "Snow Gnome" digi created just this week!! It is THAT new! There are so many other challenge blogs having Christmas in July themes that I wanted to hurry and use "Snow Gnome" for the July competition. [CHD July 2021 challenge blog posting link is near the end of this posting. Make sure to click on it and see what the other design team members have created.] 

And then several weeks back with summertime in my thoughts, I asked Mary if I could use the "Tropical Bird Rain Forest" digi for this July 15th release posting date. She said yes, so that will be showcased in this post, too. So fun. This vibrant rain forest scene will be perfect for an aunt's birthday whose grandson is in Costa Rica. Andrew and his wife just had their first baby, a girl, just a few weeks ago. Not only is Andrew her oldest grandchild/grandson, his daughter is her first great grandchild! I think she's going to love this image! 

Bonus Image #1 "Snow Gnome" as 'snow' jolly Christmas card=

Link to CHD Etsy shop for "Snow Gnome"=

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1050408803/snow-gnome-long-beard-jolly-christmas?ref=listing_published_alert&fbclid=IwAR3ThPo7TYLqQfy7m8z0vYU1uK3it_tamICkTpCslTVTp83xc7VvrCeXGjw

more views:

other challenge blogs to link-up and Facebook groups to share card #1 photo= [note: Mary did not include this on the July 15 CHD DT inspiration section]

a. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge; Christmas in July theme (which I've done) or AG

link to ECW=https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2021/07/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-july.html 

b. Paper Craft Crew or PCC #435 sketch challenge; for current week

http://papercraftcrew.com/pcc435-vertical-sketch-challenge/

sketch image=

c. Slimline Card Obsessed group on Facebook

d. The Seasonal Cardmaker group on Facebook

e. Paper, Paper, Paper & DT Calls group on Facebook

f. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook

g. Creative Heart Design group on Facebook; private group for those who have purchased or won and/or used CHD images (such as DT members of CHD challenge blog)...

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Image #2 "Tropical Bird Rain Forest" digi used for "HB" card=

Link to CHD Etsy shop for "Tropical Bird Rain Forest"=

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/587005234/tropical-bird-rain-forrest-digital-stamp?ref=shop_home_recs_84

more views:

other challenge blogs to link-up specifically for CARD #2 and Facebook groups=

a. Slimline Card Obsessed group on Facebook

b. Seize the Birthday challenge blog; 

link=http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2021/07/seize-birthday-218-framed.html 

c. The Seasonal Cardmaker group on Facebook

d. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook

e. Paper, Paper, Paper & DT Calls group on Facebook

f. Creative Heart Design group on Facebook; private group; members purchase or win then use CHD images in the paper-crafting projects

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A few vendor notes:

1. Silver and white snowflake metallic/shiny 'dazzles' are from Paper Wishes company website

2. "HB" alphas are from Freckled Fawn

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Both cards for design team commitment for Createful Heart Design challenge blog. 

CHD blog badge and DT member badge

CHD #34 link=

https://createfulheartcards.blogspot.com/2021/07/challenge-34.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design team member of Createful Heart Design challenge blog

Make It Krafty Theme for MTTC no 398 Design Team Project

Kraft paper is the challenge theme prompt for the new bi-weekly, every other Friday, #398 at My Time To Craft blog

I decided to use the kraft cardstock as accent pieces. The kraft CS was laid over a brick wall patterned texture rubbing plate and colored with brown and raw sienna crayons. Two sections have additional crayon colors in order to add a sentiment word (Sympathy) and a butterfly border.

Design notes: 

a. center focal piece is from a coloring book; approx. 3.25" wide and 3.75" high

b. white cardstock is recycled packing insert from glue adhesive dots (!); 3.5" wide and 4" high

c. purple cardstock base measures 5" by 7"

d. the purple with blue flower patterned paper measures 4.5" wide by 6" high

e. washi tapes are from set by Pen + Gear

f. all papers and embellishments of butterfly and gem dots have been in my craft supplies for a very long time...feels good to get them used in spite of my aching heart today learning that my cousin's 30 year old daughter passed away two days ago

MTTC blog #398 ID badge and post link=

link= http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-398-lets-get-krafty.html

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Layout for this card was inspired by the new card sketch challenge at Paper Craft Crew #338=

I receive PCC updates through emailed newsletter. However I will provide a website link=

http://papercraftcrew.com/pcc338-sketch/

I turned the sketch design to the right 90 degrees. Instead of flourishes, I decided this would be great spots for the little brick wall textured accents made using the required kraft cardstock for MTTC. The gray ribbon area on the sketch became the 2 narrow strips of washi tapes that help reinforce the emotion behind the sentiment (sympathy). Some gem dots and a butterfly instead of the star help complete the card. 

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Another blog link-up will be "A Inky Mess" #31 mixed media theme challenge that started 25 may 2019:

link= https://ainkymess.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-31.html

for evidence the elements include: coloring book focal using markers and colored pencils; texture 'brick wall' on kraft cardstock; glossy white cardstock, purple cardstock; purple with blue flowers patterned paper; washi tapes; gem dots; foil butterfly

Becca S