Shaker Card Theme Challenge for August 2020 for A Place To Start Blog

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Oh, I'm so glad I had a bit of creative mojo kick in to make and get this card submitted right before it goes live!!! Yikes! Yes. And the credit goes to some Webster Pages products I received several months ago that center on the topic of jewels...gems..."You are far more precious than jewels/rubies".

Friendship: You Are a Gem card for August 2020 APTS blog DT project=

Link= APTS blog's August 2020 Create a Shaker card challenge posting
https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-2020-challenge-create-shaker-card.html

*hopefully mine will get edited in by Chana; I had edited in just before it went live, so I must have been a few seconds too late....still check out to see what the others created!! Lots of variety in techniques and topics!!!

Some notes about the design:
a. Shaker/Object-filled pocket has lots of layers:
    i. teal with white dots cardstock is from My Mind's Eye
   ii. recycled clear film packaging was cut to the same size as the transparency and the teal print; tape runner was used to glue 3 sides as well as attach the layers together; after filling the clear film pocket then the top short edge was glued shut
  iii. white diamond print transparency is from a cut-apart sheet from Webster Pages as is the pastel colored diamond cut-apart card that is 1 of the filler items inside the pocket
b. the diamond patterned paper strip on the right side is from Webster Pages; however it came as white with purple 'facet' lines; I selected many colored pencils to fill in and try to replicate those hues seen on the cut apart card. I LOVE how this turned out!! The brownish gold sections were first colored with a light brown and then I covered with my gold glitter paint pen!
c. a clear-based Scripture sticker was placed over the top pocket layer that's the diamond transparency section.
d. odd bits and pieces from an embellishments bag that's been sitting on my craft work table this summer is the source for other items in the pocket
e. a row of 'gems' accent the card
f. the friendship cardstock message stickers are from Webster Pages
g. the mauve pink patterned cardstock is from My Mind's Eye
h. the yellow base's cardstock is from Neenah

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other challenge blogs or Facebook groups where this card or the posting will be linked=

a. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog; started July 22 for 2 weeks; Anything Goes theme;
link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/07/pennys-challenge-476.html

b. Mix It Up challenge blog; Anything Goes (there's an option; but I've not done it)
link= https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/08/miucb-40-anything-goes-embossing.html

c. Paper, Paper, Paper, and Design Team Calls group on Facebook; a sharing group for crafting bloggers

d. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; lots of bits and pieces within the shaker pocket and also the 'crystal gems row'; lots of different cardstocks and cardstock stickers; Scripture sticker; diamond print transparency 'card'; and clear recycled packaging

e. Scripturally Inspired Creativity group on Facebook; shaker pocket has the clear backed sticker featuring verse from Proverbs

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Design team member for these three:
1. A Place to Start
2. 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
3. My Time To Start

July 2020 Week 2 Color Challenge DT card for 52 CCT Blog

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity! This should be our 26th challenge and since I've made 2 cards for some previous weeks I think I have at least 30 made and today's should get me to 32! Couldn't resist trying to different sketch layouts for the "all-white" color palette selected by the July hostess Fabiola!!!

52 CCT blog's 2nd week of July challenge rotation is color and this time it is to be all-white! Black is allowed for sentiment only per her instructions.

#26-20 Elegant white Celebrate Christmas cards:

#1= there is a large poinsettia impressed from the back side with white color pencil lines going over it, so click on the photo to get a zoomed photo to see some of that....

#2= absolutely all white!!!

Link= https://52cct.blogspot.com/2020/07/july-colour-challenge.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where I'll share these cards:

a. MLCC blog #24
link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/07/mlccb-24-july-anything-christmas-goes.html

b. PPCC; anything goes (as long as it is paper-crafting related)
link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/07/pennys-challenge-475.html

c. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook;
mediums include a variety of cardstocks; glitter decorative tape; crystal gems; glitter foam snowflakes; "Celebrate" dazzles (from Paper Wishes website) in black glossy paper and white glossy paper; white colored pencil;

d. Paper, Paper, Paper and Design Team Calls group on Facebook


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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Design team member for these challenge blogs:
1. 52 CCT
2. A Place To Start
3. My Time To Craft

former DT member:
a. Scrapping 4 fun Challenges
b. The Crafter's Cafe Challenges
c. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges
d. Hiding in My Craft Room

Stay safe and healthy!

MTTC Blog challenge no 436 Christmas in July theme

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My body and brain were overloaded with LOTS to do all day long on the day of deadline with a card to make. I'm already on a specific Christmas card making challenge blog, so I decided to give myself the prompt of an all green card.

Dumpster diving was next. Kidding! Stash treasure hunt--yes! I've got 4 shoe box size containers inside the house currently. I've got more Christmas and winter season supplies out in the garage; probably 2 or 3 boxes I believe. It was so difficult to find green-only Christmas products. If I would allowed green and white...lots more options. Extremely difficult but I kept it to all green. Base card was made with solid green cardstock 5" x 7". And then 3 scraps with the center one coming from a Christmas paper pad collection.

Accents are from various suppliers such as Webster Pages for alpha stickers, Pen + Gear for washi tape, and Bo Bunny for the green flower die-cut.

#436 All Green Season's Greetings Christmas card=

green glitter paint pen was applied to the center of the flower along with the accenting on the petals

and the flower is raised off the background paper scrap with a round adhesive foam dot.

almost all vertical lines

MTTC's posting link: #436 Christmas in July
link= http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/07/challenge-436-christmas-in-july.html

Remember: you can do anything Christmas for your project, too; and it doesn't need to be a card either. Check the MTTC posting for details but I'm pretty sure you could make a tag, a Christmas party invite, a Christmas treat bag topper, a Christmas theme candy bar wrapper, etc.

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups that I'm sharing this posting or card photo with:

a. PPCC blog #475; theme= anything goes (paper-crafting wise)
link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/07/pennys-challenge-475.html

b. MLCC blog #24
link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/07/mlccb-24-july-anything-christmas-goes.html

c. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group on Facebook;

d. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; paper products (patterned paper, cardstock, washi tape, alphas, die-cuts); crystal gems; glitter foam tree; glitter green paint pen;


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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Design Team member for these 3:
a. MTTC
b. APTS
c. 52 CCT

Stay safe and healthy!

Flowers Theme Challenge starting 6 July 2020 for APTS blog

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I'm very thankful to live in the USA! My parents and grandparents put a strong love bond into me for this country. Our 200+ years have had its ups and downs but overall it has been a wonderful country for me to live in for the past 57 years. I am looking forward to what's ahead.

I was born on Flag Day and even represented Betsy Ross for my 8th grade class during our school's Bicentennial celebrations back in '76. (Yea!!!)

This card is for my high school co-valedictorian niece! Instead of doing school colors, I thought I'd go with a spring floral theme and soft muted pastel colors. She always makes me think of pretty pastel flowers when I hear her name mentioned. {APTS blog= flowers theme for July; floral papers, floral stamping, floral die-cuts, etc.}

Congratulations card for July 2020 APTS blog=

APTS blog July 2020 posting link=
https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2020/07/july-2020-challenge-flowers-flowers.html

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Products for card were part of my kit I collated out my stash to copy cat the June 2020 selected inspiration kit at Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog:

Above: the pale green washi tape, light pink gems, clear gems, and butterflies
Below: the card base w/ background floral paper is waiting to be used; the recycled packaging from My Mind's Eye got shuffled under and isn't seen in this photo

Below: this photo shows the corner of the card base and the left side of the packaging which was partially used on a pretty layout; the 'border' strip for the top area of this card is covered up

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups

a. CKC Community group on Facebook & blog's link to the the last June challenge:
http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/06/june-2020-killing-kit-series.html

b. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges;
link: http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/06/pennys-challenge-474.html

c. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; cardstocks, floral patterned paper, glossy cardstock recycled packaging used as a border, crystal gems; foil butterflies; word 'dazzle' in white; washi tape
(Dazzles are available from Paper Wishes website; a mixed occasion set is what I have that has different color sheets in the set: white, black, copper, gold, silver)

d. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group on Facebook


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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

only on 3 design teams (DT) now:
a. APTS blog
b. MTTC blog
c. 52 CCT blog

MTTC blog no 435 Coloring on Kraft Paper technique challenge starts 26 June 2020

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Oh, mylanta! This new challenge had me a bit stumped and I procrastinated almost too long! ugh...I've printed on kraft paper a few times before but I think it has been for autumn harvest themes. However I'm way overdue to send an anniversary card to my nephew so that started a search before suppertime to look in my saved freebie images folder for something appropriate for a wedding anniversary. #435 Coloring on Kraft Paper technique challenge at My Time To Craft challenge blog starts on June 26 for a fortnight.

Hence this jigsaw puzzle heart filled with coloring pencils in 3 shades of blue, gray, and several variations of pinks and mauve/raspberry tones. The 3 patterned papers were part of scrapbooking kit for June 2020 for CKC as well as some of the embellishments.

I'm debating about personalizing this before I mail it. But enough analysis, here's the debut of:

You two fit together like pieces in a puzzle card:

#435 MTTC blog post link= http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/06/challenge-435-colouring-on-kraft.html
*Note: another DT member prepared blog post an hour earlier or so than our deadline; so my card photo should get edited in sometime on June 26th. There are time zone variations within the team. I'm in the central USA and others are in England and elsewhere.....

Isn't this such a lovely card?!!?! It's a one base layer card (sky blue cardstock 5" x 7") and I love the haphazard placement along with the color repetition!!!

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the scrapbooking kit that I put together for CKC blog for this month of June had the 3 patterned paper:
*mosaic tile print and the small text print papers are from My Mind's Eye
*the large love text print paper is from Webster Pages
*the puffy hearts and stars were put into my kit (and I think they are from CTMH) and are visible in the first photo shown here:

The mosaic tile looking patterned paper is just visible in the above photo between the black and white buffalo check paper and a solid mauve/dusty rose paper on the right side.

The small print text patterned paper and large love text patterned paper are very visible in these different views of the papers I selected to be in my copy cat kit. I've made 1 notebook size layout, 2 traveler notebook layouts, and I think at least 4 cards with my June kit! And I've still got papers and embellishments left!!!

Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog June's Just for the Gist of it posting=
link=
https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/06/june-2020-just-gist-of-it.html

and CKC's Community group on Facebook

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other blogs and Facebook groups where you will see this card:

a. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog; #474; Anything Goes as long as its paper-based
link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/06/pennys-challenge-474.html

b. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook;

c. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group on Facebook;

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Design Team member:
1. My Time To Craft
2. A Place To Start
3. 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Guest Designer for Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog for June 2020

June 2020 Week 3 theme challenge of snowflakes for no 23 at 52 CCT blog

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart is super excited to share this great trifecta of a Christmas card! At 52 Christmas Card Throwdown each week of the month (we take 5th weeks off) the challenges rotate. Week 1 is a sketch. Week 2 is a color(s). Week 3 is a theme or recipe. Week 4 is a technique or a stash. This is Week 3 and as hostess I picked "snowflakes" to be the theme.

The trifecta is that I used Week's 1 sketch, Week's 2 color trio, and Week's 3 snowflakes theme. The combination has made a very glamorous non-traditional Christmas card!

Pink, Purple, and Gold NOEL Christmas card=

Link for 52 CCT blog's #23-20=
https://52cct.blogspot.com/2020/06/june-theme-challenge.html

Please note:
It is my desire to combine the previous June challenges together for my #23-20 design team project. I wanted to see if I could creatively put together a card from items out of my stash without going out and buying something new.

This is not a blog requirement. This is just my own creative motivation for this week. Here are the 2 previous June challenge badges in case you've just discovered my blog or 52 CCT blog (or have forgotten due to the craziness of modern life!)=

below: the sketch layout that was to be followed for June Week 1=

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a few more cropped scanned photos=

Supply notes:
a. purple cardstock base = Neenah
b. patterned paper = bought in a 3 set paper pad at Dollar Tree
c. the 3 different sized pink and/or purple stickers are from a Sticker Book by Pen + Gear/Walmart
d. snowflake-type medallions = I think were bought at Dollar Tree; due to their slick plastic surface, the card shifted on the scanner glass! ugh....
e. gold glitter decorative tape = ?
f. the pink modern script lettering stickers = were bought at Dollar Tree

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other challenge blogs and FB groups where the main full card photo and/or blog posting will be shared=

a. Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog; #23; June 2020 Anything Christmas Goes theme
link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/06/mlccb-23-june-anything-christmas-goes.html

b. Mixed Media Creativity group in Facebook; different mediums used: paper, cardstock, stickers; gold glitter paint pen,

c. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group in Facebook;

d. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog; #473 June 11- for a fortnight; Anything Goes using paper theme; link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/06/pennys-challenge-473.html


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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

DT member for these 4:
1. 52 CCT
2. APTS blog
3. MTTC blog
4. TCCC blog (for 1 more week)
[6/19/2020 is last day of commitment with the DT for Scrapping 4 fun Challenges blog; it was a great 6-7 months being part of the team!]

April 2020 Week 4 or 16th Week of 52 CCT Blog featuring technique challenge

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! This posting features my creative goal for the year to make a Christmas card every week. With the commitment to be on the design team for 52 CCT blog we are now on our 16th week of Christmas card-making!

Week 4 is typically either a technique or a specified stash item that needs to be included on your Christmas card. Our April 2020 host is Hali and she wants us to use a herringbone patterning of paper strips (or it could be washi tape or ribbon). I decided to do a personal challenge to format the pieces as a circular ornament.

Herringbone 25 Ornament card:

I should have taken time to do a photograph of this at an angle because as I'm typing this, the card is angled on top of my printer with the lights reflecting off the gold foil! Oh it so pretty! The gold glitter dots at each corner and the gold decorative tape and the red glitter foam bow are also sparkling!!!

Sometimes I just amaze myself with how wonderful a card turns out! :)

I'm not going to rush to make another though because measuring the strips and piecing all of the bits onto the plain cardstock took about 2 hours I think. But this was worth it when you get such a marvelous result!

link for #16-2020 for 52 CCT blog=

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-technique-challenge.html

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Some papers are from Fancy Pants Designs, The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby, Pink Paislee, The Paper Source, and a few scraps from my stash.

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other challenge blog link-ups or photo shares of this festive card=
a. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog; #469; Anything Goes theme
link= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/pennys-challenge-469.html

b. Christmas 24 blog: Challenge #8= Make it sparkle theme [my card has gold metallic foil paper for the ornament background plus gold glitter decorative tape, and a red glitter foam bow sticker; and there are 3 gold glitter paint dots at each corner of the card!!!!]
link= https://christmas24challenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-008.html

c. Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog; #21= April Anything Christmas Goes
link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/mlccb-21-april-anything-christmas-goes.html

d. PPPDTC group on Facebook; a closed group of crafting bloggers to share and also for blog owners to 'advertise' that they need new design team members

e. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; a closed group of artists and crafters who enjoy mixing it up

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

design team member for the following blogs:
1. 52 CCT
2. APTS
3. MTTC
4. S4fC
5. TCCC

Easter or Spring theme challenge no 164 at S4fC blog

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity! I love Easter Sunday so that's my 'heart' focus for this posting! As a rainy day refreshes the Earth so does a symbolic rainy day have the power to reawaken our spirits. God has restored my soul over and over again and for that I've subtly paired together the umbrella girl digital image from The Paper Shelter with huge paper raindrops and the "He restores my soul" cling vinyl sticker.

To add some springtime touches are the butterflies and snail.

The power of rainy days card:

#164 S4fC blog's link=
https://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-164-easter-spring.html

This is The Paper Shelter's new ID badge:
Use the S4fC blog link and find out more details on their sponsorship for #164 and a link to their online store:

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Other challenge blogs or Facebook groups were this card photo or the posting will be linked=
a. Inspired By Challenge: theme and photo prompt are "Spring is here" and there is a great sketch, too; I'm just aiming for the springtime touches of raindrops, umbrella/parasol, butterflies, and snails
link= https://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/inspired-byspring-is-here.html

b. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges: theme= Anything Goes; started Sunday April 5th
link= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-468.html

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

d. Scripturally Inspired Creativity group in Facebook; a private group of Christian artists and crafters sharing how they are using their creative talents for personal worship, corporate worship, ministries, etc.

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

design team member with Scrapping 4 fun Challenges

and these other 4:
a. TCCC
b. 52 CCT
c. APTS
d. MTTC

Candy Cake or Ice Cream theme challenge no 163 for S4fC blog starting 27 March 2020

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart thought of a friend that has been very supportive in my teaching efforts so I decided to create a bookmark with images from #163's sponsor, Oddball Art by Lizzy Love for the new theme challenge at Scrapping 4 fun Challenges blog. The set had lots of images so I selected two--muffin and the cobbler/cake. To really draw attention I decided to print on bright orange cardstock. The sentiments are similar to what was in the set but I typed my own in order to get a good font size to fit within the parameters of the bookmark.

Thanks, sweetie! You're a peach!=

Adorable, isn't it??!! The colors of the papers and embellishments coordinated very well! Lots of options with this theme, so make sure to participate and also go to the S4fC blog to see what the other members of the DT crew made with their images.

link for #163 at S4fC blog= https://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-163-candy-cake-ice-cream.html get all the details about this particular crafting challenge blog, rules, design team members, past challenges, plus how to participate in this new challenge #163

Some design and supply notes:
a. different colors inked on edge of base and background cardstocks
b. all papers were inked with a reddish brown
c. the striped and dotted cardstocks are pieces of a blank note card from American Greetings that I upcycled to help drive the color palette for the bookmark.
d. big gem dots are from Crafter's Choice
e. a gold metallic pen and a gold glitter paint pen were used on the OA images along with colored pencils in dark orange, yellow, and brown
f. the cotton candy cone and cherry topped cupcake die-cuts are from a collection line that is part of American Crafts (sorry, not sure the exact name)
g. the yellow and white chevron striped cardstock scrap is from My Mind's Eye line of products available from American Crafts
h. another embellishment is the golden beige grosgrain ribbon (old stash)

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where this bookmark will be linked/shared=
a. Not Just Cards Challenges; monthly; started March 11-; theme Anything Goes
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-challenge.html

b. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges; bi-weekly; in the 2nd week of current; theme Anything Goes
link= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/pennys-challenge-467-anything-goes.html

c. Use Your Stuff; 2 days left in this challenge; #394 Spring; {I've got pastel colors that make me think of springtime colors} link= http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2020/03/394-spring.html

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

e.  Mixed Media Creativity group in Facebook; a small group of artists and crafters who like to mix it up; mediums for this project are= cardstocks/die-cuts, gems, metallic pen, glitter paint pen, ribbon, digital images and word processed sentiments, marker/inks, and colored pencils

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

for Becca's Heart for Creativity blog and as a design team member for S4fC blog & Facebook group

and I'm also on these other DT crews:
A Place to Start
My Time To Craft
The Crafter's Café Challenges
52 Christmas Card Throwdown