TCCC blog no 245 Things with Wings theme challenge starts 15 June 2020

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!! My heart's sad to relay that this will be my last DT commitment for The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog!!! It's been a tough decision but personal, professional, and crafting/blogging commitments have been a bit crazy for awhile and I need to free up some time in my weeks ahead. For the last 6-7 months I've been on 5 design teams of challenge blogs and while there were several different deadline commitments sometimes personal issue or teaching assignments/grading collided with those. So I'm actually quitting 2 of the 5...but enough of that. Onto happier stuff...

TCCC blog #245 Things with Wings theme challenge
2 sponsors: Dr. Digi's House of Stamps (I'm using his "Octavia the Ostrich" digital image) and
Scribbles Designs Challenges

Keep Your Head Up! card=

Link= https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/06/245-june-15th-things-with-wings.html

Prize and DT's digital images sponsors' address links are located on TCCC's blog posting so make sure to check that out. Also take a look to see what images the other DT members are using and how they were inspired to use them.

Some more cropped scanned pics of the card:

The ostrich digital image was printed on a creamy cardstock and then I reduced the circle stencil I had by about 3/8" so that I could get a bit of a margin of base card visible. It's outer edge was distressed and inked bright blue. The circle was lifted up with round adhesive foam tabs.

The alphas are from Webster Pages. I debated about whether or not to use the gray for the word 'head' and then decided to do it but still thought they didn't contrast enough against that checkered paper. So I used a bright blue marker to fill in the openings and then put a gold glitter paint on top which gives a green/teal look.

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Other challenge blogs and/or Facebook groups where this card's photo or posting will be shared=

a. Mixed Media Creativity group in FB; papers/cardstocks; lettering; accents like gem dots and glitter flower; ink/glitter paint; digital technology & printing

b. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group in FB

c. Not Just Cards challenge blog; June 2020 monthly challenge started 11th; anything goes theme
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/06/june-challenge-please-leave-in-draft.html

d. CKC blog and FB community group; I used several elements from my June copy-cat scrapping kit to make this card (dotted patterned paper; checkered patterned paper; peachy-orange glitter flower accent; the gem dots used as the center of the glitter flower)

CKC blog link/most recent posting: http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/06/june-2020-challenge-1.html

CKC's June inspirational kit came from a curate collection called "Wonderful World" from CLIQUE Kits=

2 snapshots from my copy-cat kit for June 2020 CKC that I titled "Nature's Splendor in Petals and Wings" (I was thinking more butterfly wings rather than Ostrich wings!!!)

Above: the peachy/yellow/orage glitter flowers are next to some blue/teal ones; the gem dots are under the puffy stickers but mostly got cropped out and hidden

Below: several papers with browns and blacks were added in order to help ground the kit's color palette; so I chose to use that dotted paper and the checkerboard paper from the kit to contrast with the vivid blue for the card base and the light creamy off-white cardstock for the image focal

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

last DT commitment for TCCC blog...Thanks Cass and Alex along with the other DT members for being a wonderful creative group of encouraging crafter/bloggers!!!

April 2020 monthly challenge Spring or Easter with ribbon or bow theme at APTS blog

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Thanks for reading my blog! My heart and soul love Easter with its promise of resurrected life, re-birth. Using lambs and butterflies are very symbolic images that I've selected for my DT project at A Place To Start blog.

Speaking of re-birth, the fence digital image is from a company that has undergone a name change, having its own renewal in the midst of some stamping/digi companies closing and others emerging. Scrapper's Delight is now Stampers Delights.


A Promise of Resurrected Life=

link to APTS blog so you can go there and get all the details about the blog, how to participate, deadlines, themes, recognitions, and sponsors=

April's theme of ribbon and/or bows

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-2020-challenge-use-ribbons-andor.html

more scanned cropped images of card=

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Design Notes:
a. the solid color CS are Astrobrights/Neenah
b. the alpha stickers, flower layered sticker, and butterfly stick-on are Crafter's Choice
c. fence digital image is from Stampers Delights; sponsor for the APTS' April 2020 challenge
d. cording and mini dot patterned paper were bought at Dollar Tree along with the stickers
e. sheep image is an online clipart free black and white that I downloaded and printed at wallet size
f. colored pencils were used to add a bit of subtle color to the fence digi and also the sheep
g. the card's layout is loosely based on the April Week 1 sketch challenge at 52 CCT; the sheep is where the circle should be and the fence pickets are a 180* rotation of the banner/ribbon tails under the circle area on the sketch. Paper shapes were changed to several layers of rectangles instead of 2 squares and some additional embellishments added.

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I'm also participating or sharing at these online blogs or FB groups=
a. Creative Fingers Challenges; just started on April 3; theme = Anything Goes
link= https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-183.html

b. Not Just Cards Challenges; March 11- with a few days left before switching to April's; theme= Anything Goes
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-challenge.html

c. Scribbles Designs Challenge blog; theme= In Bloom; looking for flowers or gardening; my card has flowers, grass, fence, sheep
link= https://scribblesdesignschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-87-in-bloom.html

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

e. Scripturally Inspired Creativity group on Facebook; a private group for Christian artists and crafters who share how they are creatively worshiping and sharing with others, within their churches and ministries.

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Resident Designer for A Place To Start blog and a DT member for these other 4=
a. 52 CCT
b. MTTC
c. S4fC
d. TCCC

Anything Goes theme no 237 for TCCC blog

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I'm Becca S who loves crafting for the artistry aspects and also the joy and de-stressing it allows me. If a week goes by without a little bit of creativity, I get a bit cranky!

The first of the month NEW challenge #237 for The Crafter's Café Challenge blog has an anything goes theme. So come on and get involved in your makerspace!!! Here's my adorable "pre-spring" card=

The mint/sage green is the card base. The tile-looking patterned paper is an oldie and I've just about used it all during the past year. The chevron stripe is a product of The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby. The mint green, soft yellow, and mid-gray cardstocks are all Astrobrights line by Neenah.

The prize sponsors for TCCC's #237 challenge are Scribbles Design (I'm using their flowerpot digi) and Dr. Digi's.

TCCC's link for #237= https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/237-anything-goes.html

And a cropped scan view=

Then some cell phone camera pics taken close-up to capture the sparkly glitter paint pens used to color the sweet digi=

Don't you think all the glitter makes the card extra special???!!!! It just looks so fabulous from different angles! I had to be very careful (especially being left-handed) to make sure I didn't smear any glitter paint pens or metallic pens. Something else that helped this card and digi image have pizazz was the yellow cardstock. Instead of using white the yellow just adds a sunshine-y ray of springtime to this card.

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other challenge blogs and groups:
a. Scribbles Designs Digital Stamps site on Facebook
link= https://www.facebook.com/ScribblesDesignsDigitalImages/

b. Alphabet Challenge Blog; X is for X-tra Embellishments {lots of green gems going down the left side} link= https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/x-is-for-x-tra-embellishments.html

c. Crafty Sentiments Design Blog; anything goes theme; expires in 2 days or less
link= https://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2020/02/anything-goes-challenge_25.html

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

e. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook {white paint pen; glitter paint pens in green, red, silver, and gold; alpha stickers; green gems; CS; black ink; etc.}

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S for Becca's Heart for Creativity blog

happy DT member of TCCC blog and the 4 others--
Scrapping 4 fun Challenges
My Time to Craft
A Place to Start
52 Christmas Card Throwdown

TCCC blog no 226 design team creation combines the 2 themes

How do you combine a challenge theme of fairies/mythical creatures with object from around the house?

My solution actually was a repurposed printer alignment info sheet that 'accidentally' got printed on white cardstock. The thought of throwing away a full sheet of cardstock made me nauseous! :) So I held onto it for a few days (several months ago). Then I got to thinking about using the part of the page with the blue and black markings like a designer patterned paper. And viola! I found a beautiful butterfly clip art image that I had sized and copied to 9 times to fill the page and printed the butterflies over the alignment markings!!!

Thanks to TCCC's prize sponsor for the adorable tooth fairy Charlee image=

link: https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/09/226.html
#226 at The Crafter's Café Challenge blog is sponsored by 1 company for this upcoming fortnight:

THEMES ARE

Fairies/Mythical creatures  

OR 

 Look for an object in your House to use in your  project  

Our Sponsor is

http://buyscribblesdesigns.blogspot.com/

Prize: $10.00 of images (no digital papers)

Elves at Work

  Tooth Fairy Charlee 

Carl's Pad

More scanned views of this cute card:

Did you notice the blue jeweled gems? the little black pennant banner? the white paint pen swirled lines in the wings or the white painted tooth? What about the touches of gold? (antennaes, dots on edge of skirt, ring for carrying the tooth, and the star wand)

The "Charlee" tooth fairy image was colored with a combination of white paint pen, gold paint pen, extra fine point marker pens in navy blue and purple, and colored pencils in light brown for skin, pink for cheeks, yellow for hair, and sky blue for skirt overlay.

Lots of wings with this card, too! With the 'household object' butterfly, the butterfly patterned paper, and the Scribbles Design image, they combine into a charming thinking of you card!

and this card will be linked up to:
a. Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog #80= include a sentiment is the prompt; mine is "Best Wishes"
link= http://scribblesdesignschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/08/challenge-80-include-sentiment.html

b. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog #113= anything goes theme
link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2019/09/challenge-113.html

c. FB group: Paper, Paper, Paper, & Design Team Calls; its a sharing site for crafting bloggers

d. I will also share on my personal FB page.

Please be sure to check out my next upcoming blog post to be released in about an hour. Another card using the beautiful butterfly paper but has a different vibe and message.

Crafting again in the USA heartland, Becca S
Becca's Heart for Creativity

Artist Trading Coin project for DT no 223 at TCCC blog

ATCs can be artist trading card OR artist trading coin is a theme/prompt option for #223 at TCCC. The other option is animal. My selected image from 1 of the prize sponsor is an insect (Butterflies in Mason Jar).

ATCs are typically 2.5" x 3" and the coins about 3". Mine's enlarged to show the details=

The Crafter's Café Challenge blog ID badge looks similar to my personalized one (shown above).
Link for #223 of TCCC=  https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/07/223.html

Prize sponsors who have also given images for the DT crew to feature, so make sure to look at the #223 post and see what those images are and how they were showcased!:

My image is from Scribbles Designs and the other sponsor is Eureka Stamps=

And there is a special challenge option for double participation with Double Trouble!

This fortnight we are linking up with Double Trouble
Check out the blog
https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/ 
If you also add your project to the Double Trouble Challenge you will increase your chance at a prize.


Themes

This fortnight's challenge is an easy one:

 "Animal and/or ATC"(Artist's Trading Card)

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Some design notes:

papers 1 & 4 were used for half circle backgrounds behind the focal digital image; these papers are referenced down below for Facebook groups 100 PPC and BYSS

Some more scanned enlargements:

Facebook groups or challenge blogs where this A.T.Coin will be shared=

a. 100 Pattern Papers Challenge group= the 2 half circle background patterned papers were added in mid-June to my 2019 selection to get used (see photo up above)

b. Bash Your Scrapbook Stash group= in June they had a Paper Pad Madness challenge, so finally about midway, I pulled a partial set of cardstocks, a partial set of large scrapbook papers, and partial pads of 2 small size types to bust...and I'm slowly getting there (see the photo up above related to the 2 half circle background patterned papers)

c. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group= sharing site for crafting bloggers

d. Mixed Media Creativity group= this is a group I started to showcase projects with a combo of supplies/artistic mediums used. This A.T. Coin has:

*thread

*digital image

*blue cardstock and 2 patterned papers

*markers and colored pencils used for coloring and edging details

*wood die-cut of butterfly

*gem dot stick-on

*black ink pad for edges of cardstock and papers

e. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog= theme= anything goes #109; sorry this expired on Sunday the 14th

link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2019/07/challenge-109.html

f. Use Your Stuff challenge blog = theme= birds, bees, or butterflies #366; however this challenge ended on 7/13/19...bummer...my card was ready before then but I couldn't reveal it! I like their encouragement to not hoard supplies--need to use what you have before buying more--yes! :)

g. Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog= theme #79 Slice of Summer = http://scribblesdesignschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/07/challenge-79-slice-of-summer.html

Until next time!

From the USA heartland,

Becca S for Becca's Heart for Creativity 

So thankful square card with star theme for PPCC blog DT project no 437

Oddball Art is the sponsor for the newest week of participation (anything goes in paper-crafting theme ) for Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog! #437


Three images were given to the DT crew and with this one featured on my card, I wanted to highlight the stars, so before printing, I edited with watercolor shape outlining to add the black star and the red Star of David. For the gold paint star outline and outer fussy cut edge, I just followed the outside furthest points. Go to Oddball Art's shop to see the full digital image (link will be on the PPCC #437 post; plus check out the other offered images to the DT and how the others created with them).

Details:
The base CS is 7" square and the background paper is 6" square--both from my mid-June selected partial sets/pads of papers! (older stock I'm trying to use and mentioning old...the star stickers are old and the little sentiment was leftover from last Thanksgiving!!!) Isn't this card just the cutest?!!!

I gave the gal some rosy cheeks and a bit of a pink nose too. You can decide if she's a tad sunburned or maybe overwrought with emotion...hmmm

Have I said how much I love this card??? The colors have just coordinated so well!! Each of the main star shapes have a different tone of blue. My purpose was to re-create varying shades of a night sky without going to dark full night.

link for #437 PPCC blog= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/07/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-437.html

Above= ID badge for Oddball Art Stamps is an older one I had saved on my computer.
Below= ID badge for OAS is a newer one designating their sponsorship:

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other challenge blogs to participate or Facebook groups to share include the following=

 (a & b)= The bright pink base is from cardstock partial set and the wave 6" square is from 1 of 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:

(these bright large scrapbook patterned papers weren't used for this card: seen in next photo)

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Other challenge blogs to link this card= hopefully these are still active, they were about 2 days ago, if not, they get some advertising here on my blog

(c).

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

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

(d). Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog = #230=  anything goes + a sentiment [mine is "so thankful"]

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

(e). Scribbles Design Challenge Blog = square card [mine's base is 7" square and the rainbow waves background is 6" square]

link= http://scribblesdesignschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/06/challenge-78-make-it-square.html

(f). Not Just Cards Challenge Blog= June challenge is still going on for 4-5 days...anything goes theme
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/06/june-challenge-results-of-may-challenge.html

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More pics of this super cute card! I just loved how all the elements came together! I little bit of black inking around the base perimeter and corners. And I added a blue marker outlining after adhering the large focal image to the background and base, which just adds more blue and keeps repeating the star points. Don't you think this is adorable????

Hope you enjoy another vibrant card creation for the 2nd half of June and into early July. The cardstock partial set is dwindling the fastest. I'm making a dent in the 6"square paper pad but not fast enough to wipe it out soon. Goodness! I've been making a card about every 2 days for 2-3 weeks...it's like the paper is multiplying on me!!!!

Surely I'm not the only crafter who feels like this????

Becca S in the USA heartland

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