My MTTCC #81 Plaid and or Lumberjack Christmas DT card for 1 March 2024

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

purpose: this posting shares my manager/DT commitment to My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog. I'm in the early months of my THIRD year in this role. Every other Friday, MTTCC brings a new themed Christmas/winter holiday competition to blogland.

when: #81 Buffalo Plaid and/or Lumberjack Christmas theme starts March 1, 2024 and ends on March 14th.

what: Chilly Winter Forest Wishes card (buffalo plaid scraps, wood slices print paper, wood tree sticker)

notes:

1. base cardstock = Neenah

2. buffalo plaid cardstock scrap strips (gray and green) = The Paper Studio

3. wood slices print paper and 4 die-cuts (holly, winter, sweater, mittens) and little enamel dots = Feelin' Frosty collection by Simple Stories

4. wood snowflake and wood tree stickers = Simple Vintage Woods by Simple Stories (collection's sticker book)

5. papers/cardstocks inked edges = Butterfly Blue alcohol marker by Arteza

where: My Time To Craft Christmas #81 blog post link=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2024/03/mttcc-81-theme-is-buffalo-plaid-and-or.html

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other places to share/link are:

a. Double D Designs challenge; ends on March 3; theme is patterned paper; my card has wood slices with hearts patterned paper and scraps of 2 buffalo plaid cardstocks

link= https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2024/02/patterned-paper.html

b. Krafty Chicks; week 5; anything goes; 

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/02/krafty-chicks-challenge-705-atg.html

c. CRAFT; current; theme is Female; my card has a pink sweater and pink mittens along with pastel hearts that lend all towards feminine rustic

link= https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/02/challenge-710-female.html

d. The Sisterhood of Crafters; in week 1 of 2; theme is Dots and/or Stripes; my card has 5 little enamel dots; and stripes in the sweater die-cut, vertical stripes of woodgrain in the tree sticker, stripes in the buffalo plaid cardstock scraps, etc.

link= https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2024/02/february-28-dots-andor-stripes.html

e. I Spy with my little eye; still has 16-17 days left; theme is something with B; my card has a blue cardstock base, some pale blue hearts, 2 very light blue enamel dots

link= https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2024/02/i-spy-with-my-little-eyesomething.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*manager/DT for MTTCC and its sister blog MTTC

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

**also owner/DT for these Quest families of challenge blogs: HQCB, HQFCB (formerly TFATU), HQCOLCB, FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, and FQHSKCB

MTTCC #74 Snowflakes theme DT card for 24 Nov 2023

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! This is 1 of 2 personal paper-crafting focused blogs that I own.

Purpose: this posting will showcase my design team card for My Time To Craft Christmas Challenge Blog #74

When: MTTCC #74 theme is snowflakes and competition starts November 24 and ends December 7, 2023 (we have a DT call--need 1 or 2 more marvelous artisan bloggers to join the team)

What: Snuggle weather is SNOW much fun card

inside panel is too cute----->

Notes:

1. four inches x six inches white folded cardstock base; unbranded; Amazon

2. die-cuts, foam stickers, and front panel print cardstock = Feelin' Frosty collection from Simple Stories 

3. turquoise bright blue cardstock = Astrobrights

4. inside white and blue print cardstock = recycled/upcycled tissue box

WHERE: MTTCC #74 posting link=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/11/mttcc-74-theme-of-snowflakes-christmas.html

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OTHER PLACES:

A. Christmas Craft Creations; current until Dec 12; theme is add a hat; My card's patterned cardstock has a 'stocking cap' amongst all the other iconic wintery items

link= https://christmas-craft-creations.blogspot.com/2023/11/november-challenge-reminder-add-hat.html

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B. The Sisterhood of Crafters; just started on Nov 22; theme is sweater weather; My card's patterned cardstock has 2 sweater images amongst all the other iconic wintery items

link- https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2023/11/sweater-weather.html

C. Die Cut Divas; current for 5 more days; theme is all about the holidays; My card is a wintery Christmas card

link- https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2023/11/novemberallaboutholidays.html

D. Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog; current until Dec 15; anything goes Christmas

link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/11/mlccb-53-anything-christmas-goes-mlccb.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*Manager/DT = MTTCC and MTTC

*Co-owner/DT= AACB and CBCB

*Owner/DT= TFATU (being renamed in 2024 to Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blo), HQCB, FQCB, FQGS, and FQCCCB; also starting its 1st challenge in 2024 = Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love Challenges blog (regular monthly themes of engagements, weddings, and anniversaries and an optional monthly celebration theme that will change; the January 2 option theme is 'new pet'.)

 

MTTCC #49 Candy Canes Theme starts 9 December 2022

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart's excited that 2 techniques that I've not really done too much before seemed to have worked for this card. Yea! I'm pleased with the results. 

For me this is my clean and simple style! It's not overloaded with a mix of patterns or colors or embellishments. It does have some sheen and sparkle within the red, white, and black hued palette. 

This candy cane Christmas card is my inspiration project for My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog. We're getting close to ending our 2nd year as a sister, spin-off from MTTC, a general occasion mix of themes. Theme #49 is about candy canes, so include that iconic letter J/shepherd's hook red and white striped shape on your winter holiday cards before December 22.

Candy Cane Christmas card=

Technique #1: enamel/pearl finish red dots are arranged in a curved wave instead of straight line.

Technique #2: red glitter glue was applied around each candy cane cutout (The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby for the patterned paper). I used an alphabet stencil "J" on the back side of the paper with 2 going one direction and 1 going the opposite. Then I enlarged each one by 1/8" or so around the outside of the traced stencil to make them a bit larger. Cut them out. Inked edges in red. Glued in place and then carefully piped the red glitter glue around each one. Allowed the glue to dry for about 5-6 hours before scanning on my computer printer.

Other supply vendors:

a. the red, pink, and white floral cardstock is from the Mint Berry paper pad (The Paper Studio); it's my 2022 goal for the FB group 100 Patterned Papers challenge to get bashed this year

b. the "MC" red metallic foil dazzles/stickers are from Paper Wishes website; so is the little white and silver snowflake

c. the reddish orange glitter specialty cardstock and the black textured cardstock are from my stash; I've had several pieces of both for 1-2 years

MTTCC #49 link=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2022/12/mttcc-49-theme-is-candy-canes.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups to share/link-up are=

1. The Paper Funday Challenges blog; started Dec 7; Anything Goes with option of Holiday Time; my card is about candy cane Christmas

link= https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-2022-challenge-48-anything.html

2. Sisterhood of Crafters challenge blog; since late November/about 3 days left; Anything Christmas or Winter

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

3. Krafty Chicks challenge blog; Week 2 of December starting Thu Dec 8; Christmas; 

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/krafty-chicks-challenge-641-week-2.html

4. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

5. Mixed Media Creativity group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

**I'm on the design team for MTTCC and MTTC as well as 5 others: OUAT, THICC, AACB, MLCCB, MIUCB.

***And I own 3 challenge blogs: FarmQuest and Heart's Quest and less than a month ago I took over the ownership of The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge blog. 

 

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.

MTTC #494 Theme is Critters design team inspiration card for 4 November 2022

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart is excited to do a country harvest kind of vibe "Just a Note" card for My Time To Craft challenge blog design team commitment. #494 theme is "critters". Several DT members had suggested it this summer and I thought it would be a good broad topic that could go harvest, USA Thanksgiving, Christmas, winter wishes, or could be used for birthday, get well, or other occasions depending on the critter. 

#494 launches on November 4, 2022. 

Some design and vendor notes include: (1) Farm Friends tag is from Carta Bella's Farm to Table Frames and Tags Ephemera. 2020; (2) floral patterned cardstock is from Fancy Pants Designs' Lake Life paper pad; (3) and everything else = old stash items; (4) cardstocks/papers are inked in either gold or black. 

MTTC's #494 blog post link=

https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/mttc-494-theme-is-critters.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups for sharing card photo and/or blog link=

1. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog; 2nd week of current Anything Goes; 

link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/10/pennys-challenge-533.html

2. The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge blog; Fall Colors theme; My card has red, red-orange, soft yellow, greens

link= https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2022/10/fall-colors.html 

3. The Paper Funday Challenges blog; just started; anything goes with option of autumn

link= http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-2022-challenge-47-anything.html

4. Mixed Media Creativity group; stamping; handwritten additional sentiment, die-cut, felt carrot, 

5. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

**I'm a design team member for MTTC and its sister blog MTTCC; also this trio of sister blogs: MIUCB, MLCCB, and AACB; THICC; and OUAT. 

I also own 2 challenge blogs: FarmQuest and Heart's Quest. 

MTTC challenge theme focus of florals starts 28 May 2021

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart tends to favor flowers and butterflies so I just had to go on a quest through my supplies to see what I could find. The image featured here was used back in February for another challenge blog and with the artist/company/blog owner's permission I'm showcasing it for MTTC's new floral theme. This new challenge theme for MTTC's #458 will go for 2 weeks or to June 10th. 

I've colored the image a little differently plus printed it on a soft yellow cardstock compared to February's usage. The two patterned papers are very old but I've been paper-hoarding them and trying to use small sections because I really like the chocolate brown tones with the deep pinks. More creative design notes to follow. For the theme of florals, the image has the mouse presenting the large flower to the hedgehog, a small pink flower sticker for embellishing, and the patterned paper sandwiched between the "Hello" and the image has some flowers. Introducing...

Hello! Where You Go I Go friendship card=

  My Time To Craft design team member badge is above and the blog ID badge will be below the link to the post. 

Link= http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-458-floral.html

Use the link to #458 to see what the other design team members have created for inspiration, read the rules, and to participate. 

"Hedgehog Happy Dance" image is used by permission from Mary Smith of Createful Heart Designs

copyright Mary 2017

other design notes:

a. cocoa brown cardstock base is 6" square from Astrobrights/Neenah

b. soft yellow cardstock is approx. 4" tall x 5.25" wide from Astrobrights/Neenah

c. "Where You Go I Go" cut apart card is from a collection by My Mind's Eye; the lettering was white but I felt the contrast needed to change to cream, yellow, or bright pink. 

d. all papers have been inked in dark brown

e. image has been colored with a combination of markers and colored pencils

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CHD or Createful Heart Designs has a challenge blog (but due to being a DT member of it, I'll not be linking to the CHD blog) and a FB community group called "Createful Heart Digis & Design", which is where I'll share this friendship card. 

link to Mary's "Hedgehog Happy Dance" image in her Zibbet store can be found here=

https://marketplace.zibbet.com/createful-heart-design/hedgehog-happy-dance-digital-image-stamp

Other challenge blogs and FB groups to be linked will be:

a.  The Paper Funday Challenges; May 2021; Anything Goes with option of flowers/floral

link= https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-2021-challenge-29-anything-goes.html

b. The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge blog; May 2021; Flowers as focus; 

link= http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2021/05/flowers-as-focus.html

c. Little Red Wagon challenge blog; #603, started 5/26/2021; Say It With Flowers theme

link= http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-603-say-it-with-flowers.html 

blog badges for LRW and TSofC=

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

e.  Mixed Media Creativity group on FB; digital image colored with markers and colored pencils, stickers for embellishments, inking on paper edges

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design Team member of My Time To Craft challenge blog

This is the February 15, 2021 version=