My Guest DT Slimline Card Project for OUAT on 1 July 2024

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

purpose: this posting showcases my Guest Designer project for Once Upon A Time challenge blog (OUAT) for the month of July

when: #24 theme is the Eric Carle classic children's book titled "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is for the month of July 2024

what: The Very Hungry Caterpillar children's book inspired slimline card

notes:

1. base cardstock is actually peach color (scanner light faded) = Neenah

2. teal print cardstock punched circles = recycled/upcycled tissue box packaging!!!

3. text strips and butterflies = stickers from The Simple Life collection by Simple Stories

4. the moth foam sticker = from Frosted Forest collection by Fancy Pants Designs

5. the garden print cardstock panel = from Enchanted Garden collection by Fancy Pants Designs

where:

link= https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/07/july-challenge-24-very-hungry.html

book cover image=

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other places to share/link are:

a. Cupcake Inspirations; about 4-5 days remaining; anything goes this time; 

link= https://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.com/2024/06/cupcake-inspirations-597-reminder.html

b. Crafty Catz challenge blog; still time remaining; anything goes

link= https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/crafty-catz-challenge-675.html

c. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges; still a couple of days; anything goes using paper

link= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/06/pennys-challenge-574.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

**Guest Designer for Once Upon A Time challenge blog for July 2024; was a former DT member when OUAT started

also a DT member of Deanne's/owner's HCAYR/HAOOCAYR; and guesting also in July for IYGACAC, Pin-spirational, and CCAYR

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

*manager/DT = MTTC and MTTC Christmas

*owner/DT = HQCB, HQFCB, HQCOLCB, FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQGGCB, and FQHSKCB

OUAT DT Card for April 2023 based on children's book CORDUROY

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

Once Upon A Time challenge blog

When: April 1, 2023 start date 

Why: Theme is children's book as inspiration prompt from Corduroy

My interpretation:

How this was made notes:

1. green and white leafy washi tape = Pen + Gear

2. wood chick shape/ornament = Dollar Tree

3. brown, orange, green ink pads = Memento

4. button, red cardstock, black roller detail fine tip pen= stash items

Don Freeman's Corduroy cover:

OUAT April 2023 blog posting link=

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/04/april-challenge-9-corduroy.html

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other challenge blogs to share/link are:

A. Creative Fingers challenge blog; started March 24; about 5-6 days left; Always Anything Goes

link= https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-251.html

B. C.R.A.F.T. challenge blog; Started March 30; Easter/Spring theme

link= https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-673-easter-spring.html

C. Krafty Chicks challenge blog; started March 30; Anything Goes for Week 5

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/krafty-chicks-challenge-657-week-5-atg.html

D. Outlawz Twisted Thursdays challenge blog; open until April 5; Twist is to use 2 old stash items and tell about them; MY card's washi tape is about 3 years old; the button is #x years old--it's been in my button jar possibly since 2010!; the little bit of twine is from a spool in my stash since 2010! and the remaining items on the card are newer

link= https://theoutlawzchallenges-thursday.blogspot.com/2023/03/twisted-thursdays-march-2nd-april-5.html

E. The Paper Funday Challenges blog; 1-2 days left; Anything Goes (not the option of Brew-tiful); 

link= https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-challenge-51-anything-goes.html

and Facebook groups to share/link are: Mixed Media Creativity, Paper/Paper/Paper & DT Calls; Paper Crafting and Mixed Media; Need Crafty Inspiration?; 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

* I'm involved with the following challenge blogs = OUAT, THICC, MIUCB, MLCCB, AACB, CBCB, MTTC, MTTCC, TFATU, HQCB, FQGS, FQCB.

OUAT DT inspiration for March 2023 children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I'm so heart happy to share my interpretation for Harold and the Purple Crayon, a children's book that is March 2023 prompt theme at Once Upon A Time challenge blog! Craft artisan friend Deanne Saunders started this competition blog back in August 2022. 

Instead of using a purple crayon, I went with purple ink to dab and smear around the edges of my focal panel of white cardstock and then used a red-purple glitter glue to adhere the circles of twine. The glue was applied about 3 times in order to cover most of the top edges and where the overlaps occur. 

The book's pages are white with black text and feature the Harold character drawing with his purple crayon. So that's why I've used those colors and the partial stampings are my nod to the book's text print. And I've placed a girl's upper body stamp in the corner instead of having a little boy (Harold). 

Purple, Black, and White Mixed Media card:

Recap: my design interpretation of the children's book is using purple ink smears and red-purple glitter glue instead of purple crayon drawings, using sentiment stamps instead of print text, a girl stamped figure instead of a little boy, and the using the book's main colors of purple, white, and black.

Vendors:

1. stamps = mix from Illustrated Faith (girl), Stampin' Up (HB and TOY), Hampton Arts (WYW)

2. remaining items = stash

Once Upon A Time challenge blog (OUAT) March 2023 blog link:

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-challenge-8-harold-and-purple.html

book cover photo:

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other challenge blogs to share and link are:

A. A Place To Start challenge blog; Feb 2023 is still open; Anything Goes (not the option of color palettes)

link= https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/02/february-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

B. We Love Stamping challenge blog; February...just hours left...which I might make...it will be close on time; MY card has 4 different stamps to represent the text print from the children's book with the purple ink and red-purple glitter glue to represent Harold's purple crayon usage

link= https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/2023/02/february-challenge.html

C. Classic Design Challenge blog; start date March 1; Anything Goes

link= https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/classic-design-challenge-march-2023-3.html

D. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog; start date March 1; Anything Goes

link= http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-109-crafts-galore-encore.html

E. Try It On Tuesday challenge blog; started Feb 21 and has a few days left; theme is Let's Get Messy; I certainly did! Glue  on my fingers to do the coiled twine and then later when stamping partial sentiments like text graffiti around the edges!

link= https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2023/02/lets-get-messy.html

and Facebook groups to share/link are:

a. The Crafty Addicts

b. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls

c. Mixed Media Creativity

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Crafting in the mixed up seasonal weather of the USA Midwest,

Becca S

Besides OUAT, I'm a DT member of THICC, MIUCB, and MLCCB. I'm manager and DT for MTTC and MTTCC. I'm co-owner/DT for AACB and soon-to-be Christmas Bingo Challenges in May 2023. I'm owner of FQGS, FQCB, HQCB, and TFATU. 

OUAT February 2023 based on My Heart children's book inspiration card

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Well of course my heart is excited about Once Upon A Time and being creatively inspired by a children's book. This month, Deanne, has selected "My Heart" by Corinne for us to interpret. 

I focused on the colors and the heart, giving it lots of hugs, kisses, and more hearts to keep it from getting lonely. No child or other creature/character. I wanted to use lots of grays, whites, and yellows/golds. The gray and white floral washi tape is my interpretation for the 'ground/grass' shown in the cover art. 

My Sweetheart card =

Some vendor notes for the card:

a. the light gold sheen cardstock flat base, 5" x 7", is from The Paper Source website

b. the mid-gray with white dot cardstock scrap = My Mind's Eye

c. the mid-gray and white buffalo plaid cardstock scrap = The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby store

d. the "xoxo" washi tape is from a set = Pen + Gear

e. "MY" cut from "MY LIFE" text strip sticker = Creative Devotion

f. sweetheart ephemera = Jen Hadfield

g. the varied hearts stencil = Simple Stories; used with an antique gold-green stamp pad was pounced; the stencil is a 6 inch square but I only used most of the upper half of the stencil.

h. the gray cardstock mat 4" x 6" = The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby store

i. the gray and white floral washi tape = ?; the copper, white, and silver heart cut out from a specialty paper scrap cut = ?

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OUAT's 7th challenge or February 2023 children's book selection:

OUAT's 7th/February 2023 blog post link:

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/02/february-challenge-7-my-heart.html

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other challenge blogs to share or link are=

A. L and L Great Stash Bash with Lisa = this will end about the time OUAT will be launched....my January kit leftover were used for most of the card

link= https://createdbylisa.blogspot.com/2023/01/lisa-loris-great-stash-bash-adventure.html

B. L and L Great Stash Bash with Lori = like at Lisa's, the GSB will end about the same time as OUAT will be launched

link= https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/2023/01/lisa-loris-great-stash-bash-january.html

C.  The Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge blog; from Jan 10-; see photo inspo badge; MY card's colors are mostly from the children's book yet they also closely align with the photo inspo badge at The Outlawz

link= https://theoutlawzchallenges-tuesday.blogspot.com/2023/01/tuesdays-color-challenge-january-10th.html

D. Shopping Our Stash; Tuesday Jan 31 start; Love Is In The Air theme; my card is interpreting the children's book cover art "My Heart"------> My Sweetheart card

link= https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2023/01/sos489-love-is-in-air.html

E. Make My Monday challenge blog; started Jan 30; Love Is In The Air theme; my card is interpreting the children's book cover art "My Heart" ------> My Sweetheart card

link= http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/01/193-love-is-in-air.html

F. Crazy is our fame and STENCILS are our game challenge blog; still has days to play; anything goes stencils; I've used the Simple Stories varied hearts stencil for the upper background panel cardstock

link= https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-stencil-fun.html

and Facebook groups for sharing are: Mixed Media Creativity, The Crafty Addicts, Paper Crafting For Everyone; Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*I'm on the DT of OUAT; also these others: THICC, MLCCB, MIUCB.

*I'm on the DT and manager of MTTC and MTTCC.

*I'm on the DT and co-owner of AACB.

*I'm on the DT and owner of TFATU, HQCB, and FQCB.

OUAT or Once Upon A Time's January 2023 Challenge is The Snowy Day children's book

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! On this personal paper-crafting blog post I am focusing on my DT inspiration card project for Once Upon A Time challenge blog. This blog launched in August 2022. The premise of this challenge blog is to create crafting projects inspired by a featured children's book. You can recreate the cover art with your own creative spin, take elements from the cover art, use inspiration from the content, etc. For January 2023, Deanne picked "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats as the special book for the competition. 

I've made my TSD cover art re-creation as a wintery get well card. I've added snowflakes. Used "Get Well Soon" as the sentiment title. Instead of the little boy wearing a hooded cape-style jacket, I've used a free clipart image colored in red, yellow, and green. Those colors are to replace the traffic light. (Ah! See what I did there!)

GET WELL SOON

*sorry about my cards lately being slightly tilted in the scanned photos; can't seem to get them positioned leveled

I am really pleased with how this turned out. I have an aunt by marriage who had surgery this past Monday, so I will be sending this to her. 

Some design/vendor note credits:

a. the boy clipart image = The Clipart Library website (free black and white image)

b. all cardstocks are from my stash (white cardstock is recycled/upcycled candy bar tray part of packaging), black marker, blue ink pad used to edge the white cardstock, colored pencils for the boy's suit, brown crayon for the face, and medium size white glitter snowflake stickers

c. the little silver and white snowflakes and the GWS sentiment are dazzles/stickers from Hot Off The Press (Paper Wishes website)

d. the purple cardstock base started as a 6" square but I trimmed it to 5" square

OUAT featured book photo for "The Snowy Day"=

OUAT blog link for January 2023 =

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-challenge-6-snowy-day.html

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Other challenge blogs to share/link this card/blog post =

A. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog; until January 3rd early; Anything Goes

link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/12/pennys-challenge-536-final-challenge.html

B. The Crafter's Cafe Challenge blog; Dec. 15, 2022 start date with about 11 days left; Anything Goes

link= https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/292-anything-goes.html

C. The Four Seasons Challenge blog; Jan 1st start date; anything Winter season; --my card is wintery, based on the book "The Snowy Day"

link= https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-2023-anything-goes-winter.html

D. 613 Avenue Create challenge blog; Jan 1st start date; anything goes and option of winter --my card is wintery, based on the book "The Snowy Day"

link= https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/01/202301-january-2023-anything-goes.html

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Facebook groups to share/link this card/blog post =

1. The Seasonal Cardmaker group

2. Paper Crafting For Everyone group

3. The Crafty Addicts group

4. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

5. Mixed Media Creativity group; recycled packaging cardstock for the snowy 'hills', 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*I'm a DT member of OUAT and these others: THICC, MIUCB, MLCCB, MTTCC, and MTTC.

*I'm co-owner and DT for AACB. 

*I'm owner and DT for TFATU, HQCB, and FQCB.

Once Upon A Time DT project for December 2022

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart flip flops with some indecision, nerves, and excitement about creating for Once Upon A Time challenge blog. The owner, Deanne, picks a children's book to feature for each month. This blog is fairly new starting in August this year. A couple of times I've tried to replicate the cover as closely to the original and sometimes like this month, I'm just incorporating a few 'nods' to the book cover artwork.

December 2022 book is "The Legend of the Poinsettia" by Tomie dePaola (retold by and illustrated by)

Here's my interpretation--Presenting Gifts Christmas card=

From the book cover, to me it looked like the young girl is providing or presenting candlelight for her family and/or neighbors. I thought these cute woodland animal stickers with gift packages (The Paper Studio) could replace the candles (or what is being presented/provided).  Due to the size of the felt poinsettia, I've only included the one and then a cluster of paper scraps (green and white is The Paper Studio and wood & green tree cardstock scraps are Fancy Pants Designs) and a die-cut snowflake for color and winter seasonal accents. 

The blue and green chosen for the buffalo plaid cardstocks (The Paper Studio) are nods to the hills and leaves on the right side of the book cover. 

Here's the book cover=

OUAT December 2022 blog post link=

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2022/12/challenge-5-legend-of-poinsettia.html

(Deanne includes a video link of the book being read, so this could be shared in a classroom, with your children or grandchildren, etc.)

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other challenge blogs

A. Paper Minutes challenge blog; started Nov 29, 2022; Anything Christmas, winter, moody; MY card has the present-bearing forest animals, a poinsettia, some pine trees on a scrap, "MC" stamped

link= https://paperminutes.blogspot.com/2022/11/paperminutes-772-winter-weihnachten.html

B. Unicorn challenge blog; Christmas Is Coming theme; MY card is full of Christmas-y elements

link= http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-82-christmas-is-coming.html

C. The Cutie Pie challenge blog; started Nov 14th; Four Legged Friends; MY card has 3 forest animals with 2 having 4 legs (raccoon and fox) and it's really cute Christmas card! 

link= http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-no-177-theme-four-legged.html

D. Critter Crazy Challenge blog; starting Dec 1; Anything with a critter; My card has 3 forest animals: owl, raccoon, and fox

link= https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2022/12/challenge-69-anything-goes-with.html

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Facebook group for sharing either the photo or this blog link are=

1. Mixed Media Creativity group

2. The Crafty Addicts

3. Paper Crafting For Everyone 

4. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*I'm a DT member of OUAT as well as these 6 others= MTTC, MTTCC, MIUCB, MLCCB, AACB, THICC

and owner of these 3 challenge blogs= TFATU, HQCB, FQCB= 

The Fairy and The Unicorn (anything fantasy, mythical, mystical such as gnomes, elves, angels, dragons, mermaids, etc.)

Heart's Quest (alternating themes using required colors of hearts shapes or using the word 'love')

FarmQuest (farm or rural country theme topics)

OUAT November 2022 childrens book Dreamers

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! This is my 4th design team commitment for Once Upon A Time challenge blog. It just started in August with the premise of inspiring crafting from a children's book cover or its actual content pages. 

November's selection is Dreamers by Yuyi Morales. 

Here is my interpretation of the book cover using supplies from my various stash supply boxes=

My elements that make a nod to the book cover are: wispy cloud swirls, sun/rays, butterfly, flowers, mother and child, gold letter fonts in the pale peachy-pink tiles, and lots of the soft beige, white, yellow, and pink tones to contrast with some bolder colors. 

I did try to tone down the boldness of the wavy striped paper by covering it with a peach crayon application. But that just affected it a wee bit. 

Overall, because I've used items from my stashes and didn't have to download or buy anything, I'm pleased with the dreaming mom holding her precious baby and the wistful scenery surrounding them.

Here's Deanne's selected book feature cover:

Link for Once Upon A Time challenge blog November 2022=

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-4-dreamers.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups to share and link=

1. Shopping Our Stash challenge blog; current theme started October 25th; I only have EYES for you; My card/decor has a mom with child sticker and the smiling face sun on the bookmark has eyes

link= https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2022/10/sos482-i-only-have-eyes-for-you.html

2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; anything goes; current

link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2022/10/192-sheepski-designs.html

3. Corrosive Challenge Blog; Anything Goes in 2022; about 5 days left for the October challenge month; 

link= http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2022/10/challenge-10-2022-anything-goes-winner.html

4. We Love 2 Create challenge blog; Anything with mixed media; MY card/decor uses layered die-cuts, part of a religious bookmark (rainbow and sun), white crayon for the breezy wind swirls, alpha tile stickers, 

link= http://welove2create.blogspot.com/2022/10/challenge-11-craft-card-making.html

5. Mixed Media Creativity group; read the info just above

6. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland with a chance to mix teaching, learning, and creativity,

Becca S

design team member of Once Upon A Time challenge blog

other design team commitments are for: MIUCB, MLCCB, MTTCC, MTTC, and AACB

and

owner of 2 challenge blogs started in 2022: FarmQuest and Heart's Quest

P.S. This is now framed! 

Once Upon A Time Challenge Blog DT project October 2022

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! It's exciting for me to combine paper-crafting and children's book into a design team project!

Once Upon A Time challenge blog's October 2022 starts on the 1st and the featured book/cover/contents must be evident in your linked submission. Take a look below for Deanne's October children's book!!!

Instead of doing a Halloween or monster interpretation of the book, I decided to go the Christmas route and have an elf instead of Grover from Sesame Street. I have bricks and a sign/sentiment block. The bow is a replacement for the street sign and the snowflakes replace the globe of the streetlamp. 

Take a look:

and here's the book cover for Once Upon A Time Challenge Blog:

and the link to OUAT's October 1st post=

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2022/10/challenge-3-monster-at-end-of-this-book.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where my card will be shared;

A. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog; new theme started 2 days ago; has to be paper product

link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/09/pennys-challenge-531.html

B. Love To Craft Challenge Blog; current theme continues until October 15;

link= https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/ltccb-70-anything-goes-ltccb-69-winner.html

C. Christmas Craft Creations; Sept 2022 is still going on; Theme= Ribbon or Twine; MY CARD has a red glitter bow

link= https://christmas-craft-creations.blogspot.com/2022/09/september-challenge-reminder-ribbon-or.html

blog badge=

D.  Mixed Media Creativity group (the bricks are a section of vinyl wallpaper!!!)

E. 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 OUAT and also these other challenge blogs: Ally's Angels, The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenges, Mix It Up, Merry Little Christmas, My Time To Craft Christmas and My Time To Craft

as well as owning 2 challenge blogs: FarmQuest and Heart's Quest

***Check all of these out if you're not familiar with them! :) 

Once Upon A Time September 2022 childrens book Charlottes Web prompt

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! On August 1st, Once Upon A Time challenge blog debuted. For the 2nd challenge, blog owner Deanne has selected the children's classic Charlotte's Web for September's inspiration. 

I've tried to recreate the book cover with some personalization and stash raid without having to download or purchase anything. This potentially might be used for classroom purposes. I've been at a variety of age levels and subjects during the past 35+ years including college adjunct to pre-service teachers and daycare providers. 

Here's my DT commitment titled "Rebecca's Web" =

Some design notes and credits: 

a. gray specialty cardstock base is about 6.5" x 5-5.5"

b. spider cardstock is on 1 side of a 12" square by

c. fence clipart image was a freebie downloaded and printed on white cardstock; a mix of markers and colored pencils were used on it; then fussy cut

d. animal tag was cut apart to separate the sentiment and just have the stacked animal portion behind the fence (Echo Park)

e. a black marker and black, brown, and reddish-mauve colored pencils were used for the female blank face stamp (Illustrated Faith)

f. a white thick stamp pad ink was smeared on the light green cardstock

g. a mechanical pencil was used to create some faux spidery web lines around the title to mimic the cover

Overall, if used for a classroom ELA activity to create a sequel to Charlotte's Web, I'm good to go. There are enough elements similar to Garth's cover art and for book content. :)

  In case it has been awhile since you've seen the book cover art for Charlotte's Web, this is the photo provided by Deanne for OUAT=

link to Once Upon A Time challenge blog's September 2022 posting=

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-2-charlottes-web.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups to link and share are:

1. Shopping Our Stash challenge blog; Animal Antics; my card has the stacked animals; 

link= https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2022/08/sos478-animal-antics.html

2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog;

link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2022/08/188-streamside-studios.html

3. Through The Craft Room Door challenge blog; anything goes

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/08/anything-goes-challenge-30th-august-2022.html

4. Mixed Media Creativity group; 

5. PPPDTC group

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Crafting in the USA heartland with a passion for combining learning, reading, and creativity,

Becca S

design team member of Once Upon A Time

and

AACB, MLCCB, MIUCB, & THICC= new in August 2022

and

 MTTCC, MTTC= for over 2 years

and

owner of these 2 challenge blogs started this year: Heart's Quest and FarmQuest

OUAT debuts with Children's Book Prompt Dear Zoo for August 2022

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Craft artisan blogger extraordinaire Deanne announced in July 2022 that on August 1st her new challenge blog called Once Upon A Time would start. Woo-hoo!! Her premise is to have a children's book cover photo inspiration and the story be the inspiration(s) for crafters to interpret and create a project. 

I asked if I could be on her design team and she said 'yes'!! YEA!!! I'm so excited!

Here's my project=

Credits: owl and bear clip art images (EduClips); I will be using the card in the classroom for reading and writing activities!!!; colored pencils; black fine point marker pen; planner sticker; layered die-cut sunflower 'stick-on'; red glitter alphas; red scrap paper; white with thin rectangular openings is recycled/upcycled packaging!!!!; kraft paper for backdrop and yellow cardstock for base; with the last back layer of kraft--just to block the printer scanner light...

I've tweaked the placements but I think there are enough nods to the front cover to see some similarities. In the classroom the last few years I've used the forest/woodland as my environment decoration theme. With this mimicked card cover, I can get double duty as classroom theme decoration item and to use as either an ELA activity after reading "Dear Zoo". Besides a zoo, what other place could you use as the setting for a similar book to Mr. Campbell's "Dear Zoo"?

And here's the book cover=

this is 1 of 2 design team member badges Deanne's created for her crew=

OUAT challenge blog link for August 2022=

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2022/08/challenge-1-dear-zoo.html

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***With about 2 weeks before the next school year officially starts for Midwest/Illinois, I've had 4 job offers in the past 4 days!!!! I've been job searching and applying since February, but this old girl is needed because of teacher shortages! :) I've been flattered over and over again which has been very good for uplifting my spirits. It's scary to only have 2 weeks to get a classroom organized and decorated but it's also super exciting! I have 2 endorsements areas and a short-term approval in a different subject area and the offers are split with 2 for an endorsement area of Early Childhood/primary and the other 2 are for the approval in JH science!!! :) Stay tuned for which one I pick!!!!

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Other challenge blogs and Facebook groups for linking and sharing=

1. Love To Craft Challenge Blog #69; July 1-August 15, 2022; Anything Crafty Goes; 

link= https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/07/ltccb-69-anything-goes-ltccb-68-winner.html

2. Shopping Our Stash challenge blog; #475; about 1 more day left; WTHeck embellishments [MY CARD/classroom project has the white cardstock with windows recycled packaging used as the faux zoo cage/forest cage element to mimic the book cover design!!!! I thought the slots/openings would be useful somehow for a paper-crafting project and I stuck this in with white cardstock scraps thinking that some day soon I will use this!!!!]

link= https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2022/07/sos475-wtheck-embellishments.html

3. Fab-N-Funky Challenges blog; Anything Goes theme is current for 2 more days; 

link= http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-556-anything-goes.html

4. Mixed Media Creativity group; recycled packaging; alpha stickers; planner sticker; layered sunflower die-cut stick-on; clipart images;

5. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland and thrilled to be combining learning, teaching, and creativity,

Becca S

design team member for Once Upon A Time challenge blog

other DT commitments are with MTTC, MTTCC, MLCC, MIUCB, AACB

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owner of 2 challenge blogs started earlier in 2022: FarmQuest and Heart's Quest