My Christmas or Not Bingo DT #10 with a Column B and a Column O cards starting 1 Nov 2024

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

purpose: this posting showcases my newest DT contribution for Christmas or Not Bingo Challenges blog

when: #10 starts November 1-December 15, 2024; must use the BINGO board and only use 1 vertical column; mine is "o" for project #1 and 'b' for project #2 using sponsored image

what: Project #1 using 'O' column = free, purple, pearls, stenciling, doily 

notes for #1: 

1. base print red-purple paper = SU

2. purple/lavender and gray cardstocks = Art Skills

3. white cardstock base for the stenciled panel = Neenah

4. half doily top layer is silver foil, so I reversed it to the paper layer and used purple watercolor marker to make it purple = Crafter's Square (from a set of 12 small circular/scalloped doilies)

5. stencil = Pink and Main; colored pencils used to fill  are stash; handwritten Advent words

6. die-cuts = Simple Stories; red or pink colors changed to magenta (red-purple tone)

7. a mix of pearls and gems = Crafter's Square

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what: Project #2 using sponsored Polkadoodles image x 3 = a trio of cactuses

notes for #2: using Column "B" 

11. hand-colored image(s) = desert cactus black and white image from Polkadoodles; sponsoring the Nov 1-Dec 15, 2024 competition; printed wallet size x 3; colored pencils (stash)

12. dots = puffy dots (Recollections); dotted paper in rust, orange, gray and white = Simple Stories; also bleached dots

13. slimline = horizontal slimline; 3.5" deep x 8" wide

14. bleaching = cotton-tip swabs used to apply bleach on 4 cardstocks/papers= (1) mint/sage green cardstock (Neenah) in horizontal swipes; (2) tan/light kraft tone cardstock base (old Pen + Gear) in dots along the bottom edge; (3) the rust/autumn tone large dot paper (Faboolous collection by Simple Stories) dotted just on the orange dots; and (4) the horizontal autumn tones striped paper (also Faboolous collection) swiped just on the dark brown stripes of the design

15. free = sentiment (created as Google Doc); gold stars (Recollections); black ink pad (Hero Arts)

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where: Christmas or Not Bingo Challenge Blog is managed by Leslie T; 

link: #10 {added on November 1st}

https://christmasbingochallenges.blogspot.com/2024/11/cbc-10-anything-goes-with-featured.html

badge: for Nov 1- Dec 15, 2024

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other places to share/link are:

A. purple and pink Christmas = Daring Cardmakers; new; theme inspo badge; MY 3 inspirations are: wrapped gifts, ornaments, and berries

link = https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2024/11/november-picture-prompt-jolly-crafty.html

badge = 

B. purple and pink Christmas = Allsorts; new; theme of Magic of the Season (Christmas) or A.G. 

link = https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/11/week-805.html

C. purple and pink Christmas = Incy Wincy Designs; new; theme of A.G. (option Christmas and design own background) ==> I've stenciled  the main panel. 

link = https://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/2024/11/november-2024-anything-goes-with.html

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D. cactuses = Krafty Chicks; week 5 is Anything Goes

link = https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/krafty-chicks-challenge-740-anything.html

E. cactuses = Inkspirational; new; theme is Designer's Choice to Layer It; MY cactuses' card has digital image cactuses, embellishments, sentiment strip, 3 different sizes of cardstock strips on top of the base. 

link = https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/11/challenge-328-designers-choice-layer-it.html

badge = 

F. cactuses = Polkadoodles; new Nov 2nd; A.G.; the cactus image (used 3 times) is a Polkadoodles product

link = https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2024/11/wk-44-card-making-paper-craft-challenge.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*co-owner/DT/owner in 2025 --> = C-or-N Bingo and AACB 

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

*manager/DT = MTTC and MTTCChristmas

*DT member only = HCAYR ---> HAOOCAYR

  

2022 MTTC April 22 #480 Outdoor Property Markings like Fence Gate Wall Gazebo Theme DT inspiration

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! It's a wonderful feeling to be in the midst of springtime weather and all the promises of the renewal in nature! The new theme is a terrific choice for this season too! 

My Time To Craft challenge blog's #480 has the theme of outdoor property markings such as fence or gate. This can be plural too so it would be great for farm and garden settings, home yards, castles, and so much more. Some more brainstorming ideas are: arbors, arches, trellises, gazebos, retaining walls, hedgerows, and tree lines. The competition starts April 22 and lasts 13 days.

DT inspiration commitment #1:

Hello, dear card:

*click on this 2nd cropped scan in order to see more detail of the pocket calendar painting image:

Design notes for "Hello, dear" card:

1. dimensions of sage green cardstock = 4.25" high x 5.5" wide

2. white cardstock is actually 4" square but only seeing a portion of it

3. scraps of 2 patterned papers from the Mint Berry paper pad from The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby

4. scraps of kraft brown card and aqua card 

5. the upcycled pocket calendar photo credit goes to Terry Redlin painting used in a 2020 Pocket Calendar distributed by Father Flanagan's Boys Home located in the USA

6. from Bluebells and Buttercups collection from Craft Consortium= the fawn wood die-cut and enamel dots were purchased from Paper Wishes website recently

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For my design team inspiration commitment #2, I made this spring season stylized scene birthday card:

Design notes:

a. mid-gray tone cardstock flat base is 3.5" deep and 6.5" wide; some moody blues were smudged into cloud scallops and then later it was placed on a 5" x 7" light blue cardstock

b. the mint green cardstock behind the half yellow flower doily is about 3.5" deep and about 6.25" wide; some black ink and brown coppery tones were added to simulate earth

c. floral washi tape (My Mind's Eye), die-cut posies, and die-cut butterfly along with the half of a flower shaped doily help give a springtime feel

d. the fence clipart image was printed on kraft paper and was found online at Clipsarts co

e. the green sentiment strip is actually a neon green so in person there is more contrast; sentiment stamps have been in my stash for awhile

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MTTC's #480 link= http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/mttc-480-theme-is-outdoor-property.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups for linking/sharing are:

1. Word Art Wednesday challenge blog; Anything Goes; Weeks #539-540 = [card 1 pic]

link= http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2022/04/anything-goes-weeks-539-540.html

2. AAA Birthday challenge blog; Critters theme for HB; [card 2 pic]

link= https://aaabirthday.blogspot.com/2022/04/game-36-critters.html 

3. Use Your Stuff challenge blog; Spring or Easter theme; [card 2 pic]

link= http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2022/04/446-springeaster.html

4. Passionate Paper Creations and Friends group in FB

5. Mixed Media Creativity group in FB; 

6. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group in FB; 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*Design team member of:

MTTC and its sister blog MTTCC

and

**Owner of:

Heart's Quest Challenge Blog and FarmQuest Challenge Blog

 

2022 MTTC March 25 #478 Theme of Using Lots of Layers min of 3

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart and spirit didn't get too excited as I started this project. I'm thinking like oh lots of layers! I do that all the time! Easy peasy! It wasn't until I started building the color palette of rich burgundy, magentas, and vibrant purples and that use of flower petal specialty paper that I got energized for my first inspiration project. Then the layered floral and insect stickers became the perfect accents!

My Time To Craft challenge blog (MTTC) has a new competition running from March 25 to April 7, 2022 [#478] with a theme/format requirement of using 3 or more layers on your paper crafted project. I like to do 'messy' layers. I can do structured layers that use a matting kind of framed look, however I really enjoy stretching my brain cells to arrange and rearrange until I get a look that is pleasing to my eyes. My fellow DT crew members have done their tags or cards in the other structured style. So make sure to see their projects on the MTTC posting.

MTTC design team inspiration project #1: 

Springtime Birthday card= with 5 layers of cardstock or patterned papers & 1-2 layers of embellishments= 

The gold stamped sentiment says 'congratulations'. 

MTTC's #478 blog posting link=

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/03/mttc-478-theme-is-technique-formatting.html

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Card #1= other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where this posting will be linked or at least the full card photo shared=

1. A Perfect Time To Craft challenge blog; anything goes; link- 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html

2. Seize The Birthday challenge blog; anything birthday goes; not doing the topping of green and white; link= http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2022/03/seize-birthday-234-green-and-white.html 

3. Shopping Our Stash challenge blog; things that fly; my birthday card up above has lady bugs, a butterfly and a bee 

link= https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2022/03/sos-466-spread-your-wings.html

4. The Crafter's Cafe' Challenge blog; theme is flowers; I've got flowers on the birthday card up above; link-  https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/03/15-march-283-use-some-flowers.html

5. Mixed Media Creativity group in FB; 

6. The Seasonal Cardmaker group in FB; springtime

7. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group in FB; 

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I found 'time to craft' a 2nd card for this theme! MTTC design team inspiration project #2=

Card #2= To our Anchor--hb or happy birthday card for DT inspiration (7 paper layers!!!)

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Card #2 Design notes:

A. the aqua blue and black are specialty papers; so in person there is some interesting texture and the black also has ragged edging that I put at the bottom edge

B. the anchor is a free coloring page image that was colored with colored pencils and fussy cut

C. the triangle shaped red and white stripe scrap is from the Mint Berry paper pad that I'm trying to bash this year; also the red with white dot strip

D. the grayish-black lettering alphas are from Freckled Fawn; hb which is code for happy birthday alphas and silver glitter star are from Crafter's Choice

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Card #2's other challenge blogs and FB groups linked or shared are:

1. Gem of a Challenge blog; anything goes; link-

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/card-making-craft-challenge-anything.html

2.  100 Pattern Papers Challenge FB group; I didn't start the year with 100 patterned papers pulled from my stash to work with this year but the Mint Berry paper pad that had 63 out of 80 remaining sheets. I've been stalled at having 51 sheets left but lots of scraps...I'm trying bit by bit!

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BONUS CARD #3 was able to be made (lots of family birthdays and anniversaries in February to early April)

To our family's 'solid brick', the guy who works all hours and crazy shifts (hence the clock die-cut), Happy Birthday "B"=

There are 7 layers of paper or cardstock: starting with the dark brown, yellow, green, dark red, light beige, orange, and the B/brick image paper. The khaki kraft brown in the background is a sheet used to block the printer's scanner light. 

A combination of alpha tiles to give a graffiti art wall kind of extension look next to the B are from Webster Pages (green) and Freckled Fawn (golden yellow). The B with the brick wall image was a free coloring page found on the internet. The chipboard kind of die-cut stick-ons have been in my stash for a long time. 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

Design team member of these 2 challenge blogs:

a. My Time To Craft

b. My Time To Craft Christmas

I've also recently began 1 challenge blog and have another getting ready to be launched--

Heart's Quest Challenge Blog (2nd challenge is almost over)

https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com

and 

FarmQuest Challenge Blog (will launch on March 28th, 2022)

https://farmquestchallenge.blogspot.com

2022 MTTC Feb 11 #475 Theme All You Need Is Love DT card

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! This post challenge will start before Valentine's Day however it needn't be a Valentine's card. Think anniversary, birthday, and friendship, too. So starting February 11 for 2 weeks #475, the theme challenge at My Time To Craft challenge blog is "all you need is love". 

MTTC's #475 challenge Design Team inspiration=

Pink, Red, Gray, and Green Love Card: (card 1)

Design notes:

A. pink cardstock base is left side fold and 1/2 sheet for dimensions 4.25" high and 5.5" wide (Pen + Gear)

B. the 2 designer patterned papers are from The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) paper pad collection "mint berry' from 2016--!!! (I've been hoarding this! Out of 80 sheets sized at 4.5" x 6.5", I still have 63 full sheets AFTER making this card and only 3 scraps of different sizes!! :))

C. red ink edging on papers

D. embellishments are from stash; note the 2 white sheet ribbon pieces dangling from the silver duo glitter hearts

E. a die-cut heart in my stash served as the stencil to trace the designer paper heart

MTTC blog post #475= 

https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/02/mttc-475-all-you-need-is-love-theme-for.html

MTTC blog ID=

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where this will be shared are:

1. Little Red Wagon challenge blog; current for about 4-5 more days; 

link= http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2022/02/be-my-love-valentine-640.html

2. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenges; February 2022; still 16-18 days left depending on your time zone and when I post; 

link= https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2022/02/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-february.html

3. Creative Inspirations challenge blog; Wednesday start/February; with love

link= http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2022/02/february-challenge-with-love.html

4. 100 Pattern Papers group (focus is to select 100 print papers from your stash to use in 1 year; this year, I'm going to focus on using the 'Mint Berry' paper pad mentioned up above in the design notes)

5. Mixed Media Creativity group

6. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group

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Wishes of Love Valentine card= (card 2 for MTTC)

A quick summary of steps and products: dimensions 6" square on navy blue cardstock; then Mint Berry pack from The Paper Studio's charcoal gray with white x cardstock; then light blue cardstock stenciled with blue ink (snowflakes/part of the stencil sheet was used); alphas are from 3 different vendors; silver doily, white foam heart sticker, blue glitter paint pen was used on the white foam heart, 6 total navy blue pearl gems and 2 white glitter foam snowflake stickers that were all stash supply items.

This is going to my mom. Her favorite color is blue.

Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

Current design team member for:

a. My Time To Craft challenge blog

b. My Time to Craft Christmas challenge blog

2022 Feb 4 MTTC no 474 Black and White Theme DT card

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I'm so thrilled with how this love/Valentine's card turned out for MTTC's #474 Black and White Theme challenge!

This is Love in Black and White Valentine's card=

MTTC blog post link for #474=

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/02/mttc-474-black-and-white-theme-for-4.html

Steps:

A. top-folded black cardstock to make 4.24" x 5.5" base; Neenah

B. black and white buffalo plaid paper; The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby

C. love script cardstock; Webster's Pages

D. the acrylic overlay; Alison Kreft Designs; this was 1 small section of a 12" square sheet of cut aparts

E. thin white foam heart stickers and clear gems plus white doily; from my stash

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Besides seeing this on MTTC, I will be linking or sharing to these other challenge blogs and FB groups=

a. The Four Seasons Challenge Blog; February/Winter season and the inspirational photo/mood image; I've focused on the white, hearts

link= https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/02/february-winter-challenge.html

b. Shopping Our Stash challenge blog; #463; heart and/or vegetable theme; FOR my card, it is just hearts

link= https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2022/02/sos463-my-heart-beets-for-you.html

c. Mixed Media Creativity group in FB; mediums/medias include: acrylic overlay, foam hearts, paper doily, plaid paper, black cardstock, clear gemstones, and the love print cardstock

d. Paper, Paper, Paper and Design Team Calls group in FB; sharing site for bloggers, DT members, and challenge blog owners

e. The Seasonal Cardmaker group in FB; for Valentines/winter season; 

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I got inspired by sorting through all my hearts and other Valentine's supplies to add on 1 more color to the black and white and then decided to keep the buffalo plaid centered and viola! Red colored pencil to fill in white areas of the love script cardstock as well as the buffalo plaid paper. Different stickers plus a red cardstock background layer--

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*MTTC design team

*MTTCC design team

Heart Wrapped in Mint Green and White Valentine Card

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I'm finally using a stamp purchased about a year ago or so just before Sum More Fun closed. Isn't this vine wrapped heart the sweetest thing?!!! I actually inked it with red first and then added some black on top yet when stamping on the mint/aqua green, the tones are photographing more brown to purple-ish, I think. 

Anyway, in person, it made the mauve-ish lavender butterfly and the jumbo dots embellishments look perfectly coordinated with the inking of the large stamp. The white heart doily sandwiched between the focal panel and the top of the card base adds to the sweetheart young and feminine Valentine appearance.

Presenting--Vine Wrapped Heart Valentine card=

Additional design notes:

1. sage/mint green cardstock (Pen + Gear) for card base (4.25" wide and 5.5" high) and for focal panel (3.75" wide and 4.25" high) 

2. purple paper is just for background filler to block out scanner light

3. easy to make; from start to finish about 30 minutes

Close-up cropped scan of the stamped focal=

Participation/submission of this posting or card photo will be:

A. 613 Avenue Create challenge blog; January 2022 anything goes; 

link= https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2022/01/challenge-202201-january-anything-goes.html

B. Creative Moments Challenge blog; from Jan 15-Feb 10, 2022; anything goes with option of a sketch; I'm just submitting as anything goes

link= https://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2022/01/creative-moments-challenge-230-sketch.html

C. Mixed Media Creativity group in Facebook; stamping, inked edges, 2 types of embellishments in addition to the cardstocks

D. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group in Facebook; sharing site for bloggers, DT members, and challenge blog owners

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

MTTC Challenge Blog 19 Feb 2021 Tag It Theme

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Just received my 2nd Covid-19 vaccine this afternoon (teacher by day; crafter by night!!!) and I'm starting to get some mild symptoms, so this is going to be a short post for me. 

Thankfully this tag came together in about 30 minutes. It is large because my intention is to attach it to a jumbo gift bag. It's about 3"wide and 5.5" high. More details are mentioned a bit further in the posting. Visit MTTC to see what the other design team members created for your inspiration. Shell says it's okay to have a tag by itself or it can be used on a card--

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-451-tag-it.html 

"Tag it" theme for MTTC, My Time To Craft, challenge blog

fortnight length challenge time for #451

from 19 Feb 2021

Lacy and Lavender Love Tag = design team project for MTTC

Isn't this lovely? Made in about 30 minutes! The white cardstock base is recycled packaging backing for a set of stickers. I trimmed the top corners. The opening at the top was already there. The lace was tied and the ends looped back through. The vertical strip of patterned paisley paper is from The Paper Studio. The lavender lace, stickers, and silver doily have been purchased at Dollar Tree at different times in the past year or so. Lacy Lavender Love...

Link to MTTC's "Tag It" Theme=

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-451-tag-it.html

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link-ups to other challenge blogs:

a. Festive Friday's International Women's Day Inspo List

I've used a heart, some flowers, and the heart has glitter. 

https://festivefridaychallenge.com/festive-friday-challenge-ff0078/

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sharing my blog link or tag photo at these Facebook groups=

a. my personal profile

b. Mixed Media Creativity group

c. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design Team member of [1] My Time To Craft; [2] My Time To Craft Christmas; [3] A Place To Start; [4] Createful Heart Designs

and my goal is to launch within the month my first challenge blog called "Heart's Quest Challenge Blog"....

Farm Yard Animals Theme no 427 new challenge for My Time To Craft blog

I'm living, teaching, and crafting in the heart of USA's farm country yet I don't really have much in my supply storage that is blatant farming theme. So while searching I came across this owl and thought about barn owls (and the baby owl that came down our fireplace chimney when I was high school age!!)

In my scraps, I had some of this barn siding patterned paper (from The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby) and instantly knew that had to be incorporated into this design team card for MTTC! Kraft browns and the double brown cording were also good selections to mix in:

#427 farm yard animals (Shell says dogs and cats can be included in this theme.)
link= http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-427-farmyard-animals.html

Make sure to read the MTTC posting to get the details on how to participate and see the marvelous creative efforts of the other members of the design team squad!

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some more cropped views=

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups to find this posting and/or card photo=
a. Incy Wincy Designs Challenge; March 2-16 hand-coloured images [I've used colored pencils for most of the image and then a brown marker for the oval outlining.]
link= https://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-2-16-hand-coloured-images.html

b. Mix It Up Challenge Blog; Anything Goes w/ optional twist of smooshing; [I'm just participating as an anything goes card.--mixed mediums include colored pencils, marker, gold metallic pen, patterned paper, cardstocks, digital image, cording]
link= https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/miucb-35-anything-goes-smooshing.html

c. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; a private sharing group of artists and crafters who love to "mix it up"

d. Paper, Paper, Paper, & Design Team Calls group on Facebook; a sharing group for crafting bloggers to share their new reveals

e. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges Blog; #466; Anything Goes;
link= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-466.html


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

a design team member of MTTC blog and these 4 others:
Scrapping 4 fun Challenges
The Crafter's Café Challenge
52 Christmas Card Throwdown
A Place To Start

Valentine love or wedding or anniversary theme no 160 for S4fC blog

Welcome to my blog, Becca's Heart for Creativity! Today's post features my design team project for Scrapping 4 fun Challenges blog which has a Valentine's Day/love, friends, or wedding/anniversary theme for #160. I got to use this sweet image of the sponsor Polkadoodles called Tandem Ride-Winnie's Special Moments for my card=

link for #160 challenge for S4fC blog=
https://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/02/challenge-160-valentine-friends-wedding.html

Some supply/vendor notes:
a. the pinkish/coral-ish patterned cardstock is an older My Mind's Eye
b. scraps of solid and patterned cardstock
c. Polkadoodles digital image
d. pink heart doily, pink glitter foam heart are from stash
e. the digital image was lifted up with foam dots
f. 2 different gold glitter pens were used to add outline accenting after cutting out the printed image on cardstock

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups to see this card=
a. Not Just Cards Challenges blog; February 11--; Anything Goes
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/02/february-challenge.html

b. Shopping Our Stash challenge blog; February 4--; "My Heart Is On Fire" theme
link= https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2020/02/shopping-our-stash-413-my-heart-is-on.html

c. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog; #72; Anything Goes
link= https://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2020/02/february-crafts-galore-encore-challenge.html

d. Creative Fingers Challenge Blog; #179; Anything Goes
link-= https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/challenge-179.html

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

f. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; mediums used were cardstocks, numerical stickers, ink, doily, foam dots to lift up the digi image, digital image, glitter foam hearts, colored pencils, 2 different gold glitter pens

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

and besides being a design team member for S4fC blog, I'm also part of the crews for:
52 Christmas Card Throwdown
A Place to Start
My Time to Craft
The Crafter's Café Challenges

Pick a Past Challenge at 52 CCT and my introduction to their Design Team

Exciting news to share!! I applied and was accepted to be on the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge blog design team! December 21st is my first official inspiration project for them.

The prompt is to use any previous 52 CCT challenge as your final Christmas card for 2019. I decided to go back to June 8th's color palette of gray, white, pink, and kraft (and I've gold too since it is so close to my other kraft/beige tones):

Above: the badge for the current challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Design notes:
a. kraft paper base
b. Martha Stewart Christmas 6" x 6" 2018 paper pad [top, middle, bottom scrap strips]
c. My Mind's Eye papers scrap strips [2nd and 4th; the pinkish tone prints]
d. Bo Bunny die-cuts: poinsettia, poinsettia print little tag, and sandy looking snowflake half
e. journal announcement card I think is from one of American Crafts' designer lines
f. other embellishments are from my supply boxes

Above: this colour challenge image prompt is from June 8, 2019; go to the blog to access the archived posts to review what's been done for all the previous weeks of Christmas card-making
link to their blog:
https://52cct.blogspot.com/

link to the specific new post for Dec 21/Dec 20 depending on time zone:
link= https://52cct.blogspot.com/2019/12/december-pick-previous-2019-challenge_21.html

other challenge blogs or Facebook groups where this card will be shared=
a. my personal profile page on Facebook

b. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook

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

d. 613 Avenue Create Challenge Blog: December 2019; Anything Goes theme (not their option for zentangles and doodle art)
link: https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2019/12/challenge-228-anything-goes-woptional.html

e. Little Red Wagon: started December 16th; any winter holiday theme
link: https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2019/12/challenge-528-any-winter-holiday-goes.html

Blog ID badge for 613 AC and LRW=

I'm super excited about this wonderful opportunity with 52CCT. I hope I can keep pace. This will be my personal paper-crafting challenge commitment for 2020: to create a Christmas card every week!!!!!

Crafting in the heartland,
Becca S