Sharing my challenge blogs HQCB and FQCB

 Hello, Becca's Heart for Creativity blog readers! In case you haven't seen my new challenge blogs started on 2/28/2022 and 3/28/22, this is their links to their newest themes starting April 28th. 

Heart's Quest Challenge Blog

https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/hqcb-color-heart-challenge-3-in-orange.html

FarmQuest Challenge Blog

https://farmquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/fqcb-theme-3-basket-and-cherries-starts.html

and HQCB is starting something new today as well with having a Valentine's Day Cards challenge that is offered as a page option and has its own Inlinkz tool address for entry submissions. 

For V-Day theme #1, the project(s) can use either heart shape or word or the word love AND a doily. The Valentine's Day card needs to have both. You can have more than 1 heart shape. And you can use both the word heart and the word love. 

Heart and love can also be their other language equivalents. You can also use a form or variation like heartfelt, heartful, hearts, loves, loved, loving. 

On the HQCB site, go to the right sidebar and about halfway down will be a category titled "page options". Click on the one stating HQCB Valentine's Day Cards Challenge. 

Or use this link=

https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/p/hearts-quest-valentines-day-holiday.html

Appreciatively,

Becca S

owner of :

Becca's Heart for Creativity blog

Heart's Quest Challenge Blog

FarmQuest 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

**************

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; 

*********************

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--

*************

Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*MTTC design team

*MTTCC design team

CHD challenge blog DT project for Jan 2021 Anything Goes Theme

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Even as a teenager looking to the future, I thought 2000 and 2020 would be very sci-fi, Star Trek, kind of un-real. The events of 2020 were not ever in my visions of the future! Thankfully, my overwhelming craft supply stash is keeping me entertained! :) Oh, yes! Being creative helps me manage my stress. I feel happy when I get a chance to experiment with colors, pattern prints, textures, and layouts! 

Createful Heart Design challenge blog is going to continue 2021 with monthly Anything Goes as the challenge. I decided in late December 2020 to select Mary's coloring page "Best Friends Forever" to make some belated wedding cards that I didn't get made this autumn. 

Best Friends Forever Wedding Card for #28 monthly challenge=

Design notes: brown kraft cardstock for base; CHD digital image printed on light blue cardstock and color-filled with colored pencils; pale pink cardstock for heart; chocolate brown with raspberry print paper has been in stash for 10 years; lettering and gems from Dollar Tree; red metallic foil striped washi tape is Jolee Boutique.

CHD #28 challenge post link=

https://createfulheartcards.blogspot.com/2021/01/welcome-to-challenge-28.html

CHD's shop link for BFF digital image=

https://marketplace.zibbet.com/createful-heart-design/best-friends-forever-coloring-page

CHD's blog badge=

******************************

Personal creative challenge #1 for 2021 is to use old cards' layouts from 2010 or 2011 for inspiration this year. This sympathy card layout is tweaked for today's wedding congratulations card:

The 2nd personal creative challenge for 2021 is to include either hearts or the word(s) heart or love onto my cards as a little subtle visual reminder to family and friends that they are loved.

+used pink cardstock in heart shape to back up the digi image

+yellow/amber heart-shaped gems

*********************

other challenges and groups where this card or posting will be shared:

a. Use Your Stuff challenge blog; theme = NEW; 

+red metallic striped washi tape was received from a crafty friend about 3 months ago

+heart gems were bought within the past month

+digi image is NEW to me provided by CHD owner, Mary Smith

link= http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2021/01/413-all-about-new.html

b. 100 Pattern Paper FB group= I haven't pulled a specific stack of patterned papers to use in 2021 but the chocolate brown with raspberry print paper is 10 years old--in the stash way too long. There's a challenge to try to use a mix set of prints--well, I didn't do it all with papers but I do have dots on half of the lettering, stripes on the washi tape, and then a tile-print paper. 

c. The Seasonal CardMaker FB group

d. Paper, Paper, Paper and Design Team Calls FB group

e. Mixed Media Creativity FB group

******************************

Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

Design team member for: [1] Createful Heart Design; [2] A Place to Start; [3] My Time to Craft; and [4] My Time to Craft Christmas

Happy New Year 2021