Krafty Chicks #647 GD inspiration project for Week 3 January 2023 with CAS theme

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

My heart is happy to be able to share my 3rd Guest Chick/Designer opportunity with Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog!

Krafty Chicks #647 has a CAS or Clean and Simple theme

for Week 3 of January 2023. 

(January 19-25th)

It is SO DIFFICULT for my left-handed, right brain to minimize for a card. Towards the end of 2022 I've been less panicked about doing a CAS style but I still have some nerves and doubt. 

Even with this one for KCCB! I worried and stewed over every little decision. 

The wood heart with gold foil dots was my biggest stressor--do I include it or not?

My best friend since about 1st grade really likes neutrals for both her home and her clothes. So this was pieced together for her for Valentine's Day. 

Vendor notes:

a. the floral die-cut, 3 scraps, A2 white card base and the sentiment 'label' are from Simple Stories card kit

b. the wood heart, I think, is an American Craft company/division

c. the tan cardstock background panel is from stash

Easy peasy for the front. Clean and Simple style-wise, the upper right corner was kept open and the lower left corner has some curved space around the heart. Embellishments are restricted to the wood heart and the little accent cluster at the top left. That's it. Even the color palette is kept to almost all neutrals. 

Krafty Chick challenge blog #647 Clean and Simple theme link=

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/krafty-chicks-challenge-647-cas.html

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other challenge blogs to compete in are=

A. Everybody Art Challenge blog; started Jan 10 with about 4 days left to #527; Anything Goes

link= http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/527.html

B. The Paper Funday challenge blog; ends Jan 29; Anything Goes (not the option)

link= https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-2023-challenge-49-anything-goes.html

C. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesdays challenge; still open; Anything Goes

link= https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/01/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-january.html

D. Word Art Wednesday challenge blog; just started Jan 18 for 2 weeks; Anything Goes/uplifting

link= http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2023/01/anything-goes-weeks-579-580.html

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Facebook groups for sharing are:

1. The Crafty Addicts

2. Mixed Media Creativity; not much with the card= handwritten sub-title, floral die-cut ephemera, wood heart with gold foil dots

3. Paper Crafting For Everyone

4. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

**For this posting, I'm a GD or Guest Chick for Krafty Chicks.

otherwise, my other DT commitments are for these other challenge blogs: MIUCB, MLCCB, THICC, OUAT, MTTC, and MTTCC

and I'm co-owner and DT for AACB; and then

I'm owner and DT for TFATU, HQCB, and FQCB!

APTS Challenge Blog August 2021 Theme is What is Your Style

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Oh, my artsy-crafty heart got slightly overwhelmed for a short bit when I looked to see in our design team group blog what the August theme or option twist was going to be. Chana stated the theme as What's Your Style? (or genre). Some of the early birds in the DT squad have done CAS or Christmas or mixed media. So I started thinking mixed media too but then I also like to interpret sketch layouts and to mix patterns/prints. My August 2021 design team inspiration project will be a mix-up of printed patterns and some mixed media for a birthday card. 

*A Place To Start (APTS) challenge blog

*#8 for 2021; month of August; starts on the first Monday of the month which is 8/2/2021

*Theme is "What's Your Style?"; please state it in your blog to help us comment directly about this aspect of your participation project

Spring Market Birthday card=

and the inside panel=

"Refresh, Renew, Restore" for the top phrase sticker and "Life as I know it is beautiful" for the bottom one and more of the 3 stacked border stickers are more of the WP's Spring Market collection.

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APTS blog badge for resident designers (DT member)= 

link to #8 August 2021 challenge month participation=

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-2021-challenge-8-whats-your.html

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Design and vendor notes=

a. the 2 sizes of journal cards and coordinating stickers are from Webster Pages' Spring Market collection

b. the red and white checked gingham cardstock is recycled packaging insert section

c. the harvest gold with white alpha tile stickers are from Freckled Fawn

d. the gray circle acrylic accents and the blue square acrylic accents, unknown origins due to being in my stash for many years

e. butterfly chipboard die-cut stick-on was part of sheet set bought at Dollar Tree

f. some brown inked edging was done on the 2 journaling cards and the red and white checked gingham that I put together as the focal collage for this birthday card

g. Most of the patterned papers and cardstock strips are old stash; the light yellow with white dots tiny section above the red and white checked gingham is a cardstock from My Mind's Eye

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Besides this personal blog and APTS blog as a design team member, I will be sharing the main card photo or linking this posting to the following=

1. Seize The Birthday challenge blog; http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2021/07/seize-birthday-219-travel.html

2. Mix It Up challenge blog; https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/08/miucb-52-anything-goes-mixed-media.html

3. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2021/08/c-163.html  

blog badges for #1-3; random order

4. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook [inked edges for most of the papers; acrylic accent pieces; chipboard butterfly; alpha stickers; journal cards; recycled packaging insert/backing]

5. Paper, Paper, Paper & DT Calls group on Facebook

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design Team member of A Place To Start challenge blog