29 April 2022 MTTCC #33 Fireplace and or Stockings Theme for Christmas card

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart gets excited when I can craft! I get extra excited when it comes to Christmas and Easter cards. For the #33 MTTCC fireplace and/or stockings theme I found a free printable coloring page image that I left as full size. It will be hand-delivered. And for Card #1 I did a fast fireplace sketch then saved it on my printer as a jpeg file so I could print is to 1/6 of a full sheet size on white cardstock.

Fireplace Sketch card=

A design and vendor note for Card #1: the wreath and stocking are decorative rub-on transfers from "A Very Merry Christmas" by Steven Duncan for Carta Bella 2017. 

 

Merry Christmas Fireplace Garland card=

Some design and vendor notes for card #2: the banner sentiment and garland are decorative rub-on transfers from "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" by Echo Park Paper Co. 2017 and the small mistletoe print cardstock is from ______________. This time the fast sketch fireplace image was printed on kraft paper. More kraft paper was used for the left-side folded card base. 

Cozy Fireplace Scene Christmas card= [not shown on MTTCC blog]

Design notes:

1. Black cardstock base; background has red mottled CS on diagonal with neon green CS; the first/top background is a lattice print from The Mind's Eye (an old scrapbook collection).

2. image and cardstocks edges were smudged with black ink to give it a smoky, ashy look

3. the image 'wall' was colored with light peach so that it wouldn't be bright white and would go with the fireplace and mantle

4. dark pine green metallic dazzle sentiment (Paper Wishes website) 

MTTCC's #33 Fireplace and/or stockings theme posting link=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2022/04/mttcc-33-theme-is-fireplace-scene-and.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where this posting or pics will be shared:

A. ABC Christmas Challenge; current competition is H for Ho Ho Ho and/or I for Inky; [my entry is for I= Inky; card #1 fireplace image white cardstock has red ink on the edges and a black ink stamped sentiment] link= https://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/abc-christmas-challenge-h-i-are-for.html

B. The 12 Months of Christmas Link-Up; current competition is #87; link= https://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2022/04/ch-87-anything-goes-christmas-with.html

C. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge; Anything Christmas Goes; current competition started April 19th; link= http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-114-anything-christmas-goes.html

D. Heart's Quest and FarmQuest Challenges Fans Group in FB

E. Mixed Media Creativity group in FB; a small private group 

F. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group in FB; a sharing site for bloggers, DT members, and blog owners/manager

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

owner of 2 challenge blogs: Heart's Quest and FarmQuest; this fireplace image is offered as a freebie in the FB fans group

Design team member of:

1. My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog

2. My Time To Craft challenge blog

My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog NEW starting 15 January 2021

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I've been on the design team for My Time to Craft for a couple of years now and I truly appreciate the owner, Shell's, laid-back easy to be part of the DT approach. She announced to us about 2 months ago that she was wanting to start a Christmas-based one. This is the very first challenge 'contest' for this new challenge blog!!!!

For the first 8 months of 2020, I participated in a weekly Christmas-focused card-making challenge blog. I really enjoyed that. So since Shell is beginning MTTCC has a spin-off of her MTTC and on alternating Fridays, I thought I'd try being part of the design team. Join us and get a jumpstart on your Christmas cards in order to reduce holiday stress at the end of the year!

1st theme for MTTCC--My Time to Craft Christmas is reindeer. Start date is 1/15/2021. Deadline date is 1/28/2021.

Design notes:

1. Santa on Rudolph is rub-on transfer from Carta Bella's "A Very Merry Christmas" set

2. heart stencil sheet is by Jot; purchased at Dollar Tree; bubble gum pink acrylic paint was applied with a sponge dauber brush and then red colored pencil was shaded over in order to get that watermelon red tone seen in the washi tapes

3. 2 washi tapes are part of a 3 pack set from Jolee

4. largest letters for "ho!" are from Simple Stories; the tiny tile letters are from Webster Pages

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MTTCC link for #1 Reindeers challenge posting=

link= https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/01/here-we-go.html

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My 1st personal creative challenge for 2021 is to copy-cat a sketch layout from a card in 2010 or 2011 to inspire me, so I have picked this teacher card from May 18, 2010 to revamp for this Christmas card shown up above. The similarities are: Santa strip is in about same location as the tree ATC card; there are 2 deer on right side like the 2 owls; the 2 washi tapes are crossed like the 2 ribbons. =

My 2nd personal creative challenge for 2021 is to include either heart shape(s) and/or the word(s) heart or love into my projects. After such a stressful year, I figured all my family and friends who receive my cards need to have some positivity. On this card, I have the heart stencils used again like I did on another recent DT project this month and the words 'love' and 'dear' show affection.

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where this card's photo or this posting will be shared:

a. Merry Little Christmas challenge blog

link- https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/01/mlccb-30-january-anything-christmas-goes.html

b. Christmas Kickstart Challenge blog

link: https://christmaskickstartchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/01/christmas-kickstart-challenge-46-such.html

c. Mixed Media Creativity group in FB; 

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

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

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