Loving my ConBC #14 bingo DT cards using Nn elements on 1 July 2025

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! 

why: This posting showcases my next DT/owner project for Christmas or not Bingo Challenges. #14 bingo board will be included further down this post. ConBC stays open for six weeks and the columns have interesting elements to make wonderful cards. 

when: #14 starts July 1, 2025 and closes in six weeks on August 15, 2025. 

what: Project #1 = Sending You Sunshine card [for Column Nn]

how-to notes #1 = Column N elements: 

* land or air or sea travel/vacation (I've got both tropical setting and a hot air balloon.)

* teal (ink, tonal print paper, tropical flowers and part of the sentiment tag)

* free (other colors like brown, gray, green, yellow; 

* 2 or more print papers (teal tonal paper and chevron style multi color paper)

* spots or dots (doodled border design on the teal ink focal panel; teal print paper has oval shape spot design)

1. brown/coppery waffle specialty paper cut to 5.5" square = scrap pack by Crafter's Square

2. white A2 cardstock base = from pack by Crafter's Square

3. steampunk looking hot-air balloon(s) = from pack by Crafter's Square

4. pop-up dimensional stickers (4) are from 2 packs sold by Little Birdie Handmade Maidens, from India artisans [Sweet Sunshine and Fun in the Sun] = First usages from both packages 

5. two patterned papers = old SU

6. dark brown and black retractable marker pens  = Zebra Clickart (outlining and doodled dots and corner brackets)

7. Tranquil Tide stamp pad ink dabbed onto white A2 cardstock base = old SU

8. Walnut (dark brown) stamp pad to dab on the bottom/border/edge = Lawn Fawn

where #1 will be linked = (link-ups on July 1st)

1A. Make My Monday; week 1 of 2; theme of Summer Fun; My card is full of travel, adventure, vacation activities and settings 

link = https://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/255-summer-fun.html

1B. Dream Valley; week 1 of 2 but extended until July 18; theme of anything goes

link = https://dreamvalley2.blogspot.com/2025/06/challenge-340-anything-goes.html

1C. Crafts Galore Encore; new on July 1; theme of anything goes

link = https://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2025/07/july-2025-crafts-galore-encore.html

1D. If You Give A Crafter a Cookie; new on July 1; theme & image with Seashells at the Beach; MY card has the teal blues of the ocean water, palm leaves from the trees, hint of sunshine, and the bottom print paper has lots of the colors (yellow, aqua, gray and brown)

link = https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2025/07/cookie-challenge-206-july-seashells-at.html

image prompt = 

1E. NBUS; new on July 1; Never Before Used Schtuff; The sun, toucan with flowers & leaves, sentiment label and tropical flower pop-up/dimensional stickers were first ones to be used from their packages

link = https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2025/07/nbus-challenge-76.html

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where to find ConBC #14 blog post link =

https://christmasbingochallenges.blogspot.com/2025/07/conbc-14-anything-goes-with-featured.html

theme badge/bingo board #14 = 

team badge =

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

* owner/DT = ConBC, CCC, AA; also HQCB, HQFCB at TFATU, HQCOLCB, HQFSCAT, FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHSKCB, and FQGGCB

* manager/DT = MTTC and MTTCChristmas (both owned by Shell)

* DT member only = HAOOCAYR and PRS (both owned by Deanne)

 

Ally's Angels Challenge Blog 10 September 2022 DT Project

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Oh, my stars! What a week with kindergarteners after a 3-day weekend!!?!!! And several DT commitments, too. For Ally's Angels September challenge I decided to use some new to me stash supplies.

Ally's Angels September 10, 2022 challenge release continues with our Anything Goes theme. I used a small white A2 card base with a bubblegum pink cardstock for the background. The gorgeous patterned paper is a specialty type with wonderful texture (see closeup cropped scan pic)! Three layered butterfly die-cut stickers make their flight on the card. A small sentiment block on blue cardstock fits in the corner. Stampin' Up stamp with another one saying "Happy Birthday" for the inside panel add the finishing touches. 

and the terrific closeup--

Ally's Angels Challenge Blog for Sept 2022:

blog link= 

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-62-winner-and-top-picks-from.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where you see this project=

A. Through the Craft Room Door challenge blog; started 8/30/22; Anything Goes

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

B. Critter Crazy challenge blog; Sept 2022--Anything Goes with a Featured Critter-- I have a bird in the paper and also 3 pretty butterflies.

link= https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-66-anything-goes-with.html

C. NBUS challenge blog; Never Before Used Stuff; Sept 2022--MY CARD has new textured specialty patterned paper

link= https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2022/09/nbus-challenge-42.html

D. Mixed Media Creativity group; stamping, inked pages, texture specialty paper, 

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

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S 

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

MTTC Blog Challenge no 438 Travel Theme starts 7 August 2020

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Oh my artsy crafty heart is super excited about this travel theme card! This is for a DT commitment with My Time To Craft challenge blog and the new fortnight challenge theme is travel. Travel-related elements are probably one of the fewest topics in patterned papers or embellishments that I have. But I dug around and found some stash that is a mix of old and new.

Explore and Navigate This Beautiful Life Journey card=

Link to MTTC's #438 challenge=
#438 http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/08/challenge-438-travel.html


so additional scanned cropped photos:

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Some supply and design notes:
a. my sister does not like when I put staples on a card but occasionally I like using them for adhering as well as adding some texture...
b. this time that's what I needed--adhering and texturing for 2 colors of cording
c. the top 3 word stickers are from the "Treasure Map" Word Stickers from October Afternoon [OLD]
d. The section of cardstock with the hot air balloons is from My Mind's Eye [OLD]
e. "Thinking of You" dazzle is from Paper Wishes [NEW]
f. the bottom 3 stickers are from "Seaside Retreat" phrase and word stickers sheet from Webster Pages [NEW]
g. the small size (4" x 5.5") flat card base with a matching envelope is from Darice [NEW]
h. some silver glitter paint pen around the inside edge of the hot air balloon paper

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Find this card shared at these other challenge blogs and Facebook groups:

a. Aud Sentiments #257 Anything Goes + a sentiment;
link= https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/257-anything-goes-sentiment.html

b. Mix It Up challenge blog #40 Anything Goes (w/ option of embossing)
link= https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/08/miucb-40-anything-goes-embossing.html

c. Little Red Wagon challenge blog #561 Happy Days theme; [my card has a no pun intended--uplifting look to it with the hot air balloons !!!; soft to mid-tone colors; the playful banners in the patterned cardstock and even more fun with the attached cording!!]
link= http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2020/08/challenge-561-happy-days.html

d. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; (besides cardstocks and stickers, I've used a foil sentiment 'dazzle', cording, staples)

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

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Design Team member for these 3:

a. MTTC
b. APTS
c. 52 CCT

May 2020 Week 4 Technique and Stash Embossing Challenge for 20th week of 52 CCT blog

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! I'm 18 hours or so late due to a personal health issue but glad it got resolved so I can spend some computer time and get the post made.

This Week 4 challenge became a two-fer for me because unlike a lot of paper-crafters today, I don't have embossing folders or powders. I just haven't had a desire to go with those products or techniques. So I chose to go a different route using a different technique and product from those suggested by my 52 CCT team-mate. I've used embellished letter stickers to make the embossed cardstock with a colored pencil texture rubbing to enhance the details.

Embossed love Christmas cards:

link to #20-2020=

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2020/05/may-technique-challenge.html

close-up of the texture embossing:

Notes on supplies and vendors:
a. the base cards have matching envelopes and were part of a bulk package from Darice
b. the striped washi tapes are Pink Paislee (I think.)
c. the star printed 'coins' are from a Bo Bunny Christmas collection pack of die-cuts
d. the blinged letter stickers are from Art Skills and bought at discount store Dollar General
e. 3 colors of colored pencils were used for the texture embossing: sierra rust, gray, and black

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links and shares:
a. Mixed Media Creativity group on FB
b. Scripturally Inspired Creativity group on FB
c. PPPDTC group on FB
d. Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog: May 2020 monthly Anything Christmas Goes
link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/05/mlccb-22-may-anything-christmas-goes.html
e. Not Just Cards; Anything Goes
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/05/may-challenge.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

DT member on these 5:
a. 52 CCT
b. APTS
c. MTTC
d. S4fC
e. TCCC

Thanks for reading my blog post!

Coffee caffeinated color tones challenge for November 2019 at APTS blog

For those of you that love neutrals and/or coffee drinks, A Place To Start challenge blog has the perfect new theme challenge for you!!!

Here is my kraft, beige, and off-white birthday card that will be sent to my brother-in-law:

Above: one of two design team member ID badges for APTS blog

link to the November 2019 APTS blog post=

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2019/11/november-challenge-caffeinated-tones.html

Above: color palette prompt image
Below: some additional scanned images of front panel

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other challenge blogs or Facebook group sites where this personal post or card photo will be shared=

a. my personal page on Facebook

b. PPPDTC group on Facebook; sharing site for crafting bloggers

c. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook = [bling wrap of copper gems and gold acorns; kraft paper; patterned paper; grosgrain ribbon, staples, black ink; stamp]

d. Seize The Birthday challenge blog; #177--I'm doing just anything goes birthday theme; not the topping of 'candles'
link: https://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2019/10/seize-birthday-177-candles.html

e. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog; anything goes theme for #117
link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2019/11/c-117.html

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Make sure to visit APTS and see what the other resident designers and guest designers have created for November!

Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Give Thanks card for PPCC blog DT card for no 434 challenge

Thanks go to A Day For Daisies for this sweet autumn image! During the past two years I've enjoyed seeing the products created by ADFD. They have a recognizable line stroke that I think is delicate and whimsical. My heart has broken this past week to hear through Facebook groups and blog comments that ADFD is closing their shop. So again I give thanks and appreciation to ADFD!

Another sponsor at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog this week is Di's Digi Stamps. They are another company with adorable images!

With this scattered leaves scene, I kept the sentiment simple "Give Thanks". I believe this is my first 2019 Thanksgiving card!

The orange and green glitter damask cardstock is from Recollections/Michaels. This was my first cut into this gorgeous paper! I've been holding onto it for about 16 months!!! It is so beautiful!

Overall dimensions: 5" deep x 7" wide; it is very difficult to see from the scanning but I added light blue swirls to show wind motion.

There's been a long delay today in the PPCC new post not being revealed yet, so I will edit it in when it becomes available. I'm checking at least every hour. UPDATE: released on 6/13/19
link for #434= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/06/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-434.html

Above: ID badge for ADFD
Below: ID badge for DDS
Find out more details on their prize sponsorship at PPCC's #434th weekly challenge posting!

more scanned pics adjusted for closeups:

With the glitter cardstock's business in texture and patterns, I decided to keep the embellishments simple and limited to gold alpha stickers and yellow/gold bling mesh wrap style trim.

Other link-ups or sharing of this card=
a. Not Just Cards challenge blog's new June 2019 post:
link: http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/06/june-challenge-results-of-may-challenge.html


b. 100 Pattern Papers Challenge group on Facebook:
I haven't kept track of my total papers used since January 1st, however I appreciate this group's efforts to use interesting themes, products, and/or sketches to motivate me to use up old inventory. As mentioned earlier in the post, I've hoarded this amazing glitter damask textural overlay of stacker ruler images patterned cardstock for at least 16 months. I hated to cut into the 12" square CS but I need to share its beauty with someone else--someone special.

c. Papers, Papers, Papers, & DT Calls group on Facebook:
this is a great place to share with other paper-crafters what I've been creating

d. Aud Sentiments current challenge= Nature + Sentiment [leaves + Give Thanks]
link: https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2019/05/228-nature-sentiment.html

From whatever avenue you've arrived at my blog post, thank you! I appreciate views and comments!

Crafting from the USA heartland,
Becca S/Becca's Heart for Creativity

Stencil Me In theme for June 2019 challenge month at A Place To Start blog

Don't you love puns?!!! Pencil me in...or stencil me in...this project is going mixed media=

A Place To Start challenge blog June 2019 link= https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2019/06/june-2019-challenge-stencil-me-in-use.html


APTS has 2 different ID badge images (sprouting plant; child drawing)

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other blogs and/or Facebook groups

(1) A Inky Mess #31 mixed media theme challenge started 25 May 2019
link= https://ainkymess.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-31.html

AIM's blog ID badge:

List of different art/craft mediums used:
a. inking around base CS and layered flower papers
b. texture rubbing over 5 stencils and 1 scalloped/fish scale texture plate
c. set of different sized round circle stencils used for the focal flower accent
d. stamping 2x of dotted flower stamp with black ink (Paper Sweeties)
e. cording wrapped and tied around the middle
f. gem dots, blue butterfly, pink LOVE stickers/stick-ons added for embellishments
g. mauve glitter eye shadow makeup (Colormates) added on top of white foam heart stickers



(2) project photo will be shared with 100 Pattern Papers Challenge group on Facebook; premise of the group is to select at least 100 print papers/cardstock and use them within 1 calendar year...so far this is my 2nd year but I still don't keep track adequately...I do know that the dark purple cardstock for the base and the 2 print papers for the layered 'flower' are old stuff picked up in my craft zone out in one of our garages!

(3) project photo will be also shared in Facebook with "Mixed Media Creativity", a closed group started by yours truly!

(4) Facebook group for stamp company Paper Sweeties; project photo will be shared with this group

 More scanned pics:

Until next time from the rain-drenched USA heartland,
Becca S

Big Wet Kisses with Fish image featured on TCCC blog DT project for no 218 challenge

Wishes and fishes...improper grammar, I know! But don't you just think of it!!!

The adorable digital image is provided by Sparkle N Sprinkle, the prize sponsor for #218's make your own background and/or die/punches themed challenge for The Crafter's Café Challenge blog. Link is further in the post, just below my DT badge:

I decided to use these newly purchased plastic textured rubbing plates to make the upper background half. I used the scalloped/fish scale pattern using gray and gray/blue crayons with some yellow and yellow-green ones for the base and then stronger teal blue crayons with a wave pattern=

LINK: https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/05/218.html

Shout-outs to the following groups or blogs:
a. CKC blog (bottom background cardstock was pulled to be part of my April 2019 mini kit)
b. The small section of blue/green/white cardstock was also part of April 2019 CKC blog mini kit; LINK= https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/04/april-2019-mini-kit-reveal-and-projects.html
c. This blog posting will be shared on my Facebook accounts and with the group "Paper, Paper, Paper & DT calls"
d. Sketch design was tweaked from SNS/Sketches N Scrap #25 by Kelly H (gem dots instead of clouds; horizontal placement instead of vertical; sentiment area reduced to the small rectangle scrap section; circle grid area replaced with the rectangle 2 kissing fish image; and 2 flowers replaced with gem dots; my crayon wave textured paper replaces the yellow; the diagonal striped cardstock replaces the green; and the bling mesh replaces the gray ribbon seen on this provided sketch:

This sketch was the pre-crop challenge for SNS' Spring Fling Crop Event through Facebook in April. The deadline was April 30th...sorry...however Sketch N Scrap has a Facebook community and blog that have other card and scrapbook layout challenges going on throughout each month that you can get involved with.

e. current challenge until May 10th at Not Just Cards Challenge Blog: http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/04/april-challenge-and-results-of-march.html

f. current challenge #30 at A Inky Mess with theme of Just for Fun Anything Mixed Media goes...I've made my own background with 2 different textures and at least 6 different crayon hues + digital sentiment and image + cardstock + iridescent gems + mesh gems type 'ribbon'

LINK= https://ainkymess.blogspot.com/2019/04/challenge-30.html

g. Facebook closed group: Mixed Media Creativity

thanks for reading my blog post and seeing what I created for design team inspiration for TCCC blog! This is my 2nd DT creation for them! Use the TCCC link up above to take you there so you can see what the rest of the crew created and get more details about this particular challenge and how to participate as a crafter.

Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S