March 2020 Week 2 or Tenth Christmas Card for 52 CCT using their color palette

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity and my posting dedicated to the 10th challenge in 2020 for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown! The blog has a 4 week rotation of themes/requirements so since this is week 2 of March it will be a color palette challenge: green, kraft, and white. Going through my stockpile, I decided to have a focal piece featuring 4 different washi tapes:

link= https://52cct.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-colour-challenge.html

Vendors/supplies:
a. yellow green flat card base 4" x 5.5": Darice (has a matching envelope)
b. dark green with mini green dot washi tape: My Mind's Eye
c. the green with plant/leafy branches washi tape: Pen + Gear (from a multi-pack set)
d. music washi tape: have had for too many years that I don't remember who or where purchased
e. mint green and gold stripe washi tape: I forget the collection but it's for a Christmas theme set purchased this past December
f. die-cuts have been punched out and separated from their collection that I bought about 14 or so months ago
g. the ornament cardstock is part of a collection/paper pad purchased this past December

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Challenge blogs and/or Facebook groups where you will see this card linked=
a. Use Your Stuff challenge blog; #393; Theme= Use your favorite embellishment; [don't you think using 4 washi tapes on 1 card would be an indication of a fave accent???!!!!!]
link= http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2020/03/393-use-your-favorite-embellishment.html

b. Jingle Belles; started March 13th; Fa-la-la-la-la Christmas music theme; [music staff decorative tape used]
link= http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2020/03/fa-la-la-la-la.html

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

d. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook; [my mediums were several washi tapes, die-cuts, cardstocks, glitter paint pen, and green gems]

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

and design teams besides 52 Christmas Card Throwdown that I'm committed to are:
A Place To Start
My Time to Craft
Scrapping 4 fun Challenges
The Crafter's Café Challenge

Anything Goes with Added Flowers Theme no 162 challenge for S4fC blog starting 13 March 2020

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity! I always enjoy trying different layouts and ways to present digital images so this DT project commitment reflects both of those creative interests. The digital image was printed on bright-type neon green which I thought would give a tropical emphasis. The unusual shape is another visual nod to Rachelle (S4fC) wanting to see added flowers for this new challenge. Glitter and metallic paints add to the vibrancy along with the purple glitter paper, foil-holographic  base for the butterfly sticker, and the 3 puffy flower stick-ons. Here is my tropics-inspired encouragement card=

#162 for S4fC design team project= oversized card using a digital image from sponsor, All Dressed Up, and the theme of anything goes with added flowers
link= https://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-162-anything-goes-add-flowers.html

The cream cardstock base is to add a light contrast to the bright green cardstock used for the image with the milk chocolate cardstock scrap adding a 'earthy' grounding to all the vivid colors. Creative Devotion is the company for the clear vinyl sentiment. 3M is the manufacturer for the bold chevron striped duct tape.

Prize sponsor is All Dressed Up:

More scanned views for the card:

click on this next one to see it enlarged to 'oo' and awe over all the metallics and glitter paints!

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link-ups to other challenge blogs or Facebook groups=
a. Penny's Paper- Crafty Challenges; #466; anything goes 2 week challenge still has a few days left
link= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-466.html

b. Not Just Cards; anything goes theme;
link= http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-challenge.html

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

d. Mixed Media Creativity group on Facebook [glitter and metallic paint pens; different types of stickers; glitter paper, cardstocks, duct tape, digital image, etc.]

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

design team member for Scrapping 4 fun Challenges blog/website/Facebook and these other 4=
52 Christmas Card Throwdown
A Place to Start
My Time to Craft
The Crafter's Café Challenge

March 2020 Week 1 or Ninth Christmas Card for 52 CCT using its sketch

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Today's post features #9-20 for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown blog which is for the 1st Saturday of March and our designated rotation for a sketch challenge.


For card #1 the focus was to alter the background area a bit of a small offset 2nd patterned paper and then have a dramatic focal=

I decided to focus on colors of kraft beige, metallic gold, and rose gold/pink for this card #2=

link for 52 CCT 9-20= https://52cct.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-sketch-challenge.html

Get all the details for the rules to participate, see the other DT crew's interpretations of this sketch, and more when you use the link to the challenge blog.

other scanned & cropped views w/o the watermark for #1=

Some design notes for #1=
a. patterned papers are from The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby
b. the dark red card base, 5 x 7, was purchased from The Paper Source
c. the silver glitter snowflake is an ornament
d. 2 colors of gems used for embellishments
e. some silver glitter paint (pen) was applied where the 2 patterned papers meet

another scanned & cropped view w/o the watermark of #2--

Design notes:
a. the gems are actually light pink
b. the alpha stickers were to sort of look like a tree shape and help fill the same spot shown on the sketch by the star
c. metallic pink foil is a strip from a Bo Bunny Christmas collection paper pad
d. if I have time I might try to create another card either with the layout in the same position or rotating it....

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups=
Card #1 (silver):
*The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up; Anything Christmas theme with optional twist: Ice Ice Baby {I've got the large silver snowflake and a lot of clear gems to resemble little ice chips.}
link- https://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-63-opt-twistice-ice-baby.html
*Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog; #20; March Anything Christmas Goes theme
link- https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/mlccb-20-march-anything-christmas-goes.html

Card #2 (gold):
*Jingle Belles; "Stuck on You"--using stickers theme; {on Card #2 I've used the alpha stickers in a format to sort stylistically look like a tree.}
link= http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2020/02/stuck-on-you.html
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and this posting will be shared at:
1. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group on Facebook
2. my personal profile on Facebook= Becca Morris Sadler


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

and besides being a 52 CCT design team member, I'm also part of the crews for these 4=
A Place To Start
My Time To Craft
Scrapping 4 fun Challenges
The Crafter's Café Challenge