My Time To Craft Christmas no 4 Theme of Christmas Flowers

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Oh, my artsy-crafty heart thought this theme was going to be easy-peasy! UGH! I know better! :) I shouldn't say or think things will be easy. The washi tape panel came together rather quickly last night, probably in about 10 minutes. 

Getting the right balance of a focal, especially for a Christmas flower, to contrast with the 3 different tape patterns/prints ended up being tricky. I've thought my stash of winter holiday embellishments and papers was extensive, especially considering some personal factors (house move from 3 hours away 4.5 years ago, a personal health event 3.5 years ago, and a house fire also 3.5 years ago) that almost wiped out my previous stash. After trying lots of options, I came up with this layered focal. 

The focal base is a silver glitter painted snowflake tree ornament I decided to use because of the curved lines I thought looked petal-y. A die-cut accented with a red gem was placed on top.

Foam squares are lifting the panel up allowing space for the wrapped cording.

I'm pleased with the result! Holly and berries, wreaths, trees, and greens are included in the washi tapes so suggestions made by Shell, owner of the MTTCC blog are met. 

Flowery Christmas card is my design team project for #4 theme fortnight challenge for My Time to Craft Christmas=

Link to the 4th theme challenge for MTTCC=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-4-christmas-flowers.html

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links to other challenge blogs:

a. Winter Wonderland challenge blog; Anything Christmas Goes; 6 days left to compete

link: http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/our-tribute-to-eileen-anything.html

b. Merry Little Christmas challenge blog; Anything Christmas Goes;

link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/mlccb-31-february-anything-christmas.html

sharing photo and/or my blog post link:

a. Mixed Media Creativity group in Facebook

b. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group in Facebook

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

MTTC Challenge Blog 19 Feb 2021 Tag It Theme

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Just received my 2nd Covid-19 vaccine this afternoon (teacher by day; crafter by night!!!) and I'm starting to get some mild symptoms, so this is going to be a short post for me. 

Thankfully this tag came together in about 30 minutes. It is large because my intention is to attach it to a jumbo gift bag. It's about 3"wide and 5.5" high. More details are mentioned a bit further in the posting. Visit MTTC to see what the other design team members created for your inspiration. Shell says it's okay to have a tag by itself or it can be used on a card--

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-451-tag-it.html 

"Tag it" theme for MTTC, My Time To Craft, challenge blog

fortnight length challenge time for #451

from 19 Feb 2021

Lacy and Lavender Love Tag = design team project for MTTC

Isn't this lovely? Made in about 30 minutes! The white cardstock base is recycled packaging backing for a set of stickers. I trimmed the top corners. The opening at the top was already there. The lace was tied and the ends looped back through. The vertical strip of patterned paisley paper is from The Paper Studio. The lavender lace, stickers, and silver doily have been purchased at Dollar Tree at different times in the past year or so. Lacy Lavender Love...

Link to MTTC's "Tag It" Theme=

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-451-tag-it.html

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link-ups to other challenge blogs:

a. Festive Friday's International Women's Day Inspo List

I've used a heart, some flowers, and the heart has glitter. 

https://festivefridaychallenge.com/festive-friday-challenge-ff0078/

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sharing my blog link or tag photo at these Facebook groups=

a. my personal profile

b. Mixed Media Creativity group

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

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design Team member of [1] My Time To Craft; [2] My Time To Craft Christmas; [3] A Place To Start; [4] Createful Heart Designs

and my goal is to launch within the month my first challenge blog called "Heart's Quest Challenge Blog"....

CHD Challenge Blog 15 Feb 2021 Month Anything Goes Theme

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart is thrilled to showcase this adorable image created by Mary, co-owner/designer of Createful Heart Designs! I selected the Hedgehog Happy Dance for my CHD design team inspiration project. I am needing lots of birthday cards for guys and gals from late February through early April and this one is so darling I just had to request it. I adore flowers so in the midst of super cold weather and lots of snow, this cute card is intended to brighten someone's wintery birthday!

Createful Heart Designs' digital image= Hedgehog Happy Dance for #29

link to the CHD Zibbet online store: 

https://marketplace.zibbet.com/createful-heart-design/hedgehog-happy-dance-digital-image-stamp

link to the February 15th CHD blog post #29= 

https://createfulheartcards.blogspot.com/2021/02/hello-and-welcome-to-challenge-29.html

more views of the card=

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design and vendor notes about the card=

a. sunflower journal card= Webster Pages

b. gems, butterfly, and gold glitter flower stick-ons = from my stash

c. papers and cardstocks = from my stash

d. CHD digital image was printed on white cardstock; colored with a combination of colored pencils and markers

e. papers and cardstocks (except base) have been edged with a dark green marker

f. green flat cardstock base dimensions 5" x 7"

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other challenge blogs and Facebook group where this card and/or blog link will be shared:

1. Use Your Stuff challenge blog; theme is My Favorite Thing Is...; I love flowers

link: http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2021/02/416-its-my-favorite.html

For those that really know me, my clothing, scarves, and jewelry contain flower(s)! Lots of patterned papers and cardstocks contain flowers. For this card, I kept the cardstocks as solid colors so that the flower on the image, the journal card, and the glittery stick-on would stand out. 

2. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog; theme is anything goes

link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/02/pennys-challenge-489.html

3. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group in FB; sharing site for crafting bloggers, DT members, and challenge blog owners

4. Mixed Media Creativity group in FB; small private group of artists and crafters to share mixed media projects

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Crafting in the super cold -23* weather with more snow in the forecast USA heartland,

Becca S

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

starting soon, my own challenge blog: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog