THICC #128 starts 15 November 2022 DT inspiration card

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! 

My heart's excited to share another every other Tuesday Christmas card created for my design team commitment with The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge blog! 

#128 starts November 15, 2022. THICC always has Anything Christmas Goes each time for its theme/non-theme. 

Christmas Tree Farm card:

Some design and vendor notes: (1) Bo Bunny for the CTF cut-apart panel; (2) plaid vertical strip?; (3) the pine tree and deer print cardstock ?, I think it might be Pink Paislee; (4) the gold snowflake on clear plastic shapes are Pink Paislee; (5) stash items are green glitter foam tree stickers; black ink; stamp; and (6) the mauve left folded base card is from Studio G.

THICC #128 blog post link= (this will be edited in after release)

http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-128-anything-christmas-goes.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups:

A. ABC Christmas challenge blog; current; Letters W for White or X for x-tra special; MY card qualifies for extra special = the Bo Bunny cut-apart panel is gorgeous for the focal and those plastic snowflakes with gold metallic foil also add shine 

link= https://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/abc-christmas-challenge-w-andor-x.html 

B. Christmas Kickstart Challenge blog; current; Theme is Trees, Trees, Trees; and yes, MY card has trees

link= https://christmaskickstartchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-68-trees-trees-trees.html

C. Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge blog; current; Anything Christmas Goes; 

link= https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2022/11/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-27.html

D. Paper Crafting For Everyone group

E. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

F. Mixed Media Creativity group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

**I'm a DT member for these: THICC, MLCCB, MTTCC, MIUCB, MTTC, AACB, and OUAT

as well as owning these 3 challenge blogs: FarmQuest and Heart's Quest; also as of this week, I've been granted ownership of The Fairy and The Unicorn

MTTCC #47 Theme is Elves or Gnomes starting 11 November 2022

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! As I keep saying every 2 weeks, my heart gets excited about crafting Christmas cards! This one is no exception. The layout did bother me a bit but instead of doing a horizontal, my focal image appeared better to me in a vertical slimline form.

My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog's #47 theme requires elves or gnomes. It's okay to use just 1 like I have. Online talented friend Mary Smith (Createful Heart Design) drew this adorable envelope- holding gnome. 

Gnome/Gnomie featured focal Christmas card:

Some design notes and vendors about this card:

1. slimline light tan/sand cardstock base is 4" wide x 8.5" high

2. 3 other solid color cardstock scraps are from stash

3. Createful Heart Design/Mary Smith for the gnome digital image; black fine marker borders were added by me; also little white and silver snowflakes (Hot Off The Press) were added by me; colored by me

4. candy cane patterned paper is from The Paper Studio

5. "MC" green foil/metallic dazzle/lettering and medium white and silver snowflake are from Hot Off The Press available at The Paper Wishes website

6. an old white stamp pad was applied with smearing motions in order to give the paper scraps' edges a snowy touch

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MTTCC #47 blog link=  https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2022/11/mttcc-47-theme-is-elves-or-gnomes.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups to share this card/blog link=

A. The 12 Months of Christmas Link-ups challenge blog; November 2022; Anything Christmas Goes with the option of patterned paper; MY card has candy cane patterned paper

link= http://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-94-anything-goes-christmas.html

B. Inspired By challenge blog; start date November 10; gnomes photo inspiration; there is a sketch too but MY card just features a cute gnome

link= https://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/11/inspired-by-gnomes.html

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C. The Fairy and Unicorn challenge blog; current competition month/November; anything with a fantasy/mystical/magical creature; MY card has a gnome

link= https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-2022-challenge-blog-closing.html

D. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog; current competition started 11/9/22; anything goes

link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/11/pennys-challenge-534.html

E. Mixed Media Creativity group; digital image colored with combination of glitter paint pens, colored pencils; black fine-tip marker for outlining of digital image; little snowflake 'dazzles' and the "MC" dazzles; white ink applied to the solid colored scraps' edges; 

F. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

G. Slimline Cards Obsessed group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

I'm a DT member for My Time To Craft Christmas and its sister blog, My Time To Craft

and also for these: MIUCB, MLCCB, THICC, OUAT, AACB

along with owning these 2 challenge blogs: Heart's Quest and FarmQuest

Ally's Angels #64 DT card for 10 November 2022 launch

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart's excited to show a card with some mixed media elements that I made for my November commitment for Ally's Angels Challenge Blog. It is an Anything Goes type challenge. 

I initially had thought to do a Thanksgiving or Christmas card but then decided to do a thinking of you style card. 

"Just A Note" card=

Take a look at the chevron white and burlap ribbon piece serving as a faux vase/pocket. I took a magenta marker and carefully went over the burlap (plain) 'stripes' so the colors would work better with the patterned papers. 

The sticks were longer on the jade glitter flower and butterfly. I just cut them to a size fitting this slimline card. I found these and some lavender ones in a wedding supply section at Dollar Tree about 6 or so months ago. FUN!

I little gold leaf 'dazzle' sticker was applied next to the flower stick/stem. The stamped sentiment needed some help. The stamp is on a wood base and is skewed. I tried to push it around but it's still a bit off and then I used a combination of red and orange inks but they were just too light on the patterned papers. So the magenta marker got used to outline and then red and orange colored pencils were used to fill in "NOTE". 

Ally's Angels #64 link= https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-64-winner-and-top-picks-from.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups to share and link this card/blog post are=

A. Word Art Wednesday challenge blog; keep it uplifting; 

link= http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2022/11/anything-goes-weeks-569-570.html

B. Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog; November; Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle theme; MY card has the glitter posy and butterfly

link= http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-challenge-sparkle-sparkle.html

C. Fab N Funky Challenges blog; Shades of Blue theme; MY card has some teal/jade with some more blue and some more green plus there are blue tonal stripes in an accent patterned paper

link= http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-560-shades-of-blue.html

D. Slimline Cards Obsessed group

E. Mixed Media Creativity group (the jade/teal green glitter posy and butterfly were found in the small wedding supplies section of a Dollar Tree store back in March of this year, I think; available in lavender, too); stamping; inking; colored pencils and markers used after the sentiment was stamped; and magenta/bright pink marker applied to the natural burlap chevron striped areas to repeat that hue to keep the card cohesive

F. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*Besides being part of AACB design team, I'm also a member of these: MIUCB, MLCCB, THICC, OUAT, MTTC, and MTTCC

and I own 2 challenge blogs: HQCB and FQCB