Ally's Angels #66 DT card for 10 January 2023

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart's still jumpy and flummoxed over how quickly 2022 seemed to go by and the prospects of 2023! Ally's Angels Challenge Blog's #66 Anything Goes starts January 10th. I decided to do a Happy New Year card. 

I've found in the past 10 years or so, that sometimes I receive late Christmas cards from acquaintances or extended family members that I hadn't sent to and instead of creating a 'late' Christmas card, I'll make and send them something about winter wishes or for HNY. 

If you've followed my card-making in 2022, I did a free-form acrylic painting with 3 colors on white cardstock with some added gold glitter tempera paint that's been featured in several cards. Well, I've got another section of it (about 4.25" x 5.25") that I laid a varied star stencil over and added the same blue acrylic paint with a foam brush. Then I outlined each star with a small tip black marking pen. One foam blue and white snowflake for embellishment and gold lettering complete the card. 

Happy New Year mixed media card=

*white scalloped flat base card (with envelope) from set = The Paper Studio

AACB's #66 blog posting link=

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-66-challenge-65-winner-top.html

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other challenge blogs to share and link to are=

A. Dare 2B Artzy challenge blog; Jan 8 start; Winter Fun theme; My card has "HNY" sentiment and stenciled stars plus a snowflake

link= https://blog.dare2bartzy.com/january-challenge-winter-fun-2/

B. Crafty Calendar Challenge blog; Jan 7 start; Add a Sentiment theme; MY card has mixed lettering for Happy New Year

link= http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-2023-challenge-add-sentiment.html

C. Crafty Gals Corner challenge blog; Extended from Dec. 2022--just a few hours remaining; theme = Tis The Season

link= http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/12/challenge-238-tis-season.html

D. The Male Room challenge blog; January 2023; theme of galaxy and/or stars; My card has blue acrylic painted/stenciled stars over a swirled collage of pink, purple, and blue acrylic painted panel

https://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-170-galaxy-andor-stars.html

E. 613 Avenue Create challenge blog; January 2023; Anything Goes with option of  Winter theme; MY card has "HNY" lettering, snowflake, wintery stars

link= https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/01/202301-january-2023-anything-goes.html

and Facebook groups=

1. The Crafty Addicts group

2. No Rules Creations Scrap and Tell group

3. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

4. Mixed Media Creativity group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*I'm co-owner and a DT member of Ally's Angels; I'm also part of the DTs for these: MIUCB, MLCCB, THICC, OUAT, MTTC, MTTCC.

**I'm now owner of The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge Blog as well as FarmQuest and Heart's Quest Challenge Blogs that were started earlier in 2022. 

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other cards made with the pink/blue/purple/gold sheet=

Dec 10, 2022 for AACB

MIUCB July 1 to August 15, 2022

MIUCB November 1 to December 15, 2022

TFATU folk art angel inspiration card for 7 January 2022

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Well, I did this thing in November. I heard that there was a blog owner who announced that the November challenge would be its last. I asked if I could take it over and the owner agreed. Within 48 hours or less, we just about had everything updated and you will see some new themed cards/tags/journals starting with this January 7, 2023 posting. So what is TFATU? It's the acronym for "The Fairy and The Unicorn" Challenge blog. Deadline is January 31. 

Maybe you will see a Yeti/Sasquatch featured card sometime in 2023!!! This first design team inspiration card as owner features a folk art angel that was cut from Christmas gift wrap paper! 

Glory! Hallelujah! Christmas card=

*base left side folded card A2 purchased at JoAnn's Fabric Store; 

*text stickers are from Creative Devotion

*gems, white satin sheen specialty paper, decorative edged scissors, gold and green/antique gold stamp pads, and eye shadow (halo) are stash items

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The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge blog's January 7, 2023 post link=

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/tfatu-january-2023.html

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other challenge blogs I will link this to=

A. Sparkles Christmas challenge blog; sparkle/glitter + Christmas; MY card has shine of the gems/pearls, gold text strips,

link= https://sparklesforumchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/144-sparkleglitter-accents.html

B. Use Your Stuff challenge blog; Jan 3 start date; Stitching Faux or Real; MY card's upcycled/recycled gift wrap angel has stitching detail on it

link= http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2023/01/474-stitching-faux-or-real.html

C. The Paper Funday Challenge Blog; Jan 4 start date; Anything Goes with option of starry night; My card is an angel Christmas card

link= https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-2023-challenge-49-anything-goes.html

D. Christmas Crafts All Year Round; January 2023; theme of 1 of something or tree option; MY card has 1 angel that has been fussy cut out of a folk-art style quilt layout Christmas wrapping paper!!!

link= https://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-challenge-partridge-in-pear.html

E. Word Art Wednesday challenge blog; Anything Goes; 

link= http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2023/01/anything-goes-weeks-577-578.html

and Facebook groups for sharing are=

F. Paper, Paper, Paper, and DT Calls group; sharing

G. Mixed Media Creativity group; sharing; this card has eye shadow used for the halo effect; also some gold metallic ink pad, a green/antique gold ink pad, decorative scissors, gift wrap, specialty paper with a satin sheen, gems, little text stickers

H. Paper Crafting for Everyone group; sharing

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I. Special collaboration with Double Trouble Challenge Blog and TFATU; allowable entry; 

link= https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/Challenge-130.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*owner of these crafting challenge blogs: The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge; FarmQuest; Heart's Quest

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*co-owner of : Ally's Angels 

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*DT member of : My Time To Craft and MTTCChristmas, Merry Little Christmas, Mix It Up, The Holly and The Ivy Christmas Challenge, and Once Upon A Time

MTTCC Theme #51 DT inspiration card about favorite technique starts 6 January 2023

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! On this 1 of 2 personal paper-crafting blogs of mine, today's post is a Rootin'-Tootin' Drum Toting Christmas card for my DT commitment with My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog.

MTTCC Theme #51 is about using your favorite technique to make your Christmas card and then to tell us why it's a favorite in their blog post. The competition goes from January 6-19, 2023. Make sure to use the MTTCC blog link to take you over to the Theme #51 post in order to see what my crew-mates have made.

One of my favorite techniques is painting because I love adding a mixed media process into my projects. I've used some different approaches on this card. The lasered wood veneer of "MC" has a brushed layer of gray acrylic paint and then topped with a brushed layer of silver glitter paint and a top brushed layer of gold glitter paint. For the recycled kraft packaging panel that the lasered wood veneer was adhered to, some gray acrylic paint was smeared in different length strokes from left to right. The metallic glitter paints were applied with either dabs or small lines using the side/edge of the foam brushes. 

Rootin'-Tootin' Drum Toting Christmas card=

Some design notes:

a. The boy die-cut, the plaid with holly print strip on side, and the small triangle scrap cut on left gold corner are from Bo Bunny. 

b. gold snowflake dazzles/stickers are Paper Wishes website

c. the pinecone triangle scrap is from a Fancy Pants Designs paper pad; the wood button with pink resin center is from Fancy Pants Designs Cozy Christmas collection.

d. gold sheen cardstock started as 6" square and was cut down to a 5" square; Art Skills/Dollar General

e. base thick kraft cardstock cut to 5" x 7" is from Colorbok

f. the kraft cardstock panel that the wood veneer is attached to is recycled packaging

g. the paints and the wood veneer were bought at Dollar Tree

h. I'm using golds, kraft, and grays/silvers out of my January TGSB kit I made on January 1st. Lisa Hidy and Lori Stroup have partnered for a few years with a monthly challenge formula for building a 'work' kit to use. When the month is over, either roll items over into your next month's kit or put them back in your stash. It's been several months since I've built a work kit so I thought I'd try to get 3 maybe 4 Christmas card with this. TGSB links will be listed a bit later in the post. (The Great Stash Bash)

MTTCC #51 blog link=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/01/mttcc-51-theme-is-favorite-technique.html

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other challenge blogs to link-up are:

1. TGSB/Lisa H. at My Creative Endeavors = photo of my mini kit is shown below

Jan kit link= http://createdbylisa.blogspot.com/2023/01/lisa-loris-great-stash-bash-adventure.html

2. TGSB/Lori S at My Happy Life = photo of my mini kit is shown below

Dec kit link= https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/2022/12/lisa-loris-great-stash-bash-december-kit.html

Jan kit link= https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/2023/01/lisa-loris-great-stash-bash-january.html

3. ABC Christmas Challenge blog; has 2 days left; Y is for Youngster and Z is for Zoom; my card has a youngster on it that has his horn and carrying a drum

link= https://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/abc-christmas-challenge-y-and-z-are-for.html

4. Cardz 4 Guyz challenge blog; Winter theme; my card has snowflake dazzles, holly on the left side of the card; a tiny bit of pinecone scrap; "MC" lasered in a wood veneer; this is my 3rd entry/last for this theme

link= http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/2022/12/312-winter-theme.html

5. Christmas Crafts All Year Round challenge blog; started Jan 1; ends on Jan 31; Theme is 1 of something or a tree (like a partridge in a pear tree inspiration); my card has 1 rootin' tootin' drum toting boy

link= https://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-challenge-partridge-in-pear.html

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some Facebook groups to share the card photo and/or link for this post are:

A. The Crafty Addicts

B. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls

C. Mixed Media Creativity 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

Photo from kit of the mini kit pre-planned for this card: Note: yellow checked gingham, gold glitter dot, tree with deer print were not used. The green plaid's reverse side has the pine branch/pine cone print. The pinkish-red scrap only had a tiny triangle cut from the other end that was used. At the top of the photo's caramel brown with ivory dot print and the gray with white dot print were not used either. 

The whole kit has 12 photos with at least 6-8 cards planned out of it. 

Lisa and Lori Great Stash Bash challenge badge=