My Time To Craft closing post on 22 August 2025

 MTTC's final good-bye

21 ways:

21 Different Goodbyes

Language	Formal	Informal
French	Au revoir	À plus tard
Spanish	Adiós	Chao
Russian	Dasvidaniya	Poka
Chinese	Zàijiàn	Bài bài
Italian	Arrivederci	Ciao
Japanese	Sayonara	Ja nee
German	Auf Wiedersehen	Tschüss
Portuguese	Adeus	Tchau
Korean	Annyeonghi gasipshio	Jal-ga
Arabic	Iilaa alliqa	Ma’a salama
Danish	Farvel	Hej hej
Swahili	Kwaheri	Baadaye
Dutch	Dag	Dag
Greek	Antio	Yah-soo
Polish	Do widzenia	Cześć
Indonesian	Sampai jumpa	Bai
Hindi	Namaste	Namaste
Norwegian	Adjø	Ha det
Turkish	Hoşçakalın	Güle güle
Hebrew	Lehitra’ot	Bye
Swedish	Hej då	Hej då

credit: chart from Babbel,com website

accessed on August 22, 2025

Our creative voyage started in mid-February 2008 and ended in late August 2025!!!

Current team members: Alyson, Granmargaret, Wendy T, Tamara, Pamela, Maria', Martina and Becca.

New themes post on every other Friday mornings and averaging 26 topics per calendar year. 

Separate bragging recognition posts have been done for many years so that usually doubles or almost doubles the postings that we've been doing recently.

  

***Special tribute to blog owner Shell Swinscoe for being an active part and keeping the 'doors' open at MTTC and even starting a sister blog to offer Christmas themes on alternating Friday mornings!!! We are truly blessed by your years of leadership and patronage!!! ***

Very first team members for first post on February 11, 2008 were: Kate T, Lesley and Wendy.

The very first theme was "Newspaper". 

Back then the blog challenges were posted on Mondays! 

Thanks to every design team member past or current!! Your creative flairs and visions for topics have inspired not only ourselves within the team but with the wider artisan crafting community of bloggers!!!

Thanks for every participant past or recent!!! Your interpretations of the theme topics helped to inspire the DT members and also others who participated or who have seen your project(s) indirectly through link-ups to other challenge blogs, FB groups, IG, etc.

The End.

August 22, 2025

My Time To Craft

 

MTTC #566 last theme challenge Top 3 Picks notice on 21 August 2025

My Time To Craft's #566 Top 3 Picks Announcement

#566 ended at 12am CST/Chicago or 6am UK on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

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Congrats to these 3 incredible craft artisans from 6 entries:  in order given by DT Alyson= 

Renate, Jackie and Sherri!

and

Our bragging rights badge for Top 3 Picks recognition:

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Here's a pictorial summary of the brilliant ideas for clear required supply usage entries picked for honors by DT Alyson.

In order given by entry:

Entry no.3 by Renate (clear pearls)

and

Entry no. 6  by Jackie C. (embossed vellum)

and

Entry no. 2 by Sherri T. (clear glossy accents/paint on the feeder)

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These are awesome clear item-usage cards! Outstanding!

Thanks to the 6 entries who honored us by submitting their creative projects for #566 and being part of our last challenge!

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#566 is the final theme challenge for MTTC. Owner Shell S made the decision to close the blog and it's sister blog MTTCC when the current challenges were finished. Official last blog posts for both will be posted on August 22nd. 

We appreciate everyone who has been part of these creative endeavors through the years. 

Making time to craft year round,

MTTC Design Team,

 Alyson, Wendy, Tamara, Pamela, Maria', Martina, Granmargaret and Becca!

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MTTC closing announcement

 Announcement:

MTTC or My Time To Craft 

will be closing at the end of current challenge #566. 

#566 theme with a clear item(s) challenge closes at 12 am/midnight CT/Chicago or 6am UK on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

A top 3 picks bragging rights post will be published sometime on August 21, 2025 and a final good-bye posting will follow sometime after that. 

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Thank you so much for supporting us through the years as we've presented theme challenges on every other Friday. 

--on behalf of the current design team members and owner Shell S,

manager/DT Becca S

August 13 , 2025

MTTC #566 Theme is to use a clear supply item on your card starting 8 August 2025

 Greetings! Welcome to MTTC's Theme #566!!

Theme #566 is "use clear elements". (acetate, vellum, clear gems, etc.)

This is our 3rd supply theme for this new series.  

Please make time to craft #566.

Competition runs Aug 8-21, 2025 with start and end time references of 12am CST/Chicago and 6am UK.

Bragging rights are possible for Top 3 (1-40 entries) or Top 5 (41+).

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Our worldwide design team has crafted terrific cards for #566=

Topic is suggested by DT member Alyson so her project leads the way: 

DT member Alyson = Canada

and

DT member Wendy = Spain

and

DT member Tamara = USA

(project was submitted early; she's on a short-term break so no direct personal blog link)

and

DT member Pamela =  USA

sentiment is on vellum

and

 DT member Maria' =  Spain (acetate)

and

NEW DT member Martina = Czech
(acetate)

and

DT member Becca S = USA

using a partial clear/peach diagonal stripes and banner acrylic overlay + 3 clear gems

and

DT member Granmargaret = Australia

I used clear music overlay over pink paper

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Thanks, gals, for crafting a mix of clear item-fab creations! Super!

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Now, readers, it's your turn to craft, blog, and enter #566. Use this Inlinkz tool address to participate--

LINK=

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/1891c8805dd5450f8bacc24cb3dac1e2

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Very IMPORTANT Announcement:

post edited on August 11th at 1 pm CT/Chicago ==>

MTTC blog owner Shell Swinscoe and I/Becca, blog manager are announcing that MTTC blog will be closing after #566 ends on August 21st. 

Thanks to all current and past readers, participants and former DT members who have supportive and inspired us to keep offering a new theme challenge every other Friday for many years. 

Auld Lang Syne:

Auld Lang Syne

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Robert Burns

1759 –

1796

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

     Chorus:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
     For auld lang syne.
     We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
     For auld lang syne.

And surely ye'll be your pint stowp!
And surely I’ll be mine!
And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

     Chorus

We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou’d the gowans fine;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,
Sin’ auld lang syne.

     Chorus

We twa hae paidl’d in the burn,
Frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
Sin’ auld lang syne.

     Chorus

And there’s a hand, my trusty fere!
And gie’s a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll tak a right gude-willie waught,
For auld lang syne.

     Chorus

This poem is in the public domain.

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Making time to craft all year long,

MTTC's design team of Alyson, Wendy, Tamara, Pamela, Maria, Martina, Granmargaret and Becca.