Welcome to Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity!
why: This posting features my newest DT/owner inspiration projects for FQGS or FarmQuest General Store, a challenges blog. The theme for FQGS is coded as AFCG which is Anything Farm and/or Country Goes. Basically, think of rural, remote, country mostly outdoors kinds of items, animals, settings like lakes, rivers, creeks, ponds, mountains, hills, canyons, backyards, parks, campgrounds, forest animals, farm animals, fish, frogs, insects, meadows, corrals, barnyards, etc.
when: FQGS #34 starts November 7 and ends on December 5, 2025
what: Project #1: Anything Bugging You? card
how-to & vendor notes for #1:
1. green cardstock base approx. 4.25" x 5.5" = Pen + Gear
2. harvest yellow and white print scrap = SU
3. plaid paper scrap = Recollections
4. peach/neon orange cardstock scrap = Astrobrights/Neenah
5. kraft punched circle cardstock = Colorbok
6. Walnut/brown mini stamp pad = Lawn Fawn (for edging)
7. Med. brown retractable marker pen = Zebra Clickart
8. Jen Hadfield's Live and Let Grow ephemera = beetle die-cut
9. tiny butterfly and 2 tiny bees stickers = K & Company's Antique Garden sticker book (2021; however new for me)
10. green foam butterfly sticker = The Simple Life foam stickers from Simple Stories
11. handwritten sentiment = cursive = first in black ink pen (stash) and then topped with the med. brown marker pen
where #1 will be linked:
1A. Ellibelle's Garden Party; only a few days left; this is my 3rd entry = project #1 on this posting has bugs/insects that are commonly found in gardens with all three types being able to fly in and out of gardens whether flower gardens or vegetable/fruit gardens
link = https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2025/10/ellibelles-garden-party-no-8-anything.html
1B. Triple B -butterflies, birds, blooms; new on Nov 3; theme is title; My project #1 on my personal posting has insects including a green foam thicker butterfly and a little sticker butterfly in the lower left corner
link = https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2025/11/november-2025-challenge.html
1C. A Place To Start; new on Nov 3; anything goes theme with opt of something new; the bees and butterfly stickers are my newest items for me; in a recent purchase from Peachy Cheap website; printed in 2021 but I received in late 2025
link = https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2025/11/november-2025-anything-goes-woptional.html
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what: Project #2: faux lake or river scene birthday card
how-to & vendor notes for #2: card is 6.5" square
21. wallpaper looking print cardstock used for base = unbranded/old; bought in 2009 or 2010
22. blue tonal stripes print paper = Dots and Lines Six by Reminisce;
23. two sentiment foam stickers = The Simple Life collection by Simple Stories; also the Queen Anne's Lace plant die-cut ephemera
24. trout, snail, leafy stems, sun & kayak die-cut ephemera = Jen Hadfield's Live and Let Grow (2021)
25. 'hb' stamp = came in unbranded set of mixed sentiments
26. Walnut brown mini stamp pad + Fish Tank blue mini stamp pad = Lawn Fawn
27. gray and mid-brown retractable marker pens = Zebra Clickart (for coloring the white margin/edges of die-cuts
where #2 will be linked:
2A. Krafty Chicks; new on Nov 6/week 1; birthday theme; My project #2 faux river or lake scene is stamped with 'happy birthday'
link = https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/11/krafty-chicks-challenge-793-birthday.html
2B. Word Power; new on Nov 6; theme is blog title= power in the words/large or many; all three projects in this posting have word power but I'm sharing the faux river/lake scene birthday card = "small moments" text, "happy birthday" text and "live a good story" which I thought worked well together
link = https://wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/11/word-power-november-2025-challenge.html
2C. Girlz Make Guyz Cards; new on Nov ; theme is masculine birthday; This faux river/lake scene has a kayak, trout, a snail, a sun to suggest a nice day to be outdoors which guys love; card is stamped with "HB"
link = https://girlzmakesguyzcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/challenge-33-verjaardag-voor-een-man.html
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what: Project #3 = Fox, flowers and leaves autumnal thanksgiving card:
(autumn leaves, harvest, thankful (2) and grateful on the little tickets/labels)
31. white cardstock 6" square = Art Skills
32. inks that were dabbed using wadded paper towel strips = Lawn Fawn mini stamp pads (Walnut, Narwhal, Guava and Pumpkin Spice)
33. also another ink color that was also dabbed on = Hero Arts black stamp pad
34. the two washi tapes, the little banners stacked together and puffy fox sticker = from the Farmstead Harvest collection by American Crafts
35. the golden yellow and white puffy flower stickers = Crafter's Square
36. Goldfish alcohol marker = Arteza (for the Bible verse coloring)
37. white cardstock used for the Bible verse (2 verses typed in 2 column tables Google Doc) = Georgia Pacific
38. layered embossed leaves = ?/unsure; they've been in my stash supplies for many years; these two might be the last ones...but who knows with as much inventory that I have! :) ...which really surprises me because 8 years ago we had a house fire and I lost maybe 40% of what craft supplies I had at the time. I had to get a new computer back then (same one using today, I think) because with the heat and smoke, all the electronics were deemed ruined. I've been blessed by several online friends sending supplies to help me! <3 My sister even has gifted me with some scrapbooking papers. When teaching several parents gave me gift cards to Michaels and Hobby Lobby!!!
Giving thanks!
where #3 will be linked:
3A. Inspired By; new on Nov 6; theme of sweaters (stacked); there is also a sketch; My thoughts for this project #3 were the stacked sweaters and I wanted to use several of those ticket/labels stacked together next to the leaves, fox and flower
link = https://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/11/inspired-by-sweaters.html
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3B. Crafty Catz; week 1 of 2; anything goes with opt of thank you/thanksgiving; My project #3 has a Bible verse saying 'give thanks' and some little tickets/labels saying thankful and grateful
link = https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2025/11/crafty-catz-704-anything-goes-thank-you.html
3C. If You Give A Crafter A Cookie; new on Nov 1; theme cookies are leaves or a large featured turkey cookie; My project #3 has leaves in each washi tape, a ticket/label that says 'autumn leaves' and then 2 layered pop-up style leaf stickers
link = https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2025/11/cookie-challenge-210-november-fall.html
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where to find FQGS #34 blog posting link =
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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S
* DT/owner: FQGS; FQCB, FQCCCB, FQHCB and FQGGCB; also HQCB, HQFCB, HQCOLCB and HQFSCAT; plus CCC; ConBC; and AA.
* DT member only = PRS
NOTE: two of my projects are square-shaped cards; those could be shared at HQFSCAT if I wasn't the owner. HQFSCAT is Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags and the theme is always anything goes on a shaped card or a shaped tag.
the only shape not allowed is a regular rectangle
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