Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity

  Heartfelt Greetings ! This 2nd post for tonight is to showcase the inspiration card I made for Heart's Quest Color Heart #8 Theme that was released about 22 hours ago!!! HQCB's new competition period is September 28 to October 13, 2022. Do a scavenger hunt through your arts and crafts stashes then come and create several entries for Heart's Quest!  Acceptable formats are scrapbook layouts, TN/calendar/planner spreads, bookmarks, tags, ATCs, and cards, so artisans you have lots of format options.  Color Heart #8 has a color duo of heart shapes to include--at least 1 brown heart and at least 1 yellow/gold heart. You get to pick the occasion/sentiment, layout, format, etc.  For the main posting revealed earlier today, my card is monochrome with yellow/gold tones and lots of beige and other various browns with a touch of black and smidges of white. The map print cardstock has led me to call this --- Wherever You Are In The World....hello! card = *C'est La Vie for the...

  Howdy! FarmQuest is venturing into outdoor country camping topics for Theme #13 ! I gave craft artisans lots of options: tent/camper trailer and/or campfire/firepit ...terrific for autumn season adventures and even for scrapbooking summer season adventures! (Northern Hemisphere! :) Southern hemisphere crafters would be opposite, correct?!!? Use at least 1 of the mentioned topics on your project. Competition started September 28 and ends October 13, 2022.  Anyhow, some die-cut ephemera from different vendors have helped me put together some cards that will be perfect to send to some friends who enjoy camping!  Here are my 2 cards in reverse order as shown on FQCB= details on vendors has been included on the FQCB post...all but the stream blue textured specialty paper which is from my stash details on vendors can also be found on the FQCB post...however the tent was white and I used 4 different colored pencils to make it more autumn-y! along with the front panel of the ...

  Heartfelt Greetings! Welcome to another featured card made for Heart's Quest Challenge Blog! Again it's for Love Theme #7 that requires the word 'love' and an image of flower(s) .  Deadline is 12:30am Central Time/Chicago on September 27, 2022. ********** <3  **  <3 I took time late into the night to create another inspiration card for HQCB's Love Theme #7 (include love & flowers). The metallic gold foil embossed woodgrain heart stick-on was the design direction for this card. Colors are different beiges and browns, pinks, and yellow/gold.  pale pink with metallic gold alpha tiles are Freckled Fawn brown with spots/dots cardstock = Webster Pages gold metallic floral woodgrain heart= Prima Marketing cording, tan and black cardstock bases are from stash Heart's Quest Challenge Blog: main https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/hqcb-love-theme-7-with-flowers.html reminder https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/hqcb-reminder-for-love...

  Heartfelt Greetings! Thanks for looking at this extra bonus card #2 that I've been able to make for my challenge blog, Heart's Quest! Its Love Theme #7 challenge is about using the word 'love' and an image of flower(s)! There are 3-4 days left for this theme depending on your time zone. 12:30am CT/Chicago on September 27, 2022. Love ya sympathy card-- Freckled Fawn alpha tiles; Pen + Gear planner stickers (ombre strips); Mint Berry paper pad from The Paper Studio; other items from stash Heart's Quest challenge blog main post https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/hqcb-love-theme-7-with-flowers.html reminder post https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/hqcb-reminder-for-love-theme-7-using.html ____________________ other challenge blogs and Facebook groups to share and show= A. We Love 2 Create mixed media challenge blog; August to Sept 2022; MY card has glitter foam hearts, ombre with hearts planner stickers, metallic alpha tiles in pale aqua/...

Howdy! Welcome to the farm--FarmQuest Challenge Blog's inspired extra bonus card for Theme #12! Theme #12 requirements are 2-3 options:  *porch furniture (something seen on a porch or deck) OR *quilt(s) OR *combine both porch furniture and a quilt(s) BONUS CARD #2 for design inspiration, I've made a simple riff on a quilt blocks in a 5 patch= scrap cuts of 3 patterned papers that came in the same paper pad; they've been in my stash for at least 3 years; the 2 small sentiment stamps are from Hampton Arts; a small tip black fine line marker was used to add stitch lines...easy peasy!!! FarmQuest's Theme #12 links: main https://farmquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/fqcb-theme-12-porch-furniture-and-or.html reminder https://farmquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/fqcb-reminder-for-theme-12-porch.html ______________________________________ other challenges and Facebook groups to connect this card to are: A. Paper, Paper, Paper & DT Calls group B. No Rules Creations Scra...

  Howdy! And Heartfelt Greetings from FarmQuest and Heart's Quest Challenge Blogs' owner, Becca S!  To save time, I'm going to share both cards I made for the reminder posts released 24 hours ago to feature her on my personal blog about FQCB and HQCB.   A bit of short history, HQCB was envisioned about 1 year ago however I felt like I didn't know enough technically about getting a challenge blog started. That changed in January when I took over the weekly management for 2 challenge blogs' that I've been on the DTs for.  Heart's Quest officially launched its first challenge on February 28th, 2022. And FarmQuest started 1 month later. Living in the USA heartland is part of the reason why I have 1 challenge blog called Heart's Quest. I also love the idea that your heart/soul quests for creativity.  FarmQuest News was an agricultural newspaper published and sold by my father in Missouri for many years in the late 1980s-1990s. I assisted him in typing/early w...

  With a happy and excited heart, I'm showcasing 2 cards made for Heart's Quest Challenge Blog! As owner of HQCB, we have a DT member taking a short break so I took my project made for the reminder post and used it instead for the main post on the 14th of September.  Love Theme #7 requires the use of the word 'love' along with at least 1 flower image.  So here's what was shared on HQCB's September 14th post: and here's an extra card made on September 18th for partial design inspiration using foam flowers found at Dollar Tree!!!: Oops! I didn't include love on here anywhere!!! It has flowers and bling  but not the love.......bummer There was another made today, Sept 18th that will be published early on the 20th in the reminder posting for Love Theme #7. Make sure to look for that. I've bought some embellishments lately that I've been experimenting with this afternoon that were used in the purple-white-orange card and some waiting to be shown.  Her...

  Howdy! FarmQuest's Theme #12 started September 14th.  I've been so busy with teaching kindergarten this past week and having some other DT commitments, I am just now taking some time on the weekend to get a post ready for the 19th and to also include an extra bonus card for theme #12 made on Sunday afternoon. The gold glitter tempera paint in the windows had to dry for several hours, so I didn't scan it until about midnight of 18th/19th.   Theme #12 has 2 options: porch furniture and/or quilt(s). You've got to have at least 1 of those topic images shown on your submitted entry(entries).  Here's what was showcased on September 14th in the reveal posting for Theme #12= This comfy cozy card has a bench die-cut and a scrap piece of a checkered paper to act as a faux quilt draped onto the bench.  Simple Stories' card kit provided all of the items except that faux quilt kraft and black checkered scrap paper.  and the EXTRA BONUS card made Sunday Sept 18th ...

  Heartfelt Greetings on behalf of Heart's Quest Challenge Blog! This personal blog posting showcases an extra bonus inspiration project for Heart's Quest's Color Heart #7 Theme with a Photo Prompt.  My criteria to interpret the photo is to have: *5 or more colors (tints or shades of hues are okay, too) *candy hearts styled with a letter, word, or phrase (like the little boxes of candy hearts sold before Valentine's Day) *hearts attached as a banner, string, garland like the photo ______________________ Deadline for Color Heart #7 ends at 12:30am on September 13, 2022. ______________________________________ My extra bonus inspiration project is a Wedding Card for a first cousin's daughter's wedding. Colors for hearts are: black, silver, gray (light, mid, & charcoal), light beige/sand, gold, shimmery ivory, and then white appears in several. BLESSED almost looks like a gown neckline or a necklace and earrings set on display Notes: base is the peachy beige 6...

  I hope this post brings a smile to your face! Heartfelt greetings for Heart's Quest Challenge Blog's Color Heart Theme #7! It ends at 12:30am Central Time on September 13, 2022.  There is a photo pic prompt to follow. My criteria of elements is to have: *5 or more colors (can be tones or shades of hue)  of candy heart shapes (with a word or phrase on them like those sold in little boxes for Valentines) *banner/string/garland Then you get to pick the colors, the sizes, sketch, occasion, and format (see rules for those accepted), etc.  It'd be fun to see this idea interpreted for Easter or Halloween time or another holiday, kid's birthday card or layout, encouragement, kids lunchbox note, spouse lunchbox note, etc.  Here's my extra Color Heart Theme #7 card: I chose to do different tones and a print for the heart colors and then alternated 2 small sentiment stamps on the hearts. I repeated the Thinking of You stamp for each bottom corner of this bright pink neo...