Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity

  Howdy! On this personal blog I'm featuring the new theme for FarmQuest Challenge Blog. It's 1 of 2 that I started earlier this year. Theme #15 requires 1 of these 3 options: *fish *fishing equipment (items like rod-n-reel, lures, creels, tackle boxes) *boat These outdoor lake/pond/stream or even ocean fishing topics would be great for masculine birthday cards, scrapping adventures, etc.  My youngest nephew has been fishing off and on going with a town buddy and this kid's grandpa. I was hoping he would join the bass fishing team at his high school last year but he declined. Maybe he will join this spring during his last semester!??! FQCB design team member Dottie has a wonderful card crafted for this theme, so make sure to use the link to see her project! FQCB link (Theme 15 for October 28-November 13)= https://farmquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/fqcb-theme-15-fish-or-fishing-equipment.html ___________________________________ other challenge blogs and Facebook groups ...

  Heartfelt Greetings to my personal blog showcasing design inspiration projects made for my 2 challenge blogs: Heart's Quest and FarmQuest. This posting is for Heart's Quest Color Heart #9 theme: *use at least 1 orange heart shape AND *use at least 1 purple heart shape Sounds simple enough. Correct! Easy peasy!  HQCB competition launched October 28th, 2022 at 12:30am CT/Chicago and will end on November 13th, 2022 at 12:30am CT/Chicago time (or 6:30am UK). Here's my design inspiration layout: Design notes and vendors: a. checked gingham papers= Hot Off The Press/Paper Wishes website b. floral patterned cardstock--too old--in stash a very long time c. half circle die-cut (I cut in half) from a Simple Stories card kit d. "True Love" stamp = Sum More Fun/Raisin Boat e. text strips of forgiveness and forgiven = Creative Devotion f. the Matthew 26:26 verse with image photo = Scripture-images.com website _________________________________ Heart's Quest Challenge Blog...

  Welcome to my personal blog to feature inspiration projects made for Heart's Quest and FarmQuest challenge blogs owned by me. Yes. HQCB started in late February this year and FQCB began one month later.  HQCB's Love Theme #8 requires the word 'love' (a verb tense or another language equivalent) PLUS at least 1 animal (or animal print design) image.  Some examples for each would be: beloved, I love you, Mi amore, charity, agape, We're loving .... and paw prints, claw marks, zebra stripes/skin, tiger stripes/skin, and any non-human animal you'd like Competition started October 14 and ends October 27, 2022.  For the main launch post I used a zebra stripe patterned heart stamp. For the reminder post, I've featured some very old Sunday School/VBS children and pets stickers along with some plastic die-cut animals for a toddler's birthday card= Some design and vendor notes: 1. top folded kraft cardstock for the base 2. green print background cardstock is fro...

  Howdy! Welcome to the blog and a visit to the farm, FarmQuest Challenge Blog design inspiration reminder project, that is!!! I own 2 challenge blogs--FarmQuest and Heart's Quest--and this personal blog showcases plus promotes my design inspiration projects with hopes of gaining attention of other DT members for other challenge blogs as I connect through link-ups.  I made time before the reminder post launches to create a tag with 1 of 2 textiles required for Theme #14--burlap . The other option is denim.  THANKFUL--thank you tag isn't this a great Thanksgiving tag/bookmark or appreciation gift tag for a special friend?!!?!!! Design notes and vendors: 1. 3 cording colors and twine were looped and left long enough that this could be added to a wreath, a gift bag, or used as a bookmark 2. the Thankful panel was cut with decorative scissors from an American Greetings card (5 cards for $2) at Dollar General, purchased just this afternoon, Oct 19!!! How's that for fate?!!! 3....

  Howdy and Heartfelt Greetings! This posting will feature a Scripture Journal Writing Entry using current HQCB and FQCB themes along with 4 other challenges! There are 7 groups/ 9 blogs that will be acknowledged! ( I think I got that figured out correctly!??!!!) + = + = + = + = + = + = A. Christian Card Makers ~ Women's Fellowship group; October 2022 Inscribe the Word's Day 17 verses; month's theme is forgiveness; Luke 7: 46-47; I found the cross-reference verse photo image for verse 46 so that's why I chose only to handwrite verse 47. B. Heart's Quest Challenge Blog's Love Theme #8 (use the word 'love' and an animal; MY layout has "my love" stamped and several animals) link=  https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/hqcb-love-theme-8-with-love-and-animal.html C. FarmQuest Challenge Blog's Theme #14 (use denim and/or burlap; MY layout has a burlap printed ribbon that I reversed because I thought the white was too stark; I think th...

  Heartfelt Greetings! My heart is going wild for this new theme at Heart's Quest!!! Yes! Love Theme #8 requires *the use of the word 'love'; can be a verb form (loved, loving, loves) or another language equivalent like agape, charity, amore', etc. AND *an animal image or animal print design <3  **  <3  **  <3 My inspiration card goes with a zebra print that is part of a stamp= I met the requirements with the sentiment that is a combination of a stamp and then handwritten sentence: "Wild Thing--I think I love you!" and with the zebra design print heart surrounding the small central heart stamp ( Sum More Fun ) {NBUS: stamps purchased 2-3 years ago but this was the very first project to use the zebra heart stamp and "Wild Thing <3" stamp} ***************************** Heart's Quest Challenge Blog's launch/main posting released about 21-22 hours ago Love Theme #8 link=  https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/hqcb-love-th...

  Hi!, ya all!,  via FarmQuest Challenge Blog's new Theme #14 Inspiration cards! This personal blog showcases and helps me promote the projects from my own 2 challenge blogs: FarmQuest and Heart's Quest.  FarmQuest #14 is about burlap and/or denim! Competition runs October 14-27, 2022.  I did 1 card with burlap ribbon and then 1 card with a denim print paper background. Golden Sunflower Thank You card; Vendors: the gold dazzle metallic foil sticker "thanks" is from Hot Off The Press/Paper Wishes website; specialty paper, burlap ribbon, and large gold sunflower are from Dollar Tree; the 2 enamel dots are from Craft Consortium other challenge blogs for this card/blog link: 1.  Double D challenge blog ; started Oct 5 with 2 days left; Theme is Octoberfest; sunflowers, burlap, beige/kraft, gold are in Card #1--October/autumn link=  https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2022/10/octoberfest-challenge.html   2. NBUS; Never Before Used Schtuff challenge blog; Octob...

  Howdy! And Heartfelt Greetings as this post features Heart's Quest Color Heart #8 Reminder Projects  and FarmQuest Theme #13 Reminder Card!!! <3  **  <3  **  <3 I'm owner Becca S and these design inspiration projects are mine.  (I'm looking for interested craft artisans to be DT members or Guest Designers! Comment your interest on this posting and/or email me a short craft bio profile to: heartsquestbybecca@gmail.com) FarmQuest's Theme #13 Reminder Card There are 4 options to choose from or you can mix any combination of the 4. I've used a camper trailer, and a hobo campfire scene along with the smores image to recall living and loving lake life through camping!  and over at Heart's Quest: Heart's Quest Color Heart Theme #8 (use at least 1 brown heart shape AND at least 1 yellow/gold heart shape) Reminder bookmark and  a birthday card (I heart cake!) *this was a labor of love! --the specialty patterned paper's connecting lines was ...