Featuring FQCB #44 Winter Sports theme PLUS collab with DTCB project for 14 Jan 2024

 Welcome to Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity blog!

purpose: this posting features the new #44 theme at FarmQuest as we go with a wintertime country sports theme WITH collaboration Double Trouble Challenge Blog's to create an embossed or stenciled background

when: #44 launches on January 14, 2024 at 12 am central time/Chicago for 13 days

what: Bright and Festive Santa and his Sleigh card (dry embossing/texture rubbing of giant snowflake for snowy background)

notes:

1. green and white buffalo plaid cardstock = The Paper Studio

2. creamy ivory cardstock for the snowflake embossing panel = Neenah

3. 4 die-cuts (house, sleigh, Santa, and 'festive' mini banner) = Bella Blvd. (NEW)

4. giant snowflake stencil/embossing plate = ? have had for years

5. blue colored pencil, buffalo plaid fabric ribbon (used for heart) = stash

6. Dark Blue alcohol dual-tip marker = Arteza for edging

where: FQCB #44 main post launch link=

https://farmquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/fqcb-44-winter-sports-theme-plus.html

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other places to share/link are=

A. Art Impressions; current for about 3 more days; anything goes

link= https://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2024/01/clean-slate-challenge-366-week-2.html

B. Time Out challenges; current for about 3 more days; theme is new; my card's new items are the die-cuts and the bright pink with white large dots print cardstock

link= https://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/01/challenge-254-new-introducing-new.html

C. A Barrel of Monkeys; current; theme is a sled as the game/toy inspiration; my card uses a red sleigh instead of a sled; I've used the red and black plaid seen in the blog photo as a heart accent; and I have lots of reds with the other die-cuts 

link= https://barrelofmonkeyschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-barrel-of-monkeys-challenge-11.html

image: 

D. Cut It Up; current; theme is "A New Year"/use something new; my card's die-cuts are new; just received after Christmas (gift to myself!!)

link= https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/01/cut-it-up-challenge-295-new-year-use.html

E. Allsorts Challenge; current; theme is Make Your Background; my card has the giant snowflake dry embossing texture rubbing panel

link= https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/week-763.html

F. Can You Handle The Pressure; current-started Jan 13; anything goes with dry embossing (not using the twist of snow people); my dry embossing/textured rubbing is snowflake for background for the house, Santa, his sled

link= https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2024/01/jan-13th-2024-anything-goes-with-twist.html

G. Double Trouble challenge blog; collaboration with FarmQuest; the dry embossing/textured rubbing giant snowflake background is for DTCB's theme; this is their home page link= 

link= https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/

H. Christmas Crafts All Year Round; current; theme is snowflakes; my card has Santa for Christmas time and a giant texture rubbed embossed snowflake background panel

link= https://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-challenge-snowflakes.html

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Still on a quest to creatively and differently express country living,

from a small rural town of 1,400 people,

Becca S

*owner of these challenge blogs: FQCB, FQGSCB, FQCCCB, and the new FQHSKCB; also HQCB, HQFCB (previously as TFATU), and the new HQCOLCB

**co-owner of these 2= AACB and CBCB (changed in Jan 2024 to "C or not BCB")

***manager of these 2= MTTC and MTTCC