Loving the Country Charm of FQCCCB #4.5 Midway DT on 21 January 2024

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

Purpose: this posting showcases my love for country living through my newish challenge blog called FarmQuest Country Christmas! The theme guidelines go by what I refer to as Anything Goes Country Christmas (think outside Christmas decorations and/or wintery season landscapes; winter weather elements such as snowflakes, snowy mounds, etc.)

When: reminder posting is published on January 21, 2024; competition is an offset month having started on January 7 and will end on February 5, 2024

What: CARD format for #4.5= Tree with a sparkly and snowy night sky

closeup for the itsy bitsy gold glitter:

NOTES:

1. buffalo plaid cardstocks = The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby

2. the gray and white BPC has pale turquoise BG29 Arteza Everblend Art Marker applied for  the outer rows and sapphire blue B14 applied for the inner area

3. gold glitter acrylic paint

4. silver/holographic/gold accents, star/snowflakes, and "MC" dazzles/foil stickers = Hot Off The Press

5.tree was fussy cut from old gift wrap paper!!! recycled/upcycled

EXTRA inspiration project added: penguins tag

Notes:

1. base cardstock = (new) from paper pad Fruitcake and Tinsel by Fancy Pants Designs

2. lime green penguin is from a recycled/upcycled gift tag that I received this Christmas; just the main front panel used

3. red and white checked fabric (French-wire) ribbon, jute twine = D. T.

4. sentiment and penguin die-cuts = Bella Blvd

5. hologram snowflake = Pink Paislee

6. red and white plaid cardstock scrap = ? forget which paper pad it is from

Where: FarmQuest Country Christmas #4.5 midway link= 

https://farmquestcountrychrismaschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/01/fq-country-christmas-45-midway-post-on.html

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other places:

A. Christmas Crafts All Year Round; current; theme is snowflakes; my Christmas card has little silver metallic foil snowflakes (CARD)

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

B. Once Upon A Time; current; theme is Mr. Popper's Penguins; my tag features 2 penguins; the cover art has penguins and so do the inside pages (TAG)

link= https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-challenge-18-mr-poppers-penguins.html

C. If You Give A Crafter a Cookie; current; theme is image with cookies for warm winter wishes; this tag has 'wishes' and has Christmas/winter focus (TAG)

link= https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2024/01/cookie-challenge-188-january-winter.html

D. Classic Designs Challenge; current since Jan 15; anything goes (option of blue and ); my Christmas card has lots of blues, white, grays (CARD)

link= https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/classic-design-challenge-01-2024-janfeb.html

E. Crafts Galore Encore; current until end of month; anything goes (TAG)

link= https://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-2024-crafts-galore-encore.html

F. Crafty Animals; current for about 6 hours!!!!!; anything goes that includes an animal; my tag has 2 penguin images (TAG)

link= https://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2024/01/challenge-79.html

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Still on a quest to creatively show holiday country living,

Becca S

*owner/DT:

Farm Quest Country Christmas

FarmQuest General Store

FarmQuest

Heart's Quest

Heart's Quest Fantasy  (rename TFATU or The Fairy and The Unicorn; effective in 2024)

**co-owner/DT:

Ally's Angels

Christmas Bingo Challenges

***manager/DT:

My Time To Craft

My Time To Craft Christmas