Featuring my FQCCCB #12 outdoors Christmas card for 7 Sept 2024

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

purpose: This posting focuses on the latest owner/DT contribution to FQCCCB or FarmQuest Country Christmas Challenges Blog. By 'country' we are referring to outdoors, exterior porches-yards-vehicles with holiday decoration, wintery weather, nature's creatures during the winter season, etc. The theme is always AGCC or Anything Goes Country Christmas.  

when: #12 starts September 7 and ends on October 5, 2024 for an offset month-long competition.

what: Nature is calling Christmas card


notes: base is 5" x 7"

1. kraft cardstock = Colorbok

2. ivory 'poinsettia' embossed specialty paper = stash

3. "Chocolate Chip" ink pad; also the "MC" stamp = SU

4. bird digital image = created by Mary Smith, a FQCCCB design team member

5. colored pencils, taupe/beige paper for branches, cinnamon specialty paper, = stash items

6. itty bitty gold stars, foil, 'dazzles'/stickers = Hot Off The Press

7. folk-art style heart punch = Emaginations

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where: FQCCCB #12 main launch post

link= https://farmquestcountrychrismaschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/09/fqcccb-12-anything-goes-country.html

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other places to share/link are:

A. Triple B; started Sept 3rd; theme of Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies; MY Christmas card features a bird (I colored it like a red-winged black bird but it might be a nut-thatch???); the ink embossed background specialty paper has poinsettias

link = https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2024/09/triple-b-september-2024-challenge.html

B. Craft-Alnica; current; theme is textured/embossing; MY Christmas card has an ink applied poinsettia embossed specialty paper (cream with brown ink)

link = https://craft-alnica.blogspot.com/2024/09/izziv-367-teksturna-srajcka.html

C. THICC/The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge; just hours from ending; Anything Goes Christmas theme; MY card has stamped "MC" and a rural country vibe with the bird, branches, embossed poinsettias

link =  https://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/challenge-168-anything-christmas-goes.html

D. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges; almost over/week 2 of 2; theme is anything goes

link = https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/08/pennys-challenge-579.html

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Still on a quest to creatively convey outdoorsy Christmas themes,

Becca S


* owner/DT = FQCCCB, FQGS, FQCB, FQHSKCB, FQGGCB, HQCB, HQFCB, and HQCOLCB

* co-owner/DT = AACB and Christmas or Not Bingo

* manager/DT = MTTC and MTTC Christmas

* DT member = HAOOCAYR


Comments

  1. Darlene September 10, 2024 at 7:26 AM

    Clever design Becca ... very pretty! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Triple B challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

    Darlene
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
    Co-Owner … Can You Handle the Pressure, Double D, Four Seasons, Peace On Earth, Stencil Fun, Simply Clean & Simple, Two Old Bats, Triple B, Word Power, Love Those Pretty Papers

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  2. AndrejaMSeptember 10, 2024 at 11:00 PM

    Lepo si uporabila teksturno srajčko na voščilnici. Hvala, ker sodeluješ pri CRAFT-alnici.

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  3. AndrejaSeptember 17, 2024 at 10:43 AM

    Lepo teksturno srajčko si uporabila :-)) Krasna voščilnica!
    Vesela sem, da ustvarjaš z nami v CRAFTalnici ❤️

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