Loving my HQCOLCB #10.5 Midway Extra Inspirations on 15 October 2024

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

purpose: this post showcases my extra inspiration owner/DT projects for Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love Challenges blog! BEWAS are my coding of the main themes open each month which are: birthdays, engagements, weddings, anniversaries, and sympathies/condolences. The October optional event theme is Thanksgiving (or thank you). 

when: #10.5 is the midway posting on October 15; #10 started October 2nd and will end on October 31st

what: PROJECT #1 = Country Charmer Wedding card

notes for #1 = In the midst of lots of autumn tone colors, I'm finding this country charm wedding card to be very pretty! :)

1. blue cardstock base = Neenah

2. red floral, light blue with tiny red flowers, and woodgrain papers = 2019 Fancy Pants Designs (new purchase and usage; clearance)

3. blue and white checked paper = Simple Stories (2019, also)

4. two cut-a-part mini cards = old; either Webster Pages or My Mind's Eye

5. layered flower stick-on = K and Company (new purchase and usage)

6. the tiny navy blue heart sticker and 'our story' strip = Brighton Beach? Bo Bunny?

7. tiny gold puffy dots = Recollections (new purchase)

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what: PROJECT #2 = Thanksgiving/Giving Thanks

notes for #2 =

21. base orange with white dot print paper = SU

22. leaves and feathers print cardstock = Recollections

23. 2 glitter leaves and 'give thanks' stickers = ?; sheet was not in its original packaging; I bought maybe 2-3 years ago

24. wood die-cut owl (added orange glitter paint pen) = Crafter's Square

25. strip of gems = forgot to look at packaging; new purchase

26. foam tape applied under the feathers/leaves cardstock to add some depth

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where: HQCOLCB #10.5 reminder (Cupid Arrow Alert) posting

link = https://hqcelebrationsoflovechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/10/hqcolcb-105-cupid-arrow-midway-alert-on.html

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other places to share/link are:

A. Wedding = Love Those Pretty Papers; current; theme of Any Pretty Papers focused or opt of Halloween print or colors; MY wedding card has 4 paper prints for the large rectangle panel and 2 prints on the little cut-apart cards/2nd entry

link = https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2024/10/love-those-pretty-papers-october.html

B. Wedding = NBUS/Never Before Used Schtuff; started Oct 1st; on my wedding card 3 of the 4 prints on the large panel are first uses out of a paper pad that is old but new clearance purchase for me; and the same with the layered flower stick-on; old vendor product but new clearance purchase for me and first one for me to use out of the packaging; also the 2 little gold puffy dots (new purchase on Oct 12)/1st entry

link = https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2024/10/nbus-challenge-67.html

C. Wedding = Pin-spirational; started Oct 1/midway; theme for October is shapes; my wedding card has many rectangles plus 2 squares/3rd entry

link = https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/10/pinspirational-challenge-318-october.html

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E. Thanksgiving = Moving Along With The Times; started Oct 1/midway; theme of autumnal colors; MY Thanksgiving/give thanks card is full of oranges, yellows, browns, /1st entry

link = https://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/2024/10/challenge-171-autumnal-colours.html

F. Thanksgiving = Critter Crazy; started Oct 1/midway; include a critter; my giving thanks card has feathers (from an animal) and also an owl shaped wood die-cut

link = https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2024/10/challenge-91-anything-goes-with.html

G. Thanksgiving = The Crafting Challenge Blog; started Oct 1/midway; theme of Halloween or Fall season; in the USA, Thanksgiving Day is part of the fall/autumn season/2nd entry

link = https://thecraftingchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/halloween-fall.html

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Crafting creative love in the USA heartland,

Becca S

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