Welcome to Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity blog!
why: Part of rural living especially for farmers, gardeners, and those living a self-sufficient lifestyle, growing food crops, berries and brambles, animals for food are vital. Farmhouse kitchens, produce stands and farmers markets certainly come to mind, too, as a part of rural life. FarmQuest Grocery Game Challenges made a theme change in late January 2025 and the focus now is on the word 'grocery'. The game/theme is now "Anything Food Goes". This includes beverages.
when: #15 starts February 28, 2025 and ends on March 27, 2025.
what: Project #1 = Ice Cream and other Frozen Novelty Treats Birthday card
notes for #1:
1. frozen treats print paper = Beachside Boardwalk paper pad by Fancy Pants Designs 2023
2. base is Sandcastle Tan cardstock = Martha Stewart distributed through CutCardStock
3. black dual-tip marker for outlining = Art Skills
4. black ink stamp pad = Hero Arts
5. "HB" wood stamp = SU 2001; loops on lettering filled in plus went over/enlarged both words to make it more prominent
6. jumbo dots (from pack/set) = Crafter's Square
7. pattern for the small twist soft serve ice cream cone came from a coloring page = Super Coloring for Kids website; retrieved on Feb 8th, 2024; I enlarged the pattern by myself;
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what: Project #2 = Pineapple Tropical Paradise Mod Quilt Card
notes for #2:
21. not showing = pale yellow 6" square cardstock base = Art Skills
22. pineapple print, both palm leaf prints and palm tree print papers/designs = Palm Springs paper pad by My Mind's Eye 2018
23. "tropical paradise", pineapple, and "HEY" alpha stickers = Just Chill sticker pack collection by My Mind's Eye 2020
24. yellow notebook essay print paper = Simply Summer paper pad by Fancy Pants Designs 2019
25. gems and pink pearls from different packs/sets = Crafter's Square
26. Pea Green alcohol marker = Arteza
27. brown fine tip marker for underlining 'summer' on the yellow paper = stash
28. each paper's perimeter inked in cocoa brown ink pad = Lawn Fawn
29. outlining with black dual-tip marker = Art Skills
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where: FQGGCB #15 anything food goes theme blog posting
link = https://farmquestgrocerygamechallenges.blogspot.com/2025/02/fqggcb-15-starts-28-feb-2025-with.html
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other places to share/link are:
a. ice cream = Seize The Birthday; current; not doing the topping because the "HB" expression was stamped first and then I went over it in black marker to make it bolder
link = https://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2025/02/seize-birthday-300-no-stamping.html
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b. ice cream = Crafty Gals Corner; still open/midway; fill in the blank with pink theme; MY first project could be Yummy in Pink!!!
link = https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/02/challenge-264-fill-in-blank-pink.html
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c. tropical pineapple = Cardz 4 Galz; still open/midway; embellishments theme; This tropical card is full of embellishments: pearls, gems; pineapple sticker that I outlined; another 'tropical paradise' sticker outlined; additional sticker lettering outlined
link = https://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/2025/02/244-embellishments.html
d. tropical pineapple = Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap; new on Feb 25; feature at least 1 designer paper; I've got 3 and the reverse side of one of the printed papers, too, for this fun tropical patterned 'quilt' card
link = https://girlzcreativefunartofscrap.blogspot.com/2025/02/challenge-7.html
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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S
* owner/ DT = FQGGCB, FQHSKCB (anything kitchen or dining goes theme), FQCCCB, FQGS, FQCB; HQCB, HQFCB, HQCOLCB and HQFSCAT; AA; ConBC; and new official ownership on March 1 == Critter Crazy Challenges
* manager/DT = MTTC and MTTCChristmas
* DT member only = HAOOCAYR and P - R - S (debuted on Feb 2, 2025)
~~ farm and garden memories from childhood:
both my parents were farm kids but for my own childhood, the farm experiences were either when I was a baby, toddler preschooler or young adult into middle adult years; however other farming experiences at grandparents' farms or aunts and uncles came through childhood and teen years
my childhood home where I spent from age 5.5 years old until I went away to college and then coming back to for my breaks had 3 grape vines sectioned along some wire fencing for maybe 20 feet length!!!
The grapes ripened every year in late August to mid-September so not only was that time when each new school year started but also time to help mom gather them, mash/crush with the wood pestle, and helping her measure sugar, stirring, etc. to make grape juice and grape jelly.
YES!!!
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