My featured FQGS #25 DT cards with AFCG themes on 7 February 2025

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

why: This post focuses on my latest design inspiration projects with farm/country kind of topics, specifically forest/woodland for today's 2 projects. FarmQuest General Store challenges blog was started as a spin-off from the original that does specific request farm country topics and FQGS gives participants an opportunity to share their choices. 

when: FQGS #25 starts February 7 and ends March 5, 2025 with anything farm and/or country goes theme.

what: PROJECT #1: mushrooms-- "I have mush-room in my heart for you!"

notes for #1:

1. heavy kraft cardstock cut to 5" x 7" base [1-2 year old paper pad] = Colorbok

2. Sandcastle Tan cardstock panel = Martha Stewart via CutCardStock

3. Camping Plaid print paper cut to 4.5" x 6.5" = Recollections

4. mushroom and leafy stems print paper = from mixed design paper pad = Crafter's Square

5. Google Doc text with changing font and font size; printed then shaded with colored pencils and a couple of crayons; torn edges; divided in half; edges inked (same for the mushrooms and leafy stems)

6. string [very old], colored pencils, crayons = stash

7. cocoa brown ink pad [old] = Lawn Fawn

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what: PROJECT #2: Foxy 

notes for #2:

21. online search = The Fox in the Meadow poem written by Melody Hamby Goss; dated January 11, 2017; Used the first two stanzas

22. yellow cardstock cut to 4" x 6.5" panel = Neenah

23. everything else is the same as Project #1.

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where: FQGS #25 AF/CG theme blog posting

link =

badge for #25 = 

DT badge = 

other places to share/link are:

a. mushrooms = Word Power; new Feb 6; word/words to have impact; MY mushroom's card has lots of repeated expression text in varying fonts and font sizes

link = https://wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/02/word-power-february-2025-challenge.html

b. mushrooms = Creative Inspiration Challenges; new; anything goes; My mushroom's card has colored pencils, crayons, ink, string...

link: https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/02/creative-inspiration-challenges-23.html

c. mushrooms = Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges; started Jan 30; week 2 of 2; anything goes

link = https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2025/01/pennys-winners-588.html

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d. fox = Crafty Animals; started Feb 1; include an animal; This 2nd project posted features a fox

link = https://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2025/02/challenge-91.html

e. fox = Critter Crazy; started Feb 1; must include an animals/critter; This 2nd project posted features a fox

link = https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2025/02/challenge-95-anything-goes-with.html

f. fox = Neglected Stuff; new on Feb 6; use at least 1 old stuff; both cards have some string that is probably 20-30 years old!!! As I've been shifting different supplies around and trying various containers and arrangements, the 'toilet paper roll' shaped ball of string has caught my attention this week; thought it would be a good homespun element; also the brown Lawn Fawn ink pad is 2 years+ old...needs to be replaced but I like it's little square size! The heavyweight kraft cardstock is also past the 1 year old mark...still have a lot more sheets to use, too!   

link = https://neglectedstuff.blogspot.com/2025/02/kick-off-challenge-225.html  https://neglectedstuff.blogspot.com/2025/02/kick-off-challenge-225.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland; still flip-flopping from town to farm and back,

Becca S

* owner/DT = FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHSKCB, FQGGCB and FQCB; also HQCB, HQFCB at the old TFATU; HQCOLCB and HQFSCAT; AA; ConBC

* manager/DT = MTTC and MTTCChristmas

* DT member only = HAOOCAYR; Paper-Rocks-Scissors

~~fun farm memory from teen years: Spring Break of my senior year in high school was spent with an aunt and uncle; the uncle asked if I wanted to get up early and ride along as he takes some pigs to the stock market in Peoria, IL! After all these years, I've forgotten if it was at 5am or 6am but early for even my school day regular schedule! The drive wasn't that long, only 15 miles or so but the pig grunting serenade lasted the whole way there!

That same week, I was introduced to the sport of racquetball!!!! Oh my! I'm nearsighted and left-handed!!!! Not a good combination! Disastrous! My uncle by marriage and 2 guy cousins came along who are all right-handed and had played many times before this particular week way back when. 

This uncle's been very kind and generous to me through the years. He even took me golfing one time! 

At almost 88 years old now, he's still going ice fishing this winter!!!! Yikes!