Welcome to Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity blog! --from rural north central Illinois!! YES! the American heartland!
Post purpose: this posting is for the newest offset monthly challenge for FarmQuest General Store challenges blog! #26. Always anything farm and/or country goes. Owl and feathers certainly fit into farm country rural settings, woods & forests.
when: #26 starts March 7 and ends April 5, 2025.
what: PROJECT #1= Under the Harvest Moon
notes for Project #1:
1. the peach looking cardstock base is actually neon orange; scanner light fades it to peach = Astrobrights neon pack; Neenah
2. yellow copy paper; torn and inked = Pen + Gear
3. owl and feathers came from 1 sheet; part of a mixed forest animals paper pad = Crafter's Square
4. orange and yellow watercolor triangle print paper = Art Skills
5. 2" circle punch = EK Success tool
6. black gel marker pen = Zebra (for the barbed wire looking doodling)
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what: PROJECT #2 = Greenhouse lavishness!
notes for #2:
21. pink cardstock 6" square = Art Skills
22. the yellow with roses patterned paper cut into strips = very old hoarded paper by ?/ I believe it's My Mind's Eye
23. two little heart/love striped cut-a-part cards = very old patterned paper from Webster Pages
24. the rubber tree clipart image was black and white free download = ClipArt Library website; free for personal usage
25. two green tone colored pencils and a cappuccino tone colored pencil to fill in the rubber plant and its planter pot = stash items
26. black outlining of the clipart image = dual tip black marker = Art Skills
27. coppery gold-brown gel marker pen used to cross-hatch fill the heart with green and white stripes little card and to write "Bloom" = Zebra gel marker pen (4 pack set with 3 colors of ink: coppery gold, black and silver)
28. the beige and green plant textured stickers = Crafter's Square
where: FarmQuest General Store
theme badge= #26
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other places to share/link are:
A. owl = Crafty Catz = new on Fri March 7; anything goes
link = https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2025/03/crafty-catz-challenge-689.html
B. owl = Crafty Animals = started March 1; anything goes including an animal, insect; MY first shown project has an owl
link = https://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2025/03/challenge-92.html
C. owl = Word Art Wednesday = this is week 2 of 2; anything goes that is uplifting and encouraging; The owl card doesn't have a sentiment but will be used for happy mail, an encouragement card
link = https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2025/02/anything-goes-weeks-689-690.html
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D. plants = TGIF; new on March 7; color challenge; MY card contains these 3 colors
link = https://tgifchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/03/tgifc515-color-challenge.html
badge =
E. plants = Triple B; new on March 3; theme on 3Bs: birds, butterflies, blooms; MY greenhouse card has plants and there are flowers in the scrap strips border
link= https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2025/03/march-2025-challenge.html
F. plants = As You Like It Challenge; new on March 6; Which one?: monochrome or colorful? My answer is colorful, definitely color!!! As a left-handed creative sort with favorite colors of purple and pink, I've always been attracted to vibrant colors.
link = https://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/03/favourite-monochrome-or-colourful-and.html
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~~ special notes: FarmQuest #69 theme is currently open until March 27 and it's about nocturnal animals (night-time active critters) which OWLS are.
Also: I'm now the new owner of Critter Crazy with its monthly theme of anything goes with a featured critter (AGFC). I can't submit, but my reader visitors can.
And remember: as long as themes are applied within your project, artisans can submit to 1 or more of the challenge blogs that I own. <3
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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S
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