My featured FQHSKCB #8 for August 2nd design team AKDG theme projects

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

why: Having grown up with parents who've farmed for most of their lives plus their parents farmed, I have a love for rural living. The country charm of roadside wildflowers, tiny creeks, neighbors' ponds, old barns and corn cribs and other delights. Farmhouse and rural country village home kitchens seem to be the heart, the center, of the action and sensory memories of soup simmering or chicken roasting or cinnamon rolls baking. Mmm. FarmQuest HomeStyle Kitchen Challenges Blog or FQHSKCB is a crafting challenge blog with the theme of Anything Kitchen or Dining Goes. 

when: #8 for 2025 starts August 2 and ends on August 31, 2025

what: Project #1 = Dining Table Scene for Anniversary occasion

AKDG theme elements: round dining table, quilted table topper, 2 place settings

how-to & vendor notes for #1:

1. AI-generated image from several months back; I've posted 4 different green and white quilted table placements or toppers on HQCB for a green and white hearts with A.G. theme and I've used a couple of them for FQHSKCB since then; Microsoft Designer

2. medium brown retractable marker pen = Zebra Clickart

3. both striped prints are reverse sides to some tropical designs used for some recent cards; cut into triangles = Palm Springs paper pad =

4. white A2 folded card was cut apart and 1 panel was trimmed with deckle-edge decorative scissors and it was lifted with foam tape = from a pack = Crafter's Square

5. text strip stickers and the bright pink heart sticker = Sweet Rush sticker book by Vicki Boutin 2021

6. pale pink pearls = from multi-pack = Crafter's Square

where #1 will be linked: (anniversary card)

1A. Word Art Wednesday; new on Wed July 30 for 2 wks; anything goes family friendly

link = https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2025/07/anything-goes-weeks-710-711.html

1B. Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap; still open; theme is to use 1 or more designer papers; On my anniversary card with dining table image, I've used 2 patterned papers with 1 on each side of the focal image

link = https://girlzcreativefunartofscrap.blogspot.com/2025/07/challenge-12-new-challengeblog.html

1C. Love Those Pretty Papers; new on Sat Aug 2nd; theme is the blog title; on my anniversary card with dining table image, I've used 2 patterned papers with 1 on each side of the focal image. 

link = https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/08/love-those-pretty-papers-august.html

1D. Alphabet Challenge; still open for a few days; theme is H for home; on my anniversary card, the focal image is a round dining table scene with the table set for 2 persons

link = https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/h-is-for-home.html

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what: Project #2 = Dill Dip recipe card

how-to & vendor notes for #2:

21. base is the reverse/blank side of a 4" x 6" index card

22. plaid paper panel = Recollections

23. recipe print card 3" x 5" = found in an unmarked box at my mom's house; box holds mixed designs

24. blue mini ink stamp pad = Lawn Fawn

25. brown/cappuccino colored pencil = stash (for notes of 4+ servings and 6 ing or ingredients)

26. black retractable marker pen = Zebra Clickart (outlining and corner accents)

where #2 will be linked: (recipe card)

2A. Crafts Galore Encore; new on Aug 1st; anything goes; either 2nd or 3rd entry

link = https://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-crafts-galore-encore.html

2B. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges; new on Wed July 30 for 2 wks; anything goes

link = https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2025/07/pennys-challenge-602.html

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where to find FQHSKCB #8 in 2025 blog post link =

https://farmquesthomestylekitchenchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/08/fqhskcb-8-in-2025-anything-kitchen-or.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

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