Welcome to Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity!
why: I'm loving these Harvest and Halloween colors for rural country living seasonal projects! (Remember they can be used for any topic/occasion/season.) HQCB is code for Heart's Quest Challenge Blog. This was the very first challenge blog that I created on my own. 3.5 years ago??? HQCB used to do two offset monthly themes every 30-31 days until 2025 then we switched to 1 offset month-long theme challenge. Themes are anything goes with 1 or 2 colors of hearts. #78 it is AG theme + orange and/or black heart(s).
when: HQCB #78 starts September 28 and ends on October 27, 2025
what: project #1 = Halloween card with inked orange and black fussy cut hearts
how-to & vendor notes for #1=
1. black cardstock base = Darice
2. orange wood tone glossy cardstock = Maker Forte (set of different wood/barn siding prints)
3. orange with tiny black dots glossy paper = Halloween pack by Pixie Dust Designs
4. white cardstock scrap by Neenah (inked and fussy cut for hearts)
5. Tangerine Tango stamp pad ink = SU
6. black stamp pad ink = Hero Arts
7. bat and banner ephemera = FaBOOlous collection by Simple Stories
8. layered/dimensional hedgehog stick-on = multi animal set = Crafter's Square
9. dual-tip black marker for outlining = Art Skills
where #1 will be linked =
1A. Art Nudge; current; #925 A in the upper left corner of their image prompts has bats and several of the color suggestions seen in this hedgehog FaBOOlous card.
link = https://www.artnudge.com/2025/09/september-art-nudge-challenge-enter-here.html
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1B. Crafty Catz; opened on Friday Sept 26; theme of anything goes with option of autumn/harvest; My hedgehog card is full of harvest color tones
link = https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/crafty-catz-challenge-701.html
1C. Alphabet Challenge; opened on Sept 16/week 2 of 2; theme is letter L for love letters with hearts; both my cards have hearts ---> I'm showing card 1 on my post with the hedgehog
link = https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/l-is-for-love-letters-with-hearts.html
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what: project #2 = Autumn Season Thinking of You card
how-to & vendor notes for #2 =
21. Pen + Gear = red cardstock base cut to 3.75" wide x 6" high
22. Colorbok = black cardstock scrap
23. Recollections = Camping plaid paper panel cut to 3.5" x 5"
24. Zebra Clickart = dark brown retractable marker pen for outlining the plaid paper
25. Georgia Pacific = white cardstock scrap for stamped hearts and sentiment
26. Lawn Fawn = Front Porch collection of mini stamp pads using 2 of the 4 colors: Pumpkin Spice and Guava
27. Hero Arts = black stamp pad for stamping the hearts and sentiment plus dabbing a few times within the 2 open heart shapes
28. American Crafts = from Farmstead Harvest puffy stickers: "loved" and from the Farmstead Harvest washi tape collection: multicolor leaves on black
where #2 will be linked =
2A. Make My Monday; started Sept 22; theme of autumnal fall; both cards have harvest/autumn season colors but I'll be sharing the thinking of you card with MMM
link = https://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/261-autumnal-festivalautumnal-fall.html
2B. The Paper Funday; current; theme of anything goes with option of changing seasons; MY thinking of you card is full of harvest color tones
link = https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2025/09/sep-2025-challenge-80-anything-goes.html
2C. Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers; open until Oct 3rd; theme of finally fall; My thinking of you card is full of harvest color tones and has 2 stamped/overlapped hearts and 1 stamped sentiment phrase.
link = https://snarkystampers.blogspot.com/2025/09/soss-266-f-is-for-finally-fall.html
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where to find HQCB #78 blog post link =
https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/hqcb-78-theme-of-ag-with-orange-and-or.html
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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S
* owner/DT = HQCB; also HQFCB at TFATU; HQCOLCB, HQFSCAT; FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHCB, FQGGCB; also CCC, ConBC and AA.
* DT member only = PRS owned by friend Deanne
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