Loving my CCC #103 agfc theme choice Giraffe DT project on 1 October 2025

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

why: This posting highlights my newest owner/DT inspiration project for Critter Crazy Challenges blog. I'm loving the mixed animal pop-up stickers that I bought at a local Dollar Tree store! YEP! This time I chose this cartoonish giraffe and placed him next to the maple (leaf) tree for fun. Fall season colors and plaids to add to the autumn flavor of this card. 

when: #103 begins October 1, 2025 and ends on October 25, 2025.

what: Project #1 = Autumn Arrival

how-to & vendor notes for #1:

1. yellow cardstock base cut to 5" x 7" = Neenah; the focal panel is more than 3" square...more like 3" wide x 4.25" tall

2. reddish orange, pale green, brown plaid paper strip = Camping Plaid paper from Recollections

3. the other muted yellow plaid paper = SU

4. yellow and white check paper = ?/I think it's from an old paper pad by FPD; this paper with a reversible print was removed from the pad and has been in my recent stash pile this summer and now into September

5. puffy dot stickers = Recollections

6. alpha stickers = Freckled Fawn (old set; vowels are almost gone!)

7. maple leaf with gold foil veining sticker = ?/very old stash item; might be Heidi Swapp -------->> I chose this because with the scale of the giraffe compared to this sticker, it could look like a tree.

8. giraffe pop-up dimensional sticker = from a mixed animal package = Crafter's Square (Dollar Tree store)

where #1 will be linked:

1A. Word Art Wednesday; current; theme is anything goes that is family-friendly; My autumn season card features a cartoonish giraffe pop-up style sticker...charming for any age that I mail this to. [this might be my 2nd linked entry]

link = https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2025/09/anything-goes-weeks-718-719.html

1B. Crafty Catz; current; theme of anything goes or autumn colors option; My autumn season card with the giraffe is full of autumn colors and a maple leaf shape outline (tree) [this is my 3rd linked entry]

link = https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/crafty-catz-challenge-701.html

1C. Cardz 4 Guyz; started on Sept 15; theme of autumn/fall (for any age of guy); My autumn season card's charming giraffe is perfect for young boys [this is my 3rd entry to link]

link = https://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/2025/09/378-autumnfall.html

1D. Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scraps; new on Sept 25; theme is to use at least 1 designer/patterned paper; I've got scraps of 3. [this is my 3rd entry to link]

link = https://girlzcreativefunartofscrap.blogspot.com/2025/09/challenge-14.html

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where to find CCC #103 blog post link:

https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2025/10/critter-crazy-103-anything-goes-with.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

* owner/DT = CCC; ConBC; AA; HQCB, HQFCB, HQCOLCB, HQFSCAT; FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHCB and FQGGCB. 

* DT member only = PRS (owned by friend Deanne)