Welcome to Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity!
why: this post's focus is FarmQuest Challenge Blog's #77 theme of Pumpkins! It's a pumpkin-related broad theme just not only to pumpkin patch/farm scenes like pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, a stack of pumpkins in a wagon or pickup truck bed, etc. I've created two different approaches to pumpkins with these 2 projects.
when: #77 starts October 28, 2025 and ends November 27, 2025
what: Project #1 = Pumpkin-shaped Delight card
how-to & vendor notes for #1 =
1. multi pumpkins print cardstock = Recollections' Heirloom Harvest (?)...something like that
2. yellow and white checked paper for base = from ____ paper pad by/ maybe FPD (I'm in the middle of moving my supplies into my new craft studio-she shed!)
3. faux brad with dark orange flowers = from the FaBOOlous collection by Simple Stories
4. thin string = stash
5. dark orange mini stamp pad ink = Lawn Fawn (1 of 4 colors in the Front Porch set)
6. I created my own shape template by starting with a narrow oval and overlapping until I got the size and shape and then added an angle-topped stem.
where #1 will be linked:
1A. Pin-spirational; started Oct 1 and open until Oct 31; theme of Pumpkins everywhere; my 1st card is pumpkin shaped + the print paper is filled with pumpkins & partial pumpkins
link = https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/pinspirational-challenge-330-october.html
image prompt =
1B. Dream Valley Challenges; week 2 of 2; theme of autumn colors; my first project, the shaped pumpkin card, has deeper bolder harvest colors plus some gray tones
link = https://dreamvalley2.blogspot.com/2025/10/challenge-347-autumn-colours.html
1C. A Place To Start; closing in a few days; theme of anything goes or option twist for pumpkins; My first project on this post is a pumpkin shaped card which fits for the option.
link = https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2025/10/october-2025-anything-goes-woptional.html
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what: Project #2 = Autumnal season pumpkins card
how-to & vendor notes for #2 =
21. yellow cardstock sheet cut into 4 panels = Pen + Gear
22. yellow oak leaf 'doily' (pack) = Crafter's Square (bought several years ago)
23. pumpkin yellow-orange cardstock scrap = Pen + Gear
24. white cardstock scrap = Georgia Pacific
25. bronze glitter glue, orange acrylic paint, gold metallic acrylic paint = Crafter's Square
26. little oak leaves, little pumpkins, "Autumn" & "pumpkins" puffy stickers = from Farmstead Harvest collection by American Crafts
27. aged bronze puffy flower stickers = from a mixed sheet = Crafter's Square
28. dark brown marker pen = Zebra Clickart
where #2 will be linked:
2A. Shopping Our Stash; week 2/started Oct 21; theme of Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice (changing season); My 2nd card has pumpkins but also has a large oak leaf, little puffy oak leaves, bronze flowers, and a mix of fall season colors
link = https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2025/10/sos559-pumpkin-spice-everything-nice.html
2B. Unicorn Challenge; started Oct 7 & closing in 2 days; theme of Autumn &/or Halloween; MY 2nd card is full of autumn season splendor = fall colors, oak leaves, bronze flowers, and pumpkins; this is my 2nd linked entry
link = https://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/10/challenge-114-autumn-andor-halloween.html
2C. Art Nudge Challenge; still open for a couple days; theme/image; My 2nd card fits the colors and has pumpkins like image prompt #1025B
link = https://www.artnudge.com/2025/10/october-art-nudge-challenge-enter-here.html
image prompts =
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where to find FQCB #77 blog link =
https://farmquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/10/fqcb-77-theme-is-pumpkins-starting.html
theme badge:
Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S
* owner/DT = FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHCB, FQGGCB; also HQCB, HQFCB at TFATU, HQCOLCB and HQFSCAT; plus AA, ConBC and CCC.
* DT member only = PRS
NOTE: both cards could be shared at HQFSCAT if I wasn't owner; the current HQFSCAT challenge is open until Oct 31; the first card is fully pumpkin shaped so it goes for shaped card and the second card has the oak leaf tips extending over the sides so it's altering the rectangle base so this would be accepted for a shaped card!
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