Becca's Quest for Creativity: My Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love #4 April (or #28 from the very start) DT cards

Welcome to Becca's Quest for Creativity, a personal crafting blog

who: I'm Becca S (as known through the craft blog world)! I've been doing arts and crafts since about 9 years old and my fine arts skills for piano began at age 6! Clarinet skills started at age 10 and then switching back and forth between that and the bass clarinet from 13-18. Something that only a few folks know is that I have a FCC radio broadcasting license! Yes! I did a Radio-TV-Film honors seminar at Indiana State during the summer between junior and senior year of high school! In college, I first declared myself as a Broadcasting major! But I switched to home economics education, another favorite. If I would have stayed another semester to complete 3 more journalism classes, I would have completed a minor for that! :)

where: this post features new design team/owner inspiration projects for Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenges blog

when: #4 in 2026 or April; it's also our 28th since HQCOLCB began; April 3-30, 2026

why: HQCOLCB has the main themes coded as BEWAS. B stands for Birthdays.

The April optional event theme is Spring season, so I'll have a project that is more springy (since my birthday card harkens more to late summer-autumn flowers). Project #2 is a mix of BEWAS/A for anniversary w/ opt of spring season.

what: Project #1: "Have a sunny b-day!" card

how for Project #1:

1. white CS panel cut to 4.5" x 6.5" = Georgia Pacific

2. muted green with off-white lines print CS = Dots and Lines (1 of 8 designs on the double-sided CS) = Reminisce

3. gold mirror foil paper cut to arch = from multi-color foil pack = Crafter's Square

4. green paper section cut to square = from multi-color paper pad = Hello Hobby/Walmart

5. dark brown marker = stash box

6. flower mini card or cut-a-part journal card = Our Happy Place collection by Echo Park (I believe. I had cut it out a couple weeks ago and had it in my 'waiting' pile.)

7. little gold puffy lettering stickers (that weren't sticking at all) = American Crafts

8. clear crystal drops = Nuvo by Tonic Studios (to act like glue to adhere the lettering...also creates an unusual look)

9. one yellow enamel dot and two muted green ones = Freckled Fawn

10. sunflower puffy embossed specialty sticker = from a pack = Crafter's Square

LINK-UPs for #1:

a. Beautiful Blossoms; opened on March 15/still open; theme focus on flowers; My project #1 'sunny b-day' has flowers on the mini card focal + the added puffy embossed sunflower

link = https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/03/beautiful-blossoms-challenge-anything.html

b. Word Power; opened on April 2nd; theme focus is the powerfully visual wording; My Project #1 'sunny b-day' has gold puffy lettering and those letters are emphasized along with adhering by clear crystal drops!

link = https://wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/04/word-power-april-2026-challenge.html

c. The Paper Funday Challenge; new on Wed/April 1st; anything goes (opt of dies or punches); MY 'sunny b-day' project is for A.G.

link = https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2026/04/april-2026-challenge-86-anything-goes.html

d. Creative Inspiration Challenges; new on April 2nd; anything goes

link = https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/04/creative-inspiration-challenges-37.html

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what: Project #2: A for Anniversary + opt Spring season

how for Project #2: "Better Together" + "My Darling" springtime anniversary card

1. peach/neon orange (scanner bleached out) but that works better for spring look = cut to 4.25" x 6.5" = Astrobrights/Neenah

2. pale green paper = packaging removed...not sure of vendor

3. silver glitter paper cut to arch shape = part of diff colors glitter pack = Art Skills

4. yellow paper cut into 2 triangles = from multicolor paper pad = Hello Hobby/Walmart

5. five stickers ("BT" gold foil lettering and borders sticker, 2 tiny bees, 1 small bouquet, "MD") and the frame cut out from CS = Antique Garden collection by K & Company

6. pale green ribbon = spool = Crafter's Ribbon

7. olive green marker for outlining = stash box

8. tiny pink, yellow and green gems = Nicole Brand Crafts (multi-size; multicolor pack) bought through Office Supply.com

LINK=UPs for #2:

a. Sparkles Monthly Challenge; open; theme of 'it's springtime'; My anniversary also has pastel flowers and 2 very tiny bees

link = https://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/03/198-its-springtime-dtcall.html

b. Word Art Wednesdays; new on April 1st; theme of anything goes--family friendly & God honoring; My project #2 card is for anniversary having text "better together" placed over the frame of flowers plus "my darling"

link = https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2026/04/anything-goes-weeks-746-747.html

c. Cardz 4 Galz; new on April 2nd; theme of spring flowers; My project #2 anniversary card has flowers in 3 places; most are pastel tones

link = https://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/2026/04/273-spring-flowers.html

d. Triple B; new on April 3rd; themes are their 3 Bs: birds, butterflies & blooms; My project #2 anniversary card has flowers in 3 places; most are pastel tones

link = https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2026/04/tb-april-2026-challenge.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S