My FarmQuest Home Challenges #9 for May 2026 Anything Home Goes theme DT projects

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

who: I'm Becca S, a 60+ year old craftsy-artsy former teacher, who has dabbled in various forms of yearbooks, newspapers and radio broadcasting! One of the newspapers that I did freelance home economics topic feature articles for was "FarmQuest" an agri-newspaper based in Missouri for several years. Then some years later after moving back to Illinois, there was a 'good news' paper based in Pontiac for about 3-4 years, I believe. I wrote profile articles on some very interesting folks from that area. I also took 1-2 photos of the profile subjects. Blogging about teaching topics, genealogy and/or crafting projects is another variation of creative communication! I think that's why I love it so much! 

where: FarmQuest Home Challenges Blog (a provided blog post link will be located after my closing on this posting)

when: #9 starts May 2, 2026 and goes until May 31, 2026. 

why: I'm the owner & design team member for FQHCB which is a makeover of a past narrower kitchen & dining focused challenge. With this 'anything home goes' theme, now participants can expand to any room of the house and even to the outside. 

what: Project #1 = INTERIOR item = Lampstand

"There is always a light on at home for you."

how for #1:

1. base = not shown = white CS = Jot

2. background = printed CS = Memory Lane by Fancy Pants Designs

3. coral and yellow print CS = ?/ stash item from about 2011

4. orange paper punched circle = Colorbok multicolor paper pack

5. circle punch = EK Success tool

6. taupe label strip sticker w/ heart = Pen + Gear planner 

7. deep orange marker = stash

8. mini card with lampstand = Our Happy Place = Echo Park

LINK-UPs for #1:

1a. Love To Scrap Challenge; new on May 1- June 15th; anything goes; My lampstand card does have some scrap cuts used

link = https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/ltscb-179-anything-goes-ltscb-178.html

1b. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge; open; anything goes; 

link = https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

1c. Creative Knockouts; open since April 16th & closes May 6th; theme is to use 2 or more patterned papers; My lampstand card has a salmon/coral with yellow print paper plus a black, white and kraft plaid

link = https://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2026/04/569-april-16-2-or-more-pattern-papers.html

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what: Project #2 =exterior/backyard hammock birthday card == Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

(inside: has a stamped "Happy Birthday")

how for #2:

21. green pastel CS cut to 5.5" x 7" finished folded dimension; full piece was 11" x 7" so just some slim scrap cuts left = Colorbok pastels CS pad

22. yellow pastel CS cut for background mount for the focal image = also Colorbok

23. old copy paper to print Microsoft Designer Ai generated backyard scene; description wording was something like this: "a muted backyard scene with an open space between trees on each side"

24. "Hooray" stamped 3 times on the focal image = birthday theme of stamps set = Crafter's Cafe

25. Hammock with plants die-cut ephemera = Jen Hadfield's Live and Let Grow

26. grass green and dark brown colored pencils for edging = Marvy Uchida, stash box

28; large diagonal plaid print ribbon = Crafter's Square

LINK-UPs for #2:

2a. Stamps + Fun = Creativity; 1 more day left!!!; theme of 'stamp'; My front panel birthday card with the backyard hammock says "hooray" three times

link = https://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/2026/04/494.html

2b. Alphabet Challenge; new/just opened; A is for Air theme; My hooray birthday card front panel features a backyard hammock that is suspended between plants/trees.

link = https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-is-for-air.html

2c. If You Give A Crafter A Cookie; new on May 1st; theme of lemony sweetness; see image prompt; I'm sharing my hammock card because of the lemon yellow sunny drenched sky of this backyard scene. There are also lots of tree and plant leaves like the leaves on the lemon cookies in the image. 

link = https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2026/05/cookie-challenge-216-may-lemony-sweet.html

image = 

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what: Project #3: Backyard Tulips scrapbook layout (housing exterior)

how for Project #3:

1. white CS base; full sheet notebook size = Tonic Studios

2. pink, yellow and blue CS 2" wide strips and about 9-9.5" tall = Colorbok Pastel CS pad

3. blue paper squares were traced and cut; yellow paper for matting behind tulip photo = both colors are from a multicolor paper pad by Hello Hobby from Walmart

4. navy blue dual-tip marker = Art Skills

5. blue gel ink pen = Paper Mate's Ink Joy 4-color set

6. the vellum pink hearts, vellum 'love' and the little moments label = Poppy & Pear's Bea Valint ephemera package

7. postage stamp and pretty petals stickers = Antique Garden sticker book by K & Company

8. tiny pink enamel heart = Freckled Fawn

Link-UPs for #3:

3A. Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Challenge; open until May 5th; use their retro sketch or sketches 344 or 345; for this layout, I'm using #345; I rotated it around plus expanded the middle square to be a rectangle/photo; also instead of 2 background vertical sections, I have three

link = https://sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com/2026/04/april-sketches-with-ssw2-324-and-325.html

sketch image = 

3B. Fab N Funky; new on April 29; theme to use pink, blue or yellow; My layout will use all three to complement my tulips photo; all three colors are repeated throughout the page in different tones for each color

link = https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2026/04/challenge-636-use-colours-pink-blue-or.html

3C. One More Page; new on May 2; theme to create a layout page; using a sketch and a color trio palette helped the housing exterior/backyard layout come together in just over an hour

link = https://onemorepagechallenge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-more-page-in-may.html

3D. The Outlawz Anything But A Card; opened on May 1st; theme is in the title; MY 3rd project on this post is a scrapbook page layout and that's what I'm sharing

link = https://tolanythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-outlawz-anything-but-card-may.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

blog post link for FQHCB #9 =

https://farmquesthomechallenges.blogspot.com/2026/05/farmquest-home-challenges-9-or-may-2026.html

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

* DT member only = CIP, PRS & Pin-spirational

**Note: this lampstand card's sentiment is a twist on the expression used by the USA motel chain "Motel 6" advertising for many years-- 'we'll leave the light on for you'. If I wasn't the owner I could be linking it to Heart's Quest Lovable Quotables Challenges.