Welcome to Becca's Quest for Creativity!
why: This post showcases 2 new design team inspiration samples of quotes for Heart's Quest Lovable Quotables Challenges Blog. HQLQCB's theme is 'anything goes quotes'. We want more than a simple short expression such as 'hello' or 'congrats' or 'best wishes', etc. My samples today have a prayer taken from a teacher's theme devotional book, songs and paraphrased Bible verse lighthouse stickers for a bookmark.
when: HQLQCB #5 launches on June 5, 2026 and ends on July 20, 2026.
what: Project #1: Art Journal Page #2 with prayer for mercy
how-to & vendor notes for #1: LOOK for the blue ink cursive written words; most are angled with the 'cross' of paint/wax applied on top in many layers.
1. sketchbook; medium weight sheets = Tree House Pad & Papers, Inc.
2. red, blue, green & black = Paper Mate's Ink Joy gel pen set
3. red, yellow, blue & green = Art Skills' Paint Sticks (set of 4; soft waxy; softer than a crayon); applied with a knife in different amounts with blue first and the most; red came second; yellow was third; a little bit of green was last; lots of scraping across and down plus bits added around the page; after the 4 colors of paint/wax were scraped then I used some scratch paper to rub away to expose the words I had written first.
4. teacher devotional book= BroadStreet Publishing Group
5. counter-clockwise for the words connected to God's mercy = grace, unwavering, available, persistent, not fickle and resolute!!!
where #1 will be linked:
1A. Word Art Wednesday; started May 27/week 2 of 2; theme of Anything Goes (nothing dark; God-honoring); My art journal page includes a prayer from a teacher-focused devotional book; also I've included characteristics of God's mercy
link = https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2026/05/anything-goes-weeks-754-755.html
1B. Let's Craft and Create; new on June 5; theme of A.G. and/or Penny for your thoughts; My art journal shares a prayer from a teacher-theme devotional along with some characteristics of God's mercy that I wrote under the waxy cross
link = https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2026/06/welcome-to-lets-craft-and-create.html
1C. Word Power; new on June 4; theme is blog title (large bold text; lots of text); I'm sharing the art journal page with lots of cursive handwritten text of a quoted prayer from a teacher-themed devotional plus God's mercy characteristics which are found under the waxy cross image
link = https://wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/06/word-power-june-2026-challenge.html
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what: Project #2: Birthday card "Sing a song"
how-to & vendor notes for #2: top sticker: "Sing Your Own Song..." written by Zina Goldrich & Marcy Heisler in 1998 and the cut up measures from a phrase of "Your Song" written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin in 1969.
21. neon lime green cardstock = Astrobrights/Neenah
22. the color dot glossy cardstock cut to 4" wide x 5" high = from a 6" square= multicolor/multi-design cardstock pack by Crafter's Square
23. three stickers = Hallmark
24. tiny enamel hearts in different colors = Fancy Pants Designs
25. the easy version sheet music for "Your Song" was available for free from the website "Sheets Free"
26. blue, green and black gel pens = Paper Mater's Ink Joy four-color gel pen set (I drew the music notes using the gel pens.)
where #2 will be linked:
2A. The Paper Funday Challenge; new on June 3; theme of anything goes w/opt twist of polka dots and/or stripes; I'm sharing Project #2 with polka dot glossy cardstock background and stripes seen in the music of the measures' bars
link = https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2026/06/june-2026-challenge-88-anything-goes.html
2B. Alphabet Challenge; still open; theme is C for Circles; My project #2 has polka dots (circles) and music notes have either a open circle or filled circle 'head' that sits either in a space or on a line of the bars/measures in the staff
link = https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/c-is-for-circles.html
2C. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends; almost closed; anything goes
link = https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2026/05/278-may-17-sheepski-designs.html
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what: Project #3: Scriptural paraphrases on bookmark
a. The Lord is my light. Psalms 27:1
b. God's Word is a light to my path. Psalms 119:105
c. Jesus is the light of the world. John 8:12
how-to/product notes for #3:
31. neon lime green cardstock = Astrobrights/Neenah
32. light blue cardstock = Colorbok
33. scissors' blades used to distress/roughen the perimeters for both cardstocks
34. blue gel pen to outline the blue panel & black gel pen to print the Scripture references = Paper Mate Ink Joy four color gel pen set
35. yellow, orange, brown cording = spools come in 3 color packs = Crafter's Square
36. each cording length was inked with 2 green tones and 2 blue tones to add/repeat more colors from the stickers/bookmark onto the cordings
37. the stickers have been removed from packaging and I've had for probably 20+ years = they might be from Standard Publishing (a Christian company doing lots of Sunday School and Vacation Bible School supplies); or could be another religious publishing company
LINK-UPs for #3:
3A. Tag Along and ATCs (& bookmarks); new on June 1st; theme to add text or anything goes; My bookmark has text on the stickers and their Bible references printed next to each lighthouse sticker
link = https://tag-alongandatc.blogspot.com/2026/06/june-challenge.html
3B. The Outlawz Anything But A Card; new on June 1st; theme is in the blog title; I'm sharing my bookmark
link = https://tolanythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-outlawz-anything-but-card-june.html
3C. Creative Fingers; new on June 5; theme of anything goes
link = https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/challenge-324.html
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where to find HQLQCB #5 blog post
link = https://heartsquestlovablequotables.blogspot.com/2026/06/hearts-quest-lovable-quotables-5-with.html
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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S
* owner/DT = HQLQCB; also HQCB, HQCOLCB, HQFCB and HQFSCAT; plus FQCB, FQCCCB, FQHCB, FQGS and FQGGCB; plus AA; ConBC; and CCC.
* DT member only = PRS and Pin-spirational owned by Deanne; also CIP owned by Marlene



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A perfect entry to our June challenge at Tag-Along (and ATC's) challenge Becca, thanks so much for joining in.
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Your music card is perfect for our circles challenge, love the fun and bright colors and the inspiring sentiments! Thanks for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge!
ReplyDeleteWonderful bookmark to recall these lovely verses. The images are beautiful! So, you inked your own twine for this? Wow, that's amazing!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at The Outlawz Anything but a Card. Katrina
ReplyDeleteBecca, all of your cards are lovely, But I am absolutely crazy for the very first one you’ve posted-the one you linked up with us at Word Art Wednesday. I love the idea of taking a prayer and then putting the wax cross on top of it. That is such a cool and creative idea! Someone will love getting all of these cards for sure. Thanks so much for taking the time to play along with us. We always appreciate you!
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