Loving This HQCB #41 DT Project for 28 October 2023

  LOVING THIS! 

Welcome to Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity blog!

PURPOSE: this posting shares my owner/DT commitment with Heart's Quest challenge blog's #41 theme of Sympathy or Memorial occasion plus heart/love; in honor of Day of the Dead and All Saints Day

WHEN: October 28-November 13, 2023 with start and end times at 12am CT/Chicago or 6am UK.

WHAT:

Notes:

1. floral tile wallpaper looking paper, text print paper, and butterfly paper along with the 'memories' sticker, beige heart shape sticker, and the gray/taupe heart foam sticker = Simple Stories' Simple Life collection 

2. green paint wood/barn siding paper = Hot Off The Press

3. outlining and doodled hearts were added around the 'memories' sticker

4. pear green Memento ink pad was applied to the 'love' words on the text print along with some neon yellow-green glitter paint pen to highlight the words for required element for HQCB

5. the neon yellow-green glitter paint pen was also added to the wings of 4 butterflies on the posy cut shape paper

6. the pear green Memento ink pad was also applied to all papers outer edges

7. white card base is top-folded; approx. A2 size; 

**make sure to zoom out on the photo in order to get the glittery effects

WHERE: hqcb #41 main post launch-

 link= https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/hqcb-41-sympathy-or-memorial-with-heart.html

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OTHER PLACES:

A. Word Art Wednesday; started Oct 25/Wed; anything goes that is uplifting; this is a memorial kind of sympathy card for 1 of my first cousin's kids who lost their sister in September (age 29)

link= https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2023/10/anything-goes-619-620.html

B. Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges; anything flies/goes; my card's image focal has butterflies

link= https://paperdragonflycreativechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-22-anything-goes-flies-or.html

C. Krafty Chicks; just started; All Occasions week; my card is a memorial kind of sympathy card

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/kcc-687-all-occasions.html

D. Triple B-butterflies, birds, and blooms. still open for about 4 days; my card has butterflies and blooms (in the background wallpaper looking patterned paper)

link= https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2023/10/october-challenge.html

E. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges; started 2 days ago; anything goes using paper; my card has 4 layers of paper on top of the white cardstock base

link= https://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2023/10/pennys-challenge-558.html

F. Happy Little Stampers; has 2+ days left to the Stencils challenge; my card was made using old school techniques of cardstock stencil templates for the posy shape, and each size of rectangle (3) as shown by each patterned cardstock

link= https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2023/10/hls-october-stencil-challenge.html

and FB groups:

Mixed Media Creativity; PPPDTC; COTM;

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Still on quests to show visually heart love on creative projects:

Becca S

*owner/DT= HQCB, FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, and TFATU

*co-owner/DT= AACB and CBCB

*manager/DT= MTTC and MTTCC

Loving this HQCB #29 Theme of Mother Goose Day with heart/love and also collaboration with Double Trouble

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

Today's showcase is for some heart/love for Mother Goose Day, May 1st!

What: Heart's Quest challenge blog is collaborating with Double Trouble challenge blog using inspiration from Mother Goose or element from a nursery rhyme plus HQCB's signature heart/love inclusion. 

Theme: #29 of HQCB

My project: I chose "My Black Hen" nursery rhyme. 

There are 3 rhyming sets: (1) hickety, pickety; (2) hen, men; and (3) day, lay.

Nursery rhyme element(s): black hen image on the die-cut label (actually was red until it encountered my black marking pen!); and the 1st/main verse of the "My Black Hen"

Heart/love element(s): 1 large navy blue heart shape behind the rhyme and die-cut

SHOW:

Some notes:

1. red, white, and blue cardstocks = stash items; different vendors; also blue gems and blue ink pad

2. "hello" in black foil dazzle/sticker = Hot Off The Press through Paper Wishes website

3. hen label die-cut; Echo Park

4. "Easter" egg stickers were gifted to me as extras from a junk journaling swap partner; I used a permanent black marker to transform them to go along as an embellishment for the eggs laid by the black hen in the rhyme

5. rhyme was found at nurseryrhymesmg.com [Suzanne of Double Trouble came across a list of 111 laptime songs and rhymes that is a combination of Mother Goose and other childhood fingerplays and action songs and the link is included at HQCB and Double Trouble.]

HQCB #29 blog posting link:

https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/04/hqcb-29-theme-is-mother-goose-day-with.html

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other challenge blogs to share/link are:

A. Double Trouble challenge blog; collaboration with Heart's Quest #29; I'll use the link later in the day when it's available

link= https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2023/04/Challenge-137.html?fbclid=IwAR1iY0ewWMQGCNk0kk1mr9pcgnMiioHEaCL3BQebvfrbZnqwqA0Fxz4oqkg

B. Krafty Chicks challenge blog; current; Week 4 Any Occasion theme; MY card is prompted by Mother Goose Day of May 1st; using the nursery rhyme "My Black Hen" friendship/encouragement card

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/04/krafty-chicks-challenge-661-all.html

C. Cut It Up; since Apr 21; In the Garden; MY card has a vegetable border on the die-cut with the hen that I colored black for it to match the nursery rhyme; and I added 2 black eggs; a chicken and her eggs could be in a garden

link= http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/04/cut-it-up-challenge-276-whats-in-your.html

D. The Outlawz Festive Friday challenge; until May 4; I chose the animals topic; MY card has a black hen and 2 black eggs for a very old English nursery rhyme

link= https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/2023/03/festive-fridays-challenge-march-31-to.html

E. Creative Fingers; started a week ago & current; anything goes

link= https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/04/challenge-253.html

and some Facebook groups to share/link are: Mixed Media Creativity; Paper/Paper/Paper and DT Calls; Need Crafty Inspiration?, and more if I take time to share.....

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<3  **  <3  **  <3

With a happy creative heart,

Becca S

(I'm also involved with these other challenge blogs: FQCB, FQGS, TFATU; CBCB, AACB; MTTC, MTTCC; THICC; OUAT; MIUCB, MLCCB. 

Best Wishes and Sweet Dreams DT inspiration for TFATU March 2023 Anything Fantasy Goes theme

 Welcome to Becca's Quest for Love and Country Creativity blog! For this posting I'm expanding out my theme to fantasy for another challenge blog I own called The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge (TAFTU) blog. I took over ownership in mid-November 2022. I decided to pair up a cute dragon for a new baby congratulations card for my DT project. 

Hello, Baby! 

[my anything fantasy goes element = dragon]

Vendors:

a. Whimsical Dragon inked image = The Paper Shelter (filled with colored pencils)

b. washi tapes = Pen + Gear

c. hello die-cut/stick-on = Thickers

d. lettering = Thickers

TFATU March 2023 anything fantasy goes theme link=

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/tfatu-march-2023-anything-goes-fantasy.html

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other challenge blogs to share/link are:

1. Craft Rocket Challenges blog; March; Theme = For The Girls; my card is for a baby girl congratulations

link= http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-101-for-girls.html

2. Krafty Chicks challenge blog; Thursday, March 2; 1st week= Stamp Act (or digi image); MY card has the dragon digital image from The Paper Shelter

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/krafty-chicks-challenge-653-week-1.html

3. Colorful Options challenge blog; March; Green is the color of the month OR Rainbow; MY card's focal image, the dragon is two-toned green; also a seafoam green cardstock

link= https://colorfuloptions.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023.html

4. Mixed Media Lovers challenge blog; started March 3; mixed media with a focal point; MY card's focal is the dragon digital image; mixed mediums are= colored pencils, black outlining and ink edging, 3 different washi tapes, 

link= https://mixedmedialovers.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-23-focal-point-bij-mixed.html

5. Crafting Happiness Challenges blog; started March 1st; St, Patrick's Day or use green; MY card has a two-toned dragon and a seafoam green cardstock

link= https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-140-st-patricks-day-or-use-green.html

and Facebook groups to share/link are: Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls; Mixed Media Creativity; The Crafty Addicts; Need Crafty Inspiration?; 

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From rural USA Midwest,

crafting almost every day.

Becca S

Besides TFATU, I also own FQGS, FQCB, and HQCB. I co-own AACB and soon-to-be in May 2023, Christmas Bingo Challenges. I manage and DT for MTTC and MTTCC. And I'm a DT member for MIUCB, MLCCB, OUAT, and THICC.