FQCB Theme #2 Pathway AND Map starts 14 April 2022

      Howdy! Is it time for a break? Time to stroll on a path, a garden walkway, hiking trail, a dirt road...As John Denver sang many years ago, "Country roads, take me home, to the place, I adore...." For theme #2 at FarmQuest Challenge Blog, I need to see some kind of pathway AND a map. Maps help guide when traveling and you need to be on a path to not get lost, so I thought this would be a good combination to pair for this 2nd challenge.

     Welcome to FarmQuest Challenge Blog or FQCB! This is just getting started as of late March 2022. Please spread the word to your crafting friends that there is new kind of paper-crafting competition now in blogland!

     Theme #2:

Pathway (your path can be a dirt road, a hiking trail, a cobblestone path, a brick walk, and lots of other possibilities)

AND

Map

Competition starts April 14, 2022 at 12:30 am Central Time/Chicago, IL USA and

ends April 27, 2022 at 12:30 am Central Time/Chicago, IL (or 6:30am UK).

     Inspiration project #1 green cardstock base is 5.5" wide and 6" tall. It has a section of Arizona map taken from a 2017 atlas my mom gave to me to either pitch or recycle! :) A 5" long strip of kraft paper helps accent the right side. A Webster Pages sticky note provides the sentiment "live simply". A 2013 calendar photo from the back cover provides the walkway image to use for my path. The calendar is another hand-me-down from my mom!!! Black gel pen outlining surrounds just the 2 focal areas with a layered sunflower die-cut sticker and a butterfly to serve as accents. 

Live Simply by taking a stroll on the garden walkway:

 

     Inspiration project #2 light blue cardstock base is about 4.5" deep and 7" across. It has a yellow-green and white patterned paper from Colorbok and a multi-color starburst kind of flower patterned paper from an unknown vendor. Another section of Arizona map from the same atlas page as #1 is featured along with a garden arbor walkway calendar photo from the same source mentioned in #1. Bright blue cardstock scraps help to outline these 2 sections. A wood laser die-cut dragonfly had orange glitter paint applied to it. Three Gerbera Daisies die-cut floral stick-ons accent the upper right corner. In the middle is a stamp from Illustrated Faith. The stamp quote says "Live in this moment. Appreciate life. Be here now."

Live in this moment:

     Take a breather from whatever you've been doing and ponder about what's buried in your stash that you can resurrect for this #2 theme challenge at FQCB. Bragging rights to be part of the Top 3 Barnraisers is possible but you've got to post an entry. C'mon. Join the messy fun. I got ink lines on my fingers from stamping and inking most of the paper edges. Messy artistic fun is better than sweating doing canning or out in a bean field pulling weeds! 

Acceptable project formats can be paper-crafted or a hybrid of digital and paper-crafted in these categories: cards/ATCs, bookmarks/tags, journals/TN spreads, and/or scrapbook layouts. Hopefully this will start drawing a wider range of artisans to FQCB. Spread the word. 

     Inlinkz address for participating April 14, 2022 to April 27, 2022:

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/8f4f08d1061740c69bed2a82e6454eef

This fortnight competition at FQCB is about searching for those quiet getaway spots that allow you to wander and wonder. Country rural living whether on a farm, a campground, a park, lakeside cabin, etc. offer many chances to explore. What will your entry show? In what direction did your creative heart and/or stash treasure quest lead you?

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     So long. Farewell. Until next time--Becca S