FQCB Theme #1 Top 2 for Barnraisers Badge

      Howdy! You don't have to sit down for this posting. It will be short and sweet like strawberry shortcake! FarmQuest Challenge Blog's first theme asking for gingham/plaid AND a truck ended in the early hours of Thursday, April 13, 2022 and only had 2 entries. 

     These 2 crafters will get the Top 3 Barnraisers Badge to post on their personal blogs.

     In order of entry, the two participants were:

    #1. Janis of Pause Dream Enjoy blog and 

    #2. Kelly S on Instagram as kellyskardsfl

   Congrats! Both cards are terrific and I really appreciate your support!

   Theme #2 challenge will be released in about 90 minutes. Please make sure to search out that posting and plan to seek out some crafting time in the next 13 days! Think of it has a fun messy farm chore that needs to get done...:) 

    See you later! Becca S

FQCB Theme 1 Reminder Post using gingham or plaid AND a truck

If you're on a quest to see country rural living themed projects, your search ends here! Welcome to FarmQuest!!!      

 Howdy! Yee-haw! Woo-hee! Sit down for a spell and rest your feet. Welcome to a new paper-crafting challenge blog dedicated to all things country or the rural life! FQCB or FarmQuest Challenge Blog is my newest creative endeavor. I hope you are excited as I am. I've got some wonderful themes lined up for upcoming competitions.       

REMINDER: this 1st competition challenge started March 28, 2022 and ends April 13, 2022 at 12:30am Central Time/Chicago or 6:30am UK.

THEME #1 requirements:

a. checked gingham or plaid

b. truck (pick-up, semi/flatbed, etc.)

This is FarmQuest Challenge Blog so please have some essence of country/rural living (farming, ranching, gardening, orchard, creeks and streams, picnics, etc.) You get to pick the occasion, colors, layout, format, and sentiment. 

New inspiration project:

Truck with a load of birthday wishes card=

A short summary of design notes: dimension of the flat gray cardstock base are 5.5" x 4.25"; plaid is from a Christmas paper pad collection several years old and I forgot to look at the manufacturer's name (oops!); stencil was used for the pickup; happy and birthday stamps come from Raisin Boat (old company); red marbled scrap and light blue scrap; cork 'ribbon' was used to look like a dirt path. I purposely kept off additional embellishments in order to give it to one of my uncles.

 

This is the link to the original posting for #1 theme:

https://farmquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/03/fqcb-theme-1-checked-ginghamplaid-and.html

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So long. Farewell.

See you soon, Becca S

FQCB Theme #1 Checked Gingham/Plaid AND a Truck starts 28 March 2022

If you're on a quest to show country rural living themed projects, your search ends here! Welcome to FarmQuest!!!      

 Howdy! Yee-haw! Woo-hee! Sit down for a spell and rest your feet. Welcome to a new paper-crafting challenge blog dedicated to all things country (as opposed to city) life or the rural life! FQCB or FarmQuest Challenge Blog is my newest creative endeavor. I hope you are excited as I am. 

      FarmQuest Challenge Blog is also honoring my father who owned an agricultural newspaper in Missouri for several years that he titled Farmquest. I'm going to use his coined term for this challenge blog. As the banner header states, theme competitions will have farming, ranching, gardening, and orchard type topics. I will also try to have 2 required criteria to be included for each challenge. 

      Please read the participation rules in the sidebar. Come and join the messy, or not so messy, creative fun for this first theme. 

Theme #1:

Checked Gingham or Plaid

AND

Truck

Starts March 28, 2022 at 12:30 am Central Time/Chicago and 

end April 13, 2022 at 12:30 am Central Time/Chicago. (That should be 6:30 am UK time.)

My dad always had a pick-up truck and drove semi-trucks for most of my childhood into adult years. So that's why I want to see a truck image on your project (paper-crafted; card, tag, journal, etc.). Gingham and plaid fabrics were also iconic fabric and design patterns from my rural childhood. My second sewing project for 4-H Club was making a pink gingham with daisies cotton elastic band gathered skirt. I still have it!

Here are 2 inspiration cards I made with supplies already in my stash. 

Simply the best and escape the ordinary truck card:

card #1

Details: black A2 top folded card by Darice; red and black buffalo check papers by The Paper Studio; tiny gray checked gingham by Hot Off The Press/Paper Wishes; the 2 stars, truck, and 2 message stickers are by Simple Stories

card #1 closeup

and

Rolling along the right way! card=

card #2

Details: yellow A2 flat card base by Darice; white, yellow, gray stripe paper is from stash; green and white stripe by Colorbok; gray mini checked gingham and larger size are Hot Off The Press/Paper Wishes; 3 washi paper tapes, butterfly, stencil for truck, green acrylic paint are stash; small 'the right way' sticker by Webster Pages.

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     Go on your own quest through your supplies and see what you have for this first theme challenge at FQCB. Your truck image can be a sticker, stenciled, stamped, digital image, wood laser die-cut, etc. For the gingham or plaid, it can be paper, fabric, stenciled, stamp, etc. 

Inlinkz tool address to use for this first challenge:

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/8f0692f7ad8b442294a4b87b87464c04

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Thanks so much for your time to read this little reminder of a simpler time or pace. For many people rural living means self-sustaining lifestyle which is hard work and lots of daily hours devoted in blood, sweat, and tears. Whatever your connection is to enjoying country living, I appreciate your support and hopefully participation at FarmQuest. 

So long. --Becca S