HQCB Color Heart #6 Photo Challenge 2 or more colors of hearts in a grid starts 28 July 2022

 Heartfelt Greetings!

Heart's Quest Challenge Blog Color Heart #6 Theme competition is July 28-August 13, 2022. The start time and end time on these 2 dates will be 12:30am CT/Chicago or 6:30am UK. 

I've decided to mix things up a bit and will provide this craft photo by Dinah Wulf shared at DIY Inspired for you to interpret in your own way. I'd like to see some kind of hearts (simple or complex) in a grid format using 2 or more colors. Are you intrigued? You don't have to use red or pink however I want to see 2 or more hues/tones/shades in a grid format. 

How will you interpret this theme?

To inspire you, Guest Designer Lori Barrett-Stroup and I have projects to share and each is unique. I did a card and GD Lori has a TN layout.

Lori is a super talented and very busy scrapbooker and cardmaker. HQCB is honored to have her sharing her Color Heart #6 interpretation as the Guest Designer. 

Isn't that a cute photo!?!!! And the pattern mix is a wonderful blend of colors and prints! Did you catch that her grid hearts are stitched in place!!! How cool! And the left side even has more hearts! Perfect for Heart's Quest, don't you think?!!! Absolutely fabulous!

Lori's blog link to read details of how she made this Travelers Notebook layout=

https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/2022/07/hearts-quest-challenge-blog-color-heart.html

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from owner, Becca S=

a few design notes with vendors: plaid cardstock panel is from Pink Paislee's Together for Christmas paper pad; white scalloped flat card base with matching envelope are from The Paper Studio; the gold metallic foil dazzle "congratulations!" is from Paper Wishes website; that is outlined by a fine tip black pen; plaid is edged in black ink while the card base is in red ink. Red and amber heart gems have been in my stash for a long time. 

Using the plaid cardstock plus glue-backed heart gems made crafting a grid format super easy!

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Now it's over to our readers to go on quests through their stash boxes and digital files to see how they can interpret this interesting color heart challenge!

Use the Inlinkz tool address to submit your entries. Acceptable formats are: cards, ATCs, TN/Journals/Planner spreads, scrapbook layouts, tags, and bookmarks. Three new themed entries per challenge are allowed. Bragging rights for Top 3 are available. If 10 entries are reached, the #10th project's owner will receive a craft-related prize. Please share Heart's Quest Challenge Blog with your crafting friends.

LINK=

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/770c08e9e3844c55a152e9ff409d437e

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With a happy and hopeful heart,

Becca S, owner

HQCB Top 2 Picks for Love Theme #5 travel/transport Announcement

 Heart's Quest Top 2 Picks for Love Theme #5

Topic required elements were:

* use the word 'love' (or a verb tense or other language equivalent)

AND

*an item that's travel or transportation related

Frankly, we only had 2 participants. These 2 craft artisans extraordinaire have been very supportive from the very start with Heart's Quest. Please spread the word about how HQCB does different themes to express love through using the word 'love' or with heart shapes.

Can't we all use some love?!!! Keep sending out happy mail to all your friends and family! 

These 2 talented ladies are Deanne Clarke-Saunders and Margaret Ashby!!!

Entry #1 by Deanne: "With Love at Christmas"

Deanne's done an excellent job of combining Christmas in July competitions with the love for travel/transport challenge of Heart's Quest. The background paper has more transportation modes and then the large focal has the pickup truck hauling the cut pine tree. Excellent! It's tree-rific!!!

Entry #2 by "Granmargaret": "Sending All Our Love"

Granmargaret has crafted a cheery card that is perfect to send to someone that has just taken a cruise vacation or lives on a coast or taken a ferry boat ride. I like how the colors of the heart echo colors of the boat image. Such a joyful card!

Thanks so very much for supporting Heart's Quest Challenge Blog!

--owner Becca S

P. S. The new theme challenge published on the 28th will switch to a "color heart theme" focus and the amazing Guest Designer is Lori Stroup.  Make sure to look for that post after 12:30am CT/Chicago zone. The competition will end on August 13th. 

HQCB REMINDER Love Theme #5 of travel or transport

 Is your heart excited about HQCB's current challenge theme or anxious?

Heart's Quest LOVE Theme #5 is at its midway point of competition. 

Deadline is July 27, 2022 at 12:30 am Central Time/Chicago or 6:30am UK.

LOVE Theme #5 required duo elements are:

*use the word 'love' or a version like loves, loving, agape, charity, etc.

AND

*use an image related to travel or transportation; can be a destination like lake, amusement park, cruise ship, etc. or a vehicle or something to help with travel/transporting like luggage, passport, postcard, etc.

Guest Designer for the REMINDER is = Karen Letchworth

GD inspiration project =

Isn't this terrific!!! The sentiment is perfect! Having 'love' printed on the little tag that is clipped within the cording of the other tag is such clever placement. The little travel camper die-cut is too cute! Wouldn't this be fun to have displayed inside your camper on future trips!!! The tags make me think of luggage tags! Karen's made a very lovely card for Love Theme #5!!!

Thanks so very much!

A bit of bio about Karen= She's also GD for FarmQuest's reminder post also published today on July 20th. Word Art Wednesday challenge blog is administered by Karen and she participates with several other challenge blogs, products, and groups. Her distinctive layering and clustering of embellishments has made me a huge fan of her creations! She's blessed with a lot of talent! 

And her personal crafting blog (direct link to a July 18th post) is called My Cup Runneth Over

http://karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com/2022/07/christmas-coffee-wstamp-simply.html

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Owner Becca S inspiration project=

a few credits for the mini slimline card are: mesh, wood flip flops, and wood fish were bought at Dollar Tree; there are 2 blue scraps from my stash; and the patterned papers are reverse sides of the same sheet from the Lake Life paper pad by Fancy Pants Design (2019).

My included elements:

*love was written in on the text patterned cardstock section

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*travel/transport items are the fishing lures print cardstock, the word 'lake', use the flip flops for walking at the lake or maybe boating; and a fish with some mesh/faux net for more water locations/destinations like a lake, pond, creek, ....

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If you want to read the main post for LOVE Theme #5, use this link to get to it and you can also participate with the Inlinkz tool address found in that main posting. 

LINK back to the original post from July 14th=

https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/07/hqcb-love-theme-5-for-travel-or.html

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With a heart overflowing in gratitude, for my mom's older sister and brother-in-law that took me and my sister along with their 3 boys (our cousins) camping in a pickup truck bed with loft space on top of the cab style camper to a state park!!! We got to take turns going out in their small row boat to fish! That was many, many years ago! What a sweet memory traveling about an hour away from where we lived to spend a couple of days near the lake!

Becca S, owner of HQCB

HQCB Love Theme #5 for travel or transport challenge starts 14 July 2022

 Heartfelt Greetings! Welcome to Heart's Quest LOVE Theme #5!

Competition runs from July 14-27, 2022 starting at 12:30am Central Time/Chicago on the 14th and ending at the same time on the 27th. 12:30am Chicago is 6:30am UK time for another reference. 

LOVE Theme #5 paired duo requirements are:

*use the word 'love' 

[can be loves, loved, loving; other language equivalents like agape, charity, ...]

AND

*use an image/s related to travel or transport

[can be travel destination; transportation vehicle, transport/travel other modes like walking in flipflops!, items to assist with traveling like luggage, duffel bag, etc.]

Almost quest time in your stash! Before you go do that, let's see what Guest Designer Leslie Smith and HQCB owner Becca S have made. ---------->

Guest Designer for Love Theme #5 is Leslie Smith. 

"I'm a born-again believer with a strong creative streak that is happiest with paper, scissors, or camera in hand. Loving these retirement year of travel and 'grand' adventures with our children's children. I also enjoy family heritage projects, quilting, travel, and learning more about canning and preserving food."

GD's inspiration project =

Magnificent scrapbook layout combining "love" and travel/transport!!! She's got so many travel/transport elements: compass rose, hot air balloon, old car image, lighthouse image, fabulous vacation photos, and many more! Lots of details . I'm loving the large heart and gold heart clip and there's also the word 'love' on the left side! Leslie's made a wonderful keepsake treasure!!!

her blog link to get details on how she's made her GD project:

https://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/2022/07/071422-hearts-quest-love-theme.html

She's on the Design Teams of these challenge blogs:

a. Counterfeit Kit Challenge https://www.blogger.com/ 

b. Archi-scraps Challenge https://www.blogger.com/  

c. Instagram https://www.blogger.com/

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Owner Becca S inspiration project=

A few credits go to: background cardstocks are on the same sheet from Lake Life paper pad from Lake Life paper pad by Fancy Pants Design (2019); the other die-cuts/ephemera and white base top-folded card are from Simple Stories card kit "Wish You Were Here". 

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Participation: please review the rules in the sidebar of the home page of HQCB; become a follower; and link your project photo's blog link using the Inlinkz tool address provided next. 

LINK=

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/8d0e9b2c69c1420b92036c571acd46a3

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With a happy heart for all who read and participate at Heart's Quest,

Becca S, owner

HQCB Top 2 Picks Announcement for Color Heart #5 using red

HQCB's Top 2 Picks for Color Heart #5 using red Announcement

Frankly, we only had 2 participants. These 2 craft artisans extraordinaire have been very supportive from the very start with Heart's Quest. Please spread the word about how HQCB does different themes to express love through using the word 'love' or with heart shapes.

Can't we all use some love?!!! Keep sending out happy mail to all your friends and family! 

These 2 talented ladies are Deanne Clarke-Saunders and Lori Barrett-Stroup!!!

Entry #1 by Deanne:

So clever to craft a Christmas holiday beverage card with red peppermint candies and some beaded snowflakes along with a beaded red heart! 

Entry #2 by Lori:

Lori went for summertime sweetness for her red heart card! She's wonderfully gotten a few bits of pink added to increase the sweetness factor, don't you think?!!! And that teeny popsicle is just upping that sweetness factor even more!! Adorable charming! 

Thanks so very much for supporting Heart's Quest Challenge Blog!

--owner Becca S

P. S. The new theme challenge published on the 14th will switch to a "love theme" focus and the amazing Guest Designer is Leslie Smith.  Make sure to look for that post after 12:30am CT/Chicago zone. The competition will end on July 27th. 

HQCB REMINDER Color Heart Theme #5 using Red

Is your heart happy about HQCB's Color Heart Theme #5?

Have you made a mostly red project using at least 1 red heart shape?

And did you know you can create a total of 3 new themed projects for 1 challenge time period at Heart's Quest?

Deadline is 12:30am Central Time/Chicago on July 13, 2022. 

Guest Designer for the REMINDER post is Dottie Seubert. She's super talented! Dottie recently was Guest Designer for my other challenge blog FarmQuest. She's been a past DT member of Word Art Wednesday challenge blog. And this is her personal blog to see more of her wonderful creations=

https://somethingcraftybydottie.blogspot.com/

GD inspiration project=

Dottie's detailed card would be perfect for someone's engagement announcement, wedding, anniversary, or to give to your spouse whether on Valentine's Day or just to make a day special for that partner. She's packed lots of great embellishments to interest, color, texture, and depth. Her choice of patterned paper has lots of red hearts and her clips, ribbon, and some enamel dots add in more red. Awesome!

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Owner, Becca S, inspiration project=

A few noteworthy credits: Sum More Fun/Raisin Boat stamps (center heart was open and I used a red glitter paint pen to fill); red and white floral patterned paper panel is from the Mint Berry Paper Pad from The Paper Studio. I'm trying to bash that paper pad in 2022. I still have lots of 4.5" x 6.5" size sheets to go. 

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For participation and/or read the original posting for Color Heart Theme #5 in red, use this provided link to take you there. 

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https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/06/hqcb-color-heart-theme-5-use-red-heart.html

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My heart is full of joy for HQCB's followers and participants!

Gratefully, Becca S, owner