HQCB Top 2 Picks for Love Theme #3 (love and a male figure)

 Heart's Quest Challenge Blog's Top 2 for Love Theme #3

Love Theme #3 ended early on May 27th. Two entries followed the theme's required elements and will get bragging rights for this round.

Entry #1 was posted by Deanne Clarke-Saunders from Little Bits O' Paper blog

Her darling card:

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Entry #2 was posted by Brenda B from Brenda's Scraps of Life blog

Her charming card:

Both cards used the word 'love' and have at least 1 male figure/image included. 

Terrific creativity!

Thanks so much gals for sharing your artistry with Heart's Quest Challenge Blog!

<3  **  <3  **  <3  **  <3

With a joyful heart,

Becca S, owner of HQCB

HQCB Reminder Post for Love Theme #3 Show Love for a Male Relative or Friend

 Heart's Quest Love Theme #3 Reminder Post

This competition period started May 14, 2022 and will end at 12:30am CST/Chicago on May 27th, 2022. 

Acceptable project formats include: cards/ATCs, bookmarks/tags, journals/TN spreads, and/or scrapbook layouts. The 2 requirements for Love Theme #3 are:

*include the word 'love' or a form of it like loves, loved, loving (or another language equivalent such as amore, Coeur,...) AND

*image of a male (any age; clipart/digital image, stamp image, photo, etc.)

That's it. You pick the project format, layout, colors, supplies, and more. With high school and college graduations, USA's Father's Day in June, weddings, birthdays, etc. all of us should have a special guy to be honored. 

Go on a supply quest in your stash and see what you can put together. 

For the reminder post inspiration project, I used a clipart image from Clipart Library website printed as black and white on soft yellow paper to which I added some orange and magenta/fuchsia marker highlights. "With Love" and a repeated banner stamp were added to a panel of inks blended on white cardstock along with a heart traced and cut from an old patterned paper. Also an old border sticker fits perfectly with these bright cheerful colors. Soft yellow and kraft cardstocks layers complete the flat card.

A Grandpa walking with his grandson card=

Love ya inspiration card #2= such a charming fellow----->

 Some of my treasure finds for card #2 are: The dark reddish brown stripe is a very old The Paper Studio print. It was cut and stenciled using a old Pebbles Stencil set that's about 12 years old. The jolly guy black and white image is from Clipart Library website. Ink blending/dabbing and smooshing with a makeup sponge was applied to white cardstock for the top background layer. 

Now it's your turn to search your craft supplies and create some paper-crafting love for a special guy. Use the Inlinkz tool address to submit your project(s). Acceptable formats are mentioned in the rules located on this blog's sidebar. There are a wide range. They don't have to be cards. You could do a scrapbook layout, a bookmark, an ATC, etc. 

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Use this original Love Theme #3 posting link to take you back to the older post that has the link-up tool (Inlinkz). =

https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/05/hqcb-love-theme-3-to-show-love-for-male.html

<3  *  <3  *  <3  *  <3  *  <3

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With heartfelt appreciation,

Becca S

owner of HQCB and FQCB

 

HQCB Love Theme #3 to show love for a male friend or relative starts 14 May 2022

Heart's Quest Challenge Blog is in search of projects that indicate love for a special guy in your life.

With a grateful heart let's learn more about this new quest.

 HQCB's Love Theme #3 has 2 requirements:

(1) use the word love (another language equivalent or a verb tense like loves, loved, or loving are acceptable)

 AND

(2) a male figure/image (any age of boy/man; can be doing something; can be photo, digital image, stamp, etc.)

Love Theme #3 starts May 14, 2022 and ends on May 27th with times of 12:30am CST/Chicago or 6:30am UK for both dates. If you live in other time zones, please adjust accordingly. I've given you these two to help you figure that out. 

This competition period, the very talented Jeannette Cloyd has agreed to be a Guest Designer. Here is a bit of info about her life and creative endeavors:

Hello. I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to be a guest designer for Becca’s Heart’s Quest Love Theme #3 challenge. First, I’m excited because it allows me to support my friend with her challenge blog. Second, I’m excited about the theme – love and men. What a great way to get me out of my creative box since I rarely make masculine cards. Third (I had to have three; it’s my favorite number), it’s always exciting to take a piece of paper, a stamp or two, and some ink… and see what happens. Most evenings after my son has gone to bed and my husband is lounging in his recliner with a good book, you’ll find me in my Play Room doing just that – playing with paper, stamps, and ink. You’ll find my cards on my blog – cre8tiveplay.com – as well as on Facebook (Jeanette Cloyd) and on Instagram (jeanettecloyd).

Isn't this fantastic for LOVE THEME #3?!!?!!! Such a charming card!!

link for Jeannette's blog posting for details on how she made this card = https://www.cre8tiveplay.com/2022/05/hearts-quest-guest-designer.html

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This is my inspiration project #1 that will be going to my cousin's son who is battling cancer. His cancer diagnosis and birth of his first son/child came about the same time 15 months ago. I want to send this to him to encourage him to grow older with his son and have those times with his little boy on his lap. 

With love card #1=

Credits: Hampton Arts for the stamps; background paper had 4 colors of ink applied with a sponge; image is free and available at Clipart Library website; lime green chevron paper is from The Paper Studio.

Now it's your turn to search your craft supplies and create some paper-crafting love for a special guy. Use the Inlinkz tool address to submit your project(s). Acceptable formats are mentioned in the rules located on this blog's sidebar. There are a wide range. They don't have to be cards. You could do a scrapbook layout, a bookmark, an ATC, etc. 

Link-up your project photo/blog link for Love Theme #3 before May 27th at 12:30am CST

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/a678f1a809264998820d6757b3ee80ad

Participants may enter 3 new themed projects per challenge. 

<3  *  <3  *  <3  *  <3  *

With heartfelt appreciation,

Becca S, owner of HQCB and FQCB

HQCB Top 3 Picks for Color Heart Theme #3 Using Orange Announcement

Quick post of congratulations to 3 crafters who helped HQCB have some participation!

Top 3 for Color Heart Theme #3 is for the 3 participant artisans!!!

The crafters get Top 3 bragging rights and to post the Color Heart Theme Pursuit Achievers badge on their blogs.

Congrats to:

#1= Deanne Clarke-Saunders/little bit o' paper blog

#2= Margaret A/Granmargaret

#3= Steffi H/flickr entry

Their beautiful cards brought a lot of color to my days! Thank you so very much for your support of HQCB and I truly hope to see more of your projects in upcoming challenges!

 

HQCB Reminder Color Heart Challenge #3 in Orange Post

 REMINDER:

It's about halfway in the 13 days of HQCB's Color Heart Challenge #3 using Orange!

Competition started April 28, 2022 and ends May 13, 2022 at 12:30am CST/Chicago or 6:30am UK. 

There are 2 easy requirements:

*include at least 1 heart shape in orange

AND

*have a lot of orange color in your project

Acceptable formats are: bookmarks/tags, journals/TN spreads, scrapbook layouts, and/or cards/ATCs. 

These options will give you plenty of creative opportunities to take a quest looking for orange papers and embellishments in your stash. Or like a few of mine--take a white, pink, or red item and use ink or paint to make it a tone or shade of orange.

AND did you see Guest Designer Lori Barrett-Stroup's wonderful 'Dreamsicle' scrapbook layout? It's on the original Color #3 posting. Use the link shown towards the bottom of this post. You don't want to miss it.

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REMINDER Inspiration Project made by yours truly, Becca, HQCB owner 

On this large tag (with 3 tags in one), the Heidi Swapp sentiment watercolor paper heart tag started as white, the butterfly was white, and several 'white' spaces on the turquoise floral print had a couple of different oranges applied to it.

Notes: first, disregard the blue background copy paper because I use my computer printer scanning function and the blue paper blocks the light. Heart tag (Heidi Swapp). Under the heart tag is a circular watercolor tag in orange/terracotta tones (Hampton Arts). The turquoise and white floral print paper is so old I don't remember who made it. The 3 enamel dots are from Craft Consortium's "Bluebells and Buttercups" collection.

This tag is going to my sister, I think. She's got a late May birthday, so I can hopefully get it in the mail so she can get it on time. (fingers crossed!!!)

==>To build blog followers and participant entries, I will offer a prize to the #5 and #10 entries!!!!

Odds are if you enter the max of 3 times or even enter 2 projects, you might get #5 or #10. Love theme #2 ending April 27th reached its first ever 3rd, 4th, and 5th entries in the days prior, so #5 is getting a prize. I realize starting a new challenge blog takes time to gain 'membership' but it doesn't hurt to have an incentive motivation to help keep the deadline in your thoughts.

 Make sure to copy and paste the blog badge found on the left sidebar to put on your blogs, please.

 Top 3 Color Pursuit Achievers will be selected after competition closes in the early hours of May 13, 2022. 

Use this Color Heart Challenge #3 original posting link to take you back for access to the Inlinkz tool address=

https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/hqcb-color-heart-challenge-3-in-orange.html

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AND look on the HQCB blog site sidebar for a page link for another opportunity to participate between April 28-May 13, 2022 with the brand new Valentine's Day Card challenge!!! This is the very first one and will only be offered each month for a 13 day period. 

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On your Valentine's Day card, have either a heart shape, heart word, or the word love AND a doily. The If you use the word heart or love, it can be altered like "heartfelt" or "I heart you" or "Loving you is easy", etc. The doily can be a crocheted doily, a paper doily, a die-cut looking doily, an image of a doily, etc. 

<3  *  <3  *  <3

With a heart overflowing with blessings,

HQCB owner, Becca S.

HQCB Color Heart Challenge #3 in Orange

 Color Heart Challenge #3 is Orange--

starts April 28, 2022 and ends March 13, 2022

time of day for each is the same: 12:30am Central Time USA/Chicago or 6:30am UK

 Heart's Quest Challenge Blog is all about using hearts and love on paper-crafting or hybrid projects. Acceptable project types are cards/ATCs, bookmarks/tags, journals/TN spreads, and scrapbook layouts. It will be lovely to see what your heart leads you to create for Color Heart Challenge #3! 

Requirements for the challenges at HQCB are changing slightly and hopefully it will be easier for crafters worldwide to combine with other challenge blogs that are available.

Let's get our creative mojo going! Here are the details:

Use at least 1 orange heart (this is Heart's Quest for a reason)

and 

have dominant usage of orange tones or shades 

in the project.

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We are delighted to welcome Lori Barrett Stroup as HQCB Guest Designer for the Color Heart in Orange Challenge #3.

A bit of profile about Lori and where to read details about her charming layout:

Hello! My name is Lori and I am so excited to be a guest designer for this challenge! I live in a small SW Missouri town with my husband, Scott, and we have three adult kids and one spoiled rotten granddaughter. I have been scrapping since 1998 and I love it just as much today as I did when I first started. I love spending time in my scrap room - looking back at all that has happened and preserving those memories. I have been a traditional 12x12 scrapper since the beginning but have also fallen in love with Project Life and working in my traveler's notebooks - my two preferred formats at the moment! I am also a card-maker and a cross-stitcher. You can find my work on my blog - My Happy Life -  and I would love it if you followed me on Instagram - you can find me here - @lori_670.

Here is the direct link to my blog post for the challenge - https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/2022/04/birthday-cupcakes-hearts-quest.html

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Inspiration project #1 from Becca: Owl-ways give thanks mixed media/junk journal style 6" square card

 A few design notes on card #1: Hampton Arts 2019 assorted color feather tags and also the assorted color oval tags; I added orange glitter paint pen to the upper half of the feather and to the inside border  on the oval tag. The large foam heart was light pink. The same orange glitter paint pen was applied to it and then black pen for the border design. Star and owl stickers are from my stash. Also the gems, cardstocks, adult coloring page section, and an old stamper were old items that I gathered in my quest for orange. On the coloring page section, the orange glitter paint pen was applied only to the stems. 3 different tones of orange markers were used to add color to some of the flower petals and leaves.

This card has lots of tones and shades of orange along with a few touches of pink with some stars and gems as well as a bit of turquoise in a star and the little owl wings. 

Inspiration project #2 from yours truly: "keep soaring up"

A few design notes: the printer scanner light faded out the neon orange to a butternut squash and is 6" square. Paper washi tapes are from stash along with the old "HB" stamp and the glitter hearts. Those are a deep red-orange. Orange marker was applied and an orange glitter paint pen. The blue cardstock scraps are stash. And the golden edged moth was found at Dollar Tree (!!) as part of a wall stickers set. I've used 3 hearts and lots of varying tones and shades seen in the moth, hearts, and 2 washi tapes.

Now it's your turn!

What is your heart telling you to create? What is it telling you to search for? Go on a treasure quest amongst your stash supplies. What will you find? GD Lori had baking cupcakes as her heart story. What will be your heart story?

INLINKZ address tool is how to make your entry. Top 3 bragging rights as a Pursuit Achiever is possible. This competition ends in the early hours (at least for me) on May 13, 2022.

link=

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/63550f1cf5f74c6d834664ba029b08c4

INCENTIVES=

==>To build blog followers and participant entries, I will offer a prize to the #5 and #10 entries!!!!

Odds are if you enter the max of 3 times or even enter 2 projects, you might get #5 or #10. Love theme #2 ending April 27th reached its first ever 3rd, 4th, and 5th entries in the days prior, so #5 is getting a prize. I realize starting a new challenge blog takes time to gain 'membership' but it doesn't hurt to have an incentive motivation to help keep the deadline in your thoughts.

2 micro thin decorative tapes in bold vibrant geometric patterning is what I've picked that each gets. Remember #5 and and #10, but there has to be #1-4 and #6-9 in order to reach these stepping stones in building participation. Please tell your crafty friends, especially for those who love to do formats like journaling, TNs, pocket page layouts, etc. 

<3  *  <3  *  <3  *  <3

With heartfelt appreciation for your participation and support of HQCB!

--Becca S, owner of HQCB and FQCB

Challenges for Days has us posted as "other dates" and so does Paper Playful. So make sure to use their sidebar category choices to keep track of HQCB. 

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HQCB Valentine's Day Card Challenge page

AND if that isn't enough, look for the page link for a new once monthly (13 day period) HQCB Valentine's Day Cards Challenge. The V-Day Theme #1 is using the options of heart shape/word or word love AND a doily. (How many of us put paper doilies on our shoe box Valentine card holders in grade school?? or on our cards?...I still do. It's very classic)