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. 

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With a heart overflowing with blessings,

HQCB owner, Becca S.

HQCB Top 3 and Entry #5 Prize Announcements for Love Theme #2 show love for a special female

 Quick post of congratulations to 4 crafters who helped HQCB reach a very modest goal of getting 5 entries for Love Theme #2.

One crafter, #5 entry, gets a last minute announced incentive prize mailed to her. The other crafters get Top 3 bragging rights and to post the Love Theme Pursuit Achievers badge on their blogs.

Congrats to:

#1/#3= Deanne Clarke-Saunders

#2= Jeannette Cloyd

#4= Vannessa Osbourn

Their beautiful cards brought a lot of joy to my heart!

AND

A few days ago I did a last minute incentive posting that if HQCB could get to #5 that crafter would receive an prize. 

#5 is Steffi H. 

Please email me your mailing address to:

heartsquestbybecca@gmail.com

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

Exciting things are in store for Color Heart #3. There is a Guest Designer and there is a sidebar page option to look for because there will be 13 days to enter a separate Valentine's Day Cards Challenge. Theme #1 (option to use a heart or the words heart or love AND a doily). So go find that page option in the right sidebar of HQCB!!!!

With a humble and grateful heart, 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. 

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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)

Surprise Incentive For HQCB Current Love Theme #2

 Surprise Incentive Announcement 

effective for the next 2-ish days left

current Love Theme #2 challenge

ending at 12:30am CST/Chicago on April 27th. 

There are 3 entries so far. If 2 more entries are made, whoever's project is #5, I will mail this

heart-themed prize to them. 

So the key is to be #5. 

The package is a Hobby Lobby product with 14 mini heart glasses for you to have if you are #5.

With just starting this challenge blog on February 28, 2022, I am grateful for those who are following and/or participating. To encourage participation and make my heart happy, I would like to reach this goal before Love Theme #2 ends. 

To keep readers, participants, and followers motivation going, I will have another prize incentive for the #5 entry AND the #10 entry for the next competition starting April 28th.

Get started on your stash quest to create a project showing love to a special female.

I'm looking for a heart shape or word or the word love WITH a female figure image on your project. Acceptable formats are: cards/ATCs, bookmarks/tags, journals/TN spreads, and/or scrapbook layouts. Your female figure image can be a photo, clipart, digital stamp/image, stamped image, etc. The female can be of any age and can be doing something like reading, swinging, walking, biking, or can be a silhouette. 

Link to Love Theme #2 original posting=

https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/hqcb-14-april-2022-love-theme-2-with.html

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owner, Becca S